It has been suggested that the Victorian Railway department should adopt the system of parcel delivery in vogue in Queensland, by which the Railway department, on ...
Article : 118 wordsMovements in the Melbourne grain market during the week have been limited, as business has hardly yet become active. The general tone, however, is firm. Wheat ...
Article : 869 wordsSandown-park races; Warwick Farm (N.S.W.) races; entries close for Hopetown races; entries close for Trafalgar races; entries close for A.N.A. cycling events; second test cricket match, England ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 903 wordsBROKEN HILL, Friday.—Official figures show that at the end of December there were 8,937 men at work on the mines, against 10,030 at the end of September last. Allowing for casuals, &c., the ...
Article : 300 wordsRacing men will be entered for to-day by the Sandown-park Club. The different events filled well, and a good afternoon's sport may be looked for. The chief item ...
Article : 476 wordsThe annual meeting of the sawmillers of Victoria took place yesterday afternoon in Rubira's Cafe, Bourke-street. There was a good attendance. Mr. W. Richards ...
Article : 213 wordsPICOLA, Thursday.—A largely-signed requisition was presented to Mr. W. T. Maloney, shire president, at Barmah, to-day, asking him to call a public meeting in Nathalia to demand from the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 558 wordsSir,—Your correspondent "Possum" put the question about our being shut out of Melbourne on Sundays by the Railway Commissioners in a very mild form. I think it ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 wordsYesterday Detectives Ashton, Napthine, and Mereer arrested John Joyee, a clerk, 40 years of age, on a charge of having obtained £2 by false pretences, by means of a ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—At Sandringham railway station there are two booking windows, one of them evidently only for ornamental purposes, the other to promote a regular scrimmage in ...
Article : 85 wordsBefore Dr. Cole, P.M., and Messrs. Lloyd, German, Long, and Snipe, J.P.'s, at the Caulfield Court yesterday, Ernest M'Clelland, of Middle-park, merchant, was charged with unlawfully deserting ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 639 wordsThe managers report:— Broken Hill S., 2nd.—Treated 3.072 tons crude ore, producing 493 tons concentrates, assaying 74 per cent. lead, 19 oz., silver, 6 per cent. zinc. ...
Article : 119 wordsCOLERAINE, Friday.—The Government has obtained four independent additional valuations of the Konongwootong South Estate. ...
Article : 137 wordsButter.—The local market yesterday was generally steady at late erates, although local buyers have not been operating with any degree of freedom. A large ...
Article : 519 wordsMt. View, Maldon, 3rd.—An extraordinary meeting of shareholders, held at 395 Collins-street. Mr. W. Rollason, chairman of directors, presided. After a short discussion a resolution was carried ...
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Advertising : 140 wordsThe annual match between the head officers of the transportation and general passenger and freight agents' branches and the relieving stationmasters of the Railway department was played on the East ...
Article : 199 wordsSir,—Sir William Lyne's latest in reference to the selected federal capital site, as reported in "The Argus," is that "members would be killed off there by the climate" if ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 wordsYEA, Friday.—A two-days' match was played in Yea on January 1 and 2 against an eleven from M.C.C. The visitors had a good team, including R. G. Johnston, A. Aftken, A. H. Dena W. R. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 wordsAt the Port Melbourne Court yesterday Ley Hoy and Jung Fook, Chinese firemen belonging to the steamship Henley, berthed at the town pier, were charged before Messrs. Renowden (mayor) ...
Article : 383 wordsWheat.—Supplies offering at country station show some increase, but the market remains firm, owing partly to the strength of the English and foreign markets as ...
Article : 838 wordsWELLINGTON, Friday.—An exciting finish occurred in the cricket match, Canterbury versus Wellington. The latter made 320, and the former 366 in the first innings. Wellington, in the second ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 wordsThe class of life-saving, particulars of which were given in "The Argus" recently, will commence on Thursday evening next, January 9, at the City Baths, Swanston-street. Lectures have been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 322 wordsBusiness on 'Change will be resumed on Monday. N. WOAH HAWP will have the men in the bottom level on Monday; the new winding plant is running well. SPRING HILL LEADS are ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 394 wordsWALHALLA, Friday.—In spite of the holiday interruptions, the output from the two big mines for the months shows a very slight reduction. The LONG TUNNEL yield is 1,451oz. from 1,979 tons. ...
Article : 81 wordsEntries for the opening saucer track meeting on Saturday, January 11, close at Prince's-court, on Monday, at 10 p.m. ...
Article : 21 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—3,000 bags of wheat were bought in the country to-day at equal to 4/5½ Sydney. City quotations are very firm at 4/5½ to 4/6, with holders not anxious to sell. 5,000 bags ...
Article : 412 wordsKORUMBURRA, Friday.—The total output of the coal mines in this district, including the Outtrim Howitt and British Consolidated and the Jumbunna coal mines, during the year just ...
Article : 237 wordsThe next meeting of this club at the Flemington running grounds will take place on Wednesday evening next, when the programme will comprise a Shefield Handicap, of £10, and a Novice ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 464 wordsTwo bookmakers' clerks, named William Webster and Henry Adams, were charged on remand at the City Court yesterday, with the larceny of a betting ticket, valued at 35/, from James Howard, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,692 wordsThe Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company advise that the North Lyell mine 1,000ft. level bore has been extended a further 19ft. through good ore, which is now continuous for the last 27ft., ...
Article : 56 wordsLAUNCESTON, Friday.—Some rich patches of tin ore were met with during the last fortnight in the "Brown" face on the Mt. Bischoff mine. The lode in winse, No. 5 level west, is over 5ft. wide. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 4 Jan 1908, Page 18
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