The scarch for the missing steamer Waratah is still being vigorously continued. The cruiser Forte, which returned after being out eleven days, was again ...
Article : 138 wordsM'Gahey, the captain of the Eleven of England, which met the Australian Eleven at Blackpool to-day, won the toss from Noble, and decided to bat. ...
Article : 543 wordsThe Premiers' Conference, called primarily to secure, if possible, an agreement upon the financial relations of the Commonwealth and States, was opened by His ...
Article : 5,155 wordsThe Turkish Government is maintaining a firm attitude on the Cretan question. Assurances have been given by Greece which were intended to allay the suspicion of ...
Article : 93 wordsThe House of Commons sat throughout Wednesday night in committee, considering the Finance Bill, which embodies the Budget proposals of the Government. ...
Article : 615 wordsA question relating to the proposed extension of the duties of High Commissioner in the Mediterranean, when that post is assigned to Lord Kitchener, was ...
Article : 221 wordsA summary method of dealing with the international question of the rights of balloons on frontiers is alleged to have been adopted by the Russians on the borders of ...
Article : 149 wordsHis Excellency the Governor will be present to-day at Caulfield, and has accepted an invitation to lunch with the chairman and committee of the V.A.T.C. ...
Article : 926 wordsThe trial has just been concluded of Alexander Wilson, manager, and Alexander M'Whirter, James Cleland, and Hugh Stafford, directors of the defunct Mutual Bank ...
Article : 104 wordsThe United States Government has denounced its commercial treaty with Holland, which will terminate in August, 1910, its commercial agreements with France ...
Article : 41 wordsReinsurances are still being effected on the Waratah. The premiums were 90 guineas per cent., the highest rate ever paid on a vessel of that size. It is ...
Article : 106 wordsIn connection with the Defence Conference, it is stated that the South African Union has assumed a liability of £85,000 a year as a contribution to the navy, that ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Franco-British Exhibition, held at Shepherd's Bush last year, was a great financial success. The executive has relieved the guarantors of all liability, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 wordsIntense heat is being experienced in England, and eight deaths have resulted. Yesterday the thermometer reached 86deg. in the shade. ...
Article : 74 wordsIn the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Johnson (N.S.W.) asked whether the Ministry would direct mail steamers moving between Australia and South Africa ...
Article : 101 wordsThe South African Union delegates, who are in London in connection with the passage of the act of union through the imperial Parliament, have finally selected the ...
Article : 69 wordsAs an example of the severity of the storms which sweep the Indian Ocean at this season of the year, the experiences of the "Tyser" liner Marere are ...
Article : 391 wordsThe open money market discount rate for three months' bank bills in London is 1 7-16 per cent., or 1 1-16 per cent. below the Bank rate of 2½ per cent. The market ...
Article : 68 wordsA Reuter message was received in London yesterday afternoon stating that Johnson and Jeffries signed articles on the previous day to meet in a contet for the ...
Article : 179 wordsA serious casualty occurred to a detachment of the London territorial forces who were returning from manœuvres at the Roplestone camp. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 wordsECHUCA, Friday.—The Murray River Waters Commission took evidence here today. The members present were Mr. Mackinnon, M.L.A. (chairman), Messrs. ...
Article : 764 wordsMr. Matthew Keating, at Nationalist, has been elected unopposed as member of the House of Commons for South Kilkenny, in place of Mr. Nicholas Murphy, who resigned ...
Article : 34 wordsThe second division of the Australian bowlers are being tried in the game against an England Eleven at Blackpool, which was substituted for the match against a West ...
Article : 496 wordsThe Primrose League, one of the principal Unionist political organisations, which was founded in 1883, now has 2,000,000 members on its roll. ...
Article : 27 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 : 50 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday:— Tommy Bruns, from whom Johnson wrested the world's boxing championship in Sydney, sprained his ankley at Palmerston ...
Article : 57 wordsArrangements have been made for Miss Muriel Matters to carry out a lecturing tour in Australia. Mr. Beaumont Smith, formerly of ...
Article : 168 wordsThe prices stated below are Thursday's closing quotations:— Wool.—In the Bradford market a fair business is doing. Quotations for tops are ...
Article : 568 wordsSir,—It seems a remarkable fact that, although the Southern Ocean contains one of the world's principal highways of commerce, the data of this ocean at present ...
Article : 514 wordsThere is little to choose between two out of the three league games to-day. No matter what their relative positions on the list may be, Carlton and Fitzroy always provide ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 74 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The death took place at his residence, Darling Point, this afternoon of Mr. Samuel Hordern, of the firm Anthony Hordern and Sons, of the huge ...
Article : 696 wordsThe exceptionally wet season has been had for the strawberry crops. It is estimated that the wet weather has involved the growers in a total loss of £450,000. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Clan Ogilvy. s.s., from Auckland May 3; Hampstead, s.s., from Port ...
Article : 60 wordsThe defeat of both Lancashire and Yorkshire by Worcestershire has altered the positions of the clubs for the county championship. ...
Article : 45 wordsJames Kirkland, about 70 years, went out upon the roof of the Palace Hotel yesterday, and, climbing over the netting which fences it in, jumped 140ft. to his ...
Article : 183 wordsPERTH, Friday.—The Government has every reason to be satisfied with the results of the [?]otel at Gwalia. Allowing for depreciation, the profit for the year ended ...
Article : 80 wordsCricket experts in the newspapers and elsewhere heartily congratulate the Australians on their brilliant performances in the test matches. They culogise Noble for ...
Article : 72 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—At Christchurch to-day Mrs. Crosbery reprimanded her son, aged 15 years, for omitting to perform a trivial duty. The boy seized a ...
Article : 64 wordsThe following information regarding market quotations has been received by cable from Mr. Taverner, the Agent-General in London, dated August 12:— ...
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Advertising : 269 wordsTRAFALGAR, Aug. 12.—The 36th half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Trafalgar Cooperative Butter and Cheese Factory Limited was held on Monday. The quantity of milk received ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 14 Aug 1909, Page 19
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