A meeting of several members of the Cabinet was held this afternoon, at which the question of the Attorney-General, Mr. Barton, and the Minister of Justice, Mr. O'Connor, having been ...
Article : 396 wordsAfter a successful run Joseph's Sweetheart was played for the last time yesterday evening, and to-night Diplomacy will be staged. A powerful cast, which includes Mr. Titheradge, ...
Article : 928 wordsMr. G. W. Dedrick, formerly manager for the M'Culloch Carrying Company at Ballarat, but who has started on his own account as a carrier between Ballarat and Steiglitz, met with a fatal ...
Article : 252 wordsA very gruesome spectacle was presented to the gaze of Mr. H. Loighton, the foreman of Messrs. Cameron and Co.'s tobacco factory, A'Beckett-street, yesterday morning, upon ...
Article : 353 wordsThe usual meeting of the Trades Hall Council was held in the chamber, Lygon-street, yesterday evening. Mr. J. M. Prendergast, the president, occupied the chair. ...
Article : 508 wordsThe ordinary weekly meeting of the Marine Board was hold yesterday afternoon. There were present Captains Fullarton (in the chair), Garside, Webb, Currie and Clark, and Messrs. ...
Article : 357 wordsThe trial of the two brothers, James Thomas and John Stines, charged with being concerned in the late robbery at the Cargo branch of the A.J.S. Bank, was concluded at the Criminal ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. M'Intyre, the Victorian Minister of Lands, had a long conference with Mr. M'Kenzie, the New Zealand Minister of Lands, at Dunedin to-day with respect to land ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Colonial Treasurer laid on the table of the Assembly to-day a statement of advances Issued under the Current Account Depositors Act. It is stated that all the advances ...
Article : 56 wordsMuch regret was expressed here when news was received of the death of Mr. Bowman, regrets in which these politically opposed to the deceased gentleman joined. The flags were at ...
Article : 79 wordsNews has just been received from Wagin Lake, a roadside station between Albany and Perth, that a native woman was shot dead yesterday by Jackey, her husband. Jackey is a ...
Article : 69 wordsAu inquest into the death by drowning of the Rev. W. C. Bunning, minister of the West Melbourne Baptist Church, and whose body was discovered floating in the Yarra near ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Kew police are endeavoring to find the whereabouts of a young man named William M'Kenzie, who is alleged to have perpetrated a number of cheque swindles. One of the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe skeleton of a man, supposed to be that of Wyberg, who gained some notoriety years ago in connection with a robbery on a steamer in which he was employed as carpenter, has been ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Assembly, on the motion of Mr. Allen, the committee agreed to the Council's amendments in the Mortgages Release Bill. The Bankruptcy Act Amendment Bill was, after ...
Article : 87 wordsIn connection with the seizure of the New South Wales gold specimens at the Chicago Exhibition by Sella Bros., the Premier has received a cable from the Agent-General, ...
Article : 288 wordsThe fourth annual exhibition of this club's pictures and sketches was opened yesterday afternoon at the Melbourne Art Salon, Elizabeth-street. Sir Frederick Sargood, who attended to ...
Article : 536 wordsAt yesterday's half yearly meeting of shareholders of the Mildura Irrigation Company the directors' report and balance sheet for the half year ended 30th September, 1893, were adopted. ...
Article : 130 wordsSIR,--Will you kindly allow ins through your columns to make the usual Christmas appeal for the St. Kilda and Caulfield Ladies' Benevolent Society? This has been a most trying year, ...
Article : 205 wordsThe following memorandum has been issued by tho Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. Chomley), at the instance of the Premier, to officers in charge of police districts: ...
Article : 270 wordsAdvices received from Queenstown, Ireland, dated 16th October, state that the barque Bebington, which was detained at Geelong for a month owing to its being deemed ...
Article : 259 wordsThe acting Minister of Lands has directed a letter to the land owners of Cohuna and Wee Wee Rup, who held meetings recently, and passed resolutions protesting against a village ...
Article : 240 wordsSIR,--Some two years ago there appeared in your paper several letters, pro and con., in respect of salaries and wages being paid weekly instead of the long space of one mouth between ...
Article : 404 wordsA fire broke out about 9 o'olock last night in the tables occupied by Mr. J. O'Loughlan. When the fire was discovered the attendants immediately proceeded to release the horses, there ...
