The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. M'Kenna), who was obliged to admit a few weeks ago that the Government had been unaware of the extent of Germany's ...
Article : 275 wordsActing upon instructions received from Melbourne, the trustees of the Felton bequest in London have purchased for the Melbourne National Gallery Jules Dupre's ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Federal Parliament will meet in a month's time. It is possible that before the meeting a formidable combination of members opposed to the Labour ...
Article : 566 wordsReuter's agency at Constantinople reports that the dethronement of the Sultan has been decided upon as the result of the recent crisis. His brother, Mohammed ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is understood that Dr. Maxwell, the sugar expert, after visiting the old Maffra factory and various parts of Victoria considered suitable for the growth of beets, has ...
Article : 464 wordsGrave fears are entertained for the safety of a fishing party consisting of four men and a boy who left Williamstown in the motor-boat Lilian on Sunday morning, and ...
Article : 1,320 wordsHis Excellency Sir Thomas D. Gibson-Carmichael has become the first patron of the Victorian Amateur Hockey Association, of which Mr. T. G. Watson has been ...
Article : 1,526 wordsThe Felton trustees have also purchased several of the finest Japanese prints ever offered for sale. They were bought at the sale by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and ...
Article : 266 wordsThe action of Russia in sending Cossacks to relieve the starving legations at Tabriz has greatly alarmed both Royalists and Nationalists in Persia. ...
Article : 144 wordsAccording to Turkish custom the succession to the throne vests in Mahommed Reshad Effendi as senior male descendant of the house of Othman. He was born on ...
Article : 208 wordsIt has been decided that, provided he is selected by the Ballarat branch of the Political Labour Council, which is a foregone conclusion, Mr. M'Grath, M.L.A. for ...
Article : 61 wordsMessages from Constantinople indicate that the last stand made against the advance of the Constitutionist army was at the Sultan's palace at Yildiz. ...
Article : 306 wordsIt is intended by the Labour party to select a candidate to oppose Mr. Hume Cook for Bourke. An effort is to be made to induce Mr. Frank Austey, M.L.A. for ...
Article : 58 wordsMembers of the Parliamentary Naval Committee have invited Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who was recently retired from the command of the Channel ...
Article : 137 wordsThe India Councils Bill, which widens the scope of local self-government in India, was read a third time in the House of Commons yesterday. ...
Article : 149 wordsMr. Wilbur Wright, the joint inventor with his brother Orville, of the aeroplane which bears their name, has been experimenting lately with a view to overcoming ...
Article : 125 wordsHAMILTON, Tuesday.—A conference of delegates representing the political labour councils within the Wannon constituency has just completed arrangements for the ...
Article : 163 wordsROMSEY, Tuesday.—A fire on Tuesday morning resulted in the complete destruction of the Commercial Hotel and its contents. The outbreak was first observed by ...
Article : 376 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. G. H. Reid, speaking at Grafton last night in advocacy of the Dreadnought fund, said that the most momentous changes in the map of ...
Article : 266 wordsThe London wheat market is steadier at the recent decline. The following sales of Australian cargoes have been made:— Larochefo[?]uld, 13,000 quarters, New South ...
Article : 141 wordsThe opera, "Samson et Dalila"—described by the composer as a sacred drama—which was written by Camille Saint-Saens in 1877, has been produced at Covent Garden. ...
Article : 74 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.—Speaking at North Perth, Mr. F. Wilson, an ex-labour member, said that the Labour party were becoming too conservative. If members of ...
Article : 180 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.—Mr. Mahon, Minister for Home Affairs, arrived by the mail steamer yesterday. He intends addressing meetings in various parts of the state in ...
Article : 748 wordsThe Salonika committee announces that prior to the capitulation of the Stamboul garrison Shevket Pasha, the general commanding the Third (Salonika) Army Corps, ...
Article : 277 wordsA tragedy, which created a great sensation, occurred on board the Hamburg American liner the Cleveland, on its voyage across the Atlantic. ...
