SIDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, made a somewhat significant statement to-night. He said:—"If the strike is prolonged we ...
Article : 3,924 wordsA Royal medal has been awarded by the Royal Society of London, with the gracious consent of His Majesty King Edward VII., to Professor A. E. H. Love, of the University ...
Article : 1,086 wordsThe will of the late Sir Thomas Bent, M.L.A., formerly Premier and Treasurer of Victoria, who died on September 17 last, will be filed for probate to-day. The ...
Article : 451 wordsThe Imperial naval defence scheme, which was agreed upon as the outcome of the Defence Conference, is beginning to take definite shape. ...
Article : 252 wordsActing on instructions from his Government, Sir John Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, is negotiating for the services of a steamer to proceed to the Crozet Islands in ...
Article : 82 wordsMr. Chamberlain has issued a manifesto to his constituents, in which he declares:— "The Budget taxes unequally men of equal means, and throws the whole ...
Article : 671 wordsDOOKIE, Thursday.—Ascot Tank, a settlement one mile from Cosgrove, and five miles from Dookie, was the scene of a terrible domestic tragedy at noon to-day. A ...
Article : 693 wordsYesterday was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the late Mr. W. E. Gladstone, the famous statesman. There were numerous celebrations of the day in ...
Article : 306 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—The Mayor of Brisbane received the following telegram from Colonel Burston, Lord Mayor of Melbourne:—"Strong feeling here, ...
Article : 176 wordsThe rumour which originated in Germany to the effect that an understanding had been arrived at between Great Britain and Germany for the slackening of naval ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 wordsThe report of the Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways, which has recommended that the first steps be taken towards the nationalisation of the main canals ...
Article : 173 wordsLord Tennyson, a former GovernorGeneral of Australia, and Governor of South Australia, made interesting reference to the Commonwealth yesterday in the ...
Article : 180 wordsThe holiday festivities of the season will, so far as the great body of the general public is concerned, conclude with the celebrations to-morrow of New Year's Day. Others more ...
Article : 476 wordsPublic attention is again directed to the subject of foreign mining concessions in Morocco. In April last the Sultan granted concessions to the German firm of ...
Article : 317 wordsThe dum-dum bullet, which flattens on striking an object, and inflicts terrible wounds, was prohibited by the Geneva Convention. Its use, however, is not ...
Article : 101 wordsThe International Institute of Agriculture, which is holding its annual congress at Rome, has resolved to collect statistics of production of food supplies from 42 ...
Article : 73 wordsThe tremendous floods at Oporto, in Portugal, which were brought about by the rising of the River Douro, after torrential rains, have caused great suffering among ...
Article : 105 wordsBROKEN HILL, Thursday.— Emma Isabel Faggotter, a married woman, was this afternoon committed for trial on a chrge of having "maliciously caused a ...
Article : 293 wordsA Russian engineer named Guilevitch has attempted a remarkable fraud upon a life insurance company, which, however, miscarried, with the result that he committed ...
Article : 117 wordsThe finances of the Kingdom of Prussia are in an unsatisfactory slate. The Government begins the financial year 1910 with an estimated deficit of £5,000,000. ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is learned that the resignation of Hussein Hilmi Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizier, was due to the intrigues of the Committee of Union and Progress. The intrigues ...
Article : 496 wordsThe s.s. Wyrallah runs special excursion to-morrow to St. Leonards, leaving South Wharf at quarter-past 10 a.m., and arriving back at half-past 7 p.m. Again on Monday she runs ...
Article : 563 wordsThe position of companies, or corporations, as they are termed in the United States, has been the subject of discussion lately. ...
Article : 103 wordsThe French Customs Revision Bill was agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by 305 votes to 42. It will come into force on March 3 next. The Minister ...
Article : 56 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Arrangements have been made to include in Lord Kitchener's programme a State dinner by the Government of New South Wales at ...
Article : 37 wordsADELAIDA, Thursday.—While the German-Australian steamer Magdeburg, which has been loading are at the Proprietary Company's wharf at Port Pirie, was being moved ...
Article : 137 wordsThe White Star liner Celtic arrived in Liverpool from New York yesterday with her passengers in complete ignorance of the fact that a fire was in progress on board. ...
Article : 75 wordsSEAMOUR, Thursday.—Every convenience is being arrnaged for those attending the Kitchener camp. There will be complete mail services, and also telegraph and ...
Article : 79 wordsThe range of prices on the Stock Exchange yesterday for the stocks mentioned was as follows, and the middle prices may be computed from the quotations given:— ...
Article : 63 wordsBAILARAT, Thursday. — The gold output from public companies working in Ballarat for 1909 aggregated 40,686¾oz. In addition to this, small co-operative parties ...
Article : 333 wordsBROKEN HILL, Thursday.—The citizens are strongly opposed to the Government proposal, that, in the event of a water famine, they or the ciry council should be ...
Article : 142 wordsAn alteration has been made in the rates of postage on parcels sent to Canada through the British Post-office. The rates were formerly 8d. for articles not over 11b. ...
Article : 73 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—The merchants of Brisbane have a serious grievance against the Federal Quarantine Act and regulations. The portion of the measure, which they find ...
Article : 306 wordsWheat.—A cargo of 6,000 tons South Australian or Victorian wheat, DecemberJanuary shipment, pet steamer, has been sold at 39/9 pet 480lb., cost, freight, and ...
Article : 142 wordsThe New Year's Day arrangements of the Tramway Company appear by advertisement. Early cars for up-country trains will be run as Boxing Day. A special service of cars will run on ...
Article : 111 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The voting man, Henry Casey, who made a confession that he murdered Johanna Kelly at Armidale in December of last year, has apparently some ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 31 Dec 1909, Page 5
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