Article : 295 wordsThe revenue of Queensland for November was £261,050, an increase of £14,400 on November last year. The increase from taxation is £4700, of which customs provides £4000. ...
Article : 260 wordsSergeant James M'Grath, of Kew, who retires as a sexagenarian from the police force at the end of the present year, is to be made the recipient of a puree of sovereigns and an ...
Article : 115 wordsThe new contrivance for the cool carriage of produce which was on its trial trip between Kerang and Melbourne yesterday attracted a good deal of attention. The temperature in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 595 wordsSIR,--In a recent issue of your contemporary an article appeared on the Proposed Mildura Railway, by "Examiner," accompanied by a sketch or plan of the country to be benefited, ...
Article : 763 wordsA meeting of young men was held last Thursday evening in the vestry of St. Philip's Church, Abbotsford, when it was decided to form a branch of the above. The Rev. Thomas Symonds, the incumbent, ...
Article : 95 wordsThe large brick building in the centre of the township formerly known as the Border Flour Mill was to-day opened as a butter factory by Messrs. Anderson and Co. The building is ...
Article : 124 wordsDr. Anderson, senior medical officer of the Alfred Hospital, tendered his resignation to the board of management at its sitting held yesterday, the reason being that he intends to enter ...
Article : 307 wordsYesterday was the last day on which electors' rights could be taken out, and in the suburbs generally a considerable number of eleventh hour enrolments were made. The ...
Article : 148 wordsThe customs receipts up to 25th November amounted to £213,843, compared with £231,072 for the corresponding period of last year--a decrease of £17,229. ...
Article : 146 wordsSIR,--Once before you were good enough to publish a rather lengthy letter from me concerning the possibility of the settlers of Toornnga and Fumina doing great things in the ...
Article : 620 wordsPatrick Quirke, of 110 Dover-street, Richmond, railway employe. Causes of insolvency: Sickness in family, having become surety for the payment of promissory notes given by others, having to pay ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Hardie's Hill, Cargerie and Mount Mercer Agricultural Society's annual show took place to-day at Grenville. The weather was fine, the attendance large and the exhibits ...
Article : 75 wordsThe dedication services of the new Congregational Church here were conducted yesterday by Dr. Bevan, of Melbourne, who performed the opening ceremony. Dr. Bevan met with ...
Article : 104 wordsSIR,--In reference to the discussion created in your columns on this subject, the following note from a recent issue of the British Medical Journal is particularly interesting:--"In ...
Article : 208 wordsAt the Old Cemetery yesterday afternoon, Mr. Murphy, the caretaker, discovered a large quantity of jewellery wrapped in paper lying among the grass just inside the fence. He reported ...
Article : 84 wordsThe inquest on James Bourke, who last night was killed at the claim of the Little Defiance Company through the explosion of the powder magazine and burled down the shaft, elicited no cause ...
Article : 1,011 wordsBroken Hill Proprietary, 30th Nov.--Ore, 8453 tons; lead, 892 tons; silver, 272,066 oz. Also contained in matte produced during the half year, 106,210 oz. Total silver, 377,276 oz. ...
Article : 330 wordsThe revenue returns for November total £62,210, against £61,140 in November last year. The total for the 11 months of this year is £620.320, a decrease as compared with last year ...
Article : 89 wordsWilliam Chadwick Northy Fortescue, 30 years of age, and who is described as a clerk, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Fryer and Guthrie on a charge of having stolen a quantity ...
Article : 54 wordsAn elderly man named William Carrolins, a lodger at Rigby's Hotel, Queen-street, is lying in a serious condition at the Melbourne Hospital through having taken an overdose of ...
Article : 92 wordsSIR,--An excursion train leaves Melbourne to-morrow for Macedon and Woodend. Passengers wishing to see the best scenery should take return tickets to Woodend and cross over the ...
Article : 160 wordsSIR,--Will you kindly permit me to acknowledge receipt of the following donations, in response to the special appeal for aid on behalf of the institution, received from time to ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the Morgue yesterday, Dr. Youl, the City Coroner, inquired into the circumstances attending the death of Edward Pinnett, 58 years of age, which took place on the verandah of the ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 2 Dec 1893, Page 10
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