There is little new to be recorded in connection with the recent floods except the steady growth of the relief fund, which now amounts to close on £11,000, The Argus Fund ...
Article : 3,683 wordsPresident Balmaceda continues to show, the greatest rigour in dealing with insurgent prisoners who fall into his hands. Ten men have been shot by order of ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, who has been dangerously ill for somo weeks past, has been able to write to Mr. Gladstone thanking the right hon. gentleman for ...
Article : 49 wordsThe immediate cause of the failure of the English Bank of the River Plate Limited, London, which was announced on Saturday, was the refusal by the ...
Article : 122 wordsThe following are extracts from letters which have been received by members of the Pastoralists' Union from the shearers in their employ from Queensland sheds:—"Of ...
Article : 742 wordsThe Railway Management Bill which is to be submitted to Parliament this evening is undoubtedly one of the measures of the session. The drift in ...
Article : 7,781 wordsThe strike threatened a week ago by the employes of the Orleans Railway Company, which was to be participated in by the employes of five other leading French ...
Article : 86 wordsA portion of the forces fighting for President Balmaceda have been overtaken by disaster on the Cordillera mountains. An army under the command of Colonel ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Liberal party intend to oppose the vote which has been placed upon the estimates for the survey of Mombasa, in East Africa, a territory within the sphere ...
Article : 45 wordsThe revised French tariff will be considered by the Senate in the autumn. A large portion of it has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies before ...
Article : 35 wordsThe confession made by a clerk named Wilkinson that he had assisted in stealing the jewellery of the Countess of Dudley has been proved to be untrue. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe steamer Etata, formerly belonging to the Chilian insurgents, which was surrendered to the United States Government in consequence of a breach of the ...
Article : 63 wordsThe expulsion of the Jewish artisans from St. Petersburg, in accordance with the general edict which is being enforced against the Russian Jews, has been ...
Article : 39 wordsThe creditors of Mr. Horatio Bottomley, late managing director of the Hansard Publishing Union Limited and vice-chairman of the Anglo-Austrian ...
Article : 64 wordsA meeting of the shareholders in the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Company was held to-day to consider the position of the company. ...
Article : 147 wordsThe financial situation in Portugal, which has been the cause of grave uneasiness for some time past, has assumed a more serious aspect. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Rev. Dr. Jefferis, formerly minister of the Pitt-street Congregational Church, Sydney, has accepted the pastorate of the Belgrave Church, Torquay, which was ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Turkish Government is about to despatch troops to effect the release of Miss Greenfield, the English girl who was abducted by Kurds recently and ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, is recovering from his severe attack of influenza. ...
Article : 24 wordsAn indignation meeting was held to-night in the Protestant-hall to express disapproval of the decision of the labour party to support the Government. The hall was crowded, ...
Article : 175 wordsMr. Wanamaker, the American Post-master-General, is inviting tenders for a line of fast steamers, owned and manned in the United States, to carry mails ...
Article : 40 wordsIn consequence of the rush of labour at the Pastoralists' Union offices in Collins-street, it has been found necessary to engage additional offices to meet the increased demands ...
Article : 347 wordsThe Earl of Rosebery has been asked, and has agreed to act as the representative of Australasia upon the International Temperance Committee, which has just ...
Article : 60 wordsThere is still a large quantity of floodwater to be carried down the river, which is falling very slowly. The Government has granted £350 to repair the streets of the ...
Article : 307 wordsThe annual meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held to-day, and the date for the annual show of live stock, &c., was fixed for Thursday, 15th ...
Article : 135 wordsA large barque hove in sight off this port this morning, and it was evident she was partially disabled. A fishing-boat put off to the vessel, and went alongside. No one was ...
Article : 135 wordsNews from Samoa states that Mr. William Cooper, late of Auckland, has been appointed police magistrate at Apia. Politically there is no change at Samoa. Mataafa still ...
Article : 114 wordsA singular case of suicide occurred here yesterday evening. A young girl, aged 19, daughter of Mr. Richard Lobby, late of Clifton Hill, who has only resided here for ...
Article : 162 wordsAt about 9 o'clock this morning Constable Roberts, of Berwick, was informed that the skeleton of a man had been found in the Gembrook Ranges, about 12 miles from the ...
Article : 189 wordsA meeting was held in the town-hall this evening to adopt a scheme which the state aided village settlement committee propose to lay before the Government. About 300 ...
Article : 167 wordsHenry Drake, of Moubray-street, South Melbourne, butcher. Causes of Insolvency —Pressure of creditors, losses in business, and adverse judgment in County Court. ...
Article : 215 wordsAt half-past 10 a.m.—Faram v.Alcock, Brown v. Munro, in the will of Barton. FIRST CIVIL COURT. (Before the Chief Justice and a Jury of Twelve.) ...
Article : 264 wordsWe have received the following:— Rev. G. D. Hutton, £1 1s. The following have been collected by James Paterson and Co.— ...
Article : 66 wordsIn the Water Police Court to-day all the persons arrested on Saturday night in the Chinese gambling den in Lower George-street pleaded guilty. Ah Yum (thebanker), ...
Article : 82 wordsAt George and George's. Thousands of Remnunts of all descriptions at startling prices.— [ADVT.] ...
Article : 19 wordsThe largest tailoring house in Melbourne, the Leviathon Clothing Company. Splendid stock ot Winter Coatings, Trouserings, Tweeds, &c. Sac Suits to measure, £3 3s., ...
Article : 48 wordsFry's Malted Cocoa does not thicken in the cup. It is perfectly pure, with Malt Extract added, and an ordinary breakfast cup of the cocoa is more invigorating and sustaining than a pint of the best ale or stout, ...
Article : 50 wordsRemnants of all descriptions at startling prices. George and George.-[ADVT.] ...
Article : 15 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 21 Jul 1891, Page 5
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: