SYDNEY, Monday. — To-day was observed as a general holiday, in commemoration of Eight Hours Day. The customary procession of trades through the city took ...
Article : 403 wordsPOWLETT, Monday.—The State mine will work full time in future, as from midnight to-night. A notice posted to that effect has given general satisfaction. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Trades-hall Council has among its rules a provision which requires that any person chosen as a delegate to sit upon the council must have worked at the particular ...
Article : 930 wordsA meeting of the Council of the University of Melbourne was held in the conference-room, Supreme Court, yesterday. The chancellor (Sir John Madden) presided. ...
Article : 773 wordsLONDON, Sept. 2.—Sheaves of letters in all but the Liberal papers, which naturally have no room for them, attest the confusion and exasperation of land-owners over the ...
Article : 973 wordsOwing to the growth of winter sales throughout the various selling centres of the Commonwealth the opening of the regular season is not now the all important ...
Article : 2,679 wordsThe attention of the Minister for Labour (Mr. Murray) has been directed to the Trades-hall complaint that the inspectors of the Factories and Shops department when ...
Article : 138 wordsAuthority was yesterday given the electric supply committee and the public works committee of the City Council to tender for 35,000 tons of slack coal from the Powlett ...
Article : 179 wordsOwing to Mr. J. Sutch having resigned from the secretaryship of the Sawmill, Timber-yard, and General Woodworkers' Employees' Association through having gone ...
Article : 213 wordsThe scheme of Oxford University reform submitted after full consideration by the hebdomadal council (the University's "cabinet") covers most of the points ...
Article : 355 wordsThe question of using Powlett slack coal was considered at the meeting of the Collingwood Council last evening. At the previous meeting of the council, Councillor ...
Article : 148 wordsSir,—A friend of mine drew an income of £14,500 from land in Victoria last year. If he held it all at present his income would be £300 per annum! This good, solid sort ...
Article : 1,132 wordsSome time ago a petition was presented from members of the Timber Sorters' and Stackers' Union to the Minister of Labour (Mr. Murray), asking that a special wages ...
Article : 74 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Anti-Sweating League, the secretary (Mr. S. Mauger) reported having received a deputation, consisting of representatives of several of the ...
Article : 329 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Victorian Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Association was held at the Temperance-hall, Russellstreet, last night, Mr. P. Andresen ...
Article : 174 wordsPOWLETT, Monday.—The notice recently issued by the Mines department, to the effect that all tents belonging to the department must be returned to the stores ...
Article : 416 wordsSir James Crichton-Browne's presidential address to the Sanitary Inspectors' Association was delivered in Fishmongers'-hall this year. So ("there's nothing like ...
Article : 210 wordsLAUNCESTON, Monday.—The labourers engaged on the permanent way for trams struck this morning for an increase of 1/ a day. The contractors had refused to ...
Article : 77 words"Germ carriers"—that is, convalescent patients who still harbour microbes for months or years after an illness, and remain therefore a source of danger to the ...
Article : 665 wordsSir Henry Kellett and Deputy Chief Officer Wilkins, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board attended Monday's meeting of the Moorabbin Shire Council. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) has received from Mr. G. H. Knibbs, the Commonwealth statist, a report on his visit to Europe last year, and his inquiries made ...
Article : 185 wordsA clergyman, who gave up his living through ill-health five years ago, and has lived since by taking Sunday duty while his wife and daughter let apartments at ...
Article : 157 wordsLord Esher's "National Review" aiticle on 'The Voluntary Principle," following his speech in the Lords some weeks ago, makes the more impression because he ...
Article : 298 wordsStreet formation was discussed generally at the meeting of the City Council yesterday, on a recommendation by the public works committee that tenders be invited ...
Article : 249 wordsDiscontent exists among those members of the Municipal Employees' Union who work for the City Council because they are paid a minimum wage of 7/6 a day, while ...
Article : 135 wordsBROKEN HILL, Monday.— A special meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association was called for Sunday to consider the report of the sub-committee on wages ...
Article : 82 wordsBROKEN HILL, Monday.—The Australian Workers' Union, at a meeting held on Sunday, agreed to the following resolution:— ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir John Madden), Mr. Justice Hodges, and Mr. Justice Hood, dealt yesterday with an appeal from a decision of ...
Article : 500 words"I think the remarks must have been made in ignorance," remarked the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) yesterday when commenting on the criticisms of ...
Article : 235 wordsDr. C. Salmon, M.H.R., presided over a fair attendance at the meeting of the Antisweating League held yesterday at 66 Bourke-street. ...
Article : 452 wordsThe box-plan for Madame Emma Calve's farewell concert at the Exhibition next Saturday will be opened at Allan's this morning. This will be the last opportunity ...
Article : 75 wordsMystery enshrouds the arrest of two young Englishmen as spies in Germany, partly through their reported refusal to give their home addresses. One appears to have ...
Article : 342 wordsTwo men named Thomas Lawson and Peter Voight were charged at the General Sessions, before Judge Eagleson, yesterday, with the larceny of a bag of boots. Voight ...
Article : 301 wordsSir,—Since the coming division on Mr. Swinburne's motion for the Scripture referendum is of such great national importance, I hope you will publish this in answer ...
Article : 332 wordsFREMANTLE, Monday. — To-day the steamer Colac, which struck a reef on King's Sound, in the middle of last month, and now lies disabled at Derby, was sold ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 4 Oct 1910, Page 5
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