His Excellency the Governor-General, attended by Captain the Hon. B. Clifford, military secretary, was present at the V.A.T.C. race meeting at Caulfield on ...
Article : 107 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—Samuel May, aged 65 years employed at the Adelaide Zoological Gardens as a keeper had a sensational and painful experience this morning. At ...
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Advertising : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Sir Ross Smith arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning in his Vickers Vimy machine. He left Narromine at 6.55 a.m., passed ...
Article : 588 wordsGEELONG, Saturday.—A fine aviation display given here to-day ended in a tragedy. One man lost his life, and the pilot narrowly escaped a similar fate. The ...
Article : 677 wordsThe new Federal Parliament will meet next week Ministerial supporters will assemble on Tuesday, February 24, when Mr. Hughes will take them into his confidence ...
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Advertising : 316 words"I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whoso list." ...
Article : 28 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 Editor ...
Article : 105 wordsHis Majesty the King has given an audience to Sir T. B. Robinson, the retiring Agent-General for Queensland. Alderman J. F. Maxwell was on Saturday ...
Article : 214 wordsThe old fight for the rule of the majority as against that of the minority is being fought out again on different lines. Mr. Lloyd George, in his speech ...
Article : 1,921 wordsFor the second time most of the 5,000 members of the various building trade unions who are employed on building jobs were absent from work on Saturday ...
Article : 358 wordsSir Walter Lee, the Premier of Tasmania, who is on a visit to Melbourne, has arranged an important purchase of wheat from the Wheat Pool. ...
Article : 80 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 follow:—Western ...
Article : 504 wordsArchbishop Clarke will leave Victoria by the s.s. Themistocles on March 13. On the preceding Sunday evening he will deliver his farewell sermon at St. Paul's ...
Article : 141 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Speaking at the Granville Brotherhood this afternoon, Sir Joseph Cook (Minister for the Navy) said that it could not be too often repeated ...
Article : 255 wordsThe grounds of the Melbourne Grammar School were unusually lively on Saturday, when the annual lawn party and [?] Melburnians' day were revived for the first ...
Article : 666 wordsMore definite rules have been framed by the military authorities to govern the issue of the returned soldiers' badge. Hitherto the badge has been withheld from ...
Article : 481 wordsSuspecting that a certain stable in Fitzroy held more than horses, Senior Plain-clothes Constable Fennessy, with a party of his men, raided the place on Saturday night. ...
Article : 129 wordsSWAN HILL, Saturday.—Judging from the experiences of business people at Swan Hill there is an urgent need for a more expeditious handling of the border goods ...
Article : 779 wordsSeveral injuries to the head and spine were sustained by Alfred Stow, a resident of Cawkwell street. Malvern, on Saturday evening. Stow, accompanied by his wife, ...
Article : 379 wordsMembers of the permanent military forces in Australia declare that the army is becoming unpopular. Rates of pay are low, and prospects of advancement meagre. ...
Article : 322 wordsA branch of the Save the Children's Fund, which has been opened in Great Britain under the official patronage of the League of the Red Cross societies, has been formed in Melbourne. The Lord Mayor ...
Article : 110 wordsIn response to the appeal of the president of the Women's Hospital for financial assistance to enable radium to be purchased, we have received the following subscriptions:—Previously acknowledged, ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Curator of the Estate of Deceased Persons has obtained rules of administer the estates of the following deceased persons:—John Arthur Becar, A.I.F., formerly of Gunbower, Aug. 23, ...
Article : 171 wordsBEAUFORT, Saturday.—According to a rumour here, which has not been contradicted, the price at which the Trawalln Estate was recently offered to the Closer ...
Article : 107 wordsCAMPERDOWN, Sunday.—Mr. W. Sutton (43), who practiced here as a barrister and solicitor, and was well Known throughout the district and in Melbourne, was accidentally shot dead on ...
Article : 378 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A further application for reinstatement on the roll of attorneys is being made by Alderman R. D. Meagher, M.L.C., ex-Lord Mayor of ...
Article : 63 wordsTHURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday.—The deaths from influenza number 27. A third white person, a member of the local garrison, su[?]umbed this afternoon. Many ...
Article : 89 wordsOne of the papers read at the [?] summer school of the Australian Catholic federation which concluded at Queenschiff on Saturday, was contributed by Mr. ...
Article : 196 wordsHIGH COURT.—Before Mr. Justice Higgins (in Chambers).—Amalgamated Society of E[?] v. Adelaide S.S. Co. and others (application under section 21 AA). ...
Article : 279 wordsA report was made to the police on Sunday evening that a young man, about 20 years of age, had been drowned while swimming in the year near Williams road, ...
Article : 74 wordsThe opposition to the removal of bodies from the Jewish section of the Old Cemetery to the Fawkner Cemetery, to make room for the extension of the Queen ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Prahran Footballers visited Beaconsfield on Saturday to play the local team, but owing to the fine howling of M. Paternoster and J. Adamson they were all out ...
Article : 102 wordsOn Suturday morning the water main from the Dight's Falls pumping station, in Yarra Park, burst cutting off water supplies to the Botanic and Alexandra ...
Article : 168 wordsTheft of jewellery valued at £70 was reported to the police last night by Mr. H. R. Harwood, who lives in Manor street. Middle Brighton. While Mr. Harwood ...
Article : 88 wordsThe s.s. Mantua will arrive at the new pier at 9 o'clock this morning. Troops will be given their discharge at the ship's side. ...
Article : 29 wordsKOROIT, Saturday.—Mr. J. J. Gleeson, of [?] ern Cross, when ploughing on his farm on Friday, hung his waistcoast on a fence. He noticed a little girl, aged two, and a little boy, aged 4 near by ...
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Advertising : 129 wordsMORNINGTON, Saturday.—At the Mornington police Court Dora Garden, proprietress of the Grand Hotel, Mornington, was proceeded against by Inspector Roche, of the Health department, for ...
Article : 84 wordsMembers of a picnic party at Black Rock yesterday afternoon found the dead body of a man lying in the scrub on the cliff near the beach. There was a bullet wound in ...
Article : 94 wordsIn response to an appeal by the mayer of Richmond for subscriptions for "an acute case of distress in South Richmond, a married couple." we have received the following:—Previously ...
Article : 42 wordsPatrick Royd, of Wynnstay place, Armadals, civil servant. Causes of Insolvency—High cost of living and having to pay heavy interest o[?] borrowed money. Lishilities. £68/12/8; [?], 5/; deficiency, £68/7/8. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 16 Feb 1920, Page 6
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