An official announcement was made by the Defence authorities yesterday that General Sir William Birdwood would reach Melbourne by the transcontinental express ...
Article : 253 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, attended by Captain C. R. Duncan, A.D.C., will leave Melbourne this afternoon for Sydney, where ...
Article : 140 wordsThe New Year's Day holiday will be observeel by practically every class of the community, which will find provided for its entertainment varied amusement. ...
Article : 891 wordsAs pointed out in the commercial columns of "The Argus" yesterday, much doubt exists among millers nnd other persons interested concerning the price of wheat. ...
Article : 775 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," ...
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Article : 571 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 : 114 wordsThe much-tried people of Austrialia are again "held up" by a strike which threateus to be of long duration, and will, if it should last long, utterly ...
Article : 2,239 wordsMr. D. H. Ross (Canadinn Trade Commissioner), accompanied by Mrs. Ross and their two children, returned to Melbourne yesterday after a visit to Canada of about ...
Article : 503 wordsAlthough some Federal Ministers now in other States will return to Melbourne almost immediately after the New Year, it is not thought likely that the Cabinet ...
Article : 190 wordsAlthough the amended Licensing Act passed by the State Parliament at the end of the session has received Royal assent, the new law will not operate until ...
Article : 267 wordsAt anchor about a chain off the sea wall at the end of Mary street, St. Kilda, is a little dredge which has been the subject of some comment by ratepayers and ...
Article : 443 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sir Charles Wade, the Agent-General for New South Wales in London, has accepted the offer of the Government of a Seat on the New South ...
Article : 46 wordsThough it is officially stated that a majority of the members of the State Cabinet hold the opinion that the qualifications of the 12 Australian applicants for the ...
Article : 165 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The City Council met again to-day for the election of a Lord Mayor, and for the third time the voting was equal. As the time limit under the ...
Article : 74 wordsIn common with most other things, the price of tobacco, has been soaring upward since the war broke out, and with the advent of the new year smokers will be taxed ...
Article : 420 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 : 395 wordsAn officer who played an active part in the practical working of the A.I.F. educational scheme is a Melbourne architect, Lieut. W. A. M. Blackett, of the 3rd ...
Article : 404 wordsThe promotion of Inspector M. J. Bannon to the rank of superintendent lias given general satisfaction in police circles. For 31 years he has been connected willi the ...
Article : 219 wordsA branch of the Save the Children Fund, which has been opened in Great Britain tinder the official patronage of the League of the Red Cross societies, has been formed in Melbourne. The Lord ...
Article : 269 wordsSome municipalities in Victoria are opposed to the system of apportionment by the Country Roads Board of the cost of construction and maintenance of roads. ...
Article : 222 wordsElectric street lamps and other electric lights in the greater portion of prahran and Malvern began to grow dim at half-past 8 o'clock last night, and in many instances ...
Article : 225 wordsSir,—The starving condition of the women nnd children of Serbia, Poland, Bohemia, and Armenia was brought under the notice of members of the council of the ...
Article : 301 wordsBRISBANE. Tuesday.—Referring to the forthcoming State session, the Premier (Mr. Theodore) said this morning that he did not think that it would last more ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Grsova, carrying English mails, left Fremantle on December 27, and is expected to arrive at Adelaide to-day. ...
Article : 22 wordsAs a result of the interim recommendation of the Railways Classification Board that there be an increase in the basic wage to 10/6 a day in the Railways ...
Article : 203 wordsThe rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, Flinders street, were crowded yesterday evening, when the Melbourne association, entertained the visiting members ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,—Will you kindly permit me to direct attention to the argent molter of redeeming our worn silver coinage. I am the minister of a samll country church, and at ...
Article : 221 wordsCommenting yesterday on the purchase by the State of the Red Cliffs Estate of 30,000 acres, near Mildura, for the settlement of about 1,000 soldiers, the chairman ...
Article : 124 wordsBRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Coyne) stated to-day that applications were still coming in for supplies of arsenic from the State mine at ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Boyal commission recently appointed by the Federal Ministry to inquire into the basic wage in relation to the cost of living, will begin the taking of evidence at the ...
Article : 45 wordsWe have received 5/ from "E.A.B." for the Society for Prevention of Cruclty to Children and 10/ from Arthur Barnes for the Children's Hospital. ...
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Advertising : 92 wordsThe mother rectress has made an appeal on behalf of St. Vincent's Hospital, and for the fund we have received the following:—Previously acknowledged, £2/11/; Eardley Sturner,£1. Total, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 31 Dec 1919, Page 6
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