A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways was held at Parliament Houses yesterday. The members present were:--Messrs. Bent (chairman), M'Intyre, ...
Article : 3,153 wordsThe Executive Council to-day commissioned the Postmaster-General, Mr. D. O'Connor, to represent New South Wales at the Intercolonial Postal Conference to be opened in Sydney on ...
Article : 588 wordsIn the scheme of federal defence published on Monday, the commandants conclude their remarks by a reference to the rifle clubs, which demands more explanation than could be ...
Article : 1,221 wordsThe seventh ordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Metropolitan Bank Limited was held at 259 Collins-street, yesterday, Mr. O. Fenwick, chairman of the board of directors, ...
Article : 527 wordsThe thirty-seventh annual session of the Grand Lodge of Victoria, Independent Order of Oddfellows, was held yesterday at the Oddfollows' Hall, corner of Russell and Victoria ...
Article : 955 wordsThe Gold Commission at here to-day and examined a number of witnesses as to the best means tor further, developing the auriferous resources of the colony. Mr. Craven occupied ...
Article : 217 wordsRather an extraordinary trio of vagrants were brought before the Carlton bench yesterday on charges of vagrancy. The first was a very old man, who claims to have been born in the ...
Article : 728 wordsIt has been definitely decided to hold the Bairnsdale regatta on the Saturday before Easter, instead of Easter Monday, to suit the convenience of Melbourne oarsmen. ...
Article : 779 wordsA sad death from an accidental fall occurred here this evening. Annie Lambourne, about 16 years of age, daughter of Mr. F. Lambourne, of this town, was running in an open space at the ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Kelton stabbing case was hoard before the Williamstown bench yesterday; the mayor presiding, Sub-inspector Swale prosecuted. The accused, Hendrick Johnson, a Russian Finn. ...
Article : 281 wordsIn the Insolvency Court yesterday, before Judge Worthington, the adjourned examination in the estate of David Finlay Watson, insolvent, was resumed. Mr. Braham appeared for the ...
Article : 385 wordsA comparative statement of the yield of gold for the six months ended 31st December, 1890, has been completed by the Department of Mines after some delay caused by the difficulty in ...
Article : 310 wordsDetective-sergeant Considine, acting upon information received from the Hobart police, arrested in the city yesterday a young man named Hy. Harris, described as a commission ...
Article : 131 wordsStanley Samuel Keysen, jeweller, of South Melbourne, appeared at the City Court yesterday to answer a charge of endeavoring to obtain by false pretences certain goods, to the value of ...
Article : 504 wordsA meeting of the Australian Union of Carpenters and Joiners was held at the Trades Hall last evening Mr. T. Aram in the chair The question of excusing certain members who had ...
Article : 214 wordsAt a meeting of the Preston shire council on Monday, Cr. George R. Story was elected to represent the shire on the Metropolitan Board of Works. The only other candidate was Cr. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Minister of Education, Mr. David Bews, will leave Adelaide on Thursday for Sydney, to take part in the Postal Conference. The Treasurer, Mr. Thos. Playford, proposes ...
Article : 251 wordsThe annual convention of the Melbourne South District of the Independent Order of Good Templars was held on Monday evening last in the Temperance Hall, Port Melbourne. ...
Article : 196 wordsAn affray with larrikins took place at Cook street, Abbotsford; yesterday, morning, and resulted in the capture of one of the principals, and the issue of warrants for the arrest of his ...
Article : 258 wordsThe annual meeting of the Independent Order of Rechabites, Victoria district, was opened today at the Presbyterian school room. The business of the session commenced at 10 a.m., ...
Article : 626 wordsThe employes of the Johns' Hydraulic and General Engineering Company held their fourth annual picnic on Saturday last. The company numbering nearly 500, proceeded by the Ozone to ...
Article : 193 wordsA butcher named George Woolins, a newly married man, appeared on summons before the St. Kilda police court yesterday, charged with attempting to commit a criminal assault on ...
Article : 404 wordsAn extraordinary general meeting of the Imperial Banking Company Limited was held at the offices of the company, 406 Collins-street, yesterday; Mr. Withers in the chair. The following resolution, for ...
Article : 121 wordsALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.--At the City Court yesterday, before Mr. Nicholson, P.M., and a bench of magistrates, a youth named Alfred Le Sage was charged with embezzling the sum of £16, the moneys ...
Article : 682 wordsTo minimise the present uncertainty in mining surveys, and prevent jumping, the Secretary of Mines has amended the mining regulations so that an applicant for ground in ...
Article : 139 wordsAnother case of garroting came under the notice of the police at Carlton yesterday. On Monday night an hotel broker named Archibald Espie, who resides at Canning-street. North ...
Article : 194 wordsThe seventh half yearly meeting of shareholders in the Employers' Union Indemnity Company Limited was held yesterday afternoon at the offices, 37 Queen-street. Mr. Archibald Currie presided. ...
Article : 143 wordsAt Rotorua, this morning, 18 shocks of earthquake were felt in an hour, but nothing serious occurred. The shocks continue. The Government in tend borrowing a small ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. C. G. Millar's steam yacht Snide, which arrived on Monday night from a cruise along the Tasmanian coast, is a beautiful specimen of pleasure vessel, both in respect to her appearance and ...
Article : 487 wordsThe following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory.-- TUESDAY, 17th FEBRUARY.--West Australia: Generally; fine; in parts overcast and threatening ...
Article : 260 wordsThe following statement was made at a committee meeting of the Early Closing Association, held at the Trades Hall on 14th January, as reported in The Age of 15th January:-- ...
Article : 194 wordsAt the City Court yesterday, before Mr. Nicolson, P.M., and a bench of magistrates, Richard M'Grath, 28 years of age, an iron moulder, was charged with stealing a load of ...
Article : 172 wordsAt the meeting of the Coburg shire council on Monday the election of a representative to act on the above board was held. There were two candidates for the position, viz., Cr. Keele, of ...
Article : 82 wordsBroken Hill Extended, 17th Feb, (by wire.)--Bulk assay to-day returns 21 oz. 4 dwt. 16 gr. silver and 60 percent lead. Eastern Plateau, 16th Feb. (by wire.)--Got steam up; ...
Article : 162 wordsAt about 7.45 last night a boy named Jacob Brown, who lives on a lighter called the Sparrow Hawk on the Yarra, noticed the body of a man floating in the river, close to the ...
Article : 129 wordsSIR,--As it is proposed to hold our sixth annual tea and concert for the blind in our city and suburbs on Thursday evening, the 5th March, we desire to announce, through your ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 18 Feb 1891, Page 6
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