Though recent reports of the movements of the opposing armies in Manchuria have indicated that the Russians intended to make a stand north of the Hun River, it is ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Postmaster-General will not make public the terms of the tender which he has received from the Orient Steam Navigation Company for the proposed new English mail ...
Article : 299 wordsThe death is announced, at the great age of 92 years, of Mr. Benjamin Cowderoy, one of the most widley-known and highlyrespected men in Victoria in the commercial ...
Article : 1,403 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Northcote and suite arrived at Adelaide on Saturday by the Melbourne express. A large crowd at the railway ...
Article : 241 wordsTHURSDAY ISLAND, Sunday.— Through the courtesy of Captain Macarthur, of the Eastern, which arrived on Friday, the following, which is the only ...
Article : 2,114 wordsThe House of Representatives has been the scene of some strange political developments. It has been responsible for the rise and fall of three Ministries, none of which ...
Article : 1,143 wordsLady Curzon, who for some days past has been seriously ill, was somewhat better yesterday, and to-day passed a very comfortable day. ...
Article : 31 wordsCommenting on the appeal which English labour leaders have made to Australian unio[?]sts not to vote for a preferential trade scheme which will "entail ...
Article : 207 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General has authorised the provisional recognition of Mr. Paul de Forster is Vice-consul of Austria-Hungary for the Commonwealth, ...
Article : 376 wordsThe revenue of the United Kingdom for last quarter amounted to £29,647,459. The principal items were.—Customs, £8,733,584; excise, £8,665,000; stamps, £1,631,000. ...
Article : 29 wordsAlthough the Federal Parliament has chosen the Dalgety area as the site for the Commonwealth capital it does not necessarily follow that the new city will be built ...
Article : 295 wordsThe Imperial Government is inviting tenders, returnable on Thursday next, for £6,000,000 of 3 per cent. Exchequer bonds, with a currency of five years. The issue has ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Watson, further referring to-day to the cable message in reference to preferential trade, said that their tenor was that Australia was asked to ...
Article : 275 wordsThe St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris journal "Le Matin" states that the Czar has summoned Admiral Alexieff, the Viceroy of the Far East, to the Russian ...
Article : 133 wordsCavaliere Pino, who by means of his invention, the hydroscope, discovered the exact position of the Spanish treasure ships sunk in Vigo Bay two centuries ago, has ...
Article : 57 wordsIn honour of his recent coronation, King Peter of Servia has conferred decorations on many notables including all the officers concerned in the assassination of King ...
Article : 40 wordsThe death is announced of Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, the veteran Liberal member of the House of Commons. He died suddenly while on a visit to Nuncham-park, ...
Article : 881 wordsHer Majesty the Queen attended the funeral of Dr. Finsen, of Copenhagen, who discovered a successful method of treating lupus by means of certain light rays. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe capsize of a boat on the Yarra at Studley park yesterday evening resulted in the death of a youth of 19 years named Percy Blomfield, who lived with his parents ...
Article : 816 wordsThe Tokio correspondent of "The Times," referring to the recent change in the Japanese military system, says that it is estimated to bring forthwith 600,000 trained ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Railway Commissioners invited tenders, returnable on Monday last, for the supply of Newcastle and Victorian coal for a period of one or two years from January ...
Article : 610 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Mr. Watson, referring to the federal crisis, said that his party was anxious for the debate to close and a vote to be taken. The fate of the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Japanese have captured outside Port Arthur a junk carrying despatches from the garrison. They detained two Russians who were aboard the junk. ...
Article : 30 wordsAnother political assassination is reported from Russia, that of Colonel Bikoff, the commander of the Russo-Turkish frontier guard. Colonel Bikoff assisted the Turks ...
Article : 39 wordsThe subjoined extract from last week's "Hansard" tells its own story:— "Mr. M'COLL.—We went to the country with a policy of fiscal peace. Why did we adopt that ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Russian general staff at St. Petersburg has received a report from Port Arthur, to the effect that all the assaults on the fortress by the Japanese from the 20th to 26th ...
Article : 44 wordsA daring mad robbery has occurred in France. While a train, to which was attached a postal-van, containing the mails from Egypt, Italy, and France for America, ...
Article : 80 wordsIn the M[?]cow province the mobilisation of the army reserves is being actively carried on. Fifty thousand men will be placed under arms. ...
Article : 34 wordsSenator O'keefe gave his view of the political outlook to a meeting of about 150 people, held in the Queen's-hall, Bourke-street, last evening, under the auspices of ...
Article : 484 wordsA remarkable report has reached Vladivostock in regard to the Russian destroyer Reshitclni, whose seizure by the Japanese after she had taken refuge at Chifu caused ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. Alfred Beit, of Wernber, Beit, and Co., the South African millionaires, has presented to the Transvaal Government the Frankpvale Estate, near Johannesburg, for ...
Article : 41 wordsYarrow and Company Limited, shipbuilders, of Poplar on the Thames, who recently secured from the Austrian Government a contract to build 20 ...
Article : 177 wordsA band of Chunchuses have blown up a section of the Manchurian railway, at a point 160 miles south of Harbin. The Russian sentinels were killed, and the ...
Article : 53 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday. — In the course of an interview on Saturday the Prime Minister (Mr. Reid) was asked, "What about the no-confidence motion?" He replied: — It ...
Article : 765 wordsThe Czar Nicholas had a splendid popular welcome at Odessa, on the occasion of his visit to inspect the troops who are leaving for the Far East. His Majesty stayed four ...
Article : 64 wordsAt Half-past 10 a.m.—Weingarten v. Treadway. First Civil Court. (Before the Chief Justice Mr. Justice A'Beckett, and Mr. Justice Hood.) ...
Article : 297 wordsThe Smolensk and Peterburg, of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, which are returning to the Baltic, are provisioning at Algiers, preparatory to resuming their voyage to ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. H. H. Marks, editor and chief proprietor of the "Financial News," has been nominated as Conservative candidate for the Isle of Thanet Division of the county ...
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Article : 18 wordsYuan Shikai, the Viceroy of Chihli, has been ordered by the Chinese Government to suppress the Boxer movement, a revival of which has taken place in the provinces of ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Reshitellni, which has been finally blown up in Japanese service is the Russian destroyer they scized in Chifu harbour some time ago, in absolute defiance of the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 3 Oct 1904, Page 5
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