It was estimated by the chief engineer for railway construction (Mr. Kernot) on Saturday that 70 miles of new railways on the Newtown-B[?]c, Cressy-Lismore ...
Article : 526 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday. — Mr. M'Kenzie, M.L.A., and Mr. Elwood Mead, who are passengers on the s.s. Makura, which reached here from Vancouver yesterday, ...
Article : 100 wordsHigh Water This Day.—11.6 a.m. 11.33 p.m. Nov. 26.—9 a.m., Wind S. light; weather dull, fine; barometer, 30.10. 1 p.m.: Wind S., light; weather dull, [?] barometer, 30.10. 4 p.m.: ...
Article : 844 words"Coming to America, we believe that there is not a possibility of securing any number of farm labourers from there. Wages in Australia are much lower than in ...
Article : 368 wordsPending the advent of new liners now in course of building, the Royal Mail steamer Morea is the largest representative of the P. and O. fleet. This [?]ine vessel, which is due at Port Melbourne this ...
Article : 49 words"I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whoso list." TO CORRESPONDENTS. ...
Article : 103 wordsOn her homeward vovage from Sydney the Royal Mail Orient liner Otranto will arrive at Port Melbourne this morning, berthing alongside the railway pier. She remains here until Wednesday ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 662 wordsIn the course of a special statement for "The Argus," Mr. M'Kenzie and Mr. Mead said:—"In both Great Britain and America we found people of a suitable class ready to ...
Article : 334 words"Don't tell me of a man's being able "to talk sense," Pitt once remarked; "can he talk nonsense?" Taking this as the standard, the great statesman ...
Article : 3,783 wordsAbout 3,000 visitors who expected to see an aeroplane flight at Altona Bay were disappointed on Saturday afternoon. They had gone by road and rail and sea to be ...
Article : 561 words"Now if we in Victoria depend wholly on ourselves, we will, like California, work out for ourselves in a quarter of a century the best methods to apply to our ...
Article : 324 wordsA report received by the Deputy Post-master-General (Mr. Bright) from the acting superintendent of mails (Mr. Hughes) states that all the correspondence received ...
Article : 174 words"This pronounced inclination for prepared homes, however, had an important influence on our work. We saw that it was most essential to ultimate success that ...
Article : 303 wordsJethou, s.s., 4,284 tons, I. Frivold, from Imperial Harbour, Siberia. T. Holden, agent. IMPORTS.—Nov. 26. Jethou, [?] Imperial Harbour.—11,000 pine logs, ...
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Advertising : 625 wordsArrived.—Nov. 27—6.30 p.m.: Ayrshire, from Sydney. Sailed.—Nov. 27—Motor Gem, for cruise; Lemacl, for Hobart; Centurion, for Apollo Bay. ...
Article : 775 wordsThe statement published in "The Argus" on Saturday, to the effect that a large number of letters for the United Kingdom had missed the English mail last week was ...
Article : 181 words"This mission has shown conclusively that some arrangement for a round-trip excursion, it reasonable prices, would bring to Australia, both from Europe and America, ...
Article : 256 words"If you take into account that these people are those who are going out ahead of the date we recommended and that large numbers will wait to go in March, you will ...
Article : 499 wordsQueen's College (University) was [?]n fete on Saturday afternoon, the occasion being the opening of the new buildings. The celebration took the form of a garden party, ...
Article : 499 wordsThe following additional donations have been received by the committee:— Amount previously acknowledged................ £1,190 12 1 ...
Article : 49 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of Prahran citizens, convened by the mayor (Councillor Rupert Nicolson), on Saturday evening, it was decided to hold a moonlight in ...
Article : 116 wordsPerhaps the best evidence of what the delegates think of the prospects of securing an unlimited number of settlers is in their remarks about the further extension ...
Article : 247 wordsWhen the sewerage accident at Kew in September occurred, an appeal was made through "The Argus" for funds to erect a memorial over the grave of Mr. Charles J. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsThe Blue Funnel liner Telemachus arrived here yesterday morning from Glasgow via Adelaide, berthing up the river to discharge a cargo of general merchandise. ...
Article : 328 wordsSome fine samples of rape, grown on Mr. Henry's farm at Garfield, Koo-wee-rup Swamp, are being displayed at the office of the superintendent for Agriculture (Mr. ...
Article : 61 words"It is manifest," continued the delegates, "that if we are to take these settlers who want to come from Great Britain we must charter a vessel. Whether this should be ...
Article : 210 wordsWe have received the following additional donations in response to the appeal of the Rev. A. R. Raymond, of Yarraville, on behalf of the family in distress through an accident to the husband ...
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Advertising : 131 wordsIn response to the appeal made by the mayor of Hawthorn on behalf of the Porter family we have received the following additional contributions:— M.G.M., 10/; H.H.W., 5/. ...
Article : 42 wordsIn response to the appeal by the Rev. W. F. Haire, acting chaplain to the Seamen's Mission, on behalf of a young sailor lying paralysed in the Alfred Hospital, we have received the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 28 Nov 1910, Page 6
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