The attention of the Minister of Defence (Mr. Ewing) was called in the House of Representatives yesterday to the report in "The Argus" of the speech of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 wordsThe question of woman suffrage was argued last night in the Baptist-hall, Collins-street. There was a large attendance, ladies preponderating. Mrs. Hobbs, ...
Article : 713 wordsA committee of the state Cabinet consisting of the Premier (Mr. Bent) and the whole of his colleagues with the exception of the Minister for Works (Mr. Cameron) ...
Article : 684 wordsThree profoundly important and historic decisions must be seriously reviewed at the Pan-Anglican Congress in London, Archdeacon Crossley, of Geelong, told a ...
Article : 679 wordsJan Kubelik, though he has only been before the public for about 10 years, already takes rank with the greatest violin virtuosos of the world; and his advent in ...
Article : 1,830 wordsIn view of the fact that a meeting of the Public Library trustees was to be held that afternoon, the state Cabinet on Thursday morning took into consideration ...
Article : 615 wordsRecently the departmental record of Leonard Milburn, the driver of the first engine of the Bendigo train concerned in the Sunshine disaster, was put in as ...
Article : 1,300 wordsBENDIGO, Friday.—The competitions, under the auspices of the Austral Society for 1908, were brought to a close to-night, when an entertainment was given by the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 569 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The Automobile Club intends to ask the Supreme Court for a definition of the word "furious," as contained in the act under which prosecutions ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsKALGOORLIE, Friday. — A miner named Stephen Johns had his right hand torn off below the wrist through a fall of earth at the Great Boulder Proprietary ...
Article : 156 wordsCASTERTON, Friday. —Mrs. T. Baxter was milking a cow when if turned on her. The horn caught her in the mouth, and tore the face. Upon her husband going ...
Article : 124 wordsAt the invitation of the mayor of South Melbourne (Councillor W. O. Strangward), about 100 representatives of the aquatic clubs connected with the Albert-park lake ...
Article : 193 wordsPERTH, Friday.—This morning the collector of Customs received a telegram from Captain A. Mills master of the S.S. Paroo, which is at present en route from Fremantle ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—The whereabouts of a negro member of the crew of the barque Yola, lying at the Semaphore anchorage, had been exercising the mind of ...
Article : 152 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—A matter relating to copyright in a song was before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson in the Equity Court to-day. Allan and Co. Propy. Ltd., ...
Article : 112 wordsSir,—I have heard to-day that the Pranran council have quietly arranged to have a consumptive sanatorium on the south side of the Yarra, at Richmond-bridge. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 wordsBROKEN HILL, Friday.—The Sydney cafe and boardinghouse, at the corner of Bromide and Crystal streets, was destroyed by fire late to-night. This place, once the ...
Article : 85 wordsA proposal has been made by the mayor of Prahran (Councillor F. Dobson) that the officers of the fleet, after landing at St. Kilda, should proceed via Chapel-street and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The price of locallymade wire netting was further reduced to-day. The total reduction made since the revision of the tariff by the Senate is about ...
Article : 157 wordsA complimentary dinner was given to Mr. S. S. Cameron, M.R.C.V.S., last night in the Masonic-hall by the members of the veterinary profession, on his promotion to ...
Article : 429 wordsBALRANALD, Friday.—The committee of management of the Balranald District Hospital has granted the application of Dr. Foster, medical officer, for an increase of his ...
Article : 30 wordsCAMPERDOWN, Friday.—A startling incident is reported from Donald's Hill. A lorry from Camperdown, in charge of Mr. W. Mansbridge, was taking cream from ...
Article : 122 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The Lord Mayor was informed to-day by Mr. J. C. Williamson that all the theatre proprietors in Sydney had agreed to give a matinee at ...
Article : 103 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.—The regulations governing the receipt and treatment of applications for old-age pensions under the act passed last session have been approved. ...
Article : 139 wordsBeechworth Woman Weak and Ailing. Had No Appetite. Grew Worse all the While. Fainted Right Off. Health Built Up Through ...
Article : 601 wordsRAINBOW, Friday.—At the Empire Day celebrations at Rainbow on Wednesday, one of the competitors in the skipping contest, Katic Brock, skipped exactly 1,000 times. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe first of the University of Melbourne extension lectures to members of the Hawthorn centre was delivered last night, by Mr. Walter Murdoch, to an interested ...
Article : 510 wordsHOBART, Friday.—After a well-organised and diligent scarch, all hope of tracing the man Jacklin, who has been missing from Yalla since the 18th inst., has been ...
Article : 194 wordsSir,—As "the father of eight," I desire, through your columns, to add my emphatic protest against the continuance of the income tax, at any rate, unless a ...
Article : 146 wordsYesterday the brakes of the engines and carriages of the Bendigo train were overhauled and examined under the supervision of Mr. W. O. Bagley, brake expert. There ...
Article : 122 wordsJohn Holden, of Dana-street, Ballarat, grazier, who died on April 7, left property of the value of £5,177, consisting of £3,089 realty and £2,097 personalty. He made a will on July 6, 1909, ...
Article : 220 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—Four candidates were nominated to-day for the vacant Adelaide seat in the House of Assembly, due to the resignation of Mr. E. G. Roberts, to ...
Article : 45 wordsHOBART, Friday.—The commission, consisting of Messrs. E. Whitfield, Thos. Collett, and J. H. Edwards, appointed to inquire into several railway projects, have ...
Article : 205 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—A Royal commission is now sitting to inquire into the question of providing better communication than the existing ferry services between Sydney and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Bushell and Co., of Newcastle, are in possession of an interesting document, which speaks cloquently of the "go-aheadness" of the Post and ...
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Advertising : 232 wordsAt the Caulfield Court on Friday, before Messrs. Lloyd, Long, and Snipe, J.P.'s, Thomas O'Brien was charged with assaulting George Buffrey on May 12 at East ...
Article : 181 wordsThe monthly general meeting of the members took place at the rooms on Thursday night, Mr. W. H. Thorp, A.I.A.V., presiding over a good attendance. The various reports presented were highly ...
Article : 207 wordsAt the Williamstown Police Court on Friday Frederick Seal was charged with having used obscene language last Saturday on the local football ground during the progress of the match, ...
Article : 157 wordsCOBDEN, Friday.—For the Hooper-Logan competition, on Thursday, Cobden beat Mortlake, 5 goals 4 behinds to 2 goals 4 behinds; Cobden Traders beat Camperdown imperial Stars, 6 goals ...
Article : 83 wordsBAIRNSDALE, Friday.—The Struan Estate, comprising 126 acres, and situated at Bairnsdale, between the Mitchell River and the Backwater, was offered for sale by auction on Wednesday by ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 30 May 1908, Page 20
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