The first meeting of the shire council of Kar-karooc was held in Beulah to-day. Mr. Las-cellos was unanimously chosen president, with an allowance of £25, and it was decided to bold ...
Article : 109 wordsIn the Assembly, Mr. E. M. Clark drew attention to the frequent overcrowding of harbor ferry steamers, and instanced a morning boat from Milson Point which was so packed ...
Article : 280 wordsThe trial of the City of Melbourne Bank directors and auditors was continued before Mr. Justice Holroyd and a special jury of 12 in the Second Civil Court yesterday. The accused ...
Article : 1,116 wordsA deputation from the above body waited upon the Minister of Water Supply yesterday and asked for a grant of £3000 out of the balance of £15,000 to their credit, to be ...
Article : 124 wordsIn the sporting department of The Leader this week interesting racing matter by "Asmodeus" will be found under the heads of Randwick Ruminations, Turf Topics and ...
Article : 661 wordsA lad named Arthur Hamilton, aged 12 years, [?]siding at Redfern, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital to-day and died about two hours after, On 13th September he got a splinter in his foot ...
Article : 87 wordsThe R.M.S. Parramatta arrived from London between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning, and the English mails for the eastern colonies were sent on by the express this afternoon. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe condition of the Sydney-road, Brunswick, which has recently been heavily metalled, and is now said to be an unpleasant thoroughfare for cyclists, forms the subject of a letter from a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 589 wordsIn the Circuit Court, to-day, before Mr. Justice Cohen, May Cunningham, a domestic servant, pleaded guilty to forging and uttering a cheque for £2 5s., and was remanded for ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Governor, Sir Gerard Smith, laid the foundation stone of a new masonic hall before a large assemblage of Masons to-day. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt a public meeting in the Victoria Hall to-night, about 700 persons being present, the following resolution was carried, with one dissentient:-- ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Minister of Lands yesterday received a deputation from the United Country Municipal Association, which desired to lay before him proposals with regard to the Vermin Destruction ...
Article : 355 wordsMr. Reid is reported to have stated that Sir Edward Braddon had written him in a curt manner on the subject of reciprocal tariffs, and this Sir E. Braddon denies emphatically. On ...
Article : 129 wordsOn Saturday the League of Wheelmen holds a carnival on the Agricultural Ground. Martin and M'Donnell meet in a match over 25 miles unpaced. Strong feeling exists between the two ...
Article : 94 wordsThe third diocesan festival in aid of the Bishop of Melbourne's Fund was held to-night in the Masonic Hall. There was a large attendance, and the Bishop of Melbourne (Dr. Goe) ...
Article : 162 wordsAt the meeting of the Marine Board to-day, Captain Henry, of the steamer Alice, was called upon to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended in ...
Article : 151 wordsThe employes of the Consolidated Company, Reefton, have appealed against the recent decision of the conciliation board in the wages dispute, on the ground that the wages fixed by ...
Article : 74 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, in reply to Mr. M'Donald, Sir Hugh Nelson stated that the £1000 reward offered by the Government for the conviction of the persons who set fire to the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe pennant committee met at its new club rooms, Young and Jackon's, on Monday evening Mr. Geo. Moir was unanimously elected chairman for the season. The pennant rules of last year for ...
Article : 144 wordsIn the Criminal Court on Tuesday the trial of Thomas Commerford, on a charge of sheep-stealing at Gobur, was concluded. Accused was found not guilty and discharged. ...
Article : 356 wordsA dispute exists as to the result of the Eaglehawk v. South Bendigo football match. It appears that the South kicked a behind, and Eaglehawk, in kicking off, kicked out of ...
Article : 86 wordsThe chief inspector of stock reports on the lambing for autumn, 1896, that the number of lambs marked was 6,186,095, being an average of 69.25 per cent, and 710,000 less than last ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Gaming Bill was further considered in the Council to-day. A new clause was added providing that the measure shall come into operation on 1st January next. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 399 wordsThe United Country Municipal Association yesterday presented to the Minister of Public Works the resolutions passed at the conference held on the previous day. ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Premier, in the Assembly to-day, announced that he had sent a cablegram to the directors of the Great Southern Railway Company, accepting their offer for the purchase ...
Article : 108 wordsA meeting was held here to-day to consider the establishment of a bacon and ham factory. It is thought pig raising can be successfully carried on in conjunction with the dairying ...
Article : 124 wordsThe matter of Norton v. Crazier, in which defendant has applied to set aside a writ of care, came before Mr. Justice Stephen in chambers this morning. The application was on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsRepresentatives of the fishermen of Port Fairy, Portland, Warrnambool and Queenscliff yesterday interviewed the Minister of Trade and Customs in connection with the ...
