The general elections for the new Parliament take place throughout the colony to-day under the provisions of the new Electoral Act which the coalition Government passed into law last ...
Article : 244 wordsProfessor Allen, president of the Rabbit Commission, arrived from Melbourne to-day, and a private meeting of members of the commission was held during the afternoon. The report of ...
Article : 597 wordsThe Government have issued regulations under which seed wheat is he distributed to distressed farmers. The police magistrates in the several districts will be responsible for the ...
Article : 269 wordsAustralian woolpacks are, as everybody connected with the wool trade knows, mostly manufactured in India of jute, but in the early days of the trade it was very much the practice ...
Article : 915 wordsMr. W. T. C. Kelly addressed a crowded meeting last night at the Primitive Methodist schoolroom, Millar-street; Mr. Drake in the chair. The chairman referred to an advertise ...
Article : 354 wordsSIR,--Might I ask you to explain to a comparative