At the South Yarra Hall last night the South Yarra branch of the Australian Women's National League held its annual meeting. The room was decorated in wattle ...
Article : 857 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Early this morning the American battle fleet left Sydney Harbour, bound for Melbourne Eight o'clock was the time fixed for the departure, and ...
Article : 8,365 wordsGEELONG, Thursday.—The Nash defence committee views with pleasure the nomination of the Rev. C. H. Nash to the incumbency of St. Paul's, Sale. ...
Article : 291 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Nearly all the steamers which were out searching for the disabled Union Company's steamer Hawea have put into New South Wales ports, to ...
Article : 218 wordsThe conclusion of 12 months' office as mayor of the city by CCouncillor F. Brawn, M.L.C., was marked, on Thursday afternoon, by a presentation being made to that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsThe state Minister for Lands (Mr. Mackey) has been active in prohibiting prize-fighting upon any property over which the Victorian Government has any control. He ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 686 wordsAbout half-past 8 p.m. on Thursday a man of gentlemanly appearance and about 30 years of age, whose name is unknown, went to the Brunswick lockup crying, and ...
Article : 133 wordsJoseph Silverman, a boy 8 years of age, who lives at 182 Queen-street, was seriously injured by a tram-car in Bourke-street yesterday evening. The child was riding on ...
Article : 129 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—Owing to dumping by both Melbourne and Launceston millers at Hobart, millers in the city to-day reduced the price of flour from £10/10/ to £9 for ...
Article : 52 wordsDavid Clark Pagan, a wharf labourer, 44 years of age, who lives at 224 Ross-street, Port Melbourne, met with a severe accident while unloading coal from the s.s Lameroo, ...
Article : 86 wordsSALE, Wednesday.—The local branch of the Women's Christain Temperance Union have taken up the matter or police matrons at the city lock-up and have forwarded the ...
Article : 93 wordsECHUCA, Thursday.—A buring fatality occurred at Gunbower last night, by which Mrs. Tipton, and old resident of the district, lost her life. From the meagre particulars ...
Article : 195 wordsFor having failed to chain the wheel of his cart left standing in a public thoroughfare, a Chinese (Louey Kit) was fined 5/, at the City Court on Thursday. It was stated ...
Article : 85 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The railway returns show that on the 22nd inst. 305,102 bags of wheat were stacked at country stations and at Darling Island, compared with ...
Article : 151 wordsOn Thursday John Noonan, aged 60 years, was found in a very weak condition, lying in a paddock at Marshalltown. The old fellow, who had only an old bag as a ...
Article : 206 wordsBRISBANE Thursday.—At the annual meeting of the Queensland Employers' Federation to-day, Mr. R. W. Thursday, in the course of his address, regretted that the ...
Article : 269 wordsEDENHOPE, Thutsday.—William Lyall, a well-known coach driver, was found dead in his bed this morning. Death was due to heart disease. ...
Article : 27 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—The opinion expressed in "The Argus" to-day that the deepening of the Ajax shaft was essential received ample confirmation at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders ...
Article : 775 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.—In the Adelaide Police Court to-day, Hanry M'Pherson was charged on remand with having, at Minyip, Victoria in November, 1907, imposed on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 wordsWELLINGTON,Thursday.—The Defence Council, in the annual report, makes a number of suggestions for popularising the volunteer system, making it more ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 wordsMessrs. Adams and Blakeley have disposed of Corbet's Coffee Palace to Mr. Robert Bailey, of New Zealand, at a satisfactory figure. The new purchaser will ...
Article : 34 wordsThe County Court on Thursday was presided over by Judge Eagleson. F. M. O'Meara brought proceedings against F. Stewart for the specific performance of the ...
Article : 84 wordsMark Hambourg gave an extra recital on the Town-hall last night, the audience including Lady Gibson-Carmichael, attended by Captain Hope, A.D.C. Mr. and Mrs. ...
Article : 330 wordsWELLINGTON, Thursday.—The schooner Maroro, 38 days out from Newcastle to Wanganui took shelter in Blind Bay last night. Although a good deal of bad weather ...
Article : 37 wordsWARRAGUL, Thursday.—At the meet ing of the board of management of the Warragul District Hospital just held reference was made to the non-arrival of the ...
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Advertising : 657 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—A scheme is on foot to develop the East Coast coal deposits. There appear to be two parties in the field, but the extent and nature of the enterprise ...
Article : 188 wordsPERTH Thursday.—William Pike who for the past 12 years has been an employee of the Swan Brewery, and for some time past secretary to the company, attempted ...
Article : 169 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Thursday. — Dr. Cheirry Director of Agriculture, made an inspection yesterday afternoon of the farm connected with the local Agriculture High ...
Article : 137 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—Our University Council to-day decided to add a biology class at the University, the Government having premised financial assistance. ...
Article : 24 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.—The bodies of Cyril Bennett, aged 8, and Herbert Bennett, aged 10, sons of Mr. J. Bennett, farmer, of Knowsley, were recovered from the Back ...
Article : 127 wordsA fire broke out at 20 minutes to 7 yesterday evening in the draper's shop of Mrs. Isabella Dodd, at 116-118 Racecourse-road, Flemington. It was caused by hanging ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 wordsSUNBURY, Thursday.—The meeting of ratepayers held in the Bulla Recreation-hall in connection with the proposed Sunbury electric-lighting scheme, particular of which ...
Article : 123 wordsWELLINGTON, Thursday.—Mr. D. M. Luckie, assistant of the Government Life Insurance department, has retired on pension. He is nearly 81 years old. ...
Article : 48 wordsHAMILTON, Thursday.—The local option poll taken in the Hamilton licensing distriet, to determine whether the number of licenses should be increased from 12, the ...
Article : 67 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—Early this morning n fire broke out in a house occupied by Patrick Hourigan at Thompson Estates, South Brisbane. The house wise completely ...
Article : 64 wordsLINTON, Thursday.—An eight-year-old schoolboy named Percy Lewis was going home with some playmates, when a waggonload of hay passed them. They "whipped ...
Article : 81 wordsAt the conclusion of the business at the Prahran Court yesterday the mayor (Councillor Dobson) congratulated Detective Ashton on the plucky manner in which he had ...
Article : 77 wordsPORT DARWIN, Thursday.—The Porguguese cruiser Adamestor, Commander Viera de Sa, 14 guns, with a crew of 227, arrived this forenoon for coal supplies. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 28 Aug 1908, Page 8
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