IT is a great pity that Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith was not allowed to simply object to the appointment of Sir Henry Blake to the Governorship of Queensland without being ...
Article : 2,971 wordsThe statement prepared at the request of the Secretary of State for the Colonies by Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, Premier of Queensland, embodying his objections to ...
Article : 89 wordsThe order recently issued by the judges of the Court of Chancery, and which was subsequently suspended, permitting moneys under the control of the court to ...
Article : 108 wordsAfter 12 weeks' cessation it [?]is expected work will be resumed at most of the collieries tomorrow. The vessels in port at present have an aggregate tonnage of over 100,000 tons, and ...
Article : 329 wordsA fire of a very serious character broke out shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening at the Federal Timber Mills, a large establishment owned by Messrs. Wilson and ...
Article : 870 wordsThe centennial rifle match meeting was virtually concluded on Saturday, the only remaining events being seven cadet matches, for which a separate day has been fixed, and which will ...
Article : 4,771 wordsA street encounter, resulting in the death of a Chinese named An Yong, took place early on Saturday night in Market-lane, one of the numerous narrow alleys leading from Little ...
Article : 554 wordsSir Henry Blake has informed the Secretary of State for the Colonies that lie is willing to relievo the authorities from their present embarrassment by retiring from the ...
Article : 270 wordsAn election has taken place at Dewsbury to fill the seat in the House of Commons vacated by the resignation of Sir John Simon (Liberal.) Two candidates were ...
Article : 54 wordsBoth Houses of Parliament meet to-morrow afternoon, and it is, more than probable that a large amount of business will be transacted this week, as the Government ...
Article : 3,934 wordsSir John E. Gorst, Under-Secretary for India, who was Civil Commissioner of Waikato, New Zealand, from 1861 to 1863, has been offered the Governorship of [?] ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Mount Pleasant Colliery at Wollongong was again idle' for the greater part of Friday and Saturday owing to the strike of the wheelers, many of whom declined to work ...
Article : 101 wordsThe action for libel brought against the Times by Sir J. Pope Hennessy has been settled. The defendant newspaper has withdrawn the objectionable comments, ...
Article : 127 wordsIntelligence was brought to the Footseray police station yesterday by the watchman employed by the Melbourne Harbor Trust near the junction of the Saltwater River with the ...
Article : 171 wordsAn opera entirely new to Melbourne was produced at the Opera House on Saturday evening, [?] Guarany, by Carlos Gomes, a composer of Portuguese parentage but Brazilian by birth, ...
Article : 778 wordsThe Observer, in an article on the appointment of Sir Henry A. Blake to the Governorship of Queensland, and the subsequent ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. John Bright, whose illness recently took such an alarming turn that the worst fears were entertained regarding him, is now rallying again. ...
Article : 32 wordsLord Randolph Churchill, M.P. for Paddington, addressing a meeting of his constituents last night, deprecated the rupture which had taken place between ...
Article : 77 wordsSir T. M'Ilwraith and Sir H. Parkes are corresponding on the question of the appointment of colonial Governors. Sir H. Parkes is prepared to support the action of the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe unfortunate woman Bridget Doyle, who murdered her two children and attempted to commit suicide at Dawson, near Heyfield, on Monday last, died at the Gippsland Hospital ...
Article : 147 wordsColonel Duncan, C. B., Conservative member for the Holborn division of Finsbury, is dead. [Colonel Duncan, who was in his 53rd year, ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Governor has received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated London, 16th inst.: -- The following reply has been given to the Agent-General: -- ...
Article : 309 wordsAbout half an hour later a fire broke out among some cottages fronting a right of way between Sandridge-road and Thistlethwaite-street. The flames originated in ...
Article : 179 wordsThe New South Wales Government having decided that this colony shall be represented at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, arrangements are now being considered. It is intended that the ...
Article : 132 wordsThe steamer Richmond Hill, 4225 tons, which went ashore at Suez whilst on the voyage from Melbourne to London, has been floated. The vessel has suffered very ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Tasmanian Railway Company are re-issuing at par £100,000 worth of debentures, bearing, interest at the rate of 4 per cent. ...
Article : 28 wordsEarly on Saturday afternoon a fire broke out at a house in Gordon-place, Little Bourke-street, owned by J. O'Sullivan and occupied by R. O'Connor. The fire originated among a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 wordsA special meeting of the Ballarat District Teachers' Association, called for the purpose of discussing the Minister of Education's bill for amending the Public Service Act so far as it ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Maori football team played a match yesterday against the Cumberland team, and won the game. ...
Article : 25 wordsA small house in Jennings-street was totally destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. When the neighbors discovered the fire, the roof had fallen in and only portions of the studs ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Company's R.M.S. Massilia left Suez for Australia on the morning of the 15th inst. ...
Article : 22 wordsA fire broke out early on Sunday morning in a row of new weatherboard cottages in Lygon-street, East Brunswick, owned by Messrs. J. Brown and J. S. Richards, plumbers. The ...
Article : 169 wordsThe delegates to the Intercolonial Free-trade Congress visited Sandhurst at the invitation of the mayor. About 70 gentlemen and 30 ladies arrived by special train, and after visiting the ...
Article : 236 wordsAt the special meeting of the Ballarat Miners' Association on Saturday night the action of the president and secretary in respect to the present strike was confirmed. In addition to the strike ...
Article : 97 wordsThe topsail schooner Trader, owned by Mr. W. F. Walker, the Commissioner for Customs, left Melbourne on Saturday for Sorrento, to load with lime. About 8.30 in the ...
Article : 326 wordsAfter its suburban tour, the Popular, Ballad Concert Company, in combination with the section of the Spanish Students, commenced a series of seven farewell concerts at the Athen[?]um ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 305 wordsA middleaged woman, named Catl[?] Donohue, appeared before the Richmond [?] on Saturday, charged with attempting to commit suicide. About half-past 7 o'clock ...
Article : 253 wordsAbout 6 o'clock yesterday morning the dead body of a man was discovered in Beach-street, Port Melbourne, on the sand near high water mark, which had evidently been washed ashore ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 19 Nov 1888, Page 5
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