A stabbing affray, which occured in Hefferman's-lane, of Little Bourke-street, on Saturday afternoon, occasioned great excitement among the Chinese residents in ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Melbourne division of the officers who are to take part in the staff tour at Albury this week will leave by the Sydney express at 5 o'clock to-night. ...
Article : 178 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—Speaking at a soiree in connection with the celebration of Manufacturers' Week on Saturday evening, Mr. Joseph Florey said that the ...
Article : 422 wordsThe Canadian cadets returned to Adelaide from their tour of Western Australia last Wednesday afternoon, and were immediately taken in hane by the South ...
Article : 1,055 wordsOn several occasions lately the want of accommodation for sufferers from measles has been sorely felt, but, apart from what has been done by the Government, very ...
Article : 597 wordsThe Commonwealth authorities prorpose shortly to go into the question of providing some smaller and lighter coins probably of nickel, as substitutes for the existing copper ...
Article : 680 wordsDavid M'Arthur aged 40 years, died in the Melbourne Hospital yesterday afternoon from a fractured skull. He lived in Junction-street, Footscray, and John P. Miller, ...
Article : 149 wordsNHILL, Sunday.—On Friday afternoon Timothy Cashman, a stranger in this district, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He was ...
Article : 88 wordsTAREE (N.S.W.), Saturday.—Mrs. Margaret Abraham, aged 33 years, was engaged in cooking at an open fire at her home, when her dress caught fire. A little girl named ...
Article : 174 wordsArthur William Chambers, a schoolboy, went to a bazaar in Cremorne-street, Richmond on Saturday night, and ate a quantity of ice cream and lollies. On returning ...
Article : 69 wordsDuring the absence of the inmates on Friday night, the residence of Joseph Morgan, telegraph line repairer, Bent-street, Richmond, was broken into, and jewellery valued ...
Article : 50 wordsSome indication of the price demanded for horses suitable for training in gun teams has been given in connection with the official payment of Defence accounts, which ...
Article : 216 wordsWhile Mrs. Eliza Horsman, who lives in George-street, Fitzroy, was walking with her daughter along Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, on Saturday night, a man, who was ...
Article : 71 wordsBecause he was despondent on account of suffering from chronic phthisis, Theodore Jungbenn, aged 49 years, slashed his throat with a razor in a tragic way on Saturday ...
Article : 152 wordsBRIGHT, Sunday.—A daring burglary was perpetrated at Brogan Bros.' general store, in Ireland-stree, after the close of business last night. The offenders, with ...
Article : 260 wordsOn 5th inst., a cashbox containing £7/10/ and jewellery to the total vale of £52, belonging to the licensee of the Imperial Hotel, in Rathdown-street, Carlton, was ...
Article : 94 wordsMillie Partilla, aged 17 years, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on saturday suffering from iodine poisoning. The girl lives with her parents in South ...
Article : 63 wordsThere was considerable excitement at about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the power-house of the Brighton. St. Kilda street railway at Elwood. Ad ...
Article : 315 wordsThe Naval authorities are at present paying 8 each for the jumpers, 10.6 for blue serge trousers, and 5 6 each for flanned shirts supplied to recruits. Parcels containing ...
Article : 70 wordsA cash-box containing money amounting to £2/10/. and tram tickets, valued at £2 18, was stolen from the Coburg tramway office on Saturday night, between 7 and 8 ...
Article : 143 wordsThe girl, Annie Horberg, who was shot in the face by Robert Davis, at Port Melbourne, a fortnight ago, and lost one eye, while the other was injured in such a way ...
Article : 126 wordsWarrant-officer E. Whitehead, one of the most popular regimental sergeant-majors in the [?], is about to be awarded the special decoration for meritorious service. ...
Article : 159 wordsThe booking office on the "down" platform at the Flemington-bridge railway station was broken into early on Saturday morning by thieves, who took away tickets ...
Article : 56 wordsSir—In the article in "The Argus" on the proposed tax on motor-cars, every word of which we can most-heartily endorse, so far as the tax is concerned, there ...
Article : 304 wordsErwin Gillespie, aged 44 years, living at Rockbank, was driving a pair of horses attached to a waggon filled with wood, at Melton, on Saturday. when the horses ...
Article : 65 wordsVarious improvements to country services will be effected shortly. In the programmed for supplying faster services on branch lines it will be arranged that a ...
Article : 215 wordsAt the Richmond Court on Saturday Robert Wilson was charged with having had an lawful weapon in his possession by night. Alexander Salvade, blacksmith, 12 Church-street, ...
