Attention in these columns has already been directed to the extraordinary favours bestowed upon Bradford topmakers by the action of the Wool Council in "issuing" ...
Article : 423 wordsThe strike of marine engineers assumed a more serious aspect yesterday, and small hopes are held out for an early settlement of the dispute. ...
Article : 1,183 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.— Though a number of seats are still doubtful owing to the closeness of the voting, it is perfectly clear that the Massey party ...
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Advertising : 183 wordsAfter excluding expenditure incurred in paying interest on war loans, and amounts provided in the Estimates for war service, the total expenditure from revenue in the ...
Article : 507 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, attended by Captain thc Hon. B. Clifford, private secretary, will return to Melbourne this ...
Article : 70 wordsDuring General Birdwood's visit to Australia it has been provisionally arranged that he will visit Ballarat on February 7 and lay the foundation-stone of the ...
Article : 468 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford), who has returned to Sydney from a meeting of the Australian Wheat Board in Melbourne, said that the ...
Article : 143 words"The Argus" Will Not Be Published on Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25). Subscribers Visiting Seaside and ...
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Advertising : 250 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—The count of figures in the licensing poll continued all day, and the main issues are running very close. Intense public interest ...
Article : 94 wordsIn the course of an address given on Tuesday at the unveiling of an honour board inscribed with the names of the officers of the State Savings Bank who enlisted ...
Article : 296 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 : 25 wordsAsked yesterday if he had any comment to make on the report of the Railways Standing Committee, the chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners (Mr. ...
Article : 97 wordsIn a statement issued yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said that there were ample supplies of sugar available to meet all ordinary requirements, the ...
Article : 310 wordsSir Peter McBride, Agent-General for Victoria in London, who is returning to England shortly, was the guest of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor J. G. ...
Article : 558 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 : 112 wordsClause 132 of the Health Bill, which allows parents on conscientious grounds to refrain from having children vaccinated, was agreed to without discussion when the measure ...
Article : 197 wordsApplications closed yesterday from Australians seeking the position of chairman of the Railways Commissioners. It is understood that 20 were received. They ...
Article : 98 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 ...
Article : 478 wordsSir Joseph Ward, of New Zealand, has, in racing parlance, "come a nasty "cropper.'' There was apparently no urgent reason why the Coalition into ...
Article : 2,269 wordsFive shilling notes may be in circulation in Australia early in February. Thc soaring price of silver has impelled the Commonwealth authorities to follow the example of ...
Article : 156 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Before the registrar in bankruptcy (Mr. F. H. Salisbury), Harold James McClintock was to-day publicly examined by Mr. W. H. Palmer, ...
Article : 396 wordsTo-day is the Salvation Army's Day, and well it deserves success with the appeal by the Commonwealth Button Fund. Most of the city sections have been taken, and ...
Article : 129 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—Extensive preparations have been made for Saturday's effort to tow the Bombala off the Salamander reef. The big rock which was ...
Article : 162 wordsAt the meeting of the Marine Board yesterday a report was read from Pilot Brebner stating that while he was taking to sea the Eastern and Australian line steamer St. ...
Article : 236 wordsIn response to the Christmas appeals on behalf of charitable institutions, we have received the following amounts:- From the estate of the late Sir Simon Fraser, ...
Article : 501 wordsThe Minister for the Navy (Sir Joseph Cook) has made available the names of the candidates for entry to the Royal Australian Naval College who were successful in ...
Article : 409 wordsThe Christmas mails this year have been exceedingly heavy. Up to the present, however, the officials have kept well up with the work, and it is hoped that the ...
Article : 211 wordsMails despatched by the Niagara on October 30 arrived in London on December 16. ...
Article : 4 wordsAUCKLAND, Thursday.—The s.s. Niagara arrived to-day from Vancouver, via ports. The passengers for Australia are.—Misses Anderson, Chandler (three), Castleden, Garstin, Marshall, Polson, ...
Article : 122 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Hoskins directed the attention of the Chief Secretary (Sir George Fuller) to Archbishop Mannix's speech in ...
Article : 184 wordsIn Third Civil Court.—Before Mr. Justice Powers.— At 10.30—Letter Carriers' Association and others v. Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner and others (final order. application to vary, re cost of ...
Article : 30 wordsThe work of the Australian Comforts Fund, Victorian division, inaugurated by Lady Hennessy, as the Lady Mayore[?] Patriotic League, has been carried on for ...
Article : 142 wordsAn appeal has been made for funds for the establishment of a gymnasium for the children at the Royal Institute for the Blind, St. Kilda road. We have received the following donations:— ...
Article : 87 wordsA branch of the Save the Children Fund, which has been opened in Great Britain under the official patronage of the League of the Red Cross societies, has been formed ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Legislative Council yesterday passed the Licensing Bill. The Attorney-General (Mr. Robinson) moved the second reading of the Electricity Supply Loan Bill. Many ...
Article : 115 wordsThe rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association in Flinders street were crowded yesterday evening, when a carnival to raise funds to provide for dressing accommodation for members in the ...
Article : 71 wordsIn response to the appeal for financial aid for the supply of radium for the Women's Hospital, we have received the following donation:—E. Naylor £5. ...
Article : 42 wordsAre preferred by lovers of good things.— [Advt.] S.S. Bombala on the Salamander Reef. See illustrations in "The Australasian," Saturday, Dec. ...
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