The Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords has considered the claim of Albert Kirby Fairfax, of the firm of W. P. Bonbright and Co., of London, New York, and ...
Article : 404 wordsThe Austrian Government has replied to Russia's note regarding the holding of a conference of powers to discuss the recent changes in the Balkan states. The reply ...
Article : 280 wordsThe Imperial Government is applying its policy of economy in the navy to the construction of torpedo-boat destroyers. It has determined to reduce the speed of 16 of the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe proceedings of the conference of the South Wales Miners' Federation, which is being held at Cardiff, have been such as to show that the Socialists will henceforth ...
Article : 354 wordsEstimated revenue for 1908-9, £8,116,250. A decrease on 1907-8 of £172,258. Principal estimated increases, probate £107,000, and railway £41,000; principal ...
Article : 463 words"The Times" this morning has a leading article on the result of the general elections in New Zealand. The article congratulates the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) on ...
Article : 545 wordsIn connection with the opening of the yachting season to-morrow, the Commodere, His Excellency Lord Dudley, flag officer for the day, and Her ...
Article : 972 wordsLawn tennis has come to its own in Victorin thanks in the main to the achievements of Norman Brookes. Before he won the singles championship of the world at ...
Article : 2,652 wordsThe King and Queen of Sweden, who are on a visit to King Edward and Queen Alexandra, were entertained at luncheon by the Lord Mayor and City Corporation of ...
Article : 65 wordsThe King and Queen yesterday opened the new hall and library which have been elected at Eton as a memorial to the Old Etonians who were killed in the South ...
Article : 73 wordsA special committe of British winebuyers, which was appointed at the instance of the Agents-General of the Australian states, has reported upon the colonial wine ...
Article : 343 wordsThe result of the interview between the Emperor William and the Chancellor (Prince Bulow) continues to provoke excited comment throughout Germany. The ...
Article : 102 wordsAccording to statements which are being mode persistently in Rome, a fresh difficulty has arisen over the matrimonial engagement between the Duke of the Abruzzi ...
Article : 166 wordsSome of the "suffragettes" who have made themselves so notorious in the agitation are being proceeded against at Leads for riotous behaviour. They served ...
Article : 105 wordsOpposition to the accession of the new Emperor of China, the infant son of Prince Chun, and nephew of the late Emperor, comes from Burma, where there is a large ...
Article : 265 wordsTowards the close of last year an action was commenced in the District Court of Missouri for an injunction against the continuance of the Standard Oil Company in ...
Article : 274 wordsReuter's correspondent in New York reports that the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States declines to recognise the disqualification inflicted upon Carpenter by ...
Article : 82 wordsOne of the most interesting of the Budget popers presented to members of the Legislative Assembly yesterday was the report of the Commissioner of Taxation (Mr. Prout ...
Article : 914 wordsAt yesterday's sittings of the Postal Commission, when Mr. Hume Cook, M.H.R., was in the chair, Mr. George Thomas Allen, secretary to the Federal Treasury, was ...
Article : 630 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday with au animated market. Merinoes showed an advance of from 5 to 10 centimes, and corssbreds an advance of from 10 to 15 ...
Article : 54 wordsBoth visiting Australian football teams played matches this afternoon. The "Wallabies" met and badly defeated Oxford University. The scores were:— ...
Article : 295 wordsThe longings of the Persian people for some instalment of constitutional government do not seem likely to be realised at present. ...
Article : 129 wordsBar silver was quoted to-day at 3 1-16d. per ounce standard, a fall of 1/8d. since 16th inst. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe proposed compromise on the Education Bill, which is being strenuously resisted by churchmen, seems unlikely to be effected. Rumours which were circulated in the lobby ...
Article : 48 wordsWANGARATTA, Thursday.—Mr. D. J. Whitteker, of Brookfield Estate, Everton, and a son, aged 4 years, had narrow escapes from drowning on Tuesday ...
Article : 290 wordsThe following prices represent the lowest and highest range of values on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and from them the middle prices may be computed:- ...
Article : 47 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—Travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour this afternoon, the engine of a goods train ran on to a bridge near Willmere, from which three ...
Article : 402 wordsSteps have been taken by the Home Secretary (Mr. Hubert Gladstone) to put a stop to the practice of magistrates of giving convicted criminals a "last chance" by ...
Article : 119 wordsThe directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. have declared a dividend of 6½ pet cent. on deferred stock, with a bonus of 3 per cent. ...
Article : 41 wordsAbdul Aziz, the dethroned Sultan of Moroeco, has been appeased by his brother, the new Sultan, by the grant of a pension of £7,000 a year. He is not to reside in ...
Article : 56 wordsWheat.—The Board of Agriculture estimates that the British wheat crop this year amounts to 6,505,370 quarters. The American visible supply east of the Rocky ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Government of the Argentine Republic submitted a defence programme in July, which involved the expenditure of about £11,000,000. Its principal feature ...
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Article : 143 wordsA great Japanese naval review was held at Kobe yesterday, in the presence of the Mikado. In all, 110 war-ships, exclusive of submarines, look part in the display. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 20 Nov 1908, Page 5
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