Provision will be made by the Premier in his Surplus Revenue Bill for a grant of £50,000 for schools in country districts. This has caused considerable satisfaction to ...
Article : 353 wordsThe French force, under General Drude, outside Casa Blanca has had a serious conflict with Moorish tribesmen, and was only able to retain its position with difficulty. ...
Article : 447 wordsThere was a violent scene yesterday at the International Socialist Conference now in session at Stuttgart. The principals in it were Herr Bebel, the German socialist ...
Article : 208 wordsGeneral Botha, the Transvaal Premier, moved, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, a resolution expressing to His Majesty the King the deep gratitude of the people ...
Article : 329 wordsA meeting, at which the Lord Mayor (Councillor Weedon) will preside, wil be held in the Town-hall to-night, when the proposal for the increase of federal ...
Article : 162 wordsThere are more than 80,000,000 sheep in the Commonwealth, and last year 11,000 were imported. Most of the importations are for stud purposes. The new tariff ...
Article : 303 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Northcote are passengers by the R.M.S. Mongolin, which left Fremantle yesterday for the eastern states. ...
Article : 633 wordsThis afternoon the Senate wil meet at 3 o'clock. The first business, after questions have been disposed of, will be the Members' Salaries Bill. When the Senate ...
Article : 86 wordsSir,-A great deal has been said (by themselves) about the sacrifices members of Parliament are called upon to make—how they are dragged from their far-off peaceful, ...
Article : 158 wordsA petition is being extensively signed at Brunswick by residents of the Bourke division, who are "deeply incensed at the impetuosity of the House of Representative ...
Article : 133 wordsMuch criticism is directed by the British press against the action of the Government in regard to the resolution submitted to The Hague Conference on the question of ...
Article : 161 wordsBRISBANE, Tuesday. — The Marine Board inquiry into the Arawatta-Ingeborg collision was continued to-day. Earls Albertsen, mate of the Ingeborg, ...
Article : 545 wordsSir,—Allow me to direct attention to the circumstance that one argument against an increase in the wages of federal members has not been touched on. An immense deal ...
Article : 120 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.—Amongst the through passengers for the cast on the R.M.S. Mongolia, which arrived to-day, are Miss Clara Butt and her husband, Mr. Kennerley ...
Article : 709 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, moved, in the House of Commons yesterday, the second reading of the Transvaal Loan Guarantee ...
Article : 237 wordsAt a meeting of citizens and ratepayers of Coburg, held in the local public hall on Monday evening, Ex-superintendent Waters presiding. Mr. J. T. Siteh moved:— ...
Article : 128 wordsAccording to the "Daily Mail" correspondent, Sir Harry Maclean is likely to be released at once. He says that the captive was to have been surrendered to ...
Article : 109 wordsSir,—The Ministers of the Crown, who are reluctant to disgorge the amount due to Victoria in "income tax," have brought down an exorbitant tariff and practically ...
Article : 190 wordsDANDENONG, Tuesday.—Much indignation has been expressed here at the action of the federal members in taking upon themselves the responsibility of increasing ...
Article : 451 wordsDr. Spalin, leader in the Reichstag of the Ceatre party, the most numerous of the individual parties in the Chamber, has made a speech on the naval question, in which ...
Article : 86 wordsThe latest victim to assassination in Russia is Colonel Schnoetter, commander of the military station at Bailystok, in Poland. The assassination is believed to have been ...
Article : 65 wordsSir,—Kindly allow me to express my indignation in reference to the proposed increase of salaries to members of Parliament. At the present time I think some of them ...
Article : 154 wordsThe House of Lords yesterday read a second time without a division the English Small Holdings Bill. This was the measure of which the Prime Minister said, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe ship Forth, from Calcutta, has arrived at mauritius, and landed there the passengers and crew of the steamer Fortunatus, which caught fire at sea on July ...
Article : 137 words(The [?] given in estates are gross, and [?] calls owing by the estate.) The Lyster, late of I[?]hella-grove. St. James's [?] Hawthorn, when died on June 28, under a will ...
Article : 142 wordsThe "Union of Russian People" has submitted a petition to the Czar, asking that Jews should be excluded entirely from the Duma, in order that a genuinely Russian ...
Article : 59 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A letter has been received from "Bill" Squires by a friend in the West Maitland district. Referring to his recent light with Burns. ...
Article : 207 wordsSir,—As one of the most important meetings ever held in Melbourne takes place to-morrow evening in the Town-hall, I trust citizens will attend in great force to protest ...
Article : 145 wordsA long record of faithful service came to a dose on Monday night with the death of Mr. John William Sutton, who for many years held successive responsible positions ...
