Mr. Deakin returned to Melbourne on Saturday after his visit to Queensland. He travelled from Sydney in the same train as the leader of the Federal[?] Opposition ...
Article : 3,820 wordsNotwithstanding the fact that the Budget has been debated for a week, the operation of several of its proposals is still obscure, especially that of the tax on the unearned ...
Article : 182 wordsThe measures taken by the Government to secure Great Britain's naval supremacy were criticised by Mr. Balfour, leader of the Opposition, in a weighty speech ...
Article : 262 wordsThe stock of the Victorian loan of £1,500,000, to be issued at 98, is quoted at a premium of about 6/3. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe decision of the wholesale milk vendors to increase the price of milk from 10d. to 1/ per gallon, as announced in "The Argus" of Saturday, caused great surprise ...
Article : 1,065 wordsA serious trouble has arisen between the Melbourne Harbour Trust and some of Victoria's largest timber importing firms. Some weeks ago the officers of the trust had ...
Article : 886 wordsA cable message from our London correspondent announces the arrival of King Edward from Paris, where he took a brief rest after his railway journey from Naples. His ...
Article : 1,238 wordsAustralia won the first match of the 1909 tour, defeating Notts county by an innings and 6 runs. The downfall of the home team in their second innings brought the ...
Article : 1,118 wordsBoth the Premier (Mr. Murray) and the Treasurer (Mr. Watt) appear to he very well satisfied so far with the arrangements which they have made for the issuing of a ...
Article : 228 wordsThe first game of the tour, ending as it did without favour from the weather in a one-innings victory for Australia, is emphatically Armstrong's match. To get 106, not ...
Article : 875 wordsSpeaking at a meeting of the Primrose League at the Albert-hall on Friday night, Mr. Balfour, leader of the Opposition, said that the Budget proposals were inequitable ...
Article : 72 wordsAn interesting feature of the International Photographic Exhibition, at Dresden, is an exhibit of 180 Australian views, which are being shown by the Commonwealth ...
Article : 97 wordsFurther particulars have been received from Calcutta regarding the sentences imposed by Mr. C. P. B[?], sessions judge, in the Alipore conspiracy cases. The ...
Article : 115 wordsAdmiral Lord Charles Beresford, who lately retired from the command of the Channel fleet, yesterday received the honorary degree of doctor of laws of the ...
Article : 572 wordsThe president of the Immigration League of Australia (Dr. Richard Arthur, M.L.A., of New South Wales), who is on a visit to London, yesterday called upon the ...
Article : 152 wordsThe effect on wages of the Eight[?]Hours in Mines Act is being watched with great interest. Consideration has been given to the matter by the Coal Miners' Federation, ...
Article : 109 wordsThe question of authorising modifications in the Church of England Ornaments Rubric, relating to the use of Eucharistic vestments, has been the subject of ...
Article : 338 wordsThe Town-hall was [?] on Saturday night by an enthusiastic audience that was called together to protest against any alteration in the King's coronation oath[?] ...
Article : 798 wordsSome very big scores were made in a match between Surrey and Hampshire. The Surrey team scored 742. In the first innings for Surrey J. B. Hobbs ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 51 wordsHOBART, Sunday.—An unexpected development occurred in the Williams will suit, the hearing of which was resumed before the Full Court on Saturday. ...
Article : 626 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, in an address at Oxford last night, said:—"It is, certain that we are in for an epoch, not of panic building, but ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 wordsA serious fire occurred in London on Friday. The outbreak took place in the Oxford University Press Warehouse, in ...
Article : 48 wordsThere has been a recrudescence of the trouble between the French Government and the postal employees in Paris, and it is feared that a fresh strike is impending. ...
Article : 263 wordsA Marathon race from Windsor Castle to Stamford-bridge Athletic Grounds, London, a distance of 26 miles 385 yards, was held on Saturday. The race was promoted ...
Article : 186 wordsThe London wool sales for May were continued yesterday. There was keen animation in the market, and strong American competition for all sorts of wool. Low ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Melbourne Electric Supply Company Limited is issuing £100,000 of 5 per cent. debentures, at 93, and £20,000, of 7 per cent. preference shares, at par. Both issues have ...
Article : 117 wordsJohn Block, of Balure, near Branxholme, grazier, who died on February 27, left estate of the value of £5,637. It consists of £4,300 realty and £1,337 personalty, and [?] a will dated August 29, 1906, ...
Article : 84 wordsThere was keen competition at the sales yesterday, Americans and Germans being good buyers. Best merinoes are now 10 per cent. higher, and fine to medium ...
Article : 89 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — The Antarctic discovering vessel Nimrod left yesterday. Professor and Mrs. David and party [?]rded the vessel, and went as far as Watson's B[?] ...
Article : 173 wordsThe directors of Dalgety and Company Limited have declared an interim dividend of 3/ per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for the half-year ended ...
Article : 38 wordsCopper.—Friday's closing quotations were:—Spot, £59/6/3 to £59/11/3, or an advance of 11/3 since the previous day; three months, £60 to £60/5/, or an advance ...
Article : 184 wordsFrank Norman Pearson, manager, Catherine-street. Geelong West[?] Causes of insolvency—Losses sustained through engaging in business with insufficient capital, adverse ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Board of Trade returns of the trade of the United Kingdom for April compare with those for the corresponding period of last year as follows:— ...
Article : 148 wordsThe following private advices have been received:— By Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company Limited:— "Supplementing our cable on the opening night ...
Article : 216 wordsOf Curing Baby's Terrible Itching, Burning Eczema—Head, Body, and Limbs Covered—At Last Cured by Cuticura. "Eczema broke out at first on my child's head ...
Article : 196 wordsAre preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] Regarding the Gippsland line, between Toorak, Armadale, and Malvern. See illustrations in "The ...
Article : 45 wordsAnd do not be deceived with counterfeits of Wolfe's-Schanpps: the genuine has a fine flavour and is an excellent stimulant.— [Advt.] ...
Article : 27 wordsPure in every particle.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 10 May 1909, Page 7
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