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Article : 515 wordsAnother nugget has been found at Miller's Flat, Whipstick, this being the third within a few months. The latest find was sold in Bendigo for £50. It weighed nearly 13oz. ...
Article : 2,145 wordsThe anniversary banquet of the Locomotive Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was held on Saturday evening at the Masonic-hall. The platform was decor[?]d ...
Article : 3,442 wordsThere is nothing fresh to report in connection with the Maryborough tragedy except that the proceedings against Mrs. Vennell in the police court have been postponed from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 873 wordsA mass meeting was held yesterday afternoon near the banks of the Yarra in Studleypark to consider the question of sweating in the boot trade. The Fitzroy Military Band ...
Article : 501 wordsA large meeting of traffic employes was held under the auspices of the above society in the union's rooms, Railto, Colins-street, on Friday. ...
Article : 874 wordsThe Premier yesterday sent a telegram to Mr. Turner expressing a hope that the Victorian Government would move for cooperating with his Administration in ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Government astronomer (Mr. R. L. J. Ellery) makes the following deductions from the information available yesterday:— "Sunday (Noon).—Generally fine, with ...
Article : 311 wordsThe Customs revenue collected at Sydney during September was £163,237, as compared with £161,095 in September, 1893, this being the fifth successive month in which this ...
Article : 48 wordsThe trustees of the Savings Bank have decided that the rate of interest for deposits for 12 months be 4 per cent., while for shorter terms the rate will be 3 per cent. ...
Article : 406 wordsOn Saturday night two Chinese bearing the euphonious names of an Goon, aged 23, and Ah Ghee, aged 30, chartered a cab in Melbourne to drive them to Williamstown ...
Article : 359 wordsBREWARRINA, SEPT 22.—The following are stock crossings—643 head mixed cattle from Homeburn, Queensland, to Forbes, owners, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, H. J. Lowes in ...
Article : 272 wordsA spectacular drama in four acts and seven tableaux, under the title of "The Czar's Decree," was produced at the alexandra Theatre on Saturday evening. According to ...
Article : 302 wordsA report from the engineer-in-chief of the Metropolitan Board of Works is to be presented at the meeting of that body on Tuesday, giving information asked for by ...
Article : 372 wordsWINTON, SERT. 20.—The bore has been completed to the contract depth of 3,500ft. The Government is arranging for further sinking for an increased flow. The Kynuna wethers topped the Brisbane market ...
Article : 42 wordsThe directors of the Metropolitan Gas Company have allocated the caritable vote for 1891 [?] follows, Cheques will be available at the [?] tant's office on and after to-day;—Melbourne ...
Article : 247 wordsMr. Sydney Grandy's remarkable play, "Sowing the Wind," was repeated on Saturday night at the Princess's Theatre to a house crowded in eve[?] purt. For the final week of ...
Article : 709 wordsMary Donovan, aged 35, a single woman, who resides at 4 Union-place, South Melbourne, attempted to commit suicide yesterday morning shortly before 7 o'clock by ...
Article : 111 wordsA committee has been formed among the master bakers, flour merchants, and journeymen to prevent the price of bread being depressed below a reasonable figure, and a ...
Article : 56 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted by the Railway department for the supply for the Wycheproof to Sea Lake line of redgum, rionbark, or box sleepers:— ...
Article : 361 wordsAs the results of the written and practical examinations held in connection with this class, the professor's prize has been awarded to P. V. Bevan, and the following also are ...
Article : 322 wordsThe South Australian Brewing Company at its half-yearly meeting on Friday declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per ceut, per annum. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt half-past 12 o'clock yesterday morning an unoccupied hourse at the corner of Ros[?]neath and Gray streets, Clifton Hill, owned by Mr. J. Keen, was destroyed by fire. The ...
Article : 43 wordsThe 32nd annual meeting of this company was held at the office, Collins-street, on Friday, Mr. W. Smith, chairman of directors, presiding. The report stated tha the surp[?] ...
Article : 327 wordsSir,—In to-day's issue of The Argus a monthly meeting of the board of management of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind is reported, in which a statement is put ...
Article : 435 wordsMr. Henry Poole, chemist, of Fremantle, who at one time had charge of Wigg and Co.'s homoepathic shop in Perth, bus committed suicide by taking prussic acid. ...
Article : 78 wordsSir,—There is resident in my parish a lady who is unable to find employment as a governess, and is, consequently, all but starving. She receives a trifle weekly from ...
Article : 207 wordsIn the case brought by the Hobart Law Society against James Forbes Young, solicitor, the order was made absolute, and he was struck off the rolls. ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—I have read the able article of your contributor "Observer" with much interest. The differences between the Cricket Associations of New South Wales and Victoria— ...
Article : 217 wordsA conference of members of school boards of advice in the Metropolitan district was held on Friday in No. 10 room of the Melbourne Town-hall, Mr. J. H. Furneaux, of ...
Article : 350 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors was held at Ludstone-chambers on Friday evening last, the president (Mr. S. K. Vickery) in the chair. It was ...
Article : 222 wordsSir,—Having started a boot repairing class, which we considered was indispensable to the usefulness of our work, I venture to appeal to the public for a number of old boots. Our ...
Article : 180 wordsA memorial service was held at St. Anderw's Church, Clifton Hill, on Friday evening last, for the purpose unveiling a mural [?] in memory of the late Brother M. J. Baker, a Grand Lodge officer of ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 1 Oct 1894, Page 6
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