The proposals of the Government in regard to duties affecting users of motor vehicles, and the revision of liquor license fees and spirit duties announced by the ...
Article : 570 wordsIn marked contrast to the commencement proceedings of years past, the ceremony associated with the annual commencement of the term at the Melbourne ...
Article : 1,318 wordsThe full effects of the week-end revolution wrought in the metropolitan area by the new Half-Holiday Act were seen on Saturday, when the act came into ...
Article : 576 wordsTheir Majesties the King and Queen, who are cruising in the Mediterranean, are reported by our London correspondent to have visited Naples. ...
Article : 450 wordsThe choosing of a Cabinet by Tewfik Posha, who was appointed Grand Vizier by the new Sultan of Turkey, Mohammed V., has been completed. ...
Article : 431 wordsAfter the last suburban passenger trian had passed through the Armadale station on Saturday night a large gang of men set to work on one of the important ...
Article : 424 wordsThe Payne Tariff Bill, which has been passed by the United States House of Representatives and is now before the Senate, provides for the addition of 20 per cent ad ...
Article : 294 wordsTOOWOOMBA (Q.), Saturday. —Mr.Deakin arrived at Toowoomba this afteroon, and was welcomed at the station by the mayor (Alderman Stone) and a number of ...
Article : 3,008 wordsThe Natal State railway employees, who are on strike as a protest against the piecework rates paid, have submitted preposterous minimum demands to the Government. ...
Article : 107 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—The revenue for April was £270,267, and the expenditure £310,884, leaving a debit balance on the month's transactions of £40,617. Compared with the ...
Article : 120 wordsEmma Prowett, of Herne Hill, Geelong, married woman, who died on March 22, left estate of the value of £3,692. It consists of £3,460 realty and £232 personalty, and by a will, dated June 11, ...
Article : 138 wordsKALGOORLLE, Sunday.—Speaking at Bonlder Saturday evening, the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Mahon) described the recent Premiers' Conference as an ...
Article : 296 wordsTo-day's quotation for bar silver is 24 7-16d. per ounce standard, being an advance of 1-16d. since Thursday. ...
Article : 29 wordsWELLINGTON, Sunday.—The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) in the course of a speech here announced that the revenue for the year was £9,001,185, and the expenditure ...
Article : 238 wordsThere are great rejoicings in Holland at the announcement that Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina has given birth to a daughter. [Since the official intimation was made in ...
Article : 425 wordsThe Saturday half-holiday movement appears to be spreading rapidly beyond the metropolitan area. The majority of the shopkeepers in every municipality have the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsA number of leaders of the German labour movement are on a visit to Great Britain. The party consists of 23. During their stay in London they are the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...
Article : 638 wordsThe second reading of the Right-to-Work Bill, introduced by the Labour party, was rejected in the House of Commons yesterday by 228 votes to 115. ...
Article : 118 wordsIn order to fall in with the Saturday half-holiday movement, the Public Works department has decided to pay the men working on a weekly wage at West Melbourne, ...
Article : 64 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. —The Hospital Saturday collections, which were taken up yesterday, are nearly £1,000 better than those of last year, but the amount includes ...
Article : 229 wordsNearly all roads in Brunswick and Coburg lead to Sydney-road. On Saturday afternoons and evenings the ways are thronged with men, women, and children. The effect ...
Article : 233 wordsOwing to the lateness of the rain in the metropolitan area, hopes of having any grass for winter are not very high. The early sowing for green fodder, having also ...
Article : 202 wordsA serious fire broke out on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, which was berthed at the London docks. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Russian troops have arrived at Tabriz, the seat of the Nationalist movement, which the royalist troops have held under siege for many weeks. ...
Article : 70 wordsAustralian artists are represented at the Paris exhibitions this year. In the old salon are shown works by Messrs. Charles Basing, Oswald Brlerley, ...
Article : 73 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday. —At the opening of the new convent school at Norwood this afternoon, Archbishop O'Reilly dealt at length with the charge by the Orange ...
Article : 96 wordsPERTH, Sunday. —The mail and contract schooner, Annie Agnes, which was reported missing, has become a total wreek. On April 17 her sails were blown away, and ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Mullah of Somaliland, who for some months past has given the British forces in Somaliland much trouble, is now beset by dangers in his own camp. ...
Article : 83 wordsBALLARAT, Saturday.—Referring to the introduction of the Saturday half-holiday in Melbourne, the mayor of Ballarat City (Councillor R. Pearse) will, on Monday ...
Article : 203 wordsThe American team have failed to reach the total scored by the British representatives in the international miniature rifle competitions between teams representing ...
Article : 103 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday. —The appeal of the General Assembly and Presbytery of Brisbane from the judgment of the Supreme Cout in the litigation instituted by the ...
Article : 237 wordsThe secretary to the Central Postal Administration (Mr. Scott) made reference on Saturday to the statement in "The Argus" to the effect that the mail-box ...
Article : 121 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Yesterday was commemoration Day, and proceedings passed off more quietly than in former years. The Senate had threatened to hold ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsBEECH FOREST, Sunday. —A consignment of locally grown vegetables consisting of turnips cabbages, pumpkins, potatoes, rhubarb, and cauliflowers, has been ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales closed yersterday. Increased eagerness was shown to secure fine crossbreds. Merinoes showed a 7½ per cent. advance on March rates, and second ...
Article : 40 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Mr. T. Brown, M.H.R., was the principal speaker at the Labour demonstration at Botany yesterday. In the course of his speech Mr. Brown was ...
Article : 133 wordsThe first message on the new cable service between the mainland and Tasmania, which was started early on Saturday morning, was from the Deputy ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Priemier (Mr. Murray) on Saturday received the following cable from Mr. Taverner, the Agent-General in London, showing the state of the market for ...
Article : 83 wordsWhich Brought Him Relief from Affection of Face and Forehead—Tried Several Other Remedies and Consulted Two Physicians—In Midst of Busy Life Sends Letter of Praise. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 wordsFood enough to replace the daily waste of bodily tissue, but Wolfe's-Schnapps by its medicinal qualities arrests, and so diminishes the loss.—[Advt.] ...
Article : 28 wordsAre preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 3 May 1909, Page 7
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