The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association has decided not to hold this week, nor to resume till further notice is given, the usual auction sales of sheepskins, hides, ...
Article : 336 wordsChildren a games persist generation after generation, and it may fairly be presumed that the game of "Pass it On" is still played by the modern child. It is a simple ...
Article : 1,234 wordsThe Department of Lands and Survey forwarded to the St. Kilda Council last evening a copy of a letter addressed to the Minister for Public Instruction relative to ...
Article : 319 wordsA well-dressed young woman, described as a rosy-checked girl of about 23 years of age, walked into the milinery shop of Miss Ottile Herzog, Elizabeth street, on ...
Article : 179 wordsIn the County Court on Monday, Thomas A. Ashfield sued the Buninyong Shire Council for £19/19/ damages. Plaintiff's case was that he had entered into a ...
Article : 176 wordsA semi-offical intimation is made in London that the visit of the British rifle shooting team to Australia is to be abandoned. BENALLA PLUMPTON COURSING. ...
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Advertising : 1,898 wordsAt the Licensing Court on Monday, the license of the Queen's Head Hotel. Lockwood, was transferred from Harriet Sparkes to Charles Honeyhone. ...
Article : 290 wordsRobert Austin McFarlane Shearn appeared before the Fitzroy Court on Monday on two charges of having stolen Misonic jewels, an opera glass, and dress suit, the property of George coutts. ...
Article : 266 wordsTea.—Blenders have shown a disposition to purchase spot teas, with the idea of protecting their trade against the possibility of a dislocation in shipping ...
Article : 164 wordsPERTH, Monday.—The July gold yield was 96,599 fine ounces. valued at £410,327. The return is 4,416oz., less than for the previous month, and 12,197oz., less than for the ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the North Melbourne court yesterday Arthur Could, shunter on the Victorian railways, was charged with having stolen 40 pairs of boots, and 20 pairs of shoes vallued at £30, the property of ...
Article : 238 wordsSYDNEy, Monday.—The interstate baseball carnival was continued to-day. In the senior section South Australia defeated Victorian by 8 runs to 5. In the junior ...
Article : 53 wordsArrivals of breadstuffs at Melbourne and Geelong from the country last week, according to the official returns, compare with the previous week and the ...
Article : 451 wordsButter.—The market is quiet, but steady. Arrivals of dairy and other produce at the perishable shed, Melbourne, per rail from the country, for the week ended July 31, ...
Article : 256 wordsArrangements were made on Monday for the official opening of the bridle track to Flinders Peak, at the You Yangs, to take place on Saturday, August 29. ...
Article : 223 wordsBEECHWORTH, Monday.—The 58th annual meeting of the Ovens District Hospital was held on thursday, Mr. A. M. Zwar, the president, occupying the ...
Article : 1,605 wordsAt the Prahran Court on Monday, before Messrs. McKinnon (chairman), Curwen-Walker, Bangs, and Hutton. J.P.'s, Frederick Baker, of 5 Ashby road, Armadale, was charged with having found a purse ...
Article : 295 wordsMARYBOROUGH, Monday.—At a meeting of the Maryborough School Teachers' Association on Saturday reference was made to the difficulty experieneed in obtaining ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 wordsNorman Robertson, of Chapel street, Prahran, pleaded gulity before Mr. J.J. Rogers, J.P., and a Bench of magistrates in the District Court yesterday to a cahrge ...
Article : 183 wordsWeek Ending August 1:—Gold received, 1,175,58oz.: value of gold coin and bullion issued. £28,497/0/2. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe revenue collected at the Custom House on August 3 amounted to:—Revenue, £18,083,18/4; State, £270/10/; contingent, £89/13/6; pilotage, £98/18/10; wharfage, ...
Article : 28 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—About 33,000 sheep were penned at the Homebush sales, mostly in the wool. Merino formed the bulk, and ewes were fairly plentiful. War rumours had a depressing ...
Article : 216 wordsWheat.—No actual business was transacted yesterday, and value are nominal. There are sellers at 4/6 delivered alongside, but buyers are shy. ...
Article : 698 wordsAt the Richmond Council meeting on Monday night the public health committee reported that Messrs. W.H. Lewis, T.J. Cooper, and A.J. Cochrane were present at the committee meeting, ...
Article : 764 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—Regarding wheat quotations, there were nominal wheat parcels with buyrs 4/4 and sellers 4/6. New wheat had buyes at 4/. In most other lines the quotations ...
Article : 228 wordsBoots are the latest commodity to show an increase in price, and as usual with such commerical movements the upward tendency coincides with an inconvenient season. ...
Article : 608 wordsSir,—On my return from New South Wales yesterday the letter by Mr. Greig in "The Argus" of July 25 was placed before me. He stated that Exford was unsuitable ...
Article : 473 wordsThe sixteenth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Victoria Insurance Company was held yesterday. The report of the directors and the balance-sheet ...
Article : 152 wordsAt a sitting of the Metropolitian Licensing Court yesterday at the Law Courts, before Judge Moute and Mr. Dwyer, P.M., the following transfer of vietualiers' licenses were granted: ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following are the wholesale prices ruling at the Western Market:—Apples.—Choice eating,6/ to 7/6; good casting, 4/ to 6/; inferior eating, 1/6 to 3/; choice cooking, 5/ to 6/6; good cooking, ...
Article : 103 wordsWODONGA (July 28).—Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report:—"A rather large yarding of store cattle, and a small supply of fat cattle. Store Cattle.— Quotation:—Bullocks, 4 yrs, £5/17/6 to £6/16/; ...
Article : 145 wordsCOBDEN, Saturday.—The annual meeting of the Cobden branch of the Australian Women's national League was held on Friday, when about 43 members were present. The secretary's report, which ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 4 Aug 1914, Page 4
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