Article : 689 wordsStatements have appeared in the "West[?] minster Gazette"alleging appalling infantile mortality and a high rate of illegitimacy in Melbourne. The article also contains ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. W. H. Taft, Secretary of State for War, who is regarded as a likely candidate in the Republican interest at the next Presidential election, touched on some phases of ...
Article : 189 wordsSir.—In common with many others. I have been impatiently expecting to hear of a requesition calling on the Lord Mayor of Melbourne to lconvence a monster meeting of ...
Article : 279 wordsA strong feeling prevails in shipping circles that immediate action should be taken by the Australian Government in the direction of locating the abandoned vessel ...
Article : 108 wordsSir,—In common with thousands of citizens in this state, I am very gratified that a big public meeting is to be held at the Town-hall on Wednesday evening. I hold ...
Article : 277 wordsA fatal parachute accident has occurred in the United States. A French aeronaut was giving an exhibition at Newhaven, in Connectieut, and ...
Article : 74 wordsTo-day's quotation for bar silver is 31 9-16d. per ounce standard, a decline of [?]d. since 17th inst. ...
Article : 33 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson made further reference in the Divorce Court to-day to irregularities in connection with marriage services. ...
Article : 407 wordsDr. Jameson, the Cape Premier, explained in the Cape House of Assembly yesterday the circumstances under which the Herero chief, Morenga, escaped over the border ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 wordsSir.—The raising of salaries is being done at the instance of that party who are so lond of slinging the term boodler at their opponents. They have a willing tool in the ...
Article : 137 wordsAt Kennington oval yesterday the third test match between a team representing All England and the South African visiting team, was opened. England won the toss ...
Article : 156 wordsMr. A. Maurice Low, in his usual monthly letter from Washington to the "National Review," referred as follows to Mr. Taft's attitude to the tariff:— ...
Article : 531 wordsSugar.—Mr. F. O. Licht, of Madgeburg, states in his monthly circular that the production of beet su[?]zr in Europe for the first eleven months of the 1906-7 campaign ...
Article : 231 wordsSir,—It is highly satisfactory to note that the Lord Mayor has convened a public meeting, to be held in the Town-hall to-morrow evening, to deal with the matter ...
Article : 378 wordsSir.—Every honourable man will feel a deep sense of humiliation it be has assisted to elect a House of Representatives who are capable of the dishonourable act of voting ...
Article : 378 wordsMiss Denise Orme, of Daly's Theatre, has been married to Captain J. R. L. Yarde[?] Buller, heir to Lord Churston. [Miss Orme came to the London stage ...
Article : 235 wordsThe Essex amateur batsman, F. L. Fane, and the Surrey players, E. G. Hayes and F. B. Hobhs, have accepted the invitation to join the cricket team for Australia. ...
Article : 45 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fifty years ago to-day the British ship Dungar was wrecked at Sydney Heads, and all on board were drowned with the exception of a seaman ...
Article : 251 wordsT. Tartakover, of Sydney, who won the international 100-metres swimming race at Paris a few days ago, has now won the international 100-metres race at Hamburg. ...
Article : 230 wordsThe following arrivals and departures are announced:— Arrivals.—Port Chalmers, s.s., from Port Pirie June 27; Var[?]in, s.s., from Brisbane ...
Article : 75 wordsSir,—I am not, and never have been, a candidate for municipal or Parliamentary honours, but am just a plain citizen of the Commonwealth, voting as the occasion ...
Article : 229 wordsArabinda Ghose, editor of the "Band[?] Mataram" ("Hail, Mother"), published in the interests of the extreme Nationalist party in Calcutta, has been arrested on a ...
Article : 51 wordsSir,—I am a foreman labourer, receiving 10/ a day, and have to pay myself as well as other men. If I thought that was not sufficient to meet my expenses[?] and took ...
Article : 213 wordsEvery Part of Body Affected—Was in Hospital Five Times—Army Doctors and Nine Differenct Remedies Did No Good—Speedy Improvement, and Finally a Perfect Cure, by Use of Cuticura, ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. J. Pierpont Morgan has lost onethird of his valuable herd of pedigree cattle, which had to be destroyed on account of an outbreak of anthrax amongst ...
Article : 43 wordsAre preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] We have heard of friend Woods, and know of his goods. ...
Article : 83 wordsA large number of members of the Old Wesley Colleglans' Association met at a smoke-night at the Vienna Cafe last evening, The rules were revised in important porticulars, provision being ...
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Article : 10 wordsSir,-I cannot forbear to express the gratification with which I perused the correspondence column in "The Argus" during the past week. By your agency the glaring ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 21 Aug 1907, Page 7
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