King George has conferred upon Zia-edDin, eldest son of the Sultan of Turkey, the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian order. Zia-ed-Din journeyed to Port Said ...
Article : 74 wordsIn addition to the 6,000 berths already reserved for next year on the steamers of the Aberdeen line travelling between England and Victoria, the State authorities ...
Article : 114 wordsAn important step has been taken by Italy in connection with her naval operations against Turkey. Italy has notified the powers that she is about to blockade ...
Article : 39 wordsThe most daring feat of the war has been carried out at Hankau. It was performed by the crew of a rebel torpedoboat, in running the gauntlet of the ...
Article : 151 wordsDisaster has overtaken a train running to Saumur, on the River Loire. On the route the line crosses the Thoue River near Poitiers. This river was in heavy flood, ...
Article : 294 wordsThe motion upon which Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) will make in the House of Commons on Monday evening his eagerly ...
Article : 377 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Denman entertained at dinner last evening the Minister for Trade and Customs and Mrs. F. G. Tudor, the ...
Article : 1,215 wordsThe South Australian cricketers commenced their return match with Victoria on the Melbourne ground yesterday, in bright, cool weather. The attendance was ...
Article : 1,790 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—England and New South Wales began their match at the Sydney Cricket-ground to-day. Owing fo the previous day's rain the wicket was ...
Article : 803 wordsThe following message from the Italian Embassy in London has been received by the acting consul-general for Italy (Cav. G. Ferrando):— ...
Article : 87 wordsItaly is spontaneously suspending naval action in the Red Sea while the Royal yacht Medina, which is conveying King George and Queen Mary to the Indian ...
Article : 43 wordsPractically all the 160 farm labourers who arrived by the steamer Belgic this week have now been sent away to positions in the country by the officers of the State ...
Article : 82 wordsA plot to smuggle Chinese into America on a large scale has been discovered, and 20 men have been charged with having brought Chinese into the United States in a ...
Article : 83 wordsThe State Ministry, in accordance with the procedure already decided upon, has forwarded a cable message to the AgentGeneral (Sir John Toverner) informing ...
Article : 237 wordsA Chinese aviator named Gunn is entering into negotiations with the view of his being sent to the aid of the revolutionaries in China. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Irish Nationalists abstained from voting in the division on Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald's motion in favour of a railway conference. The 107 votes recorded in Mr. ...
Article : 91 wordsPirates on the West River looted the British steamer Shinon. The chief officer, Mr. Nicholson, was killed. The thieves also boarded a Chinese steamer, and stole ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. John D. Rockefeller denies the charges of Messrs. Merritt Brothers that he and his agents took securities worth £2,000,000 from representatives of the ...
Article : 74 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.— Mr. Tong Chai Chih, of Sydney, one of the leading members of the Chinese Empire Reform Association, and editor of the Tung Wah ...
Article : 177 wordsAn explosion which occured to-day in an electric supply main in the Strand caused a great deal of excitement. The explosion, which took place during a fire, ...
Article : 84 wordsTwenty-one colliers who were concerned in the riots arising out of the strike at the Cambrian mines at Tarini, in South Wales, have been sent to gaol. They received ...
Article : 41 wordsCommenting upon the Morocean trouble, the newspapers to-day pay grateful tributes to the unwavering attitude throughout the crisis of Sir Edward Grey, the British ...
Article : 112 wordsKYABRAM, Friday.—In connection with the failure of the Wyuna farm for experimental purposes it has been stated that had an additional 100 acres of sandy soil to the ...
Article : 603 wordsThe newspapers announce the arrival of Mr. Wigram, from New Zealand, with an aerial torpedo, in which he is seeking to interest the War Office authorities. ...
Article : 889 wordsThe strike of oil mill hands at Hull, which a few days ago led to serious rioting and conflicts with the police, has been settled. The basis of agreement is an advance of ...
Article : 63 wordsAn extraordinary fatality has occurred at Eugene, in Oregon, through the use of an electric bath. The victim was a leading footballer of the Oregon University team. ...
Article : 59 wordsCAIRNS(Q.), Friday.—The cruiser Prometheus, on route for China, is at Cairns, and resumes her voyage north on Sunday morning. Considerable amusement ...
Article : 73 wordsThe dressmakers of Berlin, to the number of 60,000, have gone out on strike in order to secure higher wages. ...
Article : 27 wordsA new White Star liner, the Gigantic, is being constructed at Belfast of huge proportions. The vessel will have a length of 1,000ft., ...
