The interest displayed by Legislative Councillors in yesterday's proceedings appeared to vanish with the departure of the uniforms and the ladies. Like schoolboys ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsIt is not often that a motion for adjournment, tabled to enable a question of "urgency" to be debated, is pressed to a division. Yet, in order to mark its ...
Article : 1,527 wordsThe experience of the new suburban timetable, as far as Sunday trains is concerned, has been that it is on too limited a scale. Last Sunday, for instance, the stream of ...
Article : 227 wordsA coolie corps of 500 men is being formed in India for service in Somaliland when the next series of operations opens in October under Lieut. Colonel E. J. E. Swayne, ...
Article : 88 wordsAn extraordinary position has been created in connection with the New South Wales Arbitrition Court. One of the carliest decisions of the Court affected two ...
Article : 792 wordsHer Excellency Lady Tennyson, attended by Lord Richard Nevill, visited the Federal Parliament yesterday, and was an interested listener to the debate on the ...
Article : 480 wordsAt the meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association held last night, at Young and Jackson's Hotel, the president of the association (Mr. James Aitken) occupied the ...
Article : 343 wordsThe board of inquiry appointed to investigate the series of charges laid against Dr. Ramsay Smith continued its sittings today. ...
Article : 1,124 wordsNews has just been received of a desperate encounter between a band of brigands and a French convoy, which has taken place near Taghit, a mining village in Algeria. ...
Article : 75 wordsTuesday (6 p.m.).—Moderately fine inland, light rains in coastal districts; fresh north-westerly to westerly winds, squally in Straits; rough sea. SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER. ...
Article : 345 wordsSome warm comment was made at the meeting of the Camberwell Council on Monday night on the new policy of the Railway Commissioners in regard to the reduction of ...
Article : 460 wordsMrs. W. Graeme-Hunter, a wealthy Glasgow lady, has announced her intention, if Sir Thomas Lipton does not again challenge for the America Cup, to build a yacht and ...
Article : 47 wordsThe ship Scottish Glens arrived to-day from Bahia Blanca with 3,175 tons of wheat. An action in which the amount claimed ...
Article : 117 wordsSir Thomas Lipton is desirous of selling in America his two yachts, Shamrock I. and Shamrock III., both of which have unsuccessfully challenged the holders of the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe difficuly, with the tin plate workers in the works controlled by the associated employers of South Wales—amounting to four-fifths of the total trade—has been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 wordsALBURY, Tuesday.—At the local police court to-day Henry Carter, who served in the South African war, was presented on a charge of maliciously wounding his ...
Article : 220 wordsThe Board of Trade returns of the trade of the United Kingdom for the month of August compare with those of the corresponding period of 1902 as follows— ...
Article : 62 wordsWhen members got fairly under way with their notices of motion a snowstorm seemed to have swept down upon the clerks' tall'le. In the list of subjects covered many 3 1d ...
Article : 936 wordsOn Monday afternoon Mr. Reynolds, general manager of the Pacific cable, who is at present on a visit to Australia, attended a council meeting of the Melbourne ...
Article : 849 wordsThe Railway Commissioners have approved of the acceptance of the following tenders:— Supply of 1,250 cubic yards of bluestone ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 wordsThe Canadian immigration commissioner in England, Mr. Preston, recently made some severe remarks on the quality of the Canadian butter sold in Great Britain. He ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Victorian Railways Mutual Benefit Society's picnic will be held at Bendigo on Saturday next, and, in order to accommodate the very large number of excursionists ...
Article : 97 wordsThe political situation is becoming considerably strained. In the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Tolmie, Government supporter, announced his intention of going ...
Article : 173 wordsAt a meeting of the General Hospital committee to-day, Dr. Eleanor J. Bourne was appointed resident medical officer, a position created through the retirement of ...
Article : 57 wordsLISMORE, Sept 7.—This has been so far one of the most disappointing springs known for a long time. During the winter there was a grand rain, and towarda the end of July the weather ...
Article : 240 wordsThere was a good attendance at the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday. Prices for merinoes were unchanged but firm, and crosshreds had an advance of 5 ...
