Ry the R.M.S. Clyde, which reached Hobson's Bay last night, we are in receipt of English intelligence to the 11th February. The following is the letter ...
Article : 593 wordsAn alarming accident happened on Saturday afternoon upon the Hobson's Bay Railway. Fortuitous circumstances happily prevented what might have been a more serious ...
Article : 1,399 wordsFor the pastweek the meat per Cuzeo has been on the London market, and I am sorry to say has not turned out anything like so well aa the firat day's sale led us to hope. The ...
Article : 722 wordsMr. Grant, lessee of the refreshment-rooms at the Hobson's Bay station, said—I was about to proceed by the 2.9 p.m. express to Brighton, and on endeavouring to enter a ...
Article : 417 wordsMr. J. H. Knipe, auctioneer, states:—I was a passenger in the 2.9 p.m. Brighton express, and took my seat in a smoking car riage. I did not notice whether we were punctua ...
Article : 436 wordsDr. Renwick, Minister of Mines, left Sydney by steamer last night for Newcastle on a tour through the north of the colony. He left Newcastle by the early morning train ...
Article : 639 wordsThis business disposed of, for at least a brief space, a string of notices followed, chief among which was Mr. Gladstone's announcement that next week he would move certain ...
Article : 148 wordsJohn Leith, the driver of the train, states: —I received the signal to start from the inner platform of the Flinders-street station at 13 minutes past 2 o'clock, four minutes ...
Article : 606 wordsThe usual course of business having been thus unprecedentedly delayed, it was nearly 11 o'clock before the Speaker found an opportunity to read the Queen's speech. The ...
Article : 722 wordsMr. Page, stationmaster at Prahran, said, —I was on duty when the express train passed through the station. I saw the Windsor semaphore was against the train, and ...
Article : 148 wordsThe very commencement of the proceedings was marked by an occurrence without precedent. When the Commons re-assembled for business at 4 o'clock, the members elected ...
Article : 1,561 wordsMr. Knox, who was also a passenger in one of the smoking carriages, had his eye badly cut and bruised, but received more serious injuries across the loins, the full extent of which ...
Article : 150 wordsA moneter meeting of miners was held to-day at Cook's-hill, Newcastle for the purpose of considering the strike at the A.A. Company's colliery. It was attended by nearly ...
Article : 148 wordsGatekeeper Hogan, an elderly man, states:—I attend the gate on the Melbourne side of Windsor. On Saturday, when the 2 9 p.m. train was approaching, I saw that the ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. Andrew Webster, watchmaker, of Bourke-street, who was confined to his bed yesterday afternoon at his residence in Brighton, made the following statement:— ...
Article : 204 wordsMichael Quinlan, the guard, stated:—I put the brake on going through Prahran, and kept it on, because I knew the driver was going rather fast. I did not see the ...
Article : 205 wordsThe R.M.S.S. Assam left for Galle at half-past 4 p.m. on Saturday. James and Margaret Wilkins, husband and wife, have been committed for trial for ...
Article : 182 wordsSome clothes which are supposed to have belonged to the person whose headless trunk was discovered here a few weeks ago, were found this morning about three ...
Article : 129 wordsMr. C. E. Ascroft, agent for sewing-machines in Melbourne, residing at No. 16 Victoria-parade, states,—I was a passenger to Brighton by the express, and ...
Article : 305 wordsMr. H. Gregory, caterer for Parliament House, states:—I was a passenger by the 2.9 Brighton express from Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. The train is only timed ...
Article : 554 wordsThe new rules proposed for the better conduct of the House of Commons are of unquestionable importance. They have already become the subject of public discussion, and ...
Article : 571 wordsSir,—Enclosed I beg to hand you cheque for £6 6s. 6d., being made up of small sums collected from the employes of Alcock and Co. in aid of the Hartmann Fund. ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Queen's assent has been notified to the Chinese Immigration Act, passed last session, restricting the influx of Chinese into the colony. ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. Bent, Minister of Railways, states:— I went by the 2 p.m. train to Windsor by mistake, thinking when I got into it at the Flinders-street station that it was the ...
Article : 309 wordsOne of the passengers has made the following statement:—I was in the express train at the tail end, and did not see any peoplel thrown off their seats by the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 20 Mar 1882, Page 6
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