A large number of petitions were presented to the Legislative Council yesterday asking it to use its veto to prevent the passing of the Land and Income Tax Bill; The ...
Article : 1,822 wordsA petition to the Legislative Council requesting that body to refrain from passing the land tax is being largely signed by the farmers and landholders in the Seymour ...
Article : 624 wordsA serious burning case is reported from Kamarooka, the victim being an aged farmer named John Bradley, who has resided in the district for many years. On New Year's Day ...
Article : 115 wordsA five-roomed dwelling at William-street, Footscray, occupied by Mr. J. Johnson, was seriously damaged by fire at half-past 8 o'clock last night. The cause of the ...
Article : 58 wordsSir,—I would like to draw the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the following foots:— I have been to the M.C.C, Cricket-ground ...
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Advertising : 75 wordsThe returns for the quarter ended December 31 show that the revenue was £849,750, being an increase of £47,374 compared with the corresponding quarter in 1893. Taxation ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsSir,—More than once or twice within my memory the Upper House here and the House of Lords at home have earned the gratitude of their countries by vetoing unwise, ...
Article : 1,548 wordsMr. Murray Howard, son of Mr. R. F. Howard, actuary of the Commissioners' Savings Bank, has left for Melbourne. He was teller in the Colonial Bank here, and ...
Article : 281 wordsA new steel multitubular boiler and cylinder for the engine have been placed in position at the woollen mills, and it is calculated that the company will effect a saving of £200 ...
Article : 160 wordsYesterday afternoon a fire broke out at Mr. M'Cormick's farm, about two miles from here. The men were stacking hay, when one stack caught fire, and before anything could ...
Article : 78 wordsMuch dissatisfaction was expressed here yesterday when it became known that the police mngistrate would not be in attendance at the notice court to be held here on Monday ...
Article : 159 wordsMr. James Ridgway, of Clyde, near Cranbourne, killed a female snake this week on his farm containing no lewer than 41 young ones. This is about the biggest brood ever ...
Article : 55 wordsThe statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending 20th September, 1894, for the shire of Swan Hill shows that the receipts during the year were £12,725 17s. 10d. ...
Article : 191 wordsThis afternoon St. Joseph's Band, from Launceston, gave a concert in Princess-park, the townsfolk being delighted with the music rendered. ...
Article : 22 wordsMrs. Jones, matron of the Mooroopna Hospital, died at the hospital yesterday. She had occupied the position of matron for a period of 15 years, and was well known and ...
Article : 40 wordsThe residence of Mr. John Bradley, at Neilborough North, was destroyed by fire late on New Year's night or early on Wednesday morning. The owner in trying to ...
Article : 97 wordsThe man Lambert, who sustained concussion of the brain through being thrown from his horse on the Diggorra-road on Saturday night, died at the Echuca Hospital last ...
Article : 88 wordsThree men, named John Ward, James Carroll, and Thomas Matthews, who are now undergoing a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for vagrancy, were brought up at ...
Article : 213 wordsPlain-clothes Conatable Kingston, of the North Fitzroy police, yesterday found an infant child in an unoccupied house in St. George's road. His attention was attracted ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,050 wordsIn the estates of the following insolvents general meetings were held and closed:— Julian Thomas, of Melbourne, journalist; James Fraser, of South Melbourne, railway ...
Article : 189 wordsSir.—Permit me to address you as briefly as possible re the Mallee Bill. There is a general consensus of opinion in this district that the provisions of the bill are not liberal ...
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Advertising : 72 wordsSir,—Our Railway Commissioners are faced with almost insurmountable difficulties in their endeavours to manage economically the greatest national works we have or ...
Article : 487 wordsSir,—Danger, and perhaps serious accident, is certain to occur if the railway authorities persist in their declared intention of closing the Flinders-street entrance gates ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,—The closing of the central entrance and exit gates in Flinders-street, directly opposite Degraves-street, and midway between Elizabeth and Swanston streets, has ...
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Advertising : 155 wordsThe prizes were distributed by the principal, Miss Patterson, on Monday morning, December 17, at the college. PRIZE-LIST. SENIOR SCHOOL. ...
Article : 760 wordsA sale took place to-day of the St. Peter's Anglican Church and Vicarage and the land on which the buildings stand. The auction took place under instructions from the ...
Article : 184 wordsAt the Oakey Creek races yesterday Thomas Martell was riding his own horse in the Maiden Plate, when the animal bolted off the course and ran him against a tree, death ...
Article : 40 wordsAt the District Police Court yesterday, before Mr. B. Rapiport, J.P., and a bench of justices, three residents of Carlton named Sinclair, Jones, and Bernard were summoned ...
Article : 183 wordsSir,—As the question of the frozen meat trade is of great importance, I crave room in your valuable space to make a few comments upon the subject. The monetary loss from ...
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Advertising : 70 wordsApplication was made to the South Melbourne Bench yesterday by a Mrs. Walsh, of Railway-crescent, South Melbourne, to have an infant in arms committed to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsThe Government astronomer, Mr. R. L, J. Ellery, makes the following forecast from the information to hand:—"Thursday, 6 p.m.—The indications for Victoria are at ...
Article : 57 wordsPORTLAND TO PORT PHILLIP.—Barometer falling. Gloomy and sultry, with northerly winds and slight sea. PORT PHILLIP TO WILSON'S PROMONTORY.—Barometer ...
Article : 36 wordsRAINFAII, AT OBSERVATORY from 3 p.m. December 31 to 3 p.m., January 3, nil; since January 1, nil. Average rainfall at Observatory for the first month of the year, 1'73in. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsAt midday on Wednesday a fire broke out on the farm of Mr. M. Lynch, South Preston, resulting in the destruction of about 60 tons of hay, two large sheds, several drays, &c., in ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Tower Hotel at Doncaster was destroyed by fire at half-past 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The flames spread with great rapidity through the large wooden ...
Article : 127 wordsThe annual meeting of the shareholders of the Australasian Plate Glass Insurance Company was held yesterday at the offices of the company. Temple-court. Mr. J. L. Roberts ...
Article : 117 wordsSir,—In the interests of the medical profession will you kindly publish the fact that in Phillip Island, where a great number of visitors are staying, the profession is not ...
Article : 140 wordsCOCKBURN, DEC. 31.—A flock of sheep, numbering 4,500, from Mundi Mundi Station, New South Wales, consigned to Mr. L. Conrad, Adelaide, crossed the border to-day, camroute to Mingary, wher they ...
Article : 198 wordsYesterday afternoon a lad who was walking along the beach at Middle-parK, near the baths, found a man who was either dead or dying. Senior-constable Miles was sent for. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 4 Jan 1895, Page 6
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