Article : 60 wordsAt the State Children's department today Alice Clark, aged 13 years, was charged with the larceny of jewellery worth £90. Clark was employed by Mrs. Ray Lewis, of ...
Article : 126 wordsA public meeting was held at the Brighton Town-hall last night to discuss the question of the reduced train service. There was a crowded attendance, and the mayor ...
Article : 358 wordsThe following arrivals and departures are announced— Arrived.—Mermerus, ship, from Albany May 15; Pakcha, s.s., from Lvttelton July ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Fitzroy Council has accepted the tender of W. Sheehy for the supply of horses, caris, and drivers for the removal of the garbage, at 10/6 per day for each horse, cart, and driver. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 868 wordsHenry Sharp, a resident of Scottsdale, pleaded not guilty at the Criminal Court at Longford to-day to a charge of having sent to a young girl, named Margaret Grace ...
Article : 179 wordsCopper.—Monday's closing quotations were as follows—Spot, £58/5/, or an advance of 2/6 since last Friday; three months, £57/12/6, or an advance of 5/. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Minister of Lands intends at an early date to test the feeling of the Legislative Assembly on the question of the purchase of the Mimosa Estate, in the vicinity of ...
Article : 129 wordsMany of the roads in the Warrandyte Riding of the Templestowe Shire are quite impassable, and as the council has no available funds, traffic is in some instances ...
Article : 122 wordsA conference representing the employers and workmen in the boot trade of New Zealand have agreed to give preference in employment to unionists. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe new railway time-table on the Mordialloc line was referred to at Monday's meeting of the Moorabbin Council. The president (Councillor W. H. Barnett) ...
Article : 311 wordsIn the Legislative Council the Attorney-General introduced a bill to amend the Institutes Further Amendment Act. The second leading of the Trading Stamp ...
Article : 152 wordsNangetty Station, containing 29,930 acres, and situated in the Mingew district, on the Midland railway line, was sold to-day to Mr. Richard Smith, of South Australia, for ...
Article : 33 wordsYesterday Judge Chomley passed sentence on persons convicted at the sittings of the Melbourne General Sessions. For receiving a quantity of stolen clothing, Henry Williams, a youth, who ...
Article : 278 wordsSir,—While the compulsory purchase of land is under consideration would it not do for the Government to advertise for tenders for a supply of arable land for one month, ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Central Board of Health are making investigations in regard to the case of plague which occurred on the steamer Innamincka, and resulted fatally at Townsville. ...
Article : 122 wordsThere was a large attendance at the annual meeting of the Farnham Creamery and Butter Factory Company. According to the reports the company had received 242,408 gallons of milk ...
Article : 290 wordsWERRIBEE, Tuesday.—Mr. R. S. Walpole secretart of the Employers Federation, addressed a large public meeting here [?]st evening, at the Mechanies Institute. ...
Article : 130 wordsJohn Slocum, a lad of 15, was charged at the plemington Court yesterday with unlawfully assaulting a girl named Ada Brown. The court was cleared. The girl said that she was 15 years of ...
Article : 320 wordsQUEENSLAND GOLD YIELD. BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The gold yield for August was 53.689 finr ounces. Compared with 54.912oz, for August last year. ...
Article : 31 wordsBALLAN (Shire).—Councillor M. Walsh elected president. Allowance, £25. BULN BULN (Shire).—Councillor Riddell elected president. Allowance, £25. ...
Article : 82 wordsAVENEL, Tuesday.—The stationmaster (Mr. Minogue) has received notice to hold himself in readiness for removal, as the station is to be managed by a women.—There is a scarcity of trucks ...
Article : 56 wordsVIOLET TOWN.—A five-roomed weatherboard house, owned and occupied by Mr. James Grogan, bootmaker, was destroyed on Tuesday. The building was insured in the United Insurance Company ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A boxing contest took place to-night at the National Sporting Club between R. Hansen and H. Smith. Hansen gave up in the fifth round. ...
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Article : 85 wordsHORSHAM.—In addition to the president bi-weekly train service betwetn Horsham and Goroke, it is understood that the department contemplates runing a train the whole journey, both ways, on ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 9 Sep 1903, Page 6
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