The questions in dispute between Victoria and South Australia in connection with the Murray River Waters Agreement, were virtually settled to-day at a ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. Karri Davies, who took such a prominent part in the Boer war and the troubles which led up to it, to-day paid a visit to Mr. Swinburne, Minister of Water Supply and ...
Article : 754 wordsThe recent prosecutions of clairvoyants and fortune-tellers in Melbourne is an illustration of the perennial folly of mortals. One of the things that the ...
Article : 1,251 wordsSir,—As one of the two obstinate ones, who, through the courtesy of the mayor, had a most enjoyable excursion, I cannot do less than try to state how the various parts of ...
Article : 1,477 wordsJohn Drysdale, farmer, of Mulwala, was a claimant for his two daughters, aged eleven and nine, in the Practice Court to-day. According to the father's ...
Article : 100 wordsClerks and others: with salaries not exceeding £200 per annum, are offered building allotments on easy terms by the Government at Glenhuntly. The estate ...
Article : 117 wordsThe City Coroner was this morning engaged in inquiring into the circumstances attending the death of a married woman, named Elizabeth Stanford, of ...
Article : 70 wordsYesterday-afternoon a young' child, named John Nolan, met a terrible death by falling into a copper full of boiling water. The deceased, who was only ...
Article : 89 wordsMany settlers under the Closer Settlement Act were under the misapprehension that the Closer Settlement Board arc required to grant them two years' ...
Article : 110 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Reginald Talbot), who arrived here yesterday, after a tour through the mountains, was to-day entertained by Mr. ...
Article : 274 wordsThe question of accepting the tenders submitted by the Victorian Coal Company was again under consideration of the State Cabinet, but owing to the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe proposal of the Minister of Lands to subdivide 80,000 acres of the land on the South Australian border, known as the disputed territory, is likely to be ...
Article : 152 wordsIt was decided that Mr. G. C. Morrison. Under-secretary; Mr. W. R. Anderson, secretary of the Law department, and Mr. W. Dickson, secretary for ...
Article : 50 wordsA deputation of carters and laborers wailed on the Town Council this afternoon to ask that as the council intended to relinquish the contract system of ...
Article : 120 wordsEx-Senator Higgs to-day waited on the Governor-General, in the absence cf Sir John Quick, chairman of the Tariff Commission, and presented ...
Article : 66 wordsThere was a crowded attendance at Her Majesty's Theatre to-night, when Mr. Julius Knight and his English company appeared in the London success ...
Article : 61 wordsAs occasionally happens in February, there were two courts sitting for the trial of criminal cases to-day. This is due to the accumulation of cases, owing ...
Article : 220 wordsIncreased interests being evinced by shipbuilding and engineering firm in the proposals of tho Commonwealth Government for the construction of a flotilla of torpedo boats ...
Article : 743 wordsAt to-night's meeting of the Trades' Hall Council, Mr. Hyman moved: "That this council draws the attention of the Chief Secretary to the resolution passed at the meeting of ...
Article : 225 wordsA charge or perjury has been preterred against a young man named Wm. Gordon, who gave evidence on his own behalf when charged recently at the City ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the City Court to-day a charge of driving a horse under circumstances involving cruelty was preferred against John Yale, and his employer. J. W. ...
Article : 91 wordsTho young man, Albert Blencoive, who raided a number of houses and tents in tho Sandringham and Black Bock districts, pleaded guilty at the Criminal ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Geelong West Fire Brigade has just; received the following report from Chief-officer Marshall on his recent inspection:—As usual, with this brigade, there was a ...
Article : 379 wordsAt the close of the meeting of the Town Council this afternoon, it was reported that the town and city councils would visit Geelong on Wednesday next ...
Article : 45 wordsThomas Robinson, whose appearance indicates that he belongs to the bushworking class, was tried before Mr. Justice a'Beckett to-day for an offence ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Premier will, at the Drill Hall Brighton, to-morrow evening, address his constituents, and, through them, the people of Victoria. ...
Article : 243 wordsMr. G. W. Bradbury, who has just been elected to fill a vacancy on the Stock Exchange, pays an entrance fee of £950, which is the top price realised for ...
Article : 42 wordsMiss Ida Hoos, a young typist, who suffered from catarrli of the throat, tried the treatment- furnished- at the Neuropathic Institute. Collins-street, agreeing ...
Article : 128 wordsAn interesting action against a life assurance society is foreshadowed by an application which came before Mr. Justice Hood in the Practice Court to-day. ...
Article : 120 wordsDetective-Sergeant Wilson and Sergeant Middleditch are still busily engaged investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of Wong Ah ...
Article : 232 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Patrick Maker, ail old and respected resident of Geelong West, took place yesterday afternoon, and a large number of sympathising friends ...
Article : 132 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting of the Hibernian Society was held in St. Mary's Hall on Tuesday evening, under the presidency of Mr. James Hughes. Two nominations for ...
Article : 142 wordsThis afternoon a painful accident befel a youth named Alfred Billson, 16 years of age, living at Auburn. It appears that the lad, who is in the employment ...
Article : 100 wordsAn elderly man met- with a shocking death at Spring Vale, beyond Oakleigh, to-day. He bad been minding some cattle, and his body was found ...
Article : 42 wordsSir,—I can fully endorse the remarks of "Beach Lover," re bathing in the nude, and it surprises me that a lady has to be tho first to draw the attention of the authorities to ...
Article : 106 wordsThe finding by the detectives of a young man named William Warburton on the premises of Mr. W. C. Aiigliss, butcher, of Smith-street, Fitzroy, ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Sat 16 Feb 1907, Page 8
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