Article : 143 wordsThe leading German newspapers are eagerly expectant in regard to the speech which is to be made by Sir Edward Grey, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. Lloyd-George, in a message to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. predicts the amendment of the Franchise Bill (which Mr. Asquith has ...
Article : 244 wordsAccording to "The Times," there is a suggestion that the provisions of the National Insurance Bill should be materially altered. ...
Article : 76 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Although P.F. Warner is improving steadily, his ailment is sufficiently serious to keep him inactive for some time. His medical adviser this ...
Article : 87 wordsThe death is announced of Count Komura, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan. [Count Komura was born in Hyuga, in ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Cork "Free Press" asserts that a strong minority at the meeting of the Nationalist members of the House of Commons, which considered the matter voted ...
Article : 69 wordsIn view of the financial stringeney, all increases of expenditure and outlay on unproductive works have been expunged from the Budget. For the same reason the ...
Article : 192 wordsMARYBOROUGH, Friday.—The combined picnic of Sunday-schools of Maryborough took place at Eversley, 40 miles from Maryborough on Wednesday. An ...
Article : 159 wordsThe wool sales have closed with prices unchanged. A total of 5,063 bales were offered, and 2,607 bales were sold. ...
Article : 31 wordsMrs. Pethick Lawrence, hon. treasurer of the Women's Social and Political League, was one of the ringleaders in the suffragette rioting in Parliament square on ...
Article : 79 wordsThe body of Miss Tolina Fowler, of Bamfield-street. Sandringham, was found washed up on the beach opposite the Hampton Tea-gardens early yesterday morning. ...
Article : 155 wordsThe prices quoted below are Thursday's closing rates:— Wheat.—The markets are quiet, and tending to be easier on account of more ...
Article : 419 words"Romeo et Juliette" was staged for the last time at Her Majesty's Theatre last night, in the presence of an audience that filled every part. Madame Melba repeated ...
Article : 239 wordsIt is reported that the construction of two battleships of the Orion type has been ordered at Barrow and Glasgow respectively. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Friday.—A story of terrible suffering was related to-day by a man named John Watson, who was found early this morning by Mr. Coghlan, ...
Article : 227 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—In the Equity Court to-day, Mr. Justice Simpson heard an application by Clyde William Pemberton Nixon, dentist, against W. E. Langley, Harold ...
Article : 286 wordsC. J. and T. Ham.—At Milroy-street, North [?]hton Building sites. Sydney C. Arnold and Co. (in conjunction with Crisp, W[?] and Co.),—At Sydney-road, Coburg— ...
Article : 389 wordsAn election took place yesterday to fill the vacancy in the Hitchin division of Hertfordshire, caused by the death of Dr. Alfred Peter Hillier (Unionist), who ...
Article : 119 wordsSir,—To this great Australian let me pay my mead of praise. During my late visit to Europe I had the privilege of hearing the very best operas in London during the ...
Article : 327 wordsThe open money market discount rate for three months bank bills in London is 3g per cent., or [?] below the Bank rate of 4 pet cent. The market rate in Paris is 3[?] ...
Article : 55 wordsBy the express yesterday afternoon Campbell Nairn Moir, the young man who is charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus at Globe, Sydney, on October 31, left ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 wordsHOBART, Friday.—A new trial was granted to-day by the Full Court in the case of Bond v. The "Mercyry," for libel, in which the plaintiff claimed £5,000 and ...
Article : 113 wordsPERTH, Friday.—In the Legislative Assembly last night the second rending of the Arbitration Amendment Bill was passed, and the measure was considered in ...
Article : 102 words"Tennis week furnishes the town page of "The Australasian" with a set of interesting picures. Photographs are reproduced of Lady Denman playing in the doubles, ...
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Article : 194 wordsSir,—The management of the Melba Opera Company will reserve a seat for [?] but not for a lower sum. I represent a great many people who cannot afford the ...
Article : 138 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—In the House of Assembly the bill granting £1,000 extra to the University, on condition that five legislators were put on the council, was ...
Article : 52 wordsAbout 1,090 tons of Victorian butter have been sent away this week for ports beyond the Commonwealth. The total exports for the season have now reached 8,873 tons, ...
Article : 54 wordsPERTH, Friday.—The Government statistician estimates the wheat yield at 5,146,990 bushels, from 550,110 acres, an average of 9.2 bushels, against 5,807,510 bushels, from ...
Article : 103 wordsMACKAY, Friday.—George David Silv, a Cingalese, was charged to-day with the wilful murder of Mrs. Agnes Ching and her five children on Friday last. Formal ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 25 Nov 1911, Page 19
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