A deliberate attempt to shoot Constable G. Wade, of Carlton, was made on Saturday night by a man whom the constable was endeavouring to arrest. Shortly before ...
Article : 487 wordsMelbourne had its full measure of sport on Saturday afternoon. With the war cloud lifted, and a temporary break in the drifting banks of strike cloud, the public ...
Article : 947 wordsWith his throat gashed and a razor lying on the grass at his side, Mr. Wallace Brownlow, a well-known baritone singer, who won distinction in light musical productions ...
Article : 813 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, accompanied by Sir Ralph Williams, Miss Dean, and Mr. Geoffroy Luttrell, and attended ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Serious unrest exists amongst the miners on both the northern and the southern coalfields. Notwithstanding the increases in pay and better ...
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Advertising : 740 wordsA large party of friends bade farewell to the Agent-General for Victoria (Sir Peter McBride), who is returning to Victoria, at Paddington station, London, on Friday. ...
Article : 259 wordsIt is expected that there will be a full attendance of Nationalist members of the Federal Parliament at the party meeting to-morrow afternoon, at the which the Prime ...
Article : 393 words"I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whose list." ...
Article : 27 wordsEvery letter must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Correspondents are requested to inform the ...
Article : 75 wordsIn marked contrast to the previous weekend, when bright, warm weather was experienced, a cold snap set in on Saturday, and continued over yesterday. Though ...
Article : 562 wordsSubscribers experiencing any difficulty in obtaining their papers are requested to communicate with the Publisher, "The Argus" office, Melbourne. ...
Article : 39 wordsJenkin Henry of Argyle place, Carlton, who died on August 4, left by will dated September 23, 1918, real estate valued at £1,894 and personal property valued at £5,719 to relatives and friends, ...
Article : 80 wordsMany politicians think it good tactics to advocate something moderately foolish as a public policy. They believe apparently that the moderately foolish ...
Article : 2,147 wordsA tablet erected to the memory of the late Mrs. Lowther Clarke, wife of Archbishop Clarke, in the new kindergarten school, Fitzory, was unveiled on Saturday ...
Article : 187 wordsWAGGA (N. S. W.), Saturday.—His first address here since the wheat inquiry, was given last night by Mr. Beeby, M. L.A., and was cordially received by a large body ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Labour pre-selection ballot for the Yarra seat in the House of Representatives, which has been held by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Tudor) since the ...
Article : 261 wordsAround Mackay, in Queensland, there are nine sugar mills. Each year the sugarcane put through these nine mills yields, on an average, about 500,000 tons of megass, the ...
Article : 257 wordsAs all powers and rights not specifically transferred to the Commonwealth are still vested in the States, the control of aviation is, with certain exceptions, a State matter. ...
Article : 243 wordsThe closing times shown hereunder are for Elizabeth street P.O. Mails close at the G.P.O. twenty minutes later, unless otherwise stated. Late fees at G.P.O. and Elizabeth street as follows:—New ...
Article : 556 wordsAlthough there is room for improvement in the system of notifying the arrival of homecoming transports, no fault can be found with the manner in which the troops ...
Article : 92 wordsAfter many weeks of idleness the C.S.R. Co.'s sugar refinery at Yarraville will begin work again to-morrow. A cargo of 2,000 tons of raw sugar from Java will ...
Article : 238 wordsMr. W. C. Hill, at Numurkah, it 8; other V. F. U. meetings, Violet Town, at 8; Puckapunayal, at 8; and Northwood. at 2. Major F. G. Purcell.—Balmattum, at 10; ...
Article : 62 wordsTroops disembarked from the s.s. Takada at 2 o'clock yesterday, and were warmly welcomed. The last man was clear of the depot at a quarter to 4 o'clock. ...
Article : 54 wordsMany important subjects are set down for the meeting of the State Cabinet to-day. The Treasurer (Mr. McPherson) will submit his report regarding his mission to ...
Article : 381 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A further conference of delegates from the vnnous socialistic organisations was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday. The proceedings were ...
Article : 202 wordsA cable message received by the Defence department on Saturday stated that the s.s. Main, with Australian troops on board, left Cape Town for Durban on August 30 ...
Article : 64 wordsOwing to the continued dry weather in portions of the Riverina district, the Railways Commissioners have approved of starving stock rates being charged from ...
Article : 110 wordsThere has been an epidemic of thefts from warehouses in the city end of South Melbourne during the past two months. Robberies of varied assortments of easily ...
Article : 458 wordsA shot rang out from a room in Chester House, Little Bourke street, between 6 and 7 o' clock on Saturday morning. Frederick Ross, who was asleep in the next ...
Article : 234 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—A circular which among other things announces that arrangements are being made to convene a conference in Melbourne with the object of ...
Article : 208 wordsIt is expected that for the financial year 1919-1920 the Commonwealth will need about £40,000,000, in addition to the amount received as revenue. Of this sum it is ...
Article : 130 wordsAs a result of a conference of representatives of the National Federation from the various States, held in Melbourne some time ago, it was decided to unite to form the ...
Article : 182 wordsThe clearances shown above are at Elizabeth street office; clearances at G.P.O. will be 20 minutes later unless otherwise stated. Mails for Broken Hill will leave Melbourne ...
Article : 56 wordsMails by the Suevle are expected to arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe amount of deposits received by the State Savings Banks throughout Australia during the month of July was £10,342,534, and payments made £9, 771,536. The ...
Article : 107 words"Under other administrations the staff has generally grown with the revenue, but the new order in the Post-office has achieved what was hitherto deemed ...
Article : 98 wordsGEELONG, Saturday.—Speaking at a soldiers' welcome at Mount Duneed, Mr. Lister, M.H.R., criticised Parliament for the manner in which important measures ...
Article : 140 wordsThough it is stated in the cable messages that trade between Great Britain and Germany has been resumed, the prohibition of trade between the Commonwealth and ...
Article : 160 wordsCOMMONWEALTH ARBITRATION COURT.— In Third Civil Court (Before Mr. Justice Higgins).— At 10.30—Waterside Workers' Federation v. Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association and ...
Article : 154 wordsSome of the employees of the Melbourne Tramway Board are still agitating for the payment of that portion of their wages which they lost during the seamen's strike, ...
Article : 90 wordsTOWNSVILLE (Q.), Friday.—It was learned to-night that the strike at the meat works had collapsed. Mr. Ogden, the secretary of the Meat Industry Union, was in ...
Article : 81 wordsCULCAIRN (N.S.W.) Saturday.—Mr. John Black who volunteered in 1915, has returned from active service. Before enlisting he was assistant station-master at ...
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Advertising : 110 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—Colonel Pope, the newly appointed acting commissioner of railways, has directed that liquor sales on the Kalgoorlie express shall be confined ...
Article : 50 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A mass meeting of members of then Operative Bakers' Union was held on Saturday to consider further the question of the night-baking shift. A ...
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