Article : 625 wordsThe veterinary school of instruction (un[?] Captain Strong)commences to-morrow, while that for farrier-sergeants and shocingsmiths wall continue until Octobert 24. At ...
Article : 61 wordsSir.—No wonder one's patience gets tried beyond endurance by the telephone. Malvern Telephone Exchange had got into fairly good working order, when they ...
Article : 165 wordsRaymond Smith, aged 20 years, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday, with portion of his arm blown off, and with the upper portion of his body peppered ...
Article : 113 wordsADELAIDE. Sunday.—The South Australian banking returns for the September quarter show that the total deposits were £11,185,731. compared with £11,303,200 for ...
Article : 96 wordsWhen the Australian cordite factory was [?] it was estimated that the weekly output of explosive would amount [?] [?]. The Minister for ...
Article : 74 wordsThe death of Hugh Jones, an engine-driver, 55 years of age, which occured at the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday morning consequent on injunries received the ...
Article : 61 words[?], Colonel Hanby, who won the first [?] Prize shot for in Victoria---in No[?], [?]--and who later was in com[?] of the militia garrison troops in this ...
Article : 74 wordsExperience of the running of the M'Keen motor train between Maryborough and St. Arnaud has not been very satisfactory. Railway officials stated on Saturday that the ...
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Advertising : 383 wordsA bolt, which resulted in the death of John M'Kerehar, a married man, 46 years of age, formerly living at Moubray-street, Albert-park, occurred in Montague-street ...
Article : 119 words[?] the headmasters of the Victrian public schools intimated to the De[?] authorities that the entrance examina[?] the Royal Australian Military ...
Article : 157 wordsThrough the derailment of a truck serious interruption to traffic was caused on the Chillingollah line on Friday. When the 4 p.m. train from Korongvale to ...
Article : 157 wordsThe circumstances in connection with the death of George Walter Pim, a labourer, 63 years of age, which occured at the Melbourne Hospital on September 18, ...
Article : 100 words[?] quantities of military materials and [?] about to be ordered by the De[?], to meet the expansion of [?], service system. Tenders ...
Article : 150 wordsWilliam Glenn, with 26 prior convictions, eight of which were for assault, pleaded guilty before Messrs. White and Beckett, J.P.s. at the Fitzroy Court on Saturday, to a charge of assault. ...
Article : 224 wordsSHEPPARTON, Sunday.—William Cuthbert, driver for Bryant and Shiel, brewers, Shepparton, was killed on Saturday evening when returning from Undera. When ...
Article : 193 wordsBUNYIP, Saturday.—The splendid returns obtained by those dairymen who send their milk to retail vendors in Melbourne has induced many others to abdandon cultivation and start dairying. ...
Article : 66 words[?] the Commonwealth is granted [?] for cadetships in the Im[?] Nazy, and applications for the nomi[?] must be made on November 1 of ...
Article : 152 wordsBefore the mayor (Councillor Collins) and Mr. J. Lang, J.P.'s at the Collingwood Court on Saturday, Albert Cobb, aged 15 years, was charged with having assaulted a constable. ...
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Article : 28 wordsBALLAN, Saturday.—A narrow escape from a serious accident occured at the Ballan railway yards to-day. Patrick Hogan was standing at the head of a team of ...
Article : 156 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.—Advice has been received from Wellington that a raising of the Bank of New Zealand rate to 5 per cent. is imminent. ...
Article : 36 wordsIn [?] areas 45 (Dandenong, Taral[?], [?]-dale, and Korumburra) [?] Hill and Ringwood), the Feder[?] Council has approved of ...
Article : 45 wordsSir,—As Mr. J.G. Latham, L.L.B., apart from [?] [?] expresses the wish to allow the "public to judge for themselves" on the issue raised by him. it is well ...
Article : 413 wordsSir.—The steam hammer of the Navigation Act is being used to crush, quite unnecessarily, a very harmless eggshell. A small percentage of the people, possessed of ...
Article : 439 wordsIn future the unit at present known as [?] Australian Army Medical Corps (per[?].) will be known officially as [?] Medical Corps (permanent ...
Article : 81 wordsWOODSIDE, Saturday.—A sad fatality occured yesterday at the Goodwood sawmills. William Toogood, a young man employed as guard on a train bringing logs ...
Article : 89 wordsLINTON, Saturday.—Five sportsmen, when starting on a hare-shooting trip on Thursday morning, met with a sensational vehicular accident a couple of miles out of Linton. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 14 Oct 1912, Page 15
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