A criminal prosecution, with peculiar features came before Mr. Dwyer, P. M., in the City Court yesterday. Edward Cleary, a sorter at the General Post-office, ...
Article : 369 wordsGeorge Adams Clapperton, who was inspector of excise, and was stationed at the Warrenheip Distillery, at Dunnstown, near Ballarat, was drowned in the bay off ...
Article : 330 wordsA short bill to amend the Naval Defence Act was read a first time in the Senate yesterday afternoon. No drastic changes in the original statute are contemplated, ...
Article : 258 wordsThe chair was taken in the Legislative Council by the President (Mr. Davies) at 10 minutes past 4 o'clock. The second reading of the Private ...
Article : 807 wordsProceedings in tho Senate commenced yesterday in a most extraordinary fashion. Senator De Largie (W. A) presented a petition from 174 persons in Western ...
Article : 779 wordsCOONAMBLE, Wednesday.—A 12-year-old boy, Jack Gilligan, was carrying an old pea-rifle. He tripped, and in falling the rifle exploded. The bullet entered the ...
Article : 189 wordsCHARTERS TOWERS (Q.), Wednesday. —John North Collins, was charged at the police court with unlawfully killing Thomas Hanley at the recent cadet military boxing ...
Article : 71 wordsYesterday an official announcement was made as to the dates and places for the continuous training camps to he held throughout the Commonwealth. So far as ...
Article : 408 wordsWhat must be regarded as an extremely lucky escape from serious injury to hereself and child was experienced by Mrs. E. Holmes, a resident of St. Albans, yesterday. ...
Article : 153 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— The French boxer. Paul Til, weighing 9st. 4½lb., met Sid, Sullivan, 9st. 1lb., in the ring at the Stadium to-night. At the start Til had a ...
Article : 146 wordsWhen the House of Representatives meets to-day Mr. Page has intimated that he will ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) a series of pertinent questions [?]clative to ...
Article : 191 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—"It seems that the best thing I can do is to sentence you to penal servitude for five year. Goodness knows how long you will serve. I am sure ...
Article : 171 wordsAlbert Short, aged 8 years, who lives in Yarra-street, Abbotsford, fell off a lorry to which he was clinging yesterday, and one of the wheels passed over him. He ...
Article : 55 wordsMaggie Hall, a young woman, living in Hunter-street, Abbotsford, was included in a large crowed watching a wedding-party leave a photographer's studio in ...
Article : 76 wordsIn our report of the case heard at Ballarat on Monday, in which Reuben Keirl claimed £9/10/ in regard to the sale of a gramophone to Cornelius Burrow, ...
Article : 173 wordsLittle encouragement was offered by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Murray) yesterday to a deputation from the Ballarat and Geelong libraries, introduced by Mr. M'Gregor. ...
Article : 187 wordsMoss Smith, aged 30 years, living in Owen-street, Brunswick, fell off his bicycle at the intersection of Flemington-road and Elizabeth-street yesterday, and before he could ...
Article : 59 wordsHarry Ackland, of Sydney-road, Brunswick, who jumped from the fire at Sutton's-buildings, in Bourke-street, on Saturday morning last, and sustained a fractured ...
Article : 43 wordsTraining of senior cadets is to be remodelled, and a system has been devised by which all boys of the same age are to be separately handled and do special work. ...
Article : 323 wordsShortly after half-past 5 o'clock last evening, a fire broke out in the storeroom of the indent premises of Messrs. Doubleday, Hall, and Co., at No. 132 Russell-street, ...
Article : 104 wordsWELLINGTON (N. Z.),—Wednesday.— The gold exported from New Zealand during the 11 months of the year was 326,980oz., valued at £1,281,051, as against 422,165oz., ...
Article : 51 wordsBEAUFORT, Wednesday.— John Sutherland, of Maryborough, an elderly man, met with an accident whilst working as a "trucker" in the Hope mine. Trawalla, ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. Kelly (N. S. W.) inquired in the House of Representatives yesterday if Mr. Tudor, the Minister for Trade and Customs, had read anything in the "Age" ...
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Advertising : 356 wordsSir,—The recent history paper set for junior public, containing so many general questions, the answers to which, if fully worked out, would amount to essays, ...
Article : 109 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— The Legislative Council to-day made several amendments in the Shearers' and Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation Bill, some vital clauses ...
Article : 127 wordsWhen the Speaker (Sir Frank Madden) took the chair in the Legislative Assembly, at half-past 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Bowser, by way of personal ...
Article : 2,877 wordsSir,—As a supporter of physics teaching in our schools, may I be permitted to criticise the recent Junior Public physics paper. Out of the ten questions set, six ...
Article : 271 wordsThere are to be no court-martials in connection with the remount trouble in New South Wales. Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) made this announcement last ...
Article : 165 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.— In the Legislative Council the Appropriation Bill, Rabbit Boards Act, Continuation Bill, and Macgregor Tramway Bill passed through all ...
Article : 187 wordsMr. Deakin asked the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'Malley), in the House of Representatives yesterday, if the Federal territory, including the site for the future ...
Article : 233 wordsCommenting on the criticism levelled by the Federal Minister for Defence (Senator pearce) against the State Ministry, for having decided that the Commonwealth must ...
Article : 257 wordsSir,—I have been waiting to see what the board of examiners intends to do in regard to the 1st hons. paper, Sen. Pub. physics— of 26th ult. It is hard to belive ...
Article : 185 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.— In the Legislative Council to-day the Wharves Repurchase Bill was practically shelved. In the House of Assembly the ...
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Advertising : 336 wordsLITHGOW, Wednesday.—While Henry Cox was at work on the scaffolding at the ironworks to-day, portion of the scaffolding gave way, and Cox fell with it on to ...
Article : 78 wordsBROKEN HILL, Wednesday.— A number of cadets were before the police court to-day on a charge of having absouted themselves from drill. In most cases the ...
Article : 51 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.—Having adopted the agreement made by the conference with the Legislative Council with respect to the amendments to the Arbitration Bill, the ...
Article : 125 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.) Wednesday.— Commandant General Godley, when interviewed to-day, said that if the defence forces were mobilised to-morrow, it was perfectly ...
Article : 146 wordsSir,—It is to be hoped that the proposal of the Cabinet to grant an extra week's holiday at Christmas will not be carried out if it involves giving up the week in ...
Article : 135 wordsWARRAGUL, Wednesday.—A school picnic to the Zoological-gardens in Melbourne left Warragul this morning at halfpast 8. It was organised by the school ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 5 Dec 1912, Page 5
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