The Government in contemplating instituting criminal proceedings against those who have been guilty of adulterating chaff by the admixture of large quantities of salt. ...
Article : 296 wordsYesterday was set apart by the Melbourne Young Men's Christian Association for rejoicing physical exercises, tea, and mutal congratulations. Directors and members ...
Article : 890 wordsFor some years past the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Mr. F. Madden) has been a strong believer in the existence of large supplies of artesian water in Victoria, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 634 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—The Criminal Court was crowded this morning when the little boy Robert John Davis was placed in the dock on a charge of having murdered his ...
Article : 747 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Thursday. — The inquiry into the circumstances attending the sudden death under peculiar circumstances of a young woman, Mary K'Kenna, early ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 wordsA few days ago an application was made to the Chief Justice in connection with the estate of a Mrs. Snelling, who died at Kew in 1901, for directions respecting the ...
Article : 223 wordsAdditional accommodatoin is being provided at the Newport workshops. The manufacture of rolling stock and equipment and of other fittings has increased. ...
Article : 186 wordsYesterday Mr. Weigall, K.C., on behalf of the respondents (Blake and others) in the Bayne v. Blake case, applied to the High Court that the order made a few days ...
Article : 233 wordsSWAN HILL, Thursday.—Messrs. Mead (chairman), Cattanach, and Garson of the (Water Commission, met delegates from the Long Lake League in relation to the ...
Article : 600 wordsThe work of constructing the abattoir railway will be started almost immediately. The Railway Commissioners yesterday received a communication from the City ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Tocumwal line is now almost completed. The rails have been laid across the bridge into New South Wales, and the temporary station at Tocumwal-bridge is ...
Article : 129 wordsThe action Henderson v. Schott, a claim for £1,000 for malicious prosecution, was concluded in the County Court yesterday, before Judge Box, and resulted in a verdict ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 wordsThomas Batchclor, 76 years of age, slipped and fell on the floor of his house at Waverley-street, Essendon, yesterday, and broke his left leg. He was taken in a ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The fisheries board has recommended Mr. D. G. Stead, the departmental naturalist, as the successor to Mr. H. C. Dannevig, as superintendent of ...
Article : 284 wordsUnder the scheme of coastal defence laid down for Australia, the whole of the forts are to be rearmed with modern guns. These are the Mark VII. 6in. quick-firers. A sum ...
Article : 124 wordsWhile working on a coil stage yesterday at South Wharf, where the s.s. Wareatea was being unloaded, Mark Smith fell to the wharf, and sustained a depressed fracture ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday. — Reports were circulated in the Sydney Flat district on Thursday that a well-known local farmer named Percy Booth had on the previous ...
Article : 218 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Thursday.—A Hindoo named Kissan Singh was brought to the local hospital last night by Constable Walsh, who found him in an unconscious ...
Article : 97 wordsA fire which occurred in Spencer-street West Melbourne, at half-past 9 o'clock yesterday evening, threatened to spread to the chemical works of Messrs. Felton, ...
Article : 186 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Council of Churches was held yesterday afternoon, at the Independent Church Hall, Collins-street, the Rev. S. Pearce Carey presiding. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 wordsAt the Prahran Court yesterday, before Mr. Keogh, P. M., and Mr. Phipps, T. P., John P. Wallace, rubber-tyre manufacturer, of James-street, Windsor, was charged under section 216 of the ...
Article : 563 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Thursday.—Whilst driving home from Woodiord last night Mr. Frank Burgess met with a sensational adventure. The night being very dark, he ...
Article : 86 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday. — The town of Kadina was lit by electricity for the first time yesterday. The engine was started by the mayoress. The electric works are ...
Article : 116 wordsIn responso to an advertisement calling for 20 men for work in connection with the proposed decoration of the Collins-street block, from Swinston-street to Elizabeth-street, in honour of the ...
Article : 172 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — A cab-driver named Anthony Curtis was found dead under his cab in Park-road early this morning. His neck was dislocated, apparantly ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—A boy named Thomas Stratton was playing with his sister near an open fireplace at his parents' house in Paddington, when his clothing caught ...
Article : 53 wordsMOE, June 17.—The fodder plant "Phalaris commutata" has withstood the long, dry spell of weather well, and promises to be a boon to the dairying industry. Mr. M. J. Hitchins (Hill End) ...
Article : 130 wordsA largely-attended meeting of sympathisers with Miss Sutherland, and with her work in connection with neglected children was held in the Melbourne Town-hall ...
Article : 383 wordsGELLONG, Thursday.—The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the man found in Corio Bay on Saturday last was continued on ...
Article : 80 wordsWELLINGTON, Thursday.—Recognising the increased cost of living, the Wellington Harbour Board has decided on an all-round increase of wages and salaris, involving over £1,500 a year. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsWELLINGTON, Thursday.—The Canterbury Conciliation Board has made its recommendations in the farm labourers' dispute, the hearing of which began in November. The board recommends that ...
Article : 106 wordsSHEPPARTON, Thursday. — The adjourned inquiry concerning the death of Mounted-constable Kennedy was resumed before Mr. Camp, J.P. this afternoon. A ...
Article : 75 wordsBetween 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday evening the house of Miss Annie Sloan, in Pakington-street, Kew, was entered by thieves, and some small articles of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 wordsThe question of renewing the Richmond Council's accident insurance policy came before the council at its meeting last night. The Colonial Mutual Insurance Company had previously notified ...
Article : 358 wordsWELLINGTON, Thursday.—The employees of the contractor for the big Arthur's pass tunnel, on the Midland Railway, threaten to strike unless their wages are increased by Monday. The ...
Article : 48 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—The holding of an interclub match with Colac on the previous day was partly responsible for the record of 83 nominations being receded to-day by the Ballarat Gun Club ...
Article : 145 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—Mr. Charles Carling, the president of the Victorian and Tasmanian Amalgamated Miners' Association, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Arthur Tilley, secretary of the ...
Article : 166 wordsAre you troubled with a nasty, persistent cough, a feeling of tightness in the region of the breast-bone, loss of voice on rising in the morning, wheeziness, huskiness, or ...
Article : 277 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The Inman-Smith billiard match was advanced another stage to-day, and the attendance at both sessions was an improvement on that of the previous days. Inman was in capital ...
Article : 228 wordsFor the cleansing of the skin and scalp of children the use of common toilet soaps should be avoided. They do not remove the impurities that lodge in the scalp, but ...
Article : 224 wordsYun Cheong, trading as H. Frank and Co., cabinet-makers, 17 Market-lane, off Bourke-street, was charged yesterday, at the District Court, under the Factories Act with having evaded the ...
Article : 195 wordsSir,—I beg to call special attention to your valuable subleader in "The Argus" of to-day on the recent Manning case at Bendigo. It should be emphasised to prevent ...
Article : 152 wordsThe University has issued the "Handbook of Public Examinations for 1909," containing regulations and details of subjects for public and commercial examinations in 1909 and the reports of the ...
Article : 175 wordsBONNIGTON'S IRISH MOSS is a good medicine for youth and old age. It has saved hundreds from that dreadful disease, Consumption.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 26 Jun 1908, Page 6
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