The matter which has been so long in dispute between the Imperial authorities and the Australian Governments concerned, as to the day of departure of the mail ...
Article : 282 wordsLatest reports regarding the movements of the largo body of dervishes who had assembled in the neighborhood of Assouan, near the first cataract of the Nile, state ...
Article : 105 wordsThe announcement of the amount tendered and the average price realised for the new 3½ per cent, loan of £3,500,000 ottered by the New South Wales ...
Article : 358 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Company's R.M.S. Valeria arrived at Adelaide yesterday afternoon, and the mails were forwarded by special train, which will reach Melbourne this ...
Article : 4,991 wordsThe Railway Commissioners were yesterday interviewed by a deputation from the residents of Kew, who asked that a loop line of railway should be constructed from a point on the ...
Article : 119 wordsA deputation from the proprietors of Foster's Lager Beer Brewery, Collingwood, waited on the Commissioner of Customs yesterday to ask that the duty on imported lager beer be ...
Article : 380 wordsA number of members of the Legislative Assembly waited on the Commissioner of Customs yesterday, to urge the imposition of a higher duty on cereals. ...
Article : 1,019 wordsMr. Candler, the District Coroner, continued the inquiry yesterday, at the Telegraph Hotel, Ann-street, Williamstown, into the cause of the death of Mrs. Hill, a widow, formerly living ...
Article : 638 wordsA deputation representing 67 shire councils was introduced to the Premier yesterday, accompanied by a large number of members of Parliament, to ask that, a change might be made in ...
Article : 1,102 wordsA largo deputation was introduced to the Minister of Railways yesterday from the Creswick and Smenton districts, to advocate the making of a line of railway between Allaudalo ...
Article : 293 wordsCaptain Wissman, who was despatched by the German Government to the east coast of Africa to promote the German influence in the territory, has captured ...
Article : 46 wordsConsols are lower. The market rate of discount remains at 1 per cent, below the minimum bank rate, which continues at 2½ per cent. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. J. Gadsden interviewed the Commissioner on behalf of the manufacturers of articles produced from jute piece goods, and asked that the duty should be removed from ...
Article : 75 wordsAnother deputation interviewed the Minister of Railways in reference to a proposed line from Boort to Kerang. Mr. M'Coll, M.L.A., said that the line ...
Article : 163 wordsAt yesterday's sitting of the Parnell Inquiry Commission, Mr. John O'Connor, M.P. for South Tipperary, was cross examined by Sir Richard Webster, Q. C. ...
Article : 182 wordsA imputation of cork cutters contradicted a statement made by another deputation that there were only five cork cutters in Melbourne, and stated that there were 18 to 20. They asked ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 wordsSeveral operative confectionery makers asked for an increase of the duty on confectionery from 10 to 20 per cent., and the Commissioner promised to by the request before the Cabinet. ...
Article : 35 wordsFrom a cablegram received by the Colonial Treasurer to-day it appears that the total amount tendered was £4,820,000, and that tenders as low as £102 5s. 6d. were ...
Article : 39 wordsA number or cigarette makers opposed the proposed duty of 6s. a lb. on cigarette paper, pointing out that they already paid 100 per cent. On the tobacco. Mr. Patterson promised ...
Article : 37 wordsRepresentatives of the Tallarook to Heath-cote Railway League were introduced to the Minister of Railways by Mr. Butters, M.L.C., and Messrs. Hunt aud Duffy, M.L.A.'s. The ...
Article : 106 wordsA quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the Queen's Fund was held in the Town Hall yesterday, under the presidency of Sir Arthur Nicolson. The report for the ...
Article : 245 wordsThe pianoforte importers proposed that the ad valorem duty of 25 per cent, should be abolished and a fixed duty established at the rates of £15 on grand pianos, £5 on upright or ...
Article : 205 wordsWhen the result of the fight which took place in America between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain for the championship was announced, both Jem Smith, the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe wheat market continues quiet. Best Australian flour, ex store, is still quoted at 26s. 6d. to 27s. per 280 lb. The market for Australian frozen ...
Article : 126 wordsDelegates from tho Berwick, Cranbourne and Mornington shire councils, introduced by Mr. L. L. Smith, M.L.A., asked the Minister of Railways yesterday that a line of railway should be ...
