A great sensation has been caused in London by the murder of William Whitley, the famous "universal provider" of Westbourne-grove. ...
Article : 145 wordsInconnection with the quarrel between Sir J. A. Swettenham (Governor of Jamaica) and Rear-Admiral Davis, the Navy Department of Washington has issued a statement ...
Article : 304 wordsWe published an appeal on Tuesday for subscriptions to the fund organised by the Guild of Loyal Women in South Africa to enable some suitable memorial to be placed ...
Article : 185 wordsA phenomenon which is believed to be connected with the earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, is attracting notice amongst scientists. Many oil wells in the states of ...
Article : 95 wordsOne of the sudden downpours of rain which occasionally fall in Melbourne occurred yesterday afternoon, when nearly an inch of rain fell in the course of ...
Article : 1,561 wordsPolitical peace has not come to Spain in connection with the question of Church and State. The Associations Bill, which is aimed at curbing the power of the religious ...
Article : 130 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Northcote, will be present this afternoon at the tricket match between the M.C.C.and a combined country team, on ...
Article : 605 wordsIn the absence from Melbourne yesterday of the Premier and leader of the Opposition Corner (Mr. Mackinnon), there was no further development in connection with the ...
Article : 187 wordsGood progress is being made with the clearing and repairing of the city. The main thoroughfares are now almost cleared, and the trams are able to run again. ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. Reginald M'Kenna (formerly Financial Secretary to the Treasury). who has just been appointed President of the Board of Education, in succession to Mr. ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. G. J. Mead addressed a small meeting of the civil servants and others in the Pianola-hall last evening. Mr. Evans, M.L.C., presided, and there were also ...
Article : 430 wordsSir,—In response to your appeal for funds to place tombstones over the graves of the fallen Australians in South Africa 1 enclose my mite, and trust that all the N.C.O.'s ...
Article : 87 wordsThe following sketch of Mr. Whitley's career and personality is supplied by a resident of Melbourne, who knew the "universal provider," in business and socially, ...
Article : 1,010 wordsThere are 3,000 homeless persons who are still being provided with temporary shelter. Those who require to be in receipt of relief, however, are diminishing, as there is plenty ...
Article : 181 wordsA majority of the Unionists in Parliament, with the approval of their leaders, and with Mr. Walter Long (formerly Chief Secretary for Ireland) as their guiding ...
Article : 128 wordsTo-day wool auctions were marked by brisk sale though prices were unchanged. For finest merinoes there was keen competition. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Governor has been interviewed by a press representative. He denied that he had requested Rear-Admiral Davis to land sailors. He was specially questioned ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsThe English insurance companies affected by the Kingston disaster have decided not to pay claims' upon fire losses arising out of the earthquake. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe "New york World" announces that Colonel Blake, lender of the Irish [?]rig[?]de. which frought with the Hoers in the South African war. has committed suicide. ...
Article : 42 wordsAdmiral Birileff has resigned his position, in the Russian Ministry as Minister of Marine, and has been replaced by Admirall Di[?]off. ...
Article : 67 wordsIn November it was cabled that the moderator-elect of the United Free Church of Scotland nominated for the [?]suing year was the Rev. Dr. Henderson of Crieff ...
Article : 91 wordsIt has been decided t nominate a candidate in the labour interest for the St. Kilda seat in the Legislative Assembly. Mr. C. Boardman, the president of the ...
Article : 56 wordsAdvices have been received from Tri[?]idad a coal-mining town in the state of Colorado, U.S.A., of a disastrous coal-mine explosion. The explosion occurred in the Colorado ...
Article : 61 wordsThe general opinion in Canada is that the visit of Mr. E[?] Root. United States Secretary of State, to the capital has been theroughly suceessful from the point of view ...
Article : 96 wordsAt a meeting of the executive of the Protestant Electors' Committee held yesterday, the Rev. A. Stewart, M.A., and Mr. W. M. Walker were appointed to represent ...
Article : 86 wordsThe consecration of the Ven. John D. Langley. Archdeacon of Cumberland. New South Wales, as Bishop of Bendigo took place yesterday morning at St. Paul[?]s ...
Article : 643 wordsThe open money market discount rate for three months' bank bills is 4?per cent. or 1/8 per cent. below the Bank rate of 3 per cent. ...
