The statement of the commissioners as to the excellent quality of Powlett coal is endorsed by the drivers and firmen. For locomotive purposes one of the drivers ...
Article : 109 wordsThe corner-stone of what will be a substantial and commodious building and distinct acquisition to the parish of All Saints, East St. Kilda, was laid on Saturday ...
Article : 567 words"If I might be allowed to coin a word,I would call myself an escapologist," said Houdini, the handcuff king, who arrived in Melbourne yesterday to appear at the ...
Article : 932 wordsThe public were drawn in thousands to the A.N.A. Exhibition on Saturday afternoon, when the management provided as a special attraction a balloon ascent, with a ...
Article : 1,329 wordsMr. Morrish, produce merchant, of Kingston, having promised to donate £2 for each £1 collected in aid of the renovation fund of the local Anglican Church, Mrs. ...
Article : 174 wordsApparently the misinterpretation by British officials of the position as regards "Queen's head" stamps has not yet ceased. A complaint was received last month from ...
Article : 149 wordsThe first annual picnic of the Municipal Employees' Association was held during last week at Mentone. A large programme of sports was gone through, including a ...
Article : 766 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The aggregate meeting on the south coast yesterday was attended by over 2,000 miners, and an important decision was arrived at, whereby it ...
Article : 461 wordsBROKEN HILL, Sunday,—Both the Broken Hill North mine and the Junction North mine have purchased fresh supplies of coal, and will be able to continue ...
Article : 107 wordsBROKEN HILL, Saturday.—The experiments with oil fuel on the Zinc Corporation are at present confined to one B. and W. boiler, but short tests made have proved ...
Article : 117 wordsBENDIGO, Sunday.—Delegates from the Progress, Mine Owners, and Miners' associations met on Saturday to arrange for evidence to the Railways Standing Committee on the proposed ...
Article : 89 wordsWhile Mr. Henry Humphreys, residing at No. 5 Greenwood-street, Abbotsford, was walking across the footbridge over the Yarra at the foot of Church-street, ...
Article : 195 wordsThe Mining Managers' Association will inform the Eaglehawk Australian Natives' Association that they always had used, and always would use, their best endeavours to ...
Article : 388 wordsMr. R. W. E. Hooke, auctioneer, of Hawthorn, reports a large attendance at the auction sale on Saturday of freehold properties in estate of late George M'Goun. Ten houses were offered, and of ...
Article : 81 wordsBENDIGO, Saturday.—Mr. J. R. Little, general secretary of the A.M.A., has received the following additional contributions to be Newcastle coal strike fund:— ...
Article : 48 wordsHOBART, Sunday.—A serious affray occurred early on Saturday morning in Georgestreet. Launceston, where Constable Herbert was stabbed by an Italian named ...
Article : 189 wordsMr. W. S. Keast and Messrs. Martin Cussen and Co., report having sold by auction, on account of the executors of the late Mr. Niblet, farm, containing 320 acres 24 perches, at Mooroopna West, ...
Article : 70 wordsMartin Cussen and Co. report having sold, since the middle of January, the following properties:— On account Mr. E. C. Douglas, 160 acres, Taripta; on account Fred. Young, 143 races, Shepparton; ...
Article : 183 wordsThe body of a man, subsequently identified as James Garton Cameron, was found on Saturday washed up on the beach neal the yacht club pier, Middle Brighton. The ...
Article : 108 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—Chief-gunner White, of the Commonwealth naval forces, visited the city on Saturday, and inspected the Ballarat Naval Cadets, on whose behalf ...
Article : 76 wordshe death of George Ormiston, a jeweller, aged 27, who had lived with his mother at 100 High-street, St. Kilda, and had carried on business at 138 Elizabeth-street, ...
Article : 98 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted for postal contracts in Victoria:— Repairs, Camperdown-Darlington telegraph line, Ezra Chappel, Castlemaine, £167 ...
Article : 189 wordsFor the month of January the value of the exports from Corio Bay was £69,232. The imports reached a value of £11,088, or £5,900 less than for January of 1909. Duty ...
Article : 103 wordsMORNINGTON, Saturday.—Dalgety and Co., stock and station agents, Melbourne, have sold privately Mr. T. S. Armstrong's "Coolart" sheep station at Bittern. Mr. Fairbairn, M.H.R., has ...
Article : 66 wordsNEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Several meetings have been held throughout the district during the past two days by various branches of the Colliery Enginedrivers' ...
Article : 175 wordsSir,—I notice in "The Argus" of yesterday a paragraph referring to the "small charge" imposed by the Attorney-General for every inquiry by letter at the Titles ...
Article : 586 wordsA young man named Thomas Johnston, painter, in the employ of Mr. A. T. Hinton, coachbuilder, of Izett-street, Prahran, has disappeared, and all efforts to discover his ...
