SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A large deputation, embracing many leading citizens, introduced by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Clarke), to-day put before the Premier (Mr. ...
Article : 447 wordsAt a meeting of the Prahran A.N.A., whieh was held last evening, the president (Mr. W. J. Blyth) presiding. Mr. R. E. Linay moved, and Mr. P. J. Flanne[?] ...
Article : 82 wordsSome considerable time ago I wrote to the following effect on this subject, but decided to postpone any endeavour at publication until some larger gun had first boomed ...
Article : 1,809 words1BALLARAT, Wednesday.—Lieut. General Sir Robert Baden-Powell was oficially welcomed at the City-hall this afternoon by the mayor (Councillor Barker) and ...
Article : 551 wordsOffenbach's posthumous opera, "Tales of Hoffmann," was repeated yesterday afternoon at Her Majesty's Theatre by the Quinlan Grand Opera Company. There ...
Article : 123 wordsThe senior cadet compeitions are to take place at the Exhibition on saturday afternoon, beginning at 2 p.m.. Admission to the grounds is free. ...
Article : 32 wordsSir.—At an interview granted to Mr. E. G. Lister, the chief commissioner of the Victorian section, and held at State Government-house on the 13th inst., the chief ...
Article : 366 wordsThe fate of the smaller torpedo boats, Nepean and Lonsdale, has been decrecd. Yesterday forenoon, the Nepean and Lonsdale were being handled by squads of sea. ...
Article : 89 wordsSir,—I would point out to Mr. Ernest Davies, whose letter appears to-day, that his illustration of the economy of the beehive is rather unfortunate for his argument. ...
Article : 154 wordsSir.—Now that Mr. Fisher has announced his intention of bestowing largesse upon he supporters in the form of bo[?]ses upon the birth of babies, I wish to point out to the ...
Article : 405 wordsReferring yesterday to the signing of a contract for the construction of the secondclass cruiser Brisbane and three destroyers, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearcc) ...
Article : 186 wordsIn the evening a, superb rendering of "Taunhauser" was given. This was the second occasion, and the house was so crowded and so full of enthusiasm that the ...
Article : 331 wordsSir—Those esteemed ministers of religion and others who are opposing the military traininig of our Commonwealth citizens do not represent the views of all ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) yesterday received form commandant of Western Australia a telegram, intimating that no cadet team would be able ...
Article : 108 wordsSir,—I have a boy, 16 years of age, in a troop of scouts under Mr. Lister. lu March I received a circular issued by the B.P. Scouts, warning parents and scouts ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,—I wish to point out to "Wea[?]y" that the fact of my wife practising self-d[?]ial to provide maternity expenses did not mean that she performed the physical labour, as ...
Article : 107 wordsYesterday evening a motor-car, driven by Mr. Sydney Cato, crashed into a lorry at the corner of Canterbury and Wright street, Middle-park, with disastrous ...
Article : 167 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — The driver of the passenger train on the Bankstown line this morning noticed a sleeper on the line at a spot about four miles from Sydney. ...
Article : 89 wordsMARYBOROUGH, Wednesday.—Judge Moule had a tangled skein to unravel in the case of Moodie v. Nightinagle, at the county Court to-day. ...
Article : 173 wordsTo-night Pucc[?]'s "La Boheme" will be presented. Miss Lalla Miranda will appear as Mimi, Miss Vera Courtenay as Musctta. Franco de Gregorio as Rudolph, W.J., ...
Article : 55 wordsAccording to the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), the operations at the small arms, cordite, clothing, and harness factories are being conducted on a ...
Article : 110 wordsIn a letter, published in "The Argus" last week, Dr. Janet Greig suggested [?] the system of tubereulosis dispensaries, which had proved useful in England, [?]ight [?] ...
Article : 265 wordsThe current season of the Oscar AscheLily Brayton Company at the Theatre Royal concluded last evening, and the final performance of "The Virgin Goddess" was ...
Article : 212 wordsSir.—On Thursday evening Sir Robert Baden-Powell, recognising Mr. E. Lister as the chief of the movement first started in Victoria, gave his promise to ...
Article : 231 wordsA return tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday sets out that last year 352 contract immigrants were admitted to the Commonwealth. Of these 332 were ...
Article : 172 wordsGEELONG, Wednesday.—Captain Chamber, member of the Naval Board, accompanied by Colonel Owen and Messrs. Murdoch and Hill, architects to the Home ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—With a desire to foster trade with Cannda initiated by Australians, and to place the Commonwealth upon a business parity with New Zealand, ...
Article : 195 wordsReferring yesterday to the paragraph in the Governor-General's Speech stating that the completion of the survey of the Australian coastal waters was receiving special ...
Article : 110 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Complaints against three cadets were heard by Mr. King. S.M., in the Central Summons Court this morning. A cadet named Frederick ...
Article : 231 wordsSir.—I am pleased to see the letters appearing in "The Argus" on the Boy Scouts who were "left out" on Saturday. Until last week I didn't know there were two ...
Article : 65 wordsCASTLEMAINE, Wednesday.—The trouble in the Methodist circuit continues, and has assumed a new phase, In April last Mr. R. Gibson was found guilty by ...
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Advertising : 859 wordsNobody passed the dictation test set by the Commonwealth officials last year to would-be[?] but and[?]sirable, immig[?]nts, of whom 83 were refused admittance to ...
Article : 114 wordsOf the 55,293 lads registered up to May 31 for compulsory training in Victoria, 28,969 are liable for service, and 28,072 are actually being drilled. The 1898 class, whieh ...
Article : 169 wordsPERTH, Wednesday. The question of pres[?]vatives in food was to-day before Dr. Ashburton Thompson, of Sydney, who is taking evidence in Western Australia as a ...
Article : 138 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.—Discussing the proposal to make a recreation-reserve of St. Helena Island, which is now a penal settlement, the Home Secretary (Mr. ...
Article : 152 wordsSir,—The remarkes of the Rev. Leyton Richards on the subject of compulsory military training exhibit a want of [?]intance with modern social and political thought, ...
Article : 707 wordsSir,—In "The Argus" of June 13. under the heading. "Geelong Harbour Trust," I see that the chairman of the Railway Commissioners (Mr. Fitzpatrick) informed the ...
Article : 267 wordsFor two hours yesterday evening large [?]dience attended the Chamber Concert given in the Independent-hall by Miss A[?]ne Williams and Mr. Harold C. Smith, and ...
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Advertising : 292 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. The Palmerston North ratepayers have san[?]tioned a loan of £60,000 for the establishment of municipal tramways. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 20 Jun 1912, Page 10
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