The Queen's birthday passed off quietly here. The volunteers, under Acting-captain Kell and Surgeon-major Baird, paraded, and in the cricket ground fired the orthodox fex ...
Article : 773 wordsIt is asserted on good authority that Sir Hercules Robinson, late Governor of Cape Colony, will succeed the Marquis of Normanby as Governor of Victoria. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe rapid strides which the Sydney Turf Club has made in public favor, and the liberal patronage always accorded to it, have enabled the committee to strike out a line for themselves and to ...
Article : 2,725 wordsGrasp, or a Mother's Love, a play written for Mr. Grattan Riggs by Mr. H W. Emmett, was produced at the Princess's Theatre last evening. It is one of the best acting ...
Article : 946 wordsThe South Yarra football club met the local association team on the Back Creek cricket ground. The ground was very wet and sloppy, and the attendance, owing to the continuous ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsThe first of the new gunboats built to the order of the Victorian Government by Sir William Armstrong and Co., will be launched on the 6th of next month. ...
Article : 37 wordsDr. Youl held an inquest yesterday on the body of the woman Catherine Seaton, who died at the Melbourne Hospital from burns accidentally received at her residence in Emerald-hill. ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Right. Hon. W. E. Forster, in speaking at a meeting of the Aborigines Protection Society, last night, referred to the proposed annexation of New Guinea. He warmly ...
Article : 60 wordsEleven horses started for the Derby, which was run yesterday at Epsom. Sir F. Johnstone's ch c St. Blaise, by Hermit--Fusee, won by a neck. Time, 2 min. 48 sec. ...
Article : 39 wordsWe have received a letter from Mr. Thomas Walker vindicating his position before the public, but as we have no interest whatever in his views and do not recognise him as an ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 wordsThe Nihilists in Moscow are making active preparations to prevent the coronation of the Czar, which is to take place on the 27th inst. The police have already arrested 50 persons on ...
Article : 50 wordsSIR,--In a publication of your valuable paper some few days since I was pleased to read a long letter in reference to the appointment of shire engineers and other public officers, and the ...
Article : 261 wordsA brilliant lerte was held by the Government at Government House to-day. About 450 gentlemen attended. The Ministry have been discussing the ...
Article : 311 wordsA barrister in New York, who has been consulted by Tynan, the alleged "Number One" of the Irish Assassination Committee, confirms the report that Tynan is ready to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 461 wordsThe contributions to the Parnell fund have reached a total of £10,000. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe Most Rev. Thomas William Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, is at present in Kingstown, where he was accorded an ovation by the inhabitants. He asserts ...
Article : 49 wordsSIR,--I was pleased in looking over your issue of the 23rd inst. to note a letter from Mr. O'Reilly, hon. secretary of the Jolimont C. C., confirming my evidence given at the protest ...
Article : 324 wordsSerious riots have taken place between the Turks and the Christians in Erzeroum, the principal city of Armenia, in Asiatic Turkey. A number of arrests have been made. ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. G. H. Wyndham, the Secretary of the British Embassy at Constantinople, has made a formal protest against the introduction of the proposed Turkish system of protection, by ...
Article : 63 wordsBeautiful weather prevailed to-day. A review, in honor of the Queen's Birthday, was held. The Administrator of the Government, ...
Article : 71 wordsThe restoration of the tower of the High Church of St. Giles, at Edinburgh, which was originally built in the form of an imperial crown, has been completed. ...
Article : 40 wordsUndeterred by the heavy punishment awarded to the perpetrator of the Terminus outrage, some scoundrels obtained entrance to the kennel of Scotland Yet, the first favorite for the ...
Article : 67 wordsSIR,--Whatever change may be contemplated in the management of the parks and gardens in and around Melbourne, it must be patent to almost any casual observer acquainted with horticulture ...
Article : 553 wordsThe relations between the German Government and the Vatican are in a most strained condition. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe exhibition was formally opened by the mayor (Mr. Eherhard) on Tuesday evening, amidst the plaudits of a large concourse of spectators, and the playing of the National ...
Article : 298 wordsThe Home secretary (the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt) has refused to commute the sentence of twelve months' imprisonment passed upon Foote, the editor of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 wordsA ball and social evening in connection with the Ancient Order of Foresters was held at the Exhibition Building last evening. The main hall was neatly decorated with flags, &c., and about ...
Article : 254 wordsSIR,--If you are not yet tired of hearing opinions expressed pro et con. the opening of the Public Library on Sunday perhaps you will kindly grant me space for a few words on the ...
Article : 740 wordsThe preparations for the coronation of the Czar are being rapidly proceeded with. His Imperial Highness, accompanied by the Czarina, and the other members of the Royal ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 177 wordsThe five prisoners who are charged with being concerned in the late attempt to land explosives at the Liverpool docks were brought up at the Central police court in that city ...
Article : 57 wordsSIR,--In the leading article of The Age of 14th inst., lengthened reference is made to a subject of great interest to the industrial classes of this colony, viz., the insufficiency of the ...
Article : 505 wordsThe homeward mails, per Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's R.M.S. Australia, which left Melbourne 12th April, were delivered to-day via Brindisi. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Bicycle Club race meeting was held on the Camp Reserve to-day, commencing at one o'clock. The attendance was very poor, in consequence of the rainy weather which set in. However, the ...
Article : 261 wordsThe following cases were admitted into the Melbourne Hospital yesterday:--Alex. Mathieson, 31 years of age, the second officer of the [?]. Here, suffering from shock to the system and ...
Article : 76 wordsSIR,—In yesterday's Age appears a letter from James Thompson, of South Yarra, replying in a very irrelevant manner to one which appeared in your issue of the 18th inst., from J. ...
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Advertising : 277 wordsThe Orient Steam Navigation Company's s.s. Garonne arrived here from Australia on the 20th inst., and proceeded on her homeward voyage. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 236 wordsThe Queen's Birthday was celebrated to-day by a thorough abandonment on the part of the people to the pleasures of the hour. The weather, though rather cold, was agreeable and ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 25 May 1883, Page 3
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