Article : 72 wordsDONALD, Tuesday.—The Minister for Public Instruction and Railways (Mr. Billson) and the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. M'Bride), accompanied by Mr. ...
Article : 356 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.—The billiard match, Lindrum versus Weiss, in which the latter concedes 2,000 points in 9,000, was continued yesterday afternoon. Weiss at the ...
Article : 195 wordsHEALESVILLE, Tuesday.—The local bakers have raised the price of bread to 7d. the 4lb. loaf. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) said yesterday that tenders has been signed for the construction of two torpedo destroyers in Scotland, and the work has been ...
Article : 80 wordsBALLARAT, Tuesday. — When tenders for supplying the Benevolent Asylum with bread for seven months were presented at Tuesday night's meeting, Mr. J. M. Kline, ...
Article : 105 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The name of William Nichols Willis was again brought prominently before the public to-day. Willis did not appear at the Quarter ...
Article : 684 wordsAfter the ordinary business had been disposed of at the meeting of the Fitzroy branch of the A.N.A. last night, Mr. B. O. Snell moved:— ...
Article : 211 wordsThe list of arrivals for the May series of wool sales has closed. The new arrivals amount to 377,646 bales, of which 213,400 have been forwarded direct to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe following private advices have been received:— By Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company Limited.— "The quantity available for these series, including ...
Article : 306 wordsThe third annual meeting of the above association was held last night at the Port Phillip Club Hotel, when a large number of members were present. Mr. H. W. ...
Article : 213 wordsThe city is still in a state of siege, and Shevket Pasha announces that it will remain so until the Chamber of Deputies has passed an Association law, a press law, ...
Article : 224 wordsA terrible fatality occurred yesterday on the Italian submarine Foca. A quantity of petrol was being stored, when an explosion took place, killing seven men and wounding ...
Article : 49 wordsThe public works committee of the Prahran Council on Tuesday reported that it had granted a holiday on Eight Hours Day to the stonebreakers, and allowed them ...
Article : 109 wordsTo-day's quotation for bar silver per ounce standard is 23 15-16d., being a decline of 1-16d. since Saturday. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt the Prahran Council meeting last night a request was received from the Colosseum, Chapel-street, for permission to give band performances on the balcony ...
Article : 72 wordsFREMANTLE, Tuesday.—The R.M.S. Victoria arrived from London this morning. The following are passengers:— For Melbourne—From London Messrs. Stooke, ...
Article : 105 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Joseph Cook, the leader of the Opposition, referring to the federal political situation, said to-night:— "One thing is quite clear. The ...
Article : 126 wordsThe following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Turakina, s.s., from Wellington, March 11; Oberhausen, s.s., from ...
Article : 51 wordsThe lowest and highest range of values on the Stock Exchange yesterday in Broken Hill Proprietary shares was 33/9-35/. ...
Article : 24 wordsLAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—An accident, which resulted in shocking injuries to a young man named Bert Hazlewood, occurred this afternoon at Messrs. J. and ...
Article : 201 wordsConsequent upon the success fo the Constitutional party the Ministry forwarded its resignation to the Sultan, and the Parliament, which during the crisis sat at San ...
Article : 100 wordsThe report of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company Limited for the year ended December 31, 1908, shows a loss of £11,360, raising the debit balance of ...
Article : 46 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.—The appeal against the conviction of Donald Anderson Campbell Scott, for the murder of Catherine Jane Kane, at Meekatharra, on the grounds that ...
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Article : 217 wordsCopper. — Monday's closing quotations were:—Spot, £57/12/6 to £57/17/6, or an advance of 6/3 since last Friday; three months, £58/7/6 to £58/12/6, or an advance ...
Article : 69 wordsKORUMBURRA, Tuesday.—Mr. Hutchison, Acting Minister of Customs, addressed a meeting in the Mechanics'-hall to-night, under the auspices of the Korumburra ...
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Article : 55 wordsMahmud Shevket Pasha, the general in command of the troops in possession of Constantinople, fears the bad effect on the army and in Asia Minor, owing to the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 28 Apr 1909, Page 7
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