Article : 32 wordsTo-day is the anniversary of Foundation Day, and on Monday there will be a public holiday in celebration of the event. The eighteenth national fete, under the auspices ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 wordsThere was a large assemblage at the Albert-hall, Clifton Hill, last evening, at a meeting called for the purpose of forming branches of the Protestant Electors' ...
Article : 450 wordsSevere punishment has been in[?]icted by a Chinese tribunal upon some captured members of a body of bandits. A collision took place on the M[?]viev[?] ...
Article : 91 wordsTo-morrow will be observed by the Anglican communion throught Victoria, in commemoration of Foundation Day (January 26. 1788), and of the holding of the ...
Article : 188 wordsThe complection of the interoccauic railway and waterway across MEXICO is hailed with much jubilation in that country. The line, with the aid of a small length of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsThe cargo of arms found in the wreck which went a[?]or[?]at Sulina, on the coast of Roumania, is believed by the Roumanian Government to have a dangerous ...
Article : 148 wordsThe quotation for bar silver to-day is 31?. per ounce standard, being a rise of 3-16d. since yestereay. ...
Article : 24 wordsTARNAGULLA. Friday.—Last n[?]ht a report gained carr[?] of the discovery of three monster specimens at the Po[?]don rush, which completely [?]psed, it was said, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 352 wordsMr. William Whitley, the founder of William Whitely Limited, universal providers, of Westborne-grove, London, and elsewhere, was a Yorkshireman, having been ...
Article : 420 wordsThe Naval Appropriation Hill presented to the House of Representatives at Washington makes important provision for increasing the strength of the United States ...
Article : 63 wordsAction is likely to be taken in Canada to [?]me a guarantee being given of the purity of its canned foods. Mr. Sydney A. Fisher, Minister of ...
Article : 123 wordsThe council of the Anti-Socialistic Alliance has gone into recess until February 19, on which date active operations will be commenced in connection with the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe match arranged by the Melbourne Crucjet Club between their eleven and a team of country cricketers captained by G.H.S. Troff, the old Australian Eleven ...
Article : 164 wordsNo fewer than 200 jurors were [?]ummoned to, form the panel from which the jury should be selected to act on the trial of H[?]rry Thaw, the Pitt[?]burg millionaire, for ...
Article : 134 wordsMr. J. G. Memaley, of Northcote, was last evening presented with a requisition, asking him to become a candidate for the Jika Jika seat at the state elections. Mr. ...
Article : 41 wordsIn some of the music-halls affected by the strike of performers and musicians, "scratch" performances are being given. It has been impossible to obtain the services ...
Article : 66 wordsSir, I see by this morning's issue of "The Argus" that the committee of the Victorian Alliance have selected candidates to contest certain seats at the forthcoming state ...
Article : 85 wordsAlbert Foo, a youth 18 years of age, has been arrested by [?]tective Lo[?]dale, who charges him with having f[?]rged and uttered cheques for £2, drawn on the London Hank ...
Article : 159 wordsThe butter market is steady at unchanged rates, although the week's arrivals of Australasian butter amount to 167,000 boxes. The cold weather is stimulating trade, and ...
Article : 75 wordsYesterday afternoon, Mr. Graves. one of the candidates for the vacancy in the representation of the public service in the moribund Parliament, retired from the contest, ...
Article : 217 wordsA civil suit of a remarkable character has just been concluded. An invest[?]r wrote to the journal "M.A.P." asking for financial advice, and the city editor referred the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Afrid[?] tribe on the north-west fromtier of India, with whom a severe war was waged in 1897 and 1898 (the most historic engagement being that on the heights of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 words"The gauge at the Observatory recorded 80 points of rain in three-quarters of an hour," said the Government meterologist (Mr. Baracchi) last evening. "We knew a ...
Article : 143 wordsThere has beeb a serious rising among the natives in the Cungo Free State, Whose affairs are administered by Belgium. The scene of the rising was the district ...
Article : 84 wordsHORSHAM, Friday.—A fortnight ago the hotelkeepers combined to raise the price of beer and all drinks to [?]ixpence a glass. Since then the beer-drinkers have been on strike. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 26 Jan 1907, Page 19
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