The Lilydale gasworks were opened to-day with great ceremony, the town being illuminated in the evening. The cost of the works is £3,885, and the capital of the company is ...
Article : 529 wordsMessrs. W. C. Yuille and Co. will sell this afternoon, at Tattersall's Bazaar, Stephen-street, at half-past 2, the following racehorses:—Kohai, Dagon, The Judge, ...
Article : 139 wordsAnother remarkable illustration of the law of libel, as applied to the newspaper press in the Australian courts, has just been furnished in the case of Rocke, Tompsilt, and ...
Article : 2,040 wordsThe sales of stud cattle which had been exhibited at the National Agricultural Society's show commenced yesterday, and opened very promisingly there being as a ...
Article : 251 wordsA remarkable change has taken place in the appearance of the Victorian Court, in the main building, since it was previously noticed. A number of handsome show-cases, ...
Article : 1,183 wordsThe renovation of the Town-hall, which has been in progress for the last eight months, under the superintendence of Messrs. Reed, Henderson, and Smart, the ...
Article : 1,687 wordsThe feeling in favour of annexation to one of the Australasian colonies has crystalised into form, and the form is a proposition to agitate for annexation to Victoria. The ...
Article : 1,497 wordsThe adjourned special meeting of the subscribers to the Women's Hospital will take place at the Town-hall this afternoon at 4 p. m., for the purpose of considering several ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 wordsThe sales of stud cattle were commenced yesterday, at the show-yards, Flemington, when there was an excellent attendance of buyers. The prospect of a favourable season ...
Article : 1,024 wordsThe following greyhounds will be offered for sale to-day, at 11 a.m., at Tattersall's Bazaar, Stephen-street:—Fiasco, Fantome Fortune, Flemington, Another Chance, ...
Article : 31 wordsThe chief topic of discussion here to-day was the affray at the town council meeting on Friday night, and there is a unanimous opinion as to the discreditable character of ...
Article : 309 wordsEntries close at 2 p.m. to-day for the Empress Trophy and Her Majesty's trophy, together with five eight-dog stakes, which are to be run for at Moonee Valley on ...
Article : 63 wordsThe stakes won at the recent West Bourke Plate and Vice-President's Plate Meeting will be paid over at the office this afternoon, at 1 o'clock. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe match committee of the Football Association met at Boyle and Scott's last night, when the following umpires were appointed for Saturday next:— Carlton v. Melbourne, on the Melbourne ...
Article : 212 wordsAt the Port Melbourne Police Court yesterday David Miller, a seaman belonging to the British ship Persian Empire, was charged under the 239th section of the Merchant ...
Article : 301 wordsMosspennoch v. Windstor.—This match was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Mosspennoch by one game. The following are the scores:—Messrs. Mitchell and C. L. Smith beat Messrs. Cordenr and ...
Article : 122 wordsIn consequence of the representations made by the residents of Pericoota and other districts in which horses have been lately dying in considerable numbers from some ...
Article : 590 wordsSouth Melbourne v. Fitzroy.—This match, played on Saturday, was won easily by the former by three goals to nil. ...
Article : 21 wordsSweepstakes will be shot for on the grounds of the above club to-day, commencing at 2 p.m. ...
Article : 24 wordsBusiness in the betting mark is rather brisk compared with the previous dull monotony. Algerian is accorded a good deal of support at 100 to 6 for the Melbourne Cup. ...
Article : 99 wordsSir,—I would wish to draw the attention of the Railway authorities to the want of proper accommodation in one, at least, of the Brighton trains. ...
Article : 385 wordsThe following tenders were provisionally accepted yesterday by the Railway Commissioners:— Erection of sheep and cattle yards at ...
Article : 122 wordsSir,—Permit me to add a few words to the letter on the above subject appearing in The Argus over the signature "X.," and to place before the public the actual facts of the ...
Article : 249 wordsSir,—There is one feature your correspondent" A Borrower" overlooks in his letter of yesterday that would materially affect the conclusions he comes to had he dealt with it. ...
Article : 430 wordsSir,—Alter many months' delay, the terminal platforms of the Essendon and Coburg lines are located where the two services do not interfere with one another, as they ...
Article : 236 wordsSir,—I noticed some time ago a letter in your paper drawing the attention of the Railway authorities to the poor accommodation provided for ladies travelling in the ...
Article : 195 wordsSir,—That was a pregnant question asked by your correspondent, " Selector," in your valuable columns of Saturday last—"Is the residence clause a farce or the Land Act ...
Article : 181 wordsSir,—As the University Council refers the articled clerks to the Supreme Court on their fair request for annual prizes, perhaps the council has no objection to the articled clerks ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Redemptorist Fathers, who have been so successful in their mission in the metropolis, commenced a series of services in St. Mary's Church. At all the services ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 30 Aug 1887, Page 7
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