The Assembly sat till the dinner hour, and the debate on the want of confidence motion was adjourned till Tuesday. The business was not important. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe second quarterly meeting of the Melbourne Wharf Laborers Union was held on Thursday evening, in the old Trades Hall. There were about 200 members present, and the ...
Article : 192 wordsThe contractors for the railway to the border are pushing on rapidly with the none. Ten miles of rails have been laid, and the earthwork formation is nearly completed for the ...
Article : 87 wordsA number of important alterations in the railway time tables have been made by the Railway Commissioners, and will come into force on the 3rd December. In a great many ...
Article : 312 wordsThe crew and officers of the Elibank Castle have been massacred by the natives of the Solomon Islands. Two men only escaped from the massacre, one of whom was afterwards ...
Article : 84 wordsThe following notices were posted yesterday on the notice board of the University :-- The oral examinations in clinical surgery for the fifth year medicine will be held at the ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the Court of Quarter Sessions to-day, Michael Noonan was charged with having maliciously placed an iron rail across the railway line between Harefield and Bowen on the 9th ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Premier has received a cable message to the effect that the Agent-General has gone to Denmark on emigration business. The Attorney-General has received from ...
Article : 97 wordsThe usual weekly meeting of the Political Short Hours League took place at Champion's Hotel on Friday evening. There was a good attendance of representatives of the suburban ...
Article : 103 wordsThe following sales by auction of land and property take place to-day:-- Messrs. Buzzard and Co. and Greig and Murray will offer for sale 90 blocks of land in the Royal Gardens ...
Article : 576 wordsA working committee of citizens has been formed to consider that steps shall be taken to relieve the distressed unemployed. A subscription list has been started to assist in this ...
Article : 106 wordsA daring attempt to evade the Customs duty by smuggling cigars ashore from the steamer Menmuir--from Hong Kong and Foochow--was detected by the Customs officers last evening at ...
Article : 205 wordsA few days since the local stock inspector was informed that several cattle depasturing on the Barmah common were suffering from pleuropneumonia. Mr. Ferry, of Beechworth, was ...
Article : 94 wordsThree steamers have been engaged all day endeavoring to float the ship Hudson off the bank where she grounded yesterday, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The greater portion ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Forbes case, in which a young woman earned Ellen King was charged with the murder of an old woman named Catherine Regan, was concluded shortly after eleven to-night. The ...
Article : 68 wordsHay cutting is progressing, and although excellent yields are being obtained in some instances, the general average will be small. The wheat crops promise to be better than they ...
Article : 95 wordsThe monthly meeting of the council of the Melbourne District State School Teachers' Association was held on the 26th inst., at the Civil Service Association rooms. A large number of ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Swamps Commission, consisting of Messrs. Skene, Surveyor General; W. H. Steel, Inspector of Public Works; W. Davidson, Superintendent of water supply, and S. K. Vickery, ...
Article : 120 wordsA trial of reapers and binders and strippers took place under the auspices of the Boort Agricultural Society at Andrew's farm, seven miles from Boort, to-day. There was a large ...
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Article : 175 wordsSome time during Thursday night two or more thieves effected an entrance into the promises occupied by Messrs, Bitters Bros., tea merchants, 53A Flinders-street west. A ...
Article : 410 wordsA special meeting of the members of the Central Board of Health was held yesterday morning, the chief business being the consideration of the report on the Sandridge ...
Article : 478 wordsSIR,--Your leader on the Bishop's lecture today contains the following:--"He (Bishop Moorhouse) forgot to get Mr. Balfour's assurance that Mr. Charles Strong would be ...
Article : 330 wordsSIR,--Corrections aud additions to the lists of electoral registrars do not always come to band before the latest term to which the printing of the lists for distribution can be delayed. This ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 28 Nov 1885, Page 10
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