Article : 96 wordsThe charges against Mr. J. R. Cox, member for East Clare, and Mr. T. H. Gill, member for South Louth, who were arrested on Saturday last for delivering ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 14 per cent, for the past year. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Minister of Railways was yesterday asked by a deputation from the country between Talbot and Daylesford to have a line of railway constructed between those two places. The ...
Article : 87 wordsA [?]putation of grocers asked that the proposed duty of 2d. a tin on condensed milk should not be imposed, urging the valuable properties of the imported article as against the inferior local ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Castlemaine District Prospecting Board met today. A letter was received from the Department of Mines urging the board not to make their recommendations known to ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Ballarat branch of the Australian Natives' Association completed the fifteenth year of its existence today. In the branch there are no fewer than 728 members, the ...
Article : 94 wordsA loan is announced on behalf of the South Melbourne city council. The amount is £130,000. The debentures are to bear interest at the rate of 4½ per cent., and the ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the Legislative Council the debate on the second reading of the Payment of Members Bill was resumed, and, after several members had spoken, a division taken, which resulted in the ...
Article : 248 wordsMr. Uren, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. W. Collard Smith, Murphy, A. Young and Butterly, M.L.A.'s, introduced a deputation, who asked that a line about 12 miles long be ...
Article : 107 wordsA deputation from the Clunes water commission, supported by the Clunes and Creswick councils, asked the Minister of Water Supply yesterday to place a sum of money on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 wordsAt the meeting of the Traralgon shire council today a circular letter was read from Mr. James Campbell, C.E., who was appointed secretary of a conference held here ...
Article : 144 wordsThe manufacturers of tents, sails, water bags and other canvas goods and oilskin clothing asked for a duty of 30 per cent, on these articles. They mentioned that large quantities ...
Article : 100 wordsThe half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Albury Gold Mining Company carrying on operations at the Black Bange, was held at the Globe Hotel, Albury, last night. The ...
Article : 534 wordsMr. Wrixon, M.L.A., accompanied by a deputation, applied for the inclusion in the new railway bill of a railway from Heywood to Dartmoor, a distance of 26 miles. They ...
Article : 108 wordsThe adjourned inquest on the body of Pettit, killed by the disaster at the Glebe Pit, was resumed today. Robert M'Dougall, miner, stated he was at work in the pit on the day of ...
Article : 343 wordsMr. John Webb, manufacturer of marbled [?] at South Melbourne, presented specimens of his manufacture and asked that some duty should be put on these articles ...
Article : 92 wordsMessrs. Taverneraud Duncan, M.L.A.'s, introduced a deputation, who asked that a new line be included in the new bill, from Rupanynp to Banyena, and thence to Donald, Charlton and ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Maldon shire council yesterday applied to the Minister of Public Works for a special grant of £1800 towards reconstructing a storm water channel; the Footscray town council ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 wordsMr. T. W. Bremner read an interesting paper at the ordinary meeting of the Insurance Institute of Victoria, at tho Cathedral Hotel last night, on the subject--Mortality as Affecting ...
Article : 130 wordsThe brush manufacturers represented that there was a great decline in their trade owing to foreign competition, principally that of the cheap labor of Germany, and urged that the ...
Article : 427 wordsThree summonses for alleged breaches of the Licensing Act were beard at the sitting of the Richmond court on Wednesday, and occupied the attention of a large bench of magistrates for ...
Article : 448 wordsMr. Deakin yesterday received a deputation from the Talbot-town council, who asked for a further loan of £9000, the cost of laying a large main to convey water from the local reservoir ...
Article : 230 wordsA meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. J. M. Davies, who is a candidate for a seat[?] the Legislative Council for the above province, was held in the Council Club Hotel ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 wordsA deputation from the Shepparton shire council yesterday waited on the Minister of Public Works, and asked for assistance in constructing drainage works for the township at a ...
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Article : 15 wordsA small vessel--the Eruthon--built for the Snowy River trade, was successfully launched on the Saltwater River, near to the racecourse, yesterday, by Mr. F. Bowen. The vessel is of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 11 Jul 1889, Page 5
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