The agenda-paper for the Labour Conference, which opens in Hobart on Monday next, has been circulated amongst delegates. A great number of interesting ...
Article : 1,336 wordsCHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday.—The final day of the Davis Cup lawn tennis contest found the American challenging team sadly demoralised, though in any case the ...
Article : 1,013 wordsNearly everyone appreciates the hum of the city unless he is fresh from the country and has not become accustomed to the medley of sounds; but there are many ...
Article : 1,311 wordsThe Imperialist troops have evacuated Hanyang and entrained, with batteries, northwards. The rebel leader (Li Yuanhung) has given an assurance that his ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Grand Vizier (Said Pasha), who was recalled to office by the Sultan after resigning in protest against the obstructionist tactics of the Opposition, has succeeded in ...
Article : 219 wordsThe latest publication of the Iternational Arbitration League contains messages of peace and goodwill from leading British politicians and others. ...
Article : 148 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—For some time before the proceedings in the House of Assembly had begun to-day the entrances to Parliament-house were thronged with ...
Article : 781 wordsTheir Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Denman, attended by Captain Sir Walter Barttelot, were present at the test match on the Melbourne Cricket-ground ...
Article : 601 wordsA letter was written to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) by Mr. Frederick B. Smart, receiver in the yards of the Thames Ironworks and ...
Article : 145 wordsA good deal of angry feeling has been created by the treatment meted out to two newspaper editors, father and son. The son, a Constantinople journalist named ...
Article : 117 wordsThe secretary of the Young China League (Mr. Toe Gooey) wrote to the Chinese consul-general in Melbourne (Mr. Yung-liang Hwang) on December 23 urging that he ...
Article : 793 wordsA sensational murder trial, in which the accused was a Russian prince has just concluded. Two hundred witnesses gave evidence. ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Russian and British legations are urging the Regent and Cabinet to appoint Herr Mornard, a Belgian, to the position of Treasurer-General, which was rendered ...
Article : 110 wordsRobert Adams, late of Mansfield, grazier, who died on November 12 last, by his will, filed for probate to-day, left realty £7,368 and personalty £1,6[?], to his children: £100 is also bequeathed ...
Article : 42 wordsThe many friends of Mr. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of the famous novelist Charles Dickens, will learn with deep regret of his death in America, news of which was cabled ...
Article : 462 wordsMadame Hugue, who is living apart from her husband, had a narrow escape from death on the morning of New Year's Day. She had lately instituted proceedings for ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Rev. Dr. Clifford, the well-known Baptist leader, is a fervent admirer of Mr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is, like Dr. Clifford, a leading ...
Article : 109 wordsThe following communications have passed between the Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— "Premier's Office, ...
Article : 612 wordsA serious complaint is made in "The Times" this morning against the overcrowding of steamers which carry emigrants to Australia. ...
Article : 117 wordsA reception given yesterday by President Fallieres to the foreign diplomatic corps was notable for the complimentary references to President Taft's work as an apostle ...
Article : 81 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Information has been received from Mr. Hicks[?] hon. secretary of the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association, from New Zealand, to the effect ...
Article : 64 wordsPORT DARWIN, Wednesday.—The steamer Taiynam, which arrived here yesterday, brought files containing accounts of the fighting in China. ...
Article : 248 wordsTrials of the new noiseless biplanes for military use have been made at Aldershot. With the "silencer" attached, the machine was able to be driven at a rate of 60 ...
Article : 223 wordsBritish, French, and Russian syndicates are subscribing £100,000 with which to defray the cost of a final survey of the route of a proposed railway to connect ...
Article : 127 wordsThe "Westminster Gazette," referring to the singles matches in the contest for the Davis Cup, at Christchurch (N.Z.), says that the victory of Brookes (of Australia) ...
Article : 58 wordsFREMANTLE, Wednesday.—A report has been made by Mr. William Bushby to the Fremantle branch of the Criminal Investigation department to the effect that ...
Article : 138 wordsIn an article in the educational supplement of "The Times" the New Zealand University's system of sending examination papers to England is sharply criticised. The ...
Article : 182 wordsSir,—The leader in "The Argus" to-day on the nerve-racking noises of the city deserves the notice and support of all who, like myself, are sufferers by them. For the ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Rev. Dr. James Oswald Dykes, a well-known Presbyterian clergyman, who in the sixties paid a health visit to Australia, died in Scotland on Tuesday. ...
Article : 393 wordsMr. Tom Mann, in a speech last night, said that the time had come to demand a reduction in hours in the merchantile marine service. This could only be obtained by ...
Article : 60 wordsThe steel ship Talus, which left Port Germein on August 16 with 41,550 bags of wheat, and arrived at Falmonth for orders on December 23, has since gone ashore on ...
Article : 124 wordsKERANG, Wednesday.—Alfred Thomas Swift, aged 40 years, one of the settlers on the closer settlement area at Mead, near Cohuna, was brought before Messrs, Merton ...
Article : 178 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—After all the contest between Jack Johnson and Sam M'V[?]a for the heavy-weight championship of the world will not take place in Sydney. ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Premier (Mr. M'Gowen) and the Attorney-General (Mr. Holman), of New South Wales, arrived in Melbourne yesterday by the Sydney express. They intend to ...
Article : 195 wordsA difficulty amongst the workers themselves in threatened in connection with the great cotton lock-out in Lancashire. The trouble is due to the absence of an ...
Article : 67 wordsA grey shark measuring 10ft. 1in. long and 5ft. 4in. in girth was caught by two fishermen, Messrs, Merrington and M'Auliffe, at Port Melbourne yesterday morning. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 wordsAUCKLAND, Wednesday, An officer of the Customs department visited Waiuku during the holidays and took the opportunity of inspecting the lifebuoy washed up ...
Article : 92 wordsAn Arbitration Court has awarded the railway workshop labourers at Harwich a minimum wage of £1 a week. Those earning more than this wage are awarded a ...
Article : 34 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—A new departure will be brought about during the coming season in the handling of fruit on special fruit steamers. An order for a conveyor ...
Article : 73 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Early this morning the Postmaster-General (Mr. Frazer) went up into the air as a passenger on Mr. W. E. Hart's aeroplane at Penrith. A ...
Article : 89 wordsPORT DARWIN, Wednesday.—In connection with the arrival of the cruiser Promethens, there has been much comment respecting the alleged dangerous condition ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Jullus Grant, hon. secretary of the Adam Lindsay Gordon memorial fund, acknowledges receipt of a further amount of [?] from A. J. Sullivan. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 wordsAt to-day's sales of Australasian tallow 977 casks were offered, and 500 were sold. Prices were unchanged. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 4 Jan 1912, Page 7
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