The Labour Exchange Bill, which was introduced into the House of Commons on May 21 by the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Winston Churchill) has passed ...
Article : 3,377 wordsLord Kitchener, who is shortly to vacate the post of Commander-in-Chief in India, is to have important duties placed upon him after his contemplated tour. ...
Article : 189 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichacl), attended by Mr. Victor Nelson Hood (private secretary), relurned to Melbourne by the Sydney express ...
Article : 1,047 wordsThe Imperial Co-operation League entertained Sir Joseph Ward, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who is in London in connection with the Imperial Defence ...
Article : 1,061 wordsAccording to the latest mcssages received from the Cape Tonn correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in regard to the wreck of the steamer Maori, of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion line, soon after leaving Cape Town for New Zealand on Wednesday, the loss of life was not so heavy as at first feared. Through the splendid efforts of a ...
Article : 680 wordsEarly on Saturday morning James Cook, 21 years of age, an inkmaker, living at Draper-street, South Melbourne, was brought into the Melbourne Hospital with ...
Article : 1,269 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The barque Antiope, which the tug Irrestible made two ineffectual attempts to tow into Newcastle, and ultimately, in order to save herself from ...
Article : 98 wordsSome particulars of the coast of South Africa between Durban and Cape Town will be of interest in view of the non-arrival of the Waratah and the tragic wreck of ...
Article : 524 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—Following the preliminary inquiry by the chief harbourmaster (Mr. Irvine) into the circumstances surrounding the mishap to the steamer ...
Article : 191 wordsPrior to taking his departure from Cowes in the Russian Imperial yacht Standart, the Czar sent a farewell message to King Edward. ...
Article : 164 wordsTOWNSVILLE (Q.), Sunday.—The steamer Chillagoe, which was recently reported to be overdue at Thursday Island, arrived here to-day from Dutch New ...
Article : 70 wordsThe attention of the Department of Ports and Harbours has frequently been directed to the necessity for establishing telephonic communication with Waratah ...
Article : 319 wordsA serious difficulty has arisen between China and Japan concerning the Japanese railway enterprises in Manchuria. Japan is proceeding to widen and relay ...
Article : 155 wordsThe question of the advantages of wireless telegraphy having arisen in connection with the non-arrival of the Waratah, some information regarding the growth of the ...
Article : 365 wordsThe unusual uses to which a book of business maxims were devoted by a young sailor, 19 years of age, were disclosed after his arrest yesterday by Detectives Howard ...
Article : 764 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—In the course of an address at the Cathedral Church to-day on public worship, Bishop Green said that people were largely governed by the hymns ...
Article : 113 wordsThe continued absence of news of the missing Blue Anchor liner Waratah is daily deepening the apprehension as to the safety of the vessel. It is reported that the Waratah took 300 tons of coal on to her bridge deck after discharging cargo at Durban, which port she left on her short voyage to Cape Town on ...
Article : 179 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Mrs. Annie Willsher, a passenger by the steamer Mokoia from Auckland, who arrived yesterday afternoon, reported to the police that ...
Article : 112 wordsIncluded in the request for prayer read by Dr. Chapman, the evangelist, at a meeting of 5,000 men in the Exhibiton-building yesterday afternoon, was the following ...
Article : 120 wordsThomas Pritchard, of Lucan-street, Bendigo, brower, who died on June 4. left estate of the value of £10,701. In consits £3,160 realty and £7,511 personalty, and by a will, dated ...
Article : 46 wordsThe death of Mr. David MacPherson Robertson, founder of the MacRobertson confectionery business, which is known throughout Australia, occurred yesterday ...
Article : 421 wordsThe steamer Langton Grange (3,828 tons), of the Houlder line, which was travelling in ballast, has been stranded on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, Fcars are entertained for her safety, as she is opening up amidships. ...
Article : 46 wordsZEEHAN, Sunday.—Pieces of wreckage were found on the ocean beach on Friday by three Strahan fishermen, Dalgreen, Bracken, and Fisher, who were out hunting. ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Rev. B. Cozens, chaplain to the Port Melbourne Seamen's Mission, came last night into "The Argus" office, and made the following statement about beautiful ...
Article : 379 wordsOf the long roll of steamers that have been seriously overdue in the past, none has probably occasioned so much anxiety as the Waratah. This is due to the ...
Article : 694 wordsAnother serious garrotting affair was reported to the police on Saturday night just after midnight. The two victims, named James Burman and James Mackay, ...
Article : 84 wordsEngineer Commander Clarkson, of the Commonwealth Naval Forces, now in London, will leave to morrow for New York, to make arrangements in connection with the ...
Article : 89 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—The German consul stated to-night that there was no news regarding the missing yacht Seestern, and no truth in the rumour that the ...
Article : 46 wordsAt Half-past 10.—The King v. Buckle (Crown case reserved). (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Hodges, and Mr. Justice Cussen.) ...
Article : 216 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The barquentine Selwyn Craig, timber-laden from Thames, N.Z., to Melbourne, put into Sydney to-day to replenish her water supply. The ...
Article : 177 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—The Aorangi arrived this morning from Vancouver. The passengers are:— For Sydney.—Mesdames 11. Haris, A. Stourton, K. M'Cutchcon, P. Burke, J. Ridgley, Coventry. ...
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Advertising : 293 wordsMuch anxiety has been manifested in Melbourne during the last two days. No fewer than 433 persons called at Messrs. John Sanderson and Co.'s on Saturday, in ...
Article : 46 wordsArchibald M'Killop, of Box Hill, labourer. Causes of insolvency—Sickness of wife and childern and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £98/15/; assets, 2/6; deficiency, ...
Article : 33 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—On Friday efforts were made to employ prison labour at the old lunatic asylum building, Fremantle, which is being converted into an Old ...
Article : 71 wordsTo the suggestion that the Waratah may have suffered a breakdown of both her engines, and so become completely disabled, colour is lent by an experience which befell ...
Article : 171 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The tug Champion, which went across to Auckland to bring the disabled ship Leicester, Castle to Sydney, reached Port Jackson yesterday. The trip ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 9 Aug 1909, Page 7
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