The rifle contest yesterday passed off most satisfactorily, the reception committee giving £14 in cash as prizes besides the merchants' valuable donation. The two principal events ...
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Article : 363 wordsThe annual show of the Victorian Dog and Poultry Society was continued yesterday at the Exhibition-building, and attracted a very large attendance, very much in excess of ...
Article : 434 wordsMr. Robert Harper, who is a candidate for the representation of East Bourke in the Legislative Assembly in the room of the late Mr. W. J. Wilkinson, addressed the electors ...
Article : 3,356 wordsMr. C. G. Herne, of Arakoon, Trial Bay, has reported to the Government astronomer that an earthquake was experienced in the locality at five minutes past 9 p.m. ...
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Article : 475 wordsThe Rev. Horace F. Tucker desires to acknowledge for the Floods Relief Fund the sum of two guineas from Mrs. Chadwick. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 wordsAfter a lengthened drought and three days heavy north winds, steady rain has set in with every appearance of continuing. In many places this means the salvation of stock and the ...
Article : 167 wordsThe veteran aboriginal cricketer, Johnny Mullagh, was found dead to-day by Mr. James Edgar. Mullagh was the principal bat in the famous team of blacks that visited ...
Article : 175 wordsThe decrees of the Roman Catholic Clerical Synod, lately, held in Sydney, and presided over by Cardinal Moran, have been issued. The greater part of the new rules and ...
Article : 270 wordsAlthough no official announcement has yet been made, it is understood that Mr. Donaldson has resigned the leadership of the Opposition. This was not altogether ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 133 wordsThe strikers on the Midland railway have resumed work on the understanding that the dispute between themselves and Mr. Keane, the contractor, shall be settled by ...
Article : 41 wordsA form of referendum or plebiscite is now being adopted by the trades and labour organisations in the colony, particularly in relation to the choice of eligible men to ...
Article : 222 wordsThe steamer Industry, which left the Bluff for Sydney last Wednesday, has put back to port leaking. It is believed that she touched the rocks when going out of the ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the Assembly to-day Mr. Powers gave notice of a motion that it is not desirable to introduce immigrants from Italy. There was a long discussion on a motion ...
Article : 435 wordsMr. O'Grady, the pioneer of the new road between Omeo and Bairnsdale, via Mount Baldhead, was sent by the residents of Bairnsdale on the arrival of yesterday's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 wordsWith regard to the discassion in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening last respecting the subdivision of mallee, blocks into allotments, much ...
Article : 353 wordsBREWARRINA, AUG. 1.—The weather again changed yesterday morning. Light rain commenced falling at intervals throughout the day, and continued during the night. 52 points has fallen up to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 wordsAt the City Police Court to-day, Elizabeth Mary Hogan sued her husband, John Charles Hogan, for maintenance. The parties will be remembered in connection with a recent ...
Article : 137 wordsThe August sittings of the Supreme Court, in its criminal jurisdiction, were commenced to-day by Mr. Justice Hodges. James Mann was arraigned on three charges of attempted ...
Article : 173 wordsBLACKALL, AUG. 14.—Stock Passings, 10th inst. —900 bullocks from Cargoon to Forbes, New South Wales, R. Anning owner, G. D. Ker in charge; 14th inst.—1,220 mixed cattle from Mount Merlin, ...
Article : 121 wordsSir,—Yesterday evening, about 5 o'clock, as I was walking out to Richmond, and, not very far from the Morgue, in the road, I noticed a horse struggling, and on proceeding ...
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Article : 125 wordsMINYIP, AUG. 14.—During the last fortnight the days have been fine and the nights frosty. The lambing is below the average, being 65 per cent. The wheat market is firm, the price being 4s. 5d. per ...
Article : 158 wordsA miner named Absalom George, 60 years of age, was instantaneously killed in the New Red, White, and Blue mine at half-past 9 o'clock this morning. He and his mate ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 15 Aug 1891, Page 10
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