The contributions received by the honorary treasurer (Mr. John Gr[?]ee) amounted to £148/9/8, and brought the total to £307,851/[?]/6. ...
Article : 1,432 wordsSWAN HILL. Saturday.— Some remarkable features surrounded the death of Robert Henry Athorn, a well-known and respected district farmer. The deceased ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 wordsIn the course of a sermon[?] at St. Sta[?] laus Church, Toorak, on Sunday, the Rev. R. G. Little, S.J., said:—Part of the[?]duty of true religion is to defend and uphold the ...
Article : 378 wordsMr. R. H. S. Abbott, of Bendigo, has announced his intention of opposing the re-election of Mr. W. L. Baillien (hono[?]y Minister) for the Northern Province of the ...
Article : 190 wordsMURWILLUMBAH (X.S.W.), Sunday. —In reply to a letter from a district resident, the Attorney[?]General (Mr. Hall) writes:—I do not agree with you that a ...
Article : 322 wordsA scheme for the repatriation of Australian soldiers was considered in the House of Representatives on Saturday on the item in the Estimates for a grant of £250,000 ...
Article : 565 wordsIn the course of a missionary address on "Our Indian Empire" at St. Hilary's (Anglican) Church yesterday morning[?] the [?]acher (the Rev. H.. R. Holmes, M. A.) ...
Article : 1,393 wordsThere was another fresh bread famine in the northern suburbs on Saturday night, and yesterday the bakeries were rushed by householders, who were sold [?]oaves almost ...
Article : 833 wordsThe annual proce[?]sion organised by the School of Mines and Technical School students was held on Saturday. Many amusing characters were represented[?] and a large crowd witnessed the ...
Article : 923 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—The secretary of the Federated Engineers' and Firemen's Association states that an agreement governing the rates of wages and conditions of labour ...
Article : 202 wordsThe committee of the St. Kilda branch of the Ministering Children's League was responsible for a capital entertainment which was held on Saturday afternoon and evening ...
Article : 152 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday,—The present dispute in the pastoral industry is [?]t so much a difference with employers as a breakaway from the Australian Workers' ...
Article : 283 wordsSir,—As vice-chairman of the joint committee of the oversea, interstate[?] and coastal steamship companies. I was deputed to draw up the following statement in regard to the ...
Article : 1,425 wordsThe Weather Bureau at Chicago has received a report that the volcanoes of Mauna Loa and Kilauea, in Honolulu, are[?] in cruption. ...
Article : 91 wordsSir,—The Rev. Mr. Worrall's letter to you is so grossly unfair[?] and inaccurate that it has tempted me to reply. It is now quite plain that he and his party are ...
Article : 851 wordsThe Senate will give consideration to-day to a bill to amend the Trading with the Enemy Act. The measure provides for the creation of a [?]public trustee, charged with ...
Article : 151 wordsCourses of instruction for officers in the permanent and citizen forces will be held at the Central Flying School, Laverton[?] from Augus[?]til November. Applications ...
Article : 70 wordsArrangements have been completed for a series of lectures and demonstrations in fruit preserving and the cooking of apples in metropolitan centres, by experts of the ...
Article : 143 wordsThe hospital ship, Karoola, passed Gabo Island at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, bound for Melbourne. The yesterday should reach the Port Melbourne pier about[?] 8[?] o'clock ...
Article : 34 wordsThe following appointments in connection with the Australian Imperial Forces are notified in a special "Gazette" which was issued in Friday:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 605 wordsSir,—"Lower Gully" is right in one respect at any 'rate. Whatever may be the reason, the trains are certainly run at very inconvenient hours'for the general public. ...
Article : 149 wordsThe possibility of a settlement of the dispute in the manufacturing grocery trade appears to be as remote as ever. Over 600 employees are either on strike or have been ...
Article : 261 wordsA[?] special service was held at St. Agues's Church of England, Glenhuntly, on Sunday evening, when a roll of honour was[?] unveiled by the Right Rev. Canon [?]odby, Dean of ...
Article : 104 wordsSir,—Permi[?] me to correct a mistake in "The Argus of May. 17.[?] the account of the Gippsland recruiting[?] train Sir Alexander Peacock is credited with making special ...
Article : 289 wordsSir,—Would it be impossible for the Railways Commissioners to turn their attention to the awkward way the "ins" and "outs" have to cross each other at the central ...
Article : 63 wordsSir,—That the travellers on this line are badly treated is beyond dispute. I was present at a deputation to the Railways Commissioners over 12 months ago. The ...
Article : 170 wordsMiss P. N. Robertson, [?]secretary, of the [?]Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society, reports:— At the recent meetings of the finance and ...
Article : 187 wordsFollowing is the report of traffic for 14 days ended May 13, 1916:—Total car mileage 4,1[?] miles; total revenue[?] £2[?]0 total passengers, 59,544; revenue per car mile; [?]; passengers per car mile, ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. E. J. Rigby, of M[?]eer road, Malv[?] has received advice by cable message that his son[?] Harry[?] has obtained a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. ...
Article : 32 wordsMessrs. Sydney Arnold, Best[?] and Co. and George Strandgard and Co[?] report having held a successful auction sale of allotments in [?]yde Park Estate, New[?] on Saturday. There was a good attendance ...
Article : 93 wordsWhilst a bandle of papers was the cause of a [?]ad named Herbert Barrows getting into the way of a running taxi-cab in Toorak road on Saturday evening, it saved him from serious consequences in the ...
Article : 363 wordsAt 10 a.m.—Australian Commonwealth[?] Post and Telegraph Officers' Association[?] v. Public Service Commissioner (for the Commonwealth[?] and another); Federated Public Service Assistants' ...
Article : 238 wordsThe deprivation sittings of the Licenses Reduction Board with respect to hotels in the Gip[?] (Melbourne) licensing district are now being held. In all twenty-eight hotels are listed for [?] ...
Article : 122 wordsThe half-yearly general meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association of Victoria took place in the club r[?]ms on Saturday. The president, Mr. A. Mendoza, presided: ...
Article : 334 wordsThe Victorian council of the Australian Catholic Federation has issued statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with its [?]eld service wor[?]. The receipts amounted to £2,155/13[?] which ...
Article : 122 words[?]The Victoria League honorary secretary for literature has received a letter from Mr. R. O. Clack, supervising Y.M.C.A. secretary for[?] Australian troops abroad, who is ...
Article : 194 wordsThe Trustee[?] Executors, and Agency Company[?] Limited report that the trustees of the late Mr. T. J. Summmer have distributed a further [?]s of £1,[?]50 among the charitable institutions mentioned as ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsSir,—In looking through the Melbourne Museum I am struck by the want of any collection of uniforms and weapons representing Australia from the Soudan to the ...
Article : 101 wordsSales of fat stock at Newmarket this week will be supplied with 2[?] trucks of sheep and lambs, to be sold to-morrow[?] and 211 trucks of cattle and calves[?] with about [?]0 cattle by steamer, to be ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 22 May 1916, Page 8
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