The annual meeting of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures was held last evening. There was a large attendance of members, and the president (Mr. F.T. ...
Article : 972 wordsThe news conveyed in the cable message in "The Argus" of yesterday that Mr. A. C. Maclaren had undertaken toorganise an English eleven to visit Australia during next ...
Article : 446 wordsA meeting convened by Mr. Stephen Barker, secretary of the Central Labour Council, was held in the Fitzroy Town-hall last night, to introduce to the electors Mr. ...
Article : 1,038 wordsIn order to properly grasp the seriousness of the present condition of affairs, owing to the scarcity of water, it is only necessary to take a trip on the water train of 44 ...
Article : 1,333 wordsBoth Federal Houses will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The principal business will be the motions for the adoption of Address in Reply to the ...
Article : 403 wordsAt the meeting yesterday the report of the committee appointed to frame a constitution and draw up rules for the guidance of the party was read and received. It was agreed ...
Article : 230 wordsAll those members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly who were elected to the Federal Parliament, with the exception of the Attorney-General (Mr. Isaacs) and Mr. ...
Article : 123 wordsOnly a month's water supply exists at the town weir, and it is not of the very purest. A large pipe was connected with the main stream, a few yards away, and enough can ...
Article : 50 wordsIt was stated yesterday that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives was each to receive a salary of £1,500 a year, and the ...
Article : 161 wordsMr. George Mitchell, a candidate for Talbot and Avoca, addressed a large meeting in the shi[?]e-hall, Avoca, Councillor Barbat presiding. The candidate dealt with ...
Article : 169 wordsMatters are becoming serious here for want of rain. In some of the outlying districts hundreds of acres will have to be resown, as they were put in early, and the ...
Article : 89 wordsAlthough not quite complete, the report of the clrief inspector under the Factories and Shops Act (Mr. Harrison Ord) is sufficiently advanced to show that there has ...
Article : 391 wordsMr. See, Premier of New South Wales, stated on Saturday that Mr. Barton had informed him that the tariff would be brought forward by the Government in ...
Article : 264 wordsAs mentioned yesterday, Senator Best and Mr. J. Chanter are to be the Government nominees for the office of Chairmen of Committees in the Senate and House of ...
Article : 130 wordsThe total eclipse of the sun, which was visible in Australia only as a partial eclipse, was Observed and photographed at the Melbourne Obesrvatory. There is very ...
Article : 249 wordsMr. Jeremiah Hassett, one of the candidates for Benalla and Yarrawonga, addressed a large and representative meeting here on Saturday night. Mr. W. J. Tonkin ...
Article : 234 wordsSenator Smith, who was returned at the head of the poll for Western Australia, has convened a meeting of the representatives of that state in both Houses, to consider ...
Article : 56 wordsThe attention of the Prime Minister was directed yesterday to a cable message published in "The Argus" stating that "Figaro," commenting on the establishment of the ...
Article : 162 wordsA meeting of members in favour of a revenue tariff and opposed to the protective policy will be held at 2 p.m. to-day, when Mr. Reid will meet his party for the ...
Article : 79 wordsThe comet is still visible to the naked eye in the western sky in early evening, but is rapidly fading away. It is now some 33 times fainter than it was at the time ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. W. Manifold, a dairy farmer, of Warrnambool, a candidate for the Western Province of the Legislative Council, addressed the electors in the ...
Article : 336 wordsStrong exception is [?] taken by some members of the Labour party to that portion of the standing orders dealing with the suspension of members for disobeying the ...
Article : 76 wordsOne of the first duties of the House of Representatives will be to determine what should be done with a petition which has been lodged against the return of Mr. E. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe South Devonshire mine have recently been breaking some good stone at the 1,180ft. level, and the reports from day to day have stated that the gold seen was ...
Article : 262 wordsSir William Lyne, Minister of Home Affairs, states that Tumut, which is to be added to the sites recommended as suitable, for a federal capital, is in the midst of a ...
Article : 82 wordsSir,—In a report in to-day's issue of your paper having reference to meeting held in Bendigo with reference to starting a jam factory, it states that Councillor Carolin ...
Article : 724 wordsComplaints are still rife amongst members of both Chambers as to the absence of many minor conveniences at Parliamenthouse. They point out that it was only the ...
Article : 154 wordsThe huge Russian man-of-war, the Gromoboi, is lying now alongside the Port Melbourne Town Pier, and last night a reception was held on board, to which some four ...
Article : 540 wordsA meeting of the labour party in the Commonwealth Parliament was held at Parliament-house, and was of an important character, inasmuch as the attitude of the ...
Article : 614 wordsOn Friday, Mr. Barton, Prime Minister, and Sir William Lyne, Minister of Home Affairs, who have paired with Mr. G. H. H. Reid and Sir William M'Millan (New ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Frank S. Meyers, of the London Tailoring Depot, Bourke-street, who reported to the police that he was assaulted and robbed of a large sum of money in ...
Article : 169 wordsCouncillor R. M'K[?]e, of Willow-grove, near Rochester, visited Rochester this morning, at the request of several residents, who are anxious that he should ...
Article : 79 wordsThe hearing of the action by Duncan Campbell, of Malvern, against George Brownlees, of Narracoorte, South Australia, was continued yesterday, before Mr. ...
Article : 498 wordsThe building which the state Government purchased at the east end of Collins-street for the use of the Federal Ministers will be vacated on Saturday by Dr. ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. T. Waddell, state Treasurer, speaking in the Carcoar district, stated that it was the intention of the Government to propose to reduce the number of members ...
Article : 42 wordsGeneral Sir Edwin Collen, who was deputed by His Excellency Lord Curzon, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to represent the Government of India at the ...
Article : 558 wordsTo-day the nominations of Messrs. R. Bruce, A. H. Inkster, and W. T. Mortlock were received for the vacancy in the House of Assembly, Flinders district. ...
Article : 36 wordsOn Saturday night a robbery was committed a few hundred yards from the main thoroughfare. The victim. Danicl Mackin, an old soldier, who had indulged somewhat ...
Article : 106 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of the Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum last week, Mr. R. Mitchell, ex-president, stated that several former inmates of the institution. ...
Article : 146 wordsA singular case was before the Richmond Bench yesterday, when a widow,named Florence M Donald applied to have three of her children aged two, four, and six years ...
Article : 232 words"Yesterday Mr. Taverner, M.L.A., the exMinister for Agriculture, waited on Mr. Peacock, the Premier, in regard to the serious water famine in the M[?]llee districts. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 21 May 1901, Page 7
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