The debate upon the Commonwealth Constitution Bill was resumed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr. Bent, who consumed two hours with his speech. The draft bill ...
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Article : 53 wordsDuring Monday night the waters of the river retreated from their flood level a distance of three or four feet. This, of course, made an immense difference in the state of siege that the ...
Article : 257 wordsThe Russian naval authorities are preparing to give the French fleet an exceedingly cordial reception when the vessels reach Cronstadt. ...
Article : 34 wordsA crowd of unionists and townspeople collected round the railway station this morning waiting the arrival of free laborers from Sydney. At 8 o'clock the train arrived with about 250 ...
Article : 337 wordsMr. Candler, the district coroner, conducted an inquest at the Bush Inn Hotel, Prahran, yesterday touching the death of James Taylor, the young man who lost his life on Sunday in ...
Article : 1,427 wordsA large number of men engaged in the building trades are now out on strike. Yesterday the employes of 34 firms struck work. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe secretary of the A.S.U. received a telegram from Stanley, the secretary of the Bourke branch, to-day, stating-- Pastoralists' Union agreed to import no more free ...
Article : 114 wordsThe visit of the Emperor William of Germany has terminated. To-day the Emperor lunched with the Marquis of Salisbury at the residence of the latter, ...
Article : 103 wordsAn informal meeting of mayors of the municipalities affected by the floods was held in the Melbourne Town Hall yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of the Mayor of Melbourne, to ...
Article : 1,263 wordsA great commotion was experienced at the shearers' camp yesterday, when it was reported that the Pastoralists' Association had sent up 100 non-unionists by train, to be conveyed by ...
Article : 146 wordsThe first oecumenical conference of Congregationalists was opened yesterday in London. The Rev. Dr. Dale, of Birmingham, who ...
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Article : 525 wordsA destructive landslip has occurred near Nanaimo, a port on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Forty-one persons were killed by an enormous fall of earth, and a ...
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Article : 115 wordsA special train left Spencer-street station yesterday morning with 100 free shearers for Swan Hill. Their destination is not as yet decided on, owing to the news received ...
Article : 109 wordsThe experiences of the pilots on the schooners Mavis and Hawk during the heavy southwesterly gale of Saturday and Sunday will long be remembered by them as one of the most ...
Article : 497 wordsThe order recently issued by the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, requiring abolition of an Orange Lodge in an Indian battalion, has been ...
Article : 119 wordsCorrespondence on the subject of the proposed unconditional conference between the Pastoralists' Union and the A.S.U. has been published up to a certain point. In view of the ...
Article : 851 wordsThe Victorian Mounted Rifles have entered for the Queen's prize at Bisley. Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Price, the Commandant of the Victorian Mounted ...
Article : 143 wordsDr. Joseph Edward Kenny, M.P. for South Cork, is about to resign his seat in the House to receive the position of coroner of the city of Dublin. ...
Article : 39 wordsMrs. Melville, who distinguished herself by her brave behavior in connection with the Manipur disaster, has been granted by the Council of India a pension of £100 a ...
Article : 36 wordsIn the Canadian House of Commons a discussion has taken place regarding the action of Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner for the Dominion in London, in ...
Article : 83 wordsThe announcement that the heir presumptive to the Roumanian Crown, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern, was about to marry Mademoiselle Varesco, a Roumanian ...
Article : 53 wordsThe body of the youth Williams, who was drowned in the Moonee Creek on Sunday, was recovered yesterday by some boys who were walking along the creek. They saw a man's arm above the stream a short distance from ...
Article : 106 wordsLondon Punch, which was founded on 17th July, 1841, will celebrate its jubilee during the present week. The event is referred to in many of the leading ...
Article : 45 wordsThe friends of Mr. J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State for the United States, assert that the reports as to Mr. Blaine's ill-health are absolutely without ...
Article : 120 wordsThe residents and business people of Melbourne proper will probably have no idea that owing to the floods they were early last evening within two hours of total darkness. There was ...
Article : 102 wordsStockton colliery, in the Newcastle district, is idle owing to falls in the roof. It will be some days before work can be recommenced. About 300 men and boys are thrown out of work. ...
Article : 191 wordsA book of Australian poetry, entitled Poems of the South, by John Bernard O'Hara, of Melbourne, just published by Messrs. Ward, Locke and Co., has ...
Article : 74 wordsIn South Melbourne a great many of the houses that were at night unapproachable were clear above the flood, but from Kavanagh-street and Moray-place to the rear of the St. ...
Article : 440 wordsThe following is a copy of the letter yesterday sent by the Premier to the secretary of the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales :-- Sir,--I trust I shall not be misunderstood in ...
Article : 359 wordsThe Rev. Tapley Short, Wesleyan minister, is about to proceed to Australia. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe condition of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon continues to show indications of slight improvement. He is still in a very low, state, but the delirium is subsiding, ...
Article : 51 wordsA serious mishap has happened in connection with the works at the Manchester ship canal. Ono of the embankments burst owing to an unusually heavy tide in ...
Article : 57 wordsThe s. Leura, from Sydney, grounded in Moreton Bay yesterday, and is still aground. A boxing contest to a finish was fought last night by O'Hara and O'Leary. O'Hara won in ...
Article : 91 wordsA meeting was held at Richmond yesterday afternoon, in the local town hall, for the purpose of inaugurating a fund for the relief of those distressed by the Yarra floods. The ...
Article : 608 wordsThe House of Commons has resolved, on the motion of Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Mr. De Cobain, M.P. for East Belfast, be expelled the House ...
Article : 49 wordsArrived from Lyttelton.--Duke of Buckingham, steamer, sailed 15th May, via Timaru 18th May, and Port Chalmers 24th May. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe season is one of the best the colony has over experienced. The Government have indented to England for a supply of rails for the railways to Yilgarn ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Gippsland and Great Southern lines have both been repaired and on and after to-day the trains will run as usual. The direct Ballarat line will be closed for a few days, as there are ...
Article : 719 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro, outward bound, sailed from Lyttleton on Saturday. The R.M.S. Jelunga, belonging to the ...
Article : 39 wordsA magisterial inquiry was held at the Nepean Hotel, Portsea, to-day, on the body of Captain Lancaster, washed ashore from the schooner Nowra, wrecked on the Back Bench. Constable ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. J. E. Redmond, M.P. for North Wexford, and Mr. James O'Kelly, M.P. for North Roscommon, have sailed for America with the object of collecting funds on ...
Article : 38 wordsThe annual Orange demonstration which took place at the Alfred Hall to-night was largely attended. Mr. Simon Fraser, M.L.G., the W.G.M. of the Order, presided. A concert was ...
Article : 84 wordsThe following reply has been sent to the Premier's letter to the Pastoralists' Union :-- Sir,--I have the honor by direction of my council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 15 Jul 1891, Page 5
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