The races at the Caledonian sports on the 26th inst. will be run under Flemington rules, with Ur T. J. Gurney as handicapper. ...
Article : 26 wordsDr. Henry C. Wigg read a paper on M. Pasteur s Method of Rabbit Extermination. He stated that he had prepared an elaborate paper opposing the views of M. Pasteur as to rabbit ...
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Article : 2,036 wordsMr. R. F. Rogers, the New South Wales Parliamentary librarian, died this afternoon at the age of 45 years. He has been in the I service since 1861. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 333 wordsAt the Prahran court yesterday, a nightman named Frank Sharp was proceeded against, before Messrs. Beatty, Church and Sykes, J.P's., on a charge of charge of deposting nightsoil in a ...
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Article : 177 wordsThe forty-first match between the representative cricketers of Victoria and New South Wales, which commences on the Melbourne cricket ground to-day, may justly be considered ...
Article : 550 wordsThe Melbourne Chamber of Manufactures held a conversazione in the Exhibition building last evening, and as a paper was to be read by Mr. Steinfeld on the Commercial Relations of ...
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Article : 165 wordsAt the South Melbourne court on Wednesday, F. E. Sandilands, inspector for the board of health, proceeded against John Dugg[?] a dairyman carrying on business in Little p[?] ...
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Article : 199 wordsMr. A. J. Solomon, who was the first theatrical manager in Adelaide, died this afternoon, at the age of 69 years. He was the founder of the Jewish congregation in Adelaide. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe steamer Tainui, from London 29th November, arrived in port this afternoon and leaves again to-morrow morning for New Zealand. She landed 360 tons of cargo here and over 138 ...
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Article : 185 wordsThe council of the Public Service Association met on Wednesday evening, when Mr. G. S. Caldwell (vice-president) occupied the chair. Mr. J. A. Thompson, the successor to Major ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 11 Jan 1889, Page 6
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