Article : 213 wordsMessrs. Young Bros., Horsham, Nhill, and Hamilton report having sold from 1st January to present date a total of 13,282 acres, for the sum of £77,528, and during last week they also sold the ...
Article : 210 wordsMr. J. H. Cook, who has been engaged at the local railway station for the past 16 years as parcels clerk, has received notice of his transfer to Spencer-street. ...
Article : 68 wordsDr. Adey has been appointed resident medical officer at the hospital on the recommendation of the Medical Students' Society. ...
Article : 93 wordsReferring to the visit he paid last week to the Heytesbury Forest, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said on Saturday that he was satisfied that before the ...
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Advertising : 307 wordsThe Miners' Federation received word to-day that a draft of £1,000 had been received in Sydney from the English coalminers towards the relief funds. The ...
Article : 61 wordsAt the Morgue on Saturday the coroner (Dr. Cole) held an inquest touching the death of James Leopold Jones, a elerk, aged 20, who for the past twelve months had ...
Article : 236 wordsBUNGAREE, Saturday.—The auxiliary to the Gong Gong, known as the modified Moorabool water scheme, is being vigorously pushed ahead in order to complete ...
Article : 104 wordsSome 18 months ago the coke-breaker at the Newport Workshops was dismantled to make room for other machinery. It has not been re-erected, and the blacksmiths (of ...
Article : 112 wordsThe culvert on the Aberdale railway line, near Neath, which was blown up on Friday morning, has been repaired, and a full train service is now being run. Mr. A. F. ...
Article : 82 wordsDOOKIE, Saturday.—A fire started to-day on the road near Cashel, and burned through Michael Ryan's stubble and grass. I ...
Article : 735 wordsExcessively heavy demands were made upon the State Labour Bureau in January by men in need of employment, but this is a usual condition of the first month of the ...
Article : 237 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister of Works (Mr. Lee), speaking at Balmain yesterday, said that as far as he was concerned he was prepared to go to the extreme length ...
Article : 142 wordsST. ARNAUD, Saturday.—A Chinese named Ah Goon, who was admitted to the hospital on Monday from Donald suffering from injuries received through being dragged ...
Article : 50 words"Aladdin," with its brilliant colour, fine dressing, and catchy songs, still pursues the paths of success at Her Majesty's Theatre, the audiences filling the house as well as they did during the ...
Article : 688 wordsWILLAURA, Saturday.—At Stavely yesterday Mr. T. Mitchell, farmer, was out shootinig, when the gun kicked with such force is to fracture his collarbone. Mr. ...
Article : 37 wordsSir,—Permit me to correct the statement in the paragraph in "The Argus" reporting the result of the deputation from the country law institutes that waited on the ...
Article : 574 wordsSALE, Sunday.—On Saturday morning at about half-past 5 o'clock the dead body of William Meldrum was found in Maealisterstreet fearfully mutilated. The man, who ...
Article : 116 wordsBENDIGO, Saturday.—The annual conference of the A.M.A. of Victoria and Tasmania is to be opened on Tuesday, February 22, at Ararat. Several important ...
Article : 278 wordsSir,—"Benefit Member" in "The Argus" of Saturday misses the whole point of the correspondence. We maintain that the A.N.A. is a political organisation, kept alive ...
Article : 206 wordsShould the southern miners resume work to-day, as is anticipated, a number of colliers which have been lying idle since the strike began will be recommissioned at the ...
Article : 311 wordsBENALLA, Sunday.—In connection with the finding of the body of a male child in the river on Thursday morning, Constable Henderson this morning arrested ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—We are hearing a deal about the injustice done to the doctors, but what about the chemists? The doctor receives 14/6 per member per year and the chemist 7/6. The ...
Article : 306 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—The Cabinet has decided to refuse approval to the recent resolution of the Railway Officers' Association to affiliate with the Railway Workers' ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. James Kelman Thomson, a commercial broker, was killed yesterday at the Bondi Baths. He dived off a springboard into 6½ft. of water. His ...
Article : 38 wordsCoal is apparently still procurable in Newcastle, despite the strike. The well-known collier Glaucus, which arrived here last night, is said to have shipped 1,100 tons of coal at ...
Article : 85 wordsHAY, Sunday.—A fearful burning accident occurred yesterday afternoon to Edith Ray, employed as a domestic servant by Mr. Parkhill, the sheriff's officer. Mr. ...
Article : 128 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A Chinese at Mittagong was brutally assaulted on Friday, and lies in the hospital in a serious condition. He was employed at the local ...
Article : 129 wordsThe City Brick-works, of Hawthorn, which have also kil[?]s at Elizabeth-street, Malvern, have been able hitherto to keep going with Victorian coal, although the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 7 Feb 1910, Page 9
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