The second day's racing in connection with the November meeting of the Rosehill Racing Club attracted a fairly large attendance of visitors. For suspicious riding in the Hurdle ...
Article : 600 wordsThe fourth and final sitting of the Intercolonial Printers' Conference was held in the Trades-hall on Saturday Mr. George Jordan (president of the Melbourne society) ...
Article : 591 wordsOn Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, Miss Jessie Russell, who is employed as cashier to Mr. Web[?], butcher, of Park-street, South Melbourne, and Cardigan-place, Albert-park, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 347 wordsThere was a good attendance on Saturday afternoon, and the programme presented contained two specially interesting features. The first was the "Syphonic Poem No. 3, " in C, by ...
Article : 974 wordsDuring the last week the weather has been cooler, with a cloudy sky, and rains have occurred which, although light, have refreshed vegetation, giving the ...
Article : 138 wordsThe most important competition amongst riflemen yet held in the colonies will commence this morning at the North Williamstown ranges under the patronage of the ...
Article : 1,333 wordsMr. Gerald Spring, formerly senior member for Young in the Legislative Assembly, died on Friday. The weather is unsettled in some parts of ...
Article : 598 wordsThe inauguration of the lighting of the streets of this town with the electric light took place last evening, the result being a great success. The plant consists of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 225 wordsAt about midday yesterday a mysterious suicide was committed from Lynch's-bridge, Footscray. Shortly after the hour named a man named James Dunn, of Shelley-street, ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Richmond council not long since had a diffuculty with its special drainage engineer, Mr. George Gortlon, C.E., who had been entrusted with the designing and carrying out of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 322 wordsA banquet was given at the Trades-hall in the evening to the delegates to the Intercolonial Printers' Conference, Mr. G. Jordan, president of the Melbourne Typongraphical ...
Article : 901 wordsYesterday morning a Chinaman named James Ah Fook, reported to the Little Bourke street police that a fellow-countryman of his, named Kent Chew, who had been living with ...
Article : 199 wordsThe time-table for the matriculation examination (October term, 1888) was posted at the University on Saturday last as follows:— ...
Article : 359 wordsA nice fall of rain is reported at Toowoomba and the surrounding district. Good rain has fallen at Croydon, and crushing will probably commence shortly. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe annual charity Sunday services were held here to-day, and from the returns to hand there promises to be a slight increase over last year's total. Over £70 was collected ...
Article : 242 wordsThe Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of the local acent of the Alsens Portland Cement Company for a supply of 30,000 casks of cement required for the ...
Article : 87 wordsSir,—My attention has been drawn to a letter signed "W. Tremhine," which appeared in The Argus of the 27th October, and in which the writer has gone to a deal of ...
Article : 378 wordsA very sad fatality occurred yesterday afternoon, when Mr. James Dalgleish, 40 years of age, formerly district surveyor of Dubbo, but who had been more recently ...
Article : 405 wordsSir,—In your issue of the 2nd inst, I read an interesting article relative to our Northern Territory commissiouer's ideas relative to a proposed scheme to represent a subterranean ...
Article : 145 wordsMrs. Kendall and two boys have been drowned in the Wanganui River by the capsizing of a boat in which they were out for a picnic. ...
Article : 127 wordsThe newly elected mayor of the town. Mr. William Humble, further celebrnted his installation into office by entertaining the emplows of the firm of Messrs. Humble and ...
Article : 136 wordsThe programme in the evening, which was composed of English selections, including old and modern English ballads, brought together a large but singularly undemonstrative ...
Article : 390 wordsMessrs. A. M. GREENFIELD and Co. report:—"The markets this week have been fairly active, and a considerable amount to business has been transacted at current rates. In wheat sales have been made at 4s. ...
Article : 437 wordsSir,—I beg your forgiveness, but I cannot help reporting to you a circumstance which arises through the Ormuz (naughty ship) arriving on a post-office holiday, and this ...
Article : 192 wordsThe demonstration in connection with the laying of the memorial stone of the new wing of the local hospital yesterday proved a great success. The president of the hospital ...
Article : 268 wordsMr. J. Rouse, J. P., held an inquiry at the Exchange Hotel, Cheltenham, on Saturday afternoon, concerning the death of the young man Lorenzo Mellon, who was accidentally ...
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Advertising : 319 wordsSubscriptions in aid of the project to liquidate the debt on the Bendigo Hospital continue to be received. In addition to the four donors of £25 each already mentioned in The ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 12 Nov 1888, Page 8
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