A terrible railway collision occurred last night at Rottenmann, in Styria. The driver of the express from Rome to Vienna, overlooking the signal, dashed into ...
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Article : 859 wordsThe problem of employment as selected to emigration was discussed yesterday at a special meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, ...
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Article : 98 wordsAll doubts as to whether the wrecked ship Carnarvon Bay had disappeared were set at rest yesterday morning upon the return from King Island of ...
Article : 730 wordsLess than 11 hours after the House of Representatives had adjourned on the previous night members assembled again yesterday for a 12-hours' sitting. Mr. Fisher ...
Article : 1,233 wordsThe number of accidents on the State railways in France of late has been unusually large, and their frequent recurrence is attracting public attention. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe select committee of the Legislative Assembly which is to be appointed to inquire into and report upon the fares being charged by the Melbourne Tramway ...
Article : 131 wordsSome time ago the British Admiralty authorities decided to test the applicability of wireless telegraphy to submarines. Several vessels were fitted with the wireless ...
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Article : 96 wordsFollowing upon the political disturbances of a few months ago, when the Greek Assembly was dominated by the military party, and forced to pass legislation without ...
Article : 142 wordsUpon opening the warehouse of Messrs. E. B. Myers and Co., 133 Flinders-lane, yesterday morning, it needed no diligent search to disclose the fact that a robbery of some ...
Article : 358 wordsIt was announced last month that Turkey was floating a loan of £6,000,000 in Paris. "Le Temps," however, now states that the negotiations for the loan have been ...
Article : 195 wordsAmong the papers read at the International Conference on Unemployed, which is sitting in Paris, was one by Sir John Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria. ...
Article : 322 wordsThe British commissioner at Mooltan, in the Punjaub, is appealing for funds to relieve the native inhabitants of his district. The River Indus has been in high flood, and ...
Article : 79 wordsAfter 14 years' negotiations the International Maritime Committee at Brussels has formulated in international agreement for the unification of the laws relating to ...
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Article : 78 wordsThe annual convention of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association is being held at Vancouver. Three hundred delegates have assembled. This is the first occasion on ...
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Article : 77 wordsThe grievances of the boilermarkers in Scotland and the north of England will be discussed to-day at a conference of representatives of the Edinburgh boilermakers ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Italian Premier, Signor Luzzatti, some time ago embarked upon a crusade against the production of obscene art in Italy. Under his instructions, everything ...
Article : 74 wordsIn the Brunswick Court on Wednesday, before Mr. H. Morrison, P.M., and Messrs. J. W. Fleming, J. Allard, and W. Dowsley, J. P.'s, Plain-clothes Constable R. R. ...
Article : 725 wordsCanadian trade is booming. The Customs receipts for the past 10 days show an increase of £68,000, while the Savings Banks accounts in August increased by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 wordsThe first shipment for the season of apples from Seattle, the northernmost port of the United States, on the Pacific coast, to Australia has been made.It is ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Georges Cochery, the Minister of Finance, explained his proposals for providing the funds to ...
Article : 111 wordsMr. J. Keir Hardie, the well-known Socialist leader in the House of Commons, speaking at a Socialist Congress in Magdeburg, in Germany, said the British ...
Article : 65 wordsThe friends of Lieut. Colonel J. R. Y. Goldstein will regret to learn of his death, which took place at his residence. "Whitehall," Bank-place. Colonel Goldstein, who ...
Article : 258 wordsThe announcement of Mr. Tait's desire to retire from the chairmanship of the commissioners came as a surprise yesterday even to members of the Cabinet and the ...
Article : 184 wordsLieutenant Helm, the young German officer who was arrested while sketching the fortifications at Portsmouth, was brought before a magistrate at Fareham yesterday, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe London police have made four arrests of persons suspected of being concerned in the theft of half a ton of saccharine at Southwark. The saccharine was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 wordsAn international conference on statistics is being held at Brussels. Twenty-six countries are represented, including the Commonwealth of Australia, which is ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Straits Settlements, a few weeks ago proposed to impose a duty of 20 per cent, on the frieght on all bills of lading, returning the duty only to shippers outside the ...
Article : 87 wordsA heavy sentence has been inflicted by the Italian criminal courts on a mayor who was guilty of extensive frauds. The accused was Cavaliere Tulumello, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 wordsThe Rev. Amos Brazier, late incumbent of the parish of Dandenong, died yesterday, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. M'Whae, at Malvern, at the age of ...
Article : 159 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Toutcher moved the adjournment of the House with a view to discussing the present position of railway administration, so that the ...
Article : 5,308 wordsThe list of fatal accidents whilst motor ing which has been extraordinarly long during the last few days, is added to to-day by one at Sheffield. Mr. Lester Collingwood, ...
Article : 52 wordsLAUNCESTON, Wednesday. — When returning home from the premiership football match this evening, John Norman Carter, whose parents reside in Victoria, fell ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 wordsOne of the airships used in the French military manœuvres had a narrow escape from destruction. It was one of the Clement Bayard dirigible balloons, which was ...
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Article : 164 wordsIn a ten rounds boxing contest at New York on Monday, Dixie Kid, the welterweight champion, was outpointed by Fighting Dick Nelson. ...
Article : 28 wordsOn behalf of the Foundling Hospital appeal fund we have received 5/ from "C." ...
Article : 6 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.—The first session of the fourteenth synod of the diocese of Perth opened last evening. In the course of his charge, Bishop Riley pointed out that, ...
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Advertising : 268 wordsAn appeal was made in "The Argus" of Saturday by Mr. Henry Glenn, acting as hon. treasurer on behalf of the fellow-workmen of Charles Nelson, who lost his life in saving that of another ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 22 Sep 1910, Page 7
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