Although sales are held all the year round at regular intervals in the various wool centres of the Commonwealth, it is not until early October that the Melbourne market ...
Article : 2,500 wordsA special meeting of the Cold Storage Employees' Union was held at the Trades-hall on Saturday night. There was a large attendance of members, in view of a threatened strike, through a delay in ...
Article : 151 words"Chokebore"(Camperdown) asks whether there is any remedy for a kicking gun, the recoil being felt well out on the shoulder towards the arm. It is almost a certainty ...
Article : 232 wordsThe annual meeting of the archdiocese of Melbourne were opened in St. Paul's Cathedral last night by a service, at the conclusion of which Arehbishop Clarke delivered ...
Article : 1,681 wordsBefore Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, the hearing was opened, in a case under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, in which ...
Article : 1,510 wordsSo far, the immigration work of the Government has been admittedly on a moderate scale, but the result is, at any rate, a proof that people can be obtained, and ...
Article : 724 wordsSPARROWS AND PEAS.—"Sparrow pest" (Malvern) asks how to keep sparrows from eating young peas in a vegetable garden. The peas are pulled up as soon as they appear above the surface. A ...
Article : 1,114 wordsDuring the last three years nine new irrigation settlements have been esstablished in the north. Commencing in the west, there is White Cliffs, near Mildura; Nyah, ...
Article : 1,154 wordsA strike of about 200 workers engaged in the preparation of sausage-skins in Footscray, Kensington, and Braybrook took place yesteday. Some twelve months ago the men employed in the trade were ...
Article : 366 words"W.E.J." (Hospital Creek) is strongly with the suggestion that the pea-rifle in all its forms should be forbidden by law. They are so cheap that most country boys can ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 272 wordsBetween 60 and 70 of the street orderly boys employed by the City Council went on strike again yesteray. The trouble was that an increase of wages from 18/ a week to 21/. which they said ...
Article : 88 wordsA handy bush lantern for an emergency is described by Mr.Donald Fraser (Scotisdale), who explains that Mr.Clarence Martin, of Forester Settlement, showed it to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 wordsAt the last meeting of the Tanners' Wages Board a communication was received from the Minister for Labour (Mr. Watt), forwarding the Crown solicitor's opinion upon the legality of the clause in ...
Article : 111 wordsMiss Dolly Brown (Peterborough) sends for examination some very perfect obsidian bomb. In all early references they will be found described as volcanic, but these are ...
Article : 167 wordsVarious slatements have been made from time to time concerning the effects of an alleged control of the fruit export trade by one or two persons or flrms. ...
Article : 308 wordsWhile on his trip abroad Mr. Syd. Day. of Melbourne, who has just returned to Australia, availed himself of the, opportunity to advertise Australia. ...
Article : 245 wordsMr. H. Harding, organiser of the Chaufieurs' Union, has bren appointed organiser to the Teachers' Union. He began his new duties yesterday. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn the Essendon Court on Monday inspector Austin proceeded against Boundy Brothers, grocers, of Pascoevale-road, Moonee Ponds, for having employed a youth over 21 years of age at a lower ...
Article : 287 wordsAn old eatch question which looks simple is sent by George Puddle (Port Melbourne). "If a bottle and a cork cost 2½d., and the bottle costs 2d. more than the cork, what ...
Article : 70 wordsThis one, sent by "W.Y.M." (Box Hill), seems at first sight absurdly simple, but a little reflection will show that it is much too deep for boys and girls:—If from the ...
Article : 184 wordsCOHUNA, Monday.—The members of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (Messrs. Elwood Mead, Cattanach, and Dethridge) arrived here this morning, ...
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Advertising : 1,380 wordsWONTHAGGI, Monday.—On Saturday charges laid against a deputy in the State mine were inquired into by the general manager (Mr. Broome), who exonerated the deputy. A good deal of feeling ...
Article : 192 wordsThe council of the University of Melbourne met yesterday afternoon, the chancellor (Sir John Madden) presiding. Professor Berry, in explaining the needs ...
Article : 928 wordsThe boy scout movement is spreading in Russia, and [?] notice from European papers that the Czar recently inspected a parade of 6,000 scouts. and showed a keen personal ...
Article : 117 wordsA note and query from a Malvern correspondent (whose signature is also a query).—"A corrospondent mentions that the English skylark has made i[?] appearance down Werribee way. When I was a ...
Article : 1,180 wordsWONTHAGGI, Monday.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Amalgamated Enginedrivers' Association was held, when a ballot was taken to decide (1) whether members were—[?]ed with the ...
Article : 90 wordsTALBOT,Monday.—At a local land board, presided over Mr. Charles J. Joy, the following applications were recommended, nearly all the land being part of the local ...
Article : 177 wordsBROKEN HILL, Monday.—So serious is the shortage of labour in Broken Hill again becoming that the Central mine is to-day forced to advertise for 50 miners. ...
Article : 36 wordsBRISBANE, Monday.—The State Attorney-General (Mr. O'Sullivan), who returned to his office to-day, had before him the cases of a member of men under committal in the Bundaberg district on ...
Article : 107 wordsADELAIDE, Monday.—The Government has purchased the North [?]aleer Estate from Mr. G. E. Maslin, an £6 10' per aere, for closer settlement. It comprises 24,000 ...
Article : 40 wordsPERTH, Monday.—The Arbitration Court in an award to-day fixed the wages of pastrycooks at £3 a week of six days of 48 hours, with 1/6 an hour overtime. ...
Article : 36 wordsAccording to returns compiled by the Victorian statist (Mr. Laughton) for the quarter ended June 30, 1911, the estimated population of Victoria on that date was ...
Article : 505 wordsPERTH, Monday.—In consequence of the Increased cost of living, the Perth City Council has granted a general increase of 1/ per day to all employees. Carters are to receive 10/. sanitary ...
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Advertising : 437 wordsThe first session of the Laymen's Missionary Movement Conference was held last night at the Assembly-hall, when about 60 delegates (comprising some of the chief ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 3 Oct 1911, Page 9
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