The proposal which was brought forward on a recent occasion in the London Country Council with the object of establishing a system of municipal pawnbroking in the metropolis was ...
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Article : 411 wordsParliament was closed on Thursday unostentatiously. This was hardly fair to the Master of Ceremonies, for it cruelly restricted his patronage in the distribution of invitation ...
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Article : 56 wordsOn Wednesday night a five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Tully-street, East Geelong, owned and occupied by Andrew Pontin, was burned to the ground, the fire being attributed ...
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Article : 154 wordsThe R.M.S. Oceana, -- Stewart, commander, arrived from Colombo at 5.30 a.m. Passengers in saloon :-For Albany : Messrs. Peart and Mellors. For Adelaide : Mr. Bonnin and wife, ...
Article : 182 wordsThe report of the special board appointed by the Governor in Council to inquire into the truth of certain charges preferred against Mr. W. Leader, P.M., of Ballarat, by Mr. F. H. ...
Article : 1,200 wordsA poll of the city ratepayers was yesterday taken in regard to the decision of the local council to float a loan of £12,000 for tho improvement of recreation grounds and the ...
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Article : 200 wordsThe disappearance of Mr. G. T. Smith, solicitor, in the employ of Messrs. Malleson, England and Stewart, has been reported to the Russell-street police by Constable Norwood, of ...
Article : 158 wordsWhen the case which had been initiated against John Adams, engineer of the Ozone, for firing a gun in the harbor, was called on at the Port Melbourne court on Thursday, it was ...
Article : 315 wordsIn the current number of To-morrow appears an attack by Mr. Stanley Jones on Sir Henry Irving. The writer charges him with overdressing and over- dressing his pieces, and with ...
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Article : 287 wordsThe annual Christmas dinner for the poor children of Melbourne, given by the Latrobe- street Ragged School Mission, was held at their hall yesterday. Upwards of 300 boys and girls ...
Article : 210 wordsA message was read from the Legislative Assembly, stating that House insisted on disagreeing with the amendment made by the Council in clause 120 of the Insolvency Law ...
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Article : 176 wordsSir,--We thank you for inserting our letter, dated 2nd September, 1896, anent the rabbit trade, also copy of our letter to Mr. Hart, dated 21st November, 1895, in your issue of 8th ...
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Article : 124 wordsIn Kirkintilloch parish church a local manufacturer has for some time past been at variance with two young women who occupy the same pew with him. One Sunday the seat was occupied ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 26 Dec 1896, Page 8
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