Article : 211 wordsIn accordance with a conclusion arrived at on the previous night, a special meeting of the Victorian Football Association was held at Young and Jackson's Hotel last night to ...
Article : 708 wordsThe Thoona Butter Making Company has been offered, and has accepted, 9¾d. per lb. for a portion of its output for the coming butter season. ...
Article : 238 wordsSome extraordinary evidence was given before Judge Molesworth in the Insolvency Court yesterday, when an examination was held in the insolvent estate of William Asher, of ...
Article : 997 wordsIn the Banking Committee to-day the chairman announced receipt of a letter from Mr. John Murray. The auditor of the Bank of New Zealand was recalled and stated that from ...
Article : 69 wordsWoodlands was on fete yesterday, when the annual point to point steeplechase of the Oaklands Hunt Club, which has become a fashionable and popular function, took place over ...
Article : 915 words"EX-MEMBER" dislikes the ugly helmets of the Victorian Rangers, and would prefer to sec them assimilated to those of the senior cadets with brass facings. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 wordsThe following steamers, laden with wool, have passed through this port bound for South Australia:--Waradgery, with barge Hartley, 905 bales of dumped and scoured wool from ...
Article : 178 wordsMr. Candler, the coroner for Bourke, held an inquest at the Morgue yesterday to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Goorge Robins, mining export, 48 years, ...
Article : 205 wordsA spectacular drama which makes a direct appeal to British patriotic sentiment need not attain a very high degree of artistic merit to find acceptance with either an English or a ...
Article : 428 wordsA young man named Herbert Warren, engaged at the Brigidine Convent as a plumber's laborer, fell from a ladder a height of 15 feet yesterday, and was taken to the hospital with ...
Article : 462 wordsSIR,--I notice a letter in your issue of yesterday's date, in which colonial wine is characterised all round as "vinegary, next to tasteless and without genuine grape body." Le papier ...
Article : 389 wordsThe Coal Cargoes Commission to-day visited the Wallsend Colliery and inspected the stacks of coal. Bars were inserted in several parts of the stacks, and upon being withdrawn were ...
Article : 58 wordsThe annual meeting of the subscribers to the Thirlmere Home for Consumptives took place to-day. The board of management reported that the lease of the home from Mr. Goodlet ...
Article : 157 wordsThe recent municipal election in the south ward of Ballarat East is, as anticipated, to result in legal proceedings owing to alleged irregularities. The defeated candidate, Mr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 409 wordsTo-day a woman named Lilly Anderson was arrested on a charge of stabbing her husband, William Anderson. It appears they had been drinking, and a quarrel arose. The woman ...
Article : 100 wordsThe call room of the old Exchange was crowded yesterday afternoon by a representative gathering of gentlemen interested in the mining industries, who met for the purpose of ...
Article : 286 wordsSIR,--The legislators and councillors who are so deeply concerned about the abolition of the clause anent the payment of rates by 10th June are not so quite solicitous about another clause ...
Article : 263 wordsA convenient axe in the back yard of Mr. Richard Rockett, 666 Lygon-street, Carlton, served for some evil disposed persons to batter in the back door during the absence of the ...
Article : 122 wordsAn inquest was held to-day on Miss Myles, found dead in the bush at Zeehan. A verdict of suicide under temporary insanity was returned, no reason being assigned for the act. ...
Article : 57 wordsAfter the meeting representatives of the clubs concerned met to consider finally what course should be pursued. The feeling was strongly in favor of playing the match next Saturday, ...
Article : 140 wordsSIR,--As our circumstances have brought us many friends and much kindly assistance in our effort to obtain work, the committee of the Kooweerup Village Settlers' Work and Progress ...
Article : 224 wordsThe annual session of the Municipal Association continued to-day. Alderman John Wheeler presided. On the motion of Alderman L. Abrahams (Narrandera) it ...
Article : 207 wordsA DESPERATE LARRIKIN.--In the Richmond court on Wednesday a case of aggravated assault was dealt with, the accused being James Butler, 26, the alleged ringleader of a notorious band of street ...
Article : 156 wordsIn connection with the football match, Geelong v. Essendon, to be played at Geelong next Saturday, arrangements have been made to detain the Edina until 6 p.m. for the convenience of those ...
Article : 37 wordsThe mission schooner Southern Cross arrived to-day. Bishop Wilson, a passenger by her, reports that the Melanesian stations are progressing satisfactorily. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 24 Sep 1896, Page 6
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