Our Geelong correspondent, writing [?] yesterday's date, says:--At a meeting of[?] Gee[?]ng Hospital committee, held this af[?]noon, a letter sens read from the collector ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Melbourne hounds will meet on Saturday next, at Braybrook. at two p.m. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Legislative Assembly sat from half-past four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon until half- past four on Wednesday morning. The debate on the budget could not be resumed at Tuesday ...
Article : 5,541 wordsThe Russian Government have under consideration a scheme for planting well- organised colonies of settlers in the newly-acquired territories in Central ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Speaker took the chair at half-past four o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. In reply to Mr. SHAKPE, Mr. WOODS stated ...
Article : 4,462 wordsThe [?] Club will hold [?] on the Albert Park Lake next Saturday. Entries will be [?] at the [?]tshed up to half-past two p.m.; entrance, 2s 6d. per [?]ar. This club ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Dcakin addressed the electors here this afternoon, at the Ballan Hotel: Mr. M. Walsh in the chair. There was a largo number present. A vote of confidence was carried ...
Article : 40 wordsIn all the municipalities throughout the colony, whether boroughs or shires, a poll must be taken to-day in every case where there are more candidates than the number of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 wordsBetween two and three o'clock morning a fire broke out in the lower back portion of Mr. G. Brew's Clare Hotel opposite the courthouse, and gained such headway before it was ...
Article : 104 wordsBest sides are worth from 8 12d. to 10d. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Labor Board met yesterday, Mr. Lavater in the chair. A communication was received from Mr. Munro, engineer, &c., of Ballarat, which stated that employment could ...
Article : 350 wordsThe number ef bales catalogued from tho Australian colonies is--3909 New South Wales and Queensland, 2590 Victoria, 1681 New Zealand, 1120 ...
Article : 41 wordsAt St. Raul's Church yesterday afternoon, the Bishop of Melbourne delivered the second of a series of lectures on The Development of Doctrine in the Epistles of St Paul. He ...
Article : 1,569 wordsThe Grant and Polwarth Coursing Club have decided to hold the final meeting of the season on the 28th inst. when the following stakes will be run for:--1st. For an unlimited number of ...
Article : 70 wordsThe position of judge of the Divorce Court has been given to Judge Windeyer. Mr. Robert Wisdom, member for Morpeth, has accepted the Attorney-Generalship, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 730 wordsThe monthly meeting of the committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held yesterday Mr. P. de Bruce Johnstone, M.L.A., in the chair. From the ...
Article : 396 wordsWe are indebted to the Colonial Secretary for the following copy of correspondence which has taken place on this subject:-- VICTORIA. ...
Article : 603 wordsThe Katoomba has left with 120 packages of exhibits for the Sydney Exhibition. Fifteen natives in the employ of Moodic and Co., pearl fishers, stole a boat and made away ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 696 wordsMr. Palmer, in answer to Mr. Douglas, said that he declined to say whether he would resign the directorship of the National Bank when the bank took over the Government ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Rev. Samuel Robinson delivered a lecture yesterday Evening, on the above subject, at St. John's Presbyterian Church, St. Kilda. He commenced by referring to the system ...
Article : 390 wordsThe football match by electric light on the Melbourne cricket ground last night proved a financial success, the attendance being very large. The match was between the Melbourne ...
Article : 169 wordsZachariah Giles, late platelayer on the Victorian railways, thankfully acknowledges a subscription raised by his fellow employes on his behalf, [?] having met with an accident rendering him unable ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Commissioner of Public Works promised a deputation to introduce a bill for a line connecting the Port Pirie and Port Augusta railways. ...
Article : 105 wordsAt the Carlton court this afternoon a challenge match is to come off, Ireland and Moloney against Egan and Kirby. ...
Article : 21 wordsSIR.,--My attention has been called to a passage in a letter which appeared in your issue of Tuesday under the heading " Proposed Banking Amalgamation," wherein it is staled that in the ...
Article : 104 wordsThe little town of Beaver, which is one of the suburbs of subur[?] of Pittsburg, is in a terrible state of excitement. One of the prettiest, wealthiest, best known and really accomplished young ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 397 wordsThe report on the Liquor Law Commission has been laid before Parliament today. It recommends the appointment of a central licensing board, the keeping of complaint ...
Article : 122 wordsSIR,--A few weeks ago you were kind enough to insert a letter from me, asking your readers to send in parcels of left-of clothing to be given to the children attending our mission school in ...
Article : 122 wordsEKERALD-HILL TOWN (13th August).--A letter received from the lands department, in reply to a previous communication from the council, stating that the land comprised in the ...
Article : 258 wordsSIR,--I beg to call the attention of the farmers of Victoria to the times of free importations of bags and bagging, when we had to pay not less than 18s. per dozen, and in many cases more ...
Article : 189 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly Mr. Fraser's [?] was [?]nded to read thus :--" That it is desirable the reading rooms and museums of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide institutes be ...
Article : 73 wordsLEXTON SHIRE.--The election of president for Lexton shire council took place to-day. Jas. Robertson, J.P., of Mount Mitchell, was unanimously for the thirteenth time re-elected. ...
Article : 53 wordsRocky Mountain Tunnel, Bccchworth, 10th August --The contractors for the tunnel completed 80 feet for the month, ranking the total length 2257 feet to date. The granite rock through which this tunnel is driven ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the ordinary monthly meeting of the Wannon shire council to-day, Mr. Farrell handed in his resignation as engineer, which was accepted. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 14 Aug 1879, Page 3
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