At a meeting of the Football Association last night, adisoussion took place on the desirability of preventing touting, and the following resolution was adopted :--"That any man who ...
Article : 336 wordsAn interesting description of the scene on deck from the time that the collision happened to the launching of the first boat is given by a young man ...
Article : 707 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Trades Hall Council was held last night; Mr. J. Graham (vice-president) occupying the chair. THE IMPORTATION OF BOILERS. ...
Article : 1,254 wordsThe secretary of the Pastoralists' Union today received a telegram from Menindie, stating the shearers at Weinterigi refused to proceed with the work unless the demands of the ...
Article : 426 wordsHarriet Lobba, a single women aged 23, who buried her still born twin infants on Mulga Hill a few days ago, was brought before Mr. Baden, P.M., to-day, and charged with concealment of ...
Article : 46 wordsCaptain Prideaux, the master of the Easby, states: We left the south wharf at about 9.30 o'clock on Thursday night, en route for Newcastle. I proceeded down the West Channel, as ...
Article : 725 wordsThe warden at May town wires to the Mines department that Mulligan and party have discovered silver on the north side of Walsh River, 35 miles outside of the proclaimed mining ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Gambier was an iron screw steamer of 1577 tons. She was launched from the yards of Messrs. J. and R. Swan, Dumbarton, in 1874, for the Australian Steam Navigation ...
Article : 133 wordsThe work of preparing the Theophane for going on the slip at Port Adelaide in being carried on. The Marine Board began an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending the ...
Article : 283 wordsAt the usual weekly meeting of the Marine Board of Victoria, held yesterday afternoon, the inspector of shipping submitted a report in reference to the collision. ...
Article : 163 wordsThe annual meeting of the East Melbourne Cricket Club will be held in the pavilion at 2 p.m. on the 5th prox. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe victorian Trotting Club hold a race meeting at Elsternwick Park this afternoon, this being the last but one of the gatherings to be held on this popular course, which is shortly to be closed against the racing public in ...
Article : 109 wordsThe now burlesque has now completed its first week at the above theatre, and already there is a marked improvement observable in the crispness and general "go" of the piece. Most ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 372 wordsA caucus of tho members of the Opposition in tho House of Assembly have offered Mr. Dobson, the newly elected member for Brighton, the Opposition leadership, He will take time to ...
Article : 108 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Marine Board of Victoria was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the board, Little Flinders-street. There were present--Captains Fuliarton (in the ...
Article : 594 wordsIntense excitement prevailed in Sydney when news of the sinking of the Gambier came to hand. The offices of Messrs. Win. Howard Smith and Sons, the agents of the vessel, ...
Article : 191 wordsMany of the wheat crops will be little short of a failure unless rain comes soon. ...
Article : 18 wordsAs a mob of horses was being driven to the steamer Virawa, at the town pier, Port Melbourne, yesterday, they become startled, and a regular stampede took place. Fortunately ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 742 wordsThe through passengers booked by the Gambier from Brisbane were not publicly known here. The receipt of the news of the disaster cast gloom over the city, which was the more ...
Article : 78 wordsCaptain Bell, the master of the Gambier, manifested considerable reticence on being questioned as to his version of the cause of the catastrophe. He states that the Gambier left ...
Article : 786 wordsThomas Buckley, the chief officer of the Easby, besides corroborating many of tho remarks made by the second officer, says:--As soon as the collision occurred, and before ...
Article : 286 wordsThe scene on the deck of the Easby yesterday morning when she entered Hobson's Bay was one never to be forgotten. The morning, though calm, was chilly, and the long spar deck of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 335 wordsThe final returns for the Bourke East election were declared yesterday at the Foresters' Hall, giving Mr. Harper a majority of 215, tho numbers being 954 for Harper, and ...
Article : 210 wordsThe look out or watchman on board the pilot schooner Mavis anchored at Queenscliff reported to the mate of that vessel yesterday morning that he saw some rockets go up during the night, ...
Article : 108 wordsA public meeting was held in the Prahran town hall last night for the purpose of advocating the formation of classes in connection with the extension lectures of the Melbourne ...
Article : 448 wordsThe Melbourne Athletic Club in making preparations for an assault at arms which will take place in November next. The committee has voted £100 for prizes, and in addition several members have promised valuable ...
Article : 64 wordsAbout 4 o'clock this morning Superintendent Dickson was awakened by a fisherman named Fisher Glazier, who reported that while lie was engaged fishing ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 wordsFernside club runs to Dandenong. East Melbourne club runs to Melton. Fitzroy club runs to Heidelberg. Victory club runs to Burwood. ...
Article : 22 wordsShortly after noon yesterday residents in the vicinity of the Cornwell Brick and Pottery Company's works in Albert-street, Brunswick, were startled by a tremendous ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Ballarat cricket club have appointed Mr. Angus Evans their delegate to the Victorian Cricketers Association. ...
Article : 18 wordsMelbourne v. Fitzroy, at Fitzroy C.G., at 1 p.m. Metropolitan v. Malvern, at Richmond C.G., at 1 p.m. ...
Article : 18 wordsSouth Melbourne v. Williamstown, ladies' match. South Melbourne, 41 games; Williamstown, 35. ...
Article : 13 wordsCollingwood v. University, at Royal Turk. ...
Article : 7 wordsThe Melbourne Harriers meet at the Caulfield Club Hotel at 3.30 p.m. ...
Article : 11 wordsSir,--In your issue of to-day you state that I retired in favor of Mr. Harper. I assure you [?] did not. In withdrawing I, in a most pronounced manner, informed Mr. Harper and his ...
Article : 165 wordsThe little girl Orchardson, who is amongst the saved, was in the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Trevennick, who were her grandparents. It having been announced that she was left in ...
Article : 267 wordsMrs. Jennie Young, Licensee of Keen's Family Hotel, Grant-street, South Melbourne, has reported to the police that between the hours of 12 and 6 o'clock on the night of Thursday last a ...
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Advertising : 82 wordsIn the morning, after giving information to Superintendent Dickson as to the sinking, of the Gambier, Fisher Glazier and another man named Wayth sailed up the West Channel in ...
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Advertising : 47 wordsJackson, the second mate of the Easby, states: --At the time of the collision I was in my hunk. I came off duty at midnight, and was about to go to sleep when the crash happened. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 29 Aug 1891, Page 10
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