The weather yesterduy was fine, but the westerly gale made it most uncomfortable for the players, the greatest sufferers being the ladies, who, notwithstanding the wind, played with great pluck ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 240 wordsThe fortieth show of the Balliarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society was opened to-day. The weather was fine, but during the forenoon a strong gale blew from the ...
Article : 1,535 wordsShooting was carried on at Williamstown yesterday under most unfavourable circumstances, the wind blowing almost a gale from the southwest, and so marked was ...
Article : 1,753 wordsHenry Somerset, late paymaster of the Treasury, was to-day charged at the police court with embezzling £6,100, the property of the state. The hearing was further ...
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Article : 451 wordsThursday (6 p.m.).—Fine, but warm and dusty inland, with west and north-west winds; squally and occasionally showery in coastal districts, with strong west and south-west winds, gradually ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Commissioner for Public Works has written to the Glenelg Railway Company stating that hte Government will not tender for one of the company's two lines ...
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Article : 422 wordsThis morning Mr. Arthur Shorney, a well-known shareborker, was found hanging from a garden swing, at his residence, Childers-street, North Adelaide. The body ...
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Article : 291 wordsAt the city court to-day a young man named Alex. Mayo was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for wife-beating. The accused had previously had two ...
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Article : 33 wordsMr. Whittngdale Johnson, stipendiary magistrate, of Sydney, died here to-day. He came to Albany from Sydney for the benefit of his health, arriving on Sunday. His ...
Article : 124 wordsThe following forecasts have been issued by Mr. Wragge:— Victoria and Tasmania.—Again cloudy and wet, under strong N. to W. and S.W. winds. Rough ...
Article : 233 wordsThe right of the Crown to dismiss its servants at will and pleasure was discussed before the Full Court to-day, in connection with a case brought by Alexander ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. John M'Intyre will be sworn in as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court on Monday next, and will take his seat on the bench at the sittings of the Full Court on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 wordsThe annual show of the Villiers and Heytesbury Agricultural Associatio, held in Warrnambool on November 17, was very successful, there being over one thousand ...
Article : 625 wordsThe woman M.William, who recently entered a tea-room at Welligton and fired a number of shots, wounding another woman, has been sentenced to seven years' ...
Article : 54 wordsA number of vignerons to-day complained to the Minister of Agriculture that the compensation of £15 per acre paid by the department to the owners of the ...
Article : 150 wordsSpeiking at the annual meeting of the National Fire Insurance Company of Dunedin, Mr. J. M. Ritchie, the chairman, defended the action of the directors in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 wordsSir,—In answer to Mr. J. F. Henderson's letter in your columns on November 10 on the milk supply question, I wish to say that the matter is under discussion and ...
Article : 165 wordsThe well-known clipper Samuel Plimsoll was towed into port to-day in a seriously disabled condition. Laden with a heavy cargo, the ship sail from ...
Article : 243 wordsTo-day a most disastrous bush fire took place east of Echuca. The fire broke out in one of the paddocks of Cornclia Creek Station, Koyuga, owned by Mr. G. Simmie, ...
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Article : 52 wordsAt the meeting of the Hawthora Council on the 6th inst. some correspondence was read from the secretary of the Modern Permanent Building Society respecting the removal to Hawthorn of a ...
Article : 260 wordsSir,—Mr. Adamson's assurance that the trustees have no intention of ever erecting a crematorium in the St. Kilda Cemetery is most satisfactory. A definite ...
Article : 211 wordsSir,—The other day I obtained tickets for above at the Diocesan Book Depot, and on asking for a copy of the words was informed that the latter were not printed ...
Article : 183 wordsThe agricultural show was held on November 17. The attendance was larger than for some years past, but the weather was boisterous and most unpleasent. No ...
Article : 189 wordsSir,—Will you allow me to correct your report of the above? The chairman ruled that I was in order, and allowed me to continue my remarks. I did not say the ...
Article : 219 wordsDuring a duststorm this afternoon the Netherby flour-mill, the property of Mr. Jos. Chicken, at Corowa, was hald unroofed. The engine-house was damaged, and a ...
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Article : 88 wordsAt the meeting of the Caulfield Council on wednesday the Board of Public Health notified that it could not withdraw the proclamation declaring the shiere infected with certain diseases. It was ...
Article : 90 wordsThe monthly meeting of the board of management was held on November 16. Present—Messrs. J. W. Hunt (in the chair), C. Hudson, Thos. J. Howard, C. W. Hartshorn, C. Pleasance, W. E. Pickells, ...
Article : 180 wordsLAUNCESTON, Thursday. — The Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company has declared a dividend of 5/ per share. The local quotation for tin ore has been reduced ...
Article : 71 wordsJudge Chomley continued to hear appeals at the Melbourne General Sessions yesterday. A stevedore's labourer named Charles Jacob Knapp, convicted at the City Court on August ...
Article : 165 wordsDONALD, Nov. 17.—Haymaking is in full swing in this district, and judging by reports to hand the hay crops are turning out much better than was anticipated. The crops around Donald are ...
Article : 114 wordsAt the Preston Shire Council meeting on Monday evening a rate of 1/6 in the £1 was struck, and made payable on the 28th November, Councillor Crispe also moved that the famous ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 18 Nov 1898, Page 6
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