The fortnightly meeting of the members of the City Council was held at the Town Hall on Monday; his Worship the Mayor presiding. CORRESPONDENCE.--The inward correspondence ...
Article : 1,188 wordsA numerous deputation of farmers and representatives of shire councils from the Wimmera district and malice country was introduced to the Chief Secretary on Wednesday by Mr. W. Madden, ...
Article : 989 wordsThe anniversary of Ireland's patron saint was celebrated yesterday with all the festivivities usual on tho occasion, and, favored by fine weather, the out-door amusements parsed ...
Article : 930 wordsSerious riots, resulting in bloodshed, have occurred in Galway, one of the most disturbed districts in Ireland. A party of Orangemen from the north ...
Article : 123 wordsThe first annual picnic of the united Ancient Order of Druids was held yesterday, taking the shape of an excursion to Queenscliff in the Golden Crown. A[?]out 500 ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Commissioner of Public Works on Wednesday received a deputation from the Hawthorn Council, who asked for a vote of £1000 to complete a main drain. Mr. Langridge promised to ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Commissioner of Public Works on Wednesday promised a deputation from the Richmond Council that certain additional streets would be reticulated at once if a guarantee of 5 per cent. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsA deputation from Eaglchawk asked the Minister of Railways on Wednesday to allow the line from that place to Kerang to run equidistant from Durham Ox and Mitiamo, in order to ...
Article : 122 wordsIn honor of St. Patrick's day there were four steamer excursions, three athletic sports and three race meetings. Two passengers on board one of the steamers fell overboard, but ...
Article : 35 wordsSt. Patrick's day was celebrated by the Irish colonists. A large procession marched through the streets to the Exhibition ground, where a picnic was held. The vicar-general ...
Article : 415 wordsThe condition of affairs in Albania is most deplorable. The Turkish rule has been utterly thrown off, and no settled authority exists. Outrages are ...
Article : 34 wordsThe number of admissions to the Exhibition yesterday was 7039, including 5325 single tickets, 78 season tickets, and 1635 miscellaneous. The tender of Messrs. Sands and M'Dougall at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,641 wordsThe Porte has offered to cede the province of Thessaly to Greece. This offer, however, the representatives of the powers have declared inadequate: and ...
Article : 81 wordsThe third and last show at the International Exhibition decidedly excels its predecessors, and shows the resources of the colony in a highly satisfactory manner. Fruit is, of course, the ...
Article : 1,027 wordsGreat excitement has been caused in this city by the discovery that a mine had been laid under the palace of the Emperor Alexander, the new Czar. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsThe question of the expenses of the recent war in Afghanistan came up in the House of Commons this evening, when the Government asked for a vote ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 wordsConsols have advanced [?] now quoted at 100. THE DISCOUNT MARKET.--The market rate of discount for three months' ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Government have sent to Singapore for fifty Chinese servants. It is proposed to keep open publichouses till twelve o'clock at night and on Sundays. ...
Article : 126 wordsIn the evening a [?] was held at St. Patrick's Hall, which was moderately well attended, but the ample room afforded to the dancers made the proceedings most ...
Article : 503 wordsA large deputation of cab proprietors and cabdrivers was introduced to the Chief Secretary on Wednesday by Messrs. Fisher and Gardiner, Ms. L.A. They protested against the ...
Article : 533 wordsThe match between the Australian Eleven and the combined fifteen will commence on the M.C.C. ground to-day. The match played yesterday on the St. Kilda ...
Article : 64 wordsParliament is expected to be prorogued on the 31st. The Minister for Mines stated in the House that the state of public business would not ...
Article : 636 wordsThe Beechworth and North-castern Agricultural and Horticultural Association's show was opened here on Wednesday, and continued to-day. The weather was fine and cool, but ...
Article : 377 wordsThe schooner Ariel, which arrived from Cossack on Monday, reports that the missing schooners Dawn and Annie Beaton had put into Cossack under jury rig a few days ...
Article : 146 wordsA meeting of the Kew and Hawthorn club was held yesterday evening, at Ryan's Council Hotel. A large number of new members was enrolled, and officers were elected for the season. Nominations were ...
Article : 56 wordsIn connection with the recent contest for the Gatehouse belt, J. M. O'Connor writes that there was not a dead heat between himself and Cann, and that the judges accorded him the victory by a yard. He also ...
Article : 56 wordsThe long-talked-of match between Michael Rush, champion of the Clarence River, and H. Pearce, of Double Bay, the present holder of the champion belt for Australia, for £100 a side, came off this morning ...
Article : 125 wordsThe proposed new lines of railway, and the expenditure on harbors, rivers and bridges, which the Minister of Public Works submitted to the Assembly for approval last ...
Article : 226 wordsSIR,--As a resident of Whit[?] for the last thirty-seven years, permit me to make a few observations on the Yan Yean and its pollution. I would first remark that Mr. Jackson, who laid out ...
Article : 439 wordsA deputation of tobacco manufacturers waited on the Chief Secretary on Wednesday for the purpose of pointing out that their factories were brought to a standstill in consequence of the uncertainty ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 wordsThe Town Hall was packed last night by an enormous audience at the concert of Irish music, given for charitable purposes, under the patronage of the mayors and councillors of ...
Article : 205 wordsThe nuisance caused by the Collingwood abattoirs has been brought under the attention of the Lands department, and the following letter from the Secretary of Lands was read at the meeting ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 wordsThe Chief Secretary on Wednesday received a deputation from Drysdale, who asked that the building grant of £100 promised by Mr. Ramsay for the local public library be made available this ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words[?] a deputation from the Moorabbin shire council to pass £1000 on next year's estimates for the construction of the main road to Mordialloc. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Melbourne Catholic Young Men's Society gave a concert and ball at the Atheneum Hall last night, which was largely attended. The proceeds of the concert were announced ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 18 Mar 1881, Page 3
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