The Federation Convention was resumed at half-past 10 o'clock this morning, the President (Mr. Kingston) being in the chair. ...
Article : 6,576 wordsMr. W. Warren, the manager in Australasia for the Eastern Extension, Australasian, and China Telegraph Company Limited, yesterday received notification ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Select Committee of the House of Commons which was appointed to inquire into Dr. Jameson's raid on the Transvaal, the working of the British South Africa ...
Article : 204 wordsIt would have been a sad blow to the Defence force if the usual Easter encampment had been foregone. This annual practice in camp is recognised by all the ...
Article : 315 wordsThe hearing of the case in which Louisa Larpent sues Cyril Darey Leaver for £5,000 damages, for alleged libel, and Alfred George Webb sues the same ...
Article : 2,367 wordsThe National League has put its hands to a great work. This is the rallying of stable and settled citizens against the ever-advancing tide of ...
Article : 7,934 wordsThe interruption to cable communication with Europe, especially at a time when the chances of a European war are far from remote, has caused people of ...
Article : 460 wordsA mild epidemic of influenza is at present raging in England, and many public men have been attacked by it. Lord Salisbury, who was one of the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe public meeting of citizens to be held for the purpose of instituting a fund for the crection of an infectious diseases hospital as a permanent memorial of the 60th ...
Article : 196 wordsSome time ago the health officer at Merthyr Tydvil (Wales) instituted proceedings against a local firm of dairy produce merchants for selling Australian ...
Article : 73 wordsAt the Lincoln Spring Meeting to-day, the principal event resulted:— LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP, Of 2,000 sovs.; second, 100 sovs.; third, 50 ...
Article : 88 words"Yesterday a deputation, consisting of the Rev.Dr. Abrahams, Mr. Zox, M.L.A., and Mr. Edward Hart, waited on the Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor Strong), to ask for ...
Article : 165 wordsThe San Francisco papers, received by today's mail continue to give prominence to the Butler case, but contain little of interest that is new. The "San Francisco ...
Article : 523 wordsQuite a sensation was caused this evening at the Mildura Club (which is the tenant of a large portion of the Mildura Coffee Palace), by a rumour that the ...
Article : 420 wordsA joint meeting of the city and town boards of advice was held to-night to decide as to the best means of commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Queen's reign. ...
Article : 252 wordsA boxing match has taken place at New York between "Dan" Creedon, of Melbourne, and Charles Strong, a local boxer. Creedon won in four rounds. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe London wool sales were continued to-day, and, though prices were unchanged, the demand for faulty wools was weak. ...
Article : 26 wordsBar silver is quoted to-day at 28[?]d., being a fall of 3-16ths of a penny since the 22nd inst. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt to-day's auction sales of tallow, 1,450 casks of Australasian were offered, of which 1,100 were sold. Fine mutton realised 20/; medium mutton, 18/6; fine beef, 18/9; ...
Article : 40 wordsThe contingent from this colony to take part at the Queen's Record Reign celebrations consists of 71 men, four officers, and 21 Maoris. They will all be provided with ...
Article : 47 wordsThe following are the prices of Australian investment shares realising to-day on the London Stock Exchange: — Bank of Australasia, £46; Union Bank of Australia, ...
Article : 38 wordsAn important sale of city property was conducted yesterday by Messrs. C. J. and T. Ham, when a number of city freeholds in the estate of the late Dr. Beaney were ...
Article : 205 wordsMr. R. M. M. Anderson was appointed city treasurer at a special meeting of the City Council to-day. Recently the Postmaster-General has ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. Bowes Kelly, Mr. Rawlinson (the private secretary to the Governor), and several other gentlemen who took part in the recent festivities at Mount Lyell, ...
Article : 170 wordsR.M.S. Orotava, J. Allen commander, arrived from Colombo at 8 p.m. last night. Passengers: saloon—For Albany—Messrs. Newbery, Wilkinson (two), James, Dr. Healy, and Dr. Hemphill. For ...
Article : 69 wordsJudge Backhouse, sitting at Newcastle today as a special court of inquiry under the Coal Mines Act, found that Mr. M'Auliffe, the manager, and Mr. M'Donald, the under ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Rome left Colombo for Australia on the 22nd inst. ...
Article : 13 wordsAlfred Augustus Henriques, of Queen-street, Melbourne, broker. Causes of insolvency—Losses in respect of dealings in and depreciation of stocks and shares, and ...
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Article : 28 wordsMr. Justice A'R[?]ckett will take chamber business at half-past 10[?] CRIMINAL COURT. (Before the Chief Justice.) ...
Article : 101 wordsEleven years ago five bars of silver bullion, the property of the Day Dream Mine, were stolen from the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's office, in Silverton, and ...
Article : 98 wordsTo promptly cure gout sufferers should eliminate the urates from the system by taking Bishop's Citrate of Lithia. It is strongly recommended by the "Lancet" and "British Medical Journal." Of ...
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Article : 59 wordsThe Balance of Stocks has now been Re-marked at Further Reduced Prices, and will be offered to the public at 10 a.m. this day. Warehouses—232 to 244 Elizabeth-st.—[Advt.] ...
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Article : 56 wordsThe Balance of Stocks has now been Re-marked at Further Reduced Prices, and will be offered to the public at 10 a.m. this day, Warehouses—28[?] to 244 Elizabeth-st.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 26 Mar 1897, Page 5
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