At a fire which took place at Germanton yesterday morning an old infirm man named James Dyball and a lad had a narrow escape of perishing. The ...
Article : 109 wordsStrong feeling is prevalent against the proposed abolition of grazing and bond regulations in this district. Mr. Best, Commissioner of Customs, has informed Mr. White, M.L.A., ...
Article : 93 wordsIn its general features, the eleventh annual show of the Victorian Canary Society, which was opened in the Athenm[?]um, yesterday, is a distinct advance upon those of previous years. ...
Article : 1,968 wordsThe following official circular gives an "outline of the proposed rearrangement with depositors" :— A. The position of the capital account of the ...
Article : 1,831 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Reid, the Premier, in reply to a question, said the commission on firing of coal cargoes would include in the scope of its inquiry the question ...
Article : 376 wordsThe wilful devastation of some of the most valuable timber areas in the colony has long met with strong condemnation in these columns, and the application of systematic methods to ...
Article : 1,658 wordsThe board appointed to report upon certain charges preferred against the engineering and electrical branch of the Post and Telegraph department by Mr. Hamilton, M.L.A., and ...
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Article : 67 wordsWilliam Theobald, late post and railway station master at Brooklesby, was charged in the police court at Howlong yesterday with stealing a letter, the property of the ...
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Article : 486 wordsAs one result of the action against Cr. Ireland, of Port Fairy, who was fined £3500 because he sat as a councillor while he had a contract with the council Cr. Philp has resigned ...
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Article : 158 wordsAbout 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a little girl named Margaret Phease, the daughter of William Phease, a block holder on the village settlement, was returning home from Echuca, ...
Article : 109 wordsLast month a circular was addressed to the holders of the bank's extended deposits and the preferent and ordinary shareholders, and the following are its leading features :— ...
Article : 1,323 wordsThe Legislative Assembly went into committee on the Diseases in Stock Bill. Amendments were adopted which fixed the limit of assessment at 2s. 6d. per 100, and enabled a ...
Article : 99 wordsInspection at Nowra of the hides which recently arrived there from Queensland proved that all the ticks were dead. The hides had been put in tan pits, and there was no opportunity of finding ...
Article : 55 wordsA little boy aged 6 years, named Frederick Johnson, with other children, had been given a ride to school by a man named Murray in a waggonette, and Mr. Murray handed the ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Mourilyan Sugar Company, at Geraldton, started crushing yesterday, and crushing was commenced at Goondi Plantation to-day. Everything promises a big output. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the Government stated that it is its intention to introduce a bill dealing with compulsory deepening of wharf frontages, and also promised ...
Article : 572 wordsA deputation to the Minister of Works to-day urged the construction of a railway from Gundagai to Tumut. Mr. Young, in reply, said he had been long impressed with the fertility of ...
Article : 214 wordsAn accident took place at the Kneebone mine this afternoon, resulting in the death of a young man named William Smith and the narrow escape of William Lemin. Both were ...
Article : 74 wordsA tributer in the New Chum United mine, named James Roberts, had a narrow escape from a fatal accident yesterday. He was climbing up one of the ladder ways when he lost his ...
Article : 64 wordsAt Croydon, the new shaft of Rogers's Golden Gate has bottomed at 115 feet. The reef thus far is 3 feet thick and is not yet through. Thirty miners have chartered a schooner ...
Article : 81 wordsAt the police court to-day a young man named Edmund Keys was charged with attempting to indecently assault Annie Wilson, a girl under 16 years of age. The pair had been ...
Article : 93 wordsThe annual exhibition of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association was commenced this morning on the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society, Moore Park. The ...
Article : 436 wordsMajor Castine, M.P., who claims descent from Baron Castine, founder of the town of that name in Maine, United States, yesterday received an invitation to be present at the celebration of ...
Article : 83 wordsAn influential meeting of Liberal electors of the Southern Province was hold last night at the Melbourne Temperance Hall, to consider the present representation in the Legislative ...
Article : 93 wordsPerhaps the most cheering item of news with regard to the Newcastle coal strike that has been published since its inception is the fact that the Premier has again intervened between ...
Article : 495 wordsThe Premier is still too ill to leave his house, but to-day received a deputation there in favor of making a railway from Pinjarrah to Murrndong. Sir John Forrest said he would support ...
Article : 244 wordsThe final polo match in the intercolonial tournament was played at Eagle Farm this afternoon, between a representative Queensland team consisting of N. Caswell and W. C. ...
Article : 226 wordsConsequent on the rejection of the Immigration of Asiatics Restriction Bill by the Legislative Council, the Premier is introducing a measure to reduce the tenure of life members of ...
Article : 130 wordsMr. Samuel Thomas Pock, licensee of the Alabama Hotel, and an old colonist, died suddenly to-day, aged 76. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Treasury returns for the quarter and year ended 30th June, show the revenue for the quarter to be £884,883, an increase of £35,586 compared with the corresponding quarter last ...
Article : 97 wordsThe annual show of the Queensland Dog and Poultry Society was opened yesterday. The entries were large, and the quality of the exhibits good. A noticeable feature was the ...
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Article : 294 wordsWhen a prosecution against Eleanor Coates, the licensee of the Coolgardie Hotel, for certain breaches of the licensing law, was called upon at the District Court yesterday morning, ...
Article : 224 wordsForty men were engaged in Hobart to-day to proceed to Mount Lyell to replace those who have gone out on strike. The new men signed a special agreement, and will receive 7s. 6d. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 3 Jul 1896, Page 6
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