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Article : 770 wordsWhen the league met on Friday night to amend the rule as to pushing behind, members found themselves awkwardly situated. They desired to get rid of the blot which had become so obvious ...
Article : 175 wordsIt would be absurd to say that anyone with even a casual knowledge of football should be surprised at Collingwood beating Essendon. Yet on Saturday the forecast with the majority was, ...
Article : 762 wordsOn Saturday the Melbourne team met Geelong, and scored an even more decisive victory than against South Melbourne. The plain truth is that when such fliers as Sheehan, Movsey, M'Ginis, ...
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Article : 98 wordsMr. Francis N. Martin, senior proprietor of the "Ballarat Star," died on Sunday, from a general break-up of the system. The deceased gentlemen, who was 69 years of ...
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Article : 145 wordsA blacksmith named John Carpenter, who resided with his wife and six children at Leigh-road, was accidentally killed near the township of Rokewood on Wdnesdna ...
Article : 60 wordsDr. Reid, returning officer for this district, and a very old resident, is seriously ill. On Sunday afternoon he was not expected to recover, but in the evening he ...
Article : 82 wordsDavid Edwards, a woodcarter, of Dunach, who was injured by a train running into his dray, between Clunes and Talbot, on the 1st inst., died yesterday. ...
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Article : 232 wordsA lad named Ernest Cook, son of Daniel Cook, a well-known Gippsland trainer, died last night from injures received whilst schooling Marengo over the hurdles ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Horsham Town-hall, an imposing two-story building, which was erected, 11 years ago at a cost of over £2,000, is practically to be pulled down, owing to the ...
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Article : 9,782 wordsMr. Thomas Comrie, one of the candidates for the vacancy in the representation of the North-western Province in the Legislative Council, has sufficiently recovered ...
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Article : 261 wordsA telegram from Kingston, in the south-east, states that another severe earthquake was felt at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, since which there have been occasional ...
Article : 46 words"Matsa," with its beautiful scenery, startling effects, sparkling dialogue, and good music was revived for a brief season of six nights at the Princess's Theatre on ...
Article : 508 wordsCOONAMBLE, May 6.—Stock Passings:—2,727 mixed sheep, from Gilganie to Homebush via Dubbo, M. Landers owner; 2,000 mixed sheep, from Narrawaya Station to Homebush, S. P. Fagan ...
Article : 77 wordsKOROIT, May 15. — The price of potatoes has risen, and is now £1/10/ per ton. At the live stock auction sales held yesterday good fat cows realised £5/7/6; medium cows, £3/10; forward springels, ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Balance of Stocks has now been Re-marked at Further Reduced Prices, and will be offered to the public at 10 a.m. this day. Warehouses—[?] to 244 Elizabeth-st.—[Advt.] ...
Article : 34 wordsThe retail, wholesale, half-price, and second-hand departments of Cole's Book Arcade, Melbourne, contain the largest and most varied assortment of books, we believe, in any trading ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Balance of Stocks has now been Re-marked at Further Reduced Prices, and will be offered 'to the public at 10 a.m. this day. Warehouses—[?] to [?] Elizabeth-st.—[Advt.] ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 17 May 1897, Page 6
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