The Minister of Lands (Mr. Murray) yesterday received a deputation which asked for the establishment of a workmen's home settlement on land at Port Melbourne, ...
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Article : 461 wordsAny doubts that might have remained in the minds of the Foot[?]ray police regarding the my[?]terious finger-tip found at Footseray station on Sunday have been ...
Article : 155 wordsBEAUFORT. Wednesday.—What may happen when girls put their heads together was illustrated on Tuesday. A girl named Winifred lagram was talking to another ...
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Article : 743 wordsSir,—That was a very interesting question, indeed. to the great number of shopkeepers, who are feeling the effects of this shops early closing act, which was given ...
Article : 336 wordsADELAIDE. Wednesday. — Mr. Frunk R. George, leader of the Government prospecting party, who arrived at Alice Springs last Thursday, died in his ...
Article : 174 wordsWELLINGTON, Wednesday.—The universal eight hours system came into force on the Government railways on Monday, Mr. Seddon attending a gathering at ...
Article : 147 wordsMEREDITH.— A [?] broke and at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock and but for the prompt action of Mr. Peter Finn, [?] for, who oecupies a room on the ground floor, the ...
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Article : 700 wordsMr. Mack's fame is evidently spreading. for the audience at the Town-hall list night, on the occasion of his third concert, was much larger than was the case at the ...
Article : 643 wordsSir,—A letter in lour issue of to-day points out that steps should be taken to remind parliament of its pledges to remove the income tax when the stress of ...
Article : 246 wordsThe adjudicators. H[?] de Chaneet, A. Seide, and E. H[?] after a further examination of com potitors yesterday afternoon in the Beale plane[?] class, gave their [?] as follows:— ...
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Advertising : 73 wordsLAKE BOLAC, Wednesday.—Mr. George Veale, storekeeper, met with a painful accident yesterday evening. He stooped down to pick up a piece of wood close to a ...
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Article : 57 wordsBROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A Pfitzner, who met with an accident at the Central mine on March 26, died in the hospital to-day. He was working in the shaft ...
Article : 103 wordsROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.—Yesterday a man known as Professor Halas, practising as an electric healer, accidentally, drank a mixture of ...
Article : 58 wordsINGLEWOOD, Wednesday.—A lad named George Barry, aged 15 years, who resided with his parents near the Loddon River at Salisbury, was drwnned yesterday. He ...
Article : 105 wordsPERTH. Wednesday.—The Federal commission which is inquiring into the question of ocean shipping in connection with Aus tralian commerce opened its investigations ...
Article : 506 wordsJust after the conclusion of the performance of "The Wilderness" at the Princess's Theatre last night, some sensation was [?] among the crowd by a collision ...
Article : 198 wordsSir.— Agin r[?]rring to the Clergy provident Fund, my contention remains unanswered, viz., that the directors do cruel wrong to place providence before honesty. ...
Article : 250 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Market Gardeners and Fr[?]growers Association was held at the Temperance-hall last night, the president (Councillor F. T. Le page, Moorabbin) in the ...
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Advertising : 28 wordsA number of business people in Sturtstreet are to be prosecuted for obstructing the footpath with goods, either for sale or in process of unpacking. ...
Article : 115 wordsA team of bowlers from Kyneton visited Bendigo on Wednesday, and tried conclusions with the local club. Bendigo B team beat the visitors by 73 pointu to 72. At 25 ...
Article : 641 wordsThe anuual meeting of the Geelong Protectionist Association on Wednesday night re-elected Mr.Jonas Blakiston president, Mr. R. Oke vice-president, and Mr. W. H. ...
Article : 254 wordsTh on Tuesday night to bid farewell to the Rev. E. Wason Nye and family, prior to their departure for Prahran. Numerous ...
Article : 38 wordsThe annual meeting of the golf club was held on Tuesday night. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £27/2/2/. The report stated that there was a membership ...
Article : 221 wordsALBURY, Wednesday.—Some time ago the Albury Pastures Protection Board, in conjunction with the local borough council, gave consideration to the matter of the ...
Article : 209 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Wednesday.—The difficulty that has arisen in connection with the construction of a weir across the Merri River, for the protection of the town ...
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Advertising : 83 wordsKORUMBURRA, Wednesday.—The quantity of coal forwarded from the collieries in this district, including the Outtrim, Jumbunna, and Coal Creek mines, ...
Article : 219 wordsWARRACKNABEAL, Wednesday.—At the local court on Tuesday, before Captain Burrowes, P.M., Hamilton Allen, a large farmer, of Willenabrina, was fined £85, and ...
Article : 76 wordsQUEENSCLIFF, Wednesday.—The raising of the sunken fishing craft Prince Alfred proved a much harder task than was anticipated, and the vessel is likely to be ...
Article : 141 wordsST. ARNAUD, Wednesday.—For the positiop of wardsman at the St. Arnaud Hospital,at a salary of £40 a year, with board and quarters, and an increase in six months ...
Article : 2,085 wordsBENDIGO. Wednesday.— A miner, named Joseph Crossman, a young man residing in Weatherall-street, California Gully, had a remarkable escape from death at the Great ...
Article : 321 wordsSir.—In erporting the evidence given by me before the Cual Commission on Wedneesday last published in your issue of the 29th. I am afraid an error has crept in. ...
Article : 186 wordsSir,—I think I am hut voleing the opinions of the greater portion of the [?]cribers to the Licdertafel when I say that the system of bookin the [?] is unsatisfactory. ...
Article : 103 wordsKALGOORLIE, Wednesday.—During March 1,120 tons of one was crushed at the GOLDEN POLE mine for a y[?]d, inclu[?] of gold obtained from the treatment of 1,306 tons of [?]nds, 94[?] tons of ...
Article : 120 wordsWyandra, [?] 4,037 tons, James Grahl, from Cooktown via ports. pa[?]—43 in the [?]oon and 45 in the [?]rage. A.U.S.N. Co., agents. IMPORTS,—April 5. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— Mr. Holman Hunt's great picture, "The Light of the World," continues to attract enourous crpwds to the National Art Gallery. The ...
Article : 127 wordsBRISBANE. Wednesday.—An appeal to the Full Court has been lodged against the Supreme Court decision in the case of Gavegan v. the Commonwealth, on the ...
Article : 480 wordsHORART, Wednesd.—The [?] Afri[?] left this evening for England with 33,436 eases of frult, the largest shipment made this season. The space originally booked ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 5 Apr 1906, Page 6
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