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  2. BOXING CHAMPION. JOHNSON AT THE OPERA-HOUSE.

    The Opern-house was crowded yesterday evening, when "Jack" Johnson, the boxing champion, made his first appearance in Melbourne as a showman. The posting of ...

    Article : 315 words
  3. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    The chairman of the Postal Commission (Mr. Hume Cook, M.H.R.) last evening waited upon the Governor-General, and tendered a copy of a draft report upon ...

    Article : 1,053 words
  4. COMMONWEALTH REVENUE.

    "It is a little more disappointing than I anticipated," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) yesterday, when announcing the returns of revenue from Customs und excise ...

    Article : 592 words
  5. PICTURE STORIES.

    A King or a President is assasinated on the other side of the wprid, and for days the newspapers are filled with accounts of the tragedy, its causes, and its ...

    Article : 1,359 words
  6. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HOBSON'S BAY.

    High Water This Day, 12.54 a.m., 1.32 p.m. Jan. 4.—9 a.m: Wind S., light; weather dull, showery; barometer, 29.70. 1 p.m.: Wind S., light; weather dull, showery; barometer 29.75. 4 p.m.: ...

    Article : 429 words
  7. MAILS OUTWARD.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 668 words
  8. A STREET INCIDENT.

    Johnson, after lunch, proceeded to "do" Melbourne in a motor-car. After driving through the principal streets the car stopped in Swanston-street, near Little ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    Arrived.—Jan. 4—5.10 p.m.: Yacht, painted white. Sailed.—Jan. 4—Perisc and Kyarra, for Sydney; Casino, for Port Fairy, Loongana for ...

    Article : 382 words
  10. SYDNEY NOT TO BE THE CONVINCING-GROUND.

    ADELAIDE, Monduy.—Mr. Wade, the Premier of New South Wales, who arrived to-day from the West by the R.M.S. Ormuz, speaking concerning boxing, said:—"No ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. SUNDAY'S STORM. PORT MELBOURNE PIER.

    Inquines are being made by officers of the Railway department into the statement that the railway pier at Port Melnourne is unsound. As stated yesterday. the ...

    Article : 274 words
  12. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I beg emphatically to differ from Mr. Richard Hughes, of East Prahran, in his Statement that mine out of every ten men in the community are in favour of ...

    Article : 245 words
  13. SHIPPING NOTES.

    The Salamis, of the "Aberdeen" line, is announced to leave Port Melbourne at noon to-morlow, for London via Cape Town. An anchor and 15 fathoms of cable were lost off ...

    Article : 420 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Those of your readers who like boxing found in "The Argus" of to-day much to puzzle them in the report of a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Bevan, who gave ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. YACHT'S DINGHY RECOVERED.

    Yesterday afternoon, Mr. M'Shane, curator of the Williamstown Cricket-ground, reported to the local police that he had recovered a yacht's dinghy off the ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. BEDROOM WINDOW BLOWN IN.

    During the violent windstorm on Sunday morning the wife and two children of Mr. Robert Chalmers, railway porter, of Goulburn-street. Yarraville, had a narrow ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Mr. Richard Hughes hits the light nail on the head in maintaining that the majority must rule in a demoeratic community. The opponents of glove contests ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. WORK AND POLITICS.

    BALLARAT, Monday.—The management of the North Woah Hawp mine were astounded to-day at the allegations made that a large number of men had been ...

    Article : 670 words
  19. SHORT OF COAL.

    An unexpected visitor in the shape of the "tramp" steamer Blytheswood made her appearance off Williamstown yesterday morning, the object of her call being to replenish bunker ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. STABLE ROOF CARRIED OFF.

    During the storm the roof of a stable in the yard of Mr. E. Rider, carrier, corner of Williams-road and Mackay-street, Prahran, was lifted bodily and hurled on to the ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    No progress was made yesterday with the interstate cricket match between Victoria and South Australia. The M.C.C. wicket was thoroughly saturated with rain. The ...

    Article : 35 words
  22. IN THE COUNTRY.

    BUNINYONG, Monday. — The cyclone which passed over Mount Buninyong on Sunday morning swept stooks of hay in all directions. The pulled crops of peas were driven up against stone walls ...

    Article : 137 words
  23. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The India, of the P. and O. line, will take her departure from Port Melbourne, homeward bound, at 1 o'clock this afternoon. She arrived from Sydney yesterday morning, having experienced a ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. NEW SOUTH WALES V. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 words
  25. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—You are to be thanked for publishing part of Dr. Bevan's sermon of yesterday, in which he gives the grain of comfort that even prize-gights, like wars, are ...

    Article : 210 words
  26. OVERSEA VESSELS.

    Moldavia (P. and O. line) arrived at Plymouth January 1. Delphic (White Star line) sailed from Liverpool December 31. ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. DAMAGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The storms at Blayney and Crookwell yesterday did considerable damage, many buildings being unroofed or losing their verandahs. ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. The Argus.

    Every letter must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarautee of good faith. Correspondents are requested to inform the editor if ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES V. QUEENSLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 246 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 725 words
  31. BOARD OF CONTROL.

    A private message, received from Sydney yesterday, from a gentleman who is usually well-informed, said:— "There will be no meeting of the Board ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. CHRISTMAS CHA[?]TY.

    From Mrs. George Gillesp[?], of Hawthorn, we have received a Christmas charity donation of £10, for distribution as under:—Central Mission (Rev. A. R. Edgar), £[?] Queen Victoria Hospital ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. H.M.S. COMMONWEALTH PRESENTATION FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  34. OPIUM SMUGGLING.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—John Kasser, in the employ of the Nord-Deutscher Lloyd Company, and Ah Too, a cook on board the steamship Manila, were before the ...

    Article : 180 words
  35. BAY EXCURSIONS.

    HUddart, Parker, and Co. Proprietory Limited and the Bay Excursion Company notify that the Hygeia and Ozone leave Port Melbourne Railway Pier to-day, at half-past 10 a.m., the Hygeia for a ...

    Article : 95 words
  36. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1909.

    Twenty-one "independent" members of the Legislative Assembly decided last night to act together, and, though they are in general agreement with, ...

    Article : 3,616 words
  37. SORE EYES TREATED

    At Two Hospitals for Over a Year, but Baby Girl Grew Worse—Mother Followed Friday Advice and Used Cuticura—No Return of Disease for "When my little girl was a few months old her ...

    Article : 221 words
  38. BEGG'S Whisky.

    The whole of the barley used in Begg's whisky is grown and malted on the spot—in the immediate neighbourhood of the Distillery, and it is ...

    Article : 59 words
  39. CHURCH MATCH.

    The second match between the visiting Queensland church team and the South Suburban Churches' Association will be palyed to-day, at Toorak-park paly starting at 10 a.m. Luncheou ...

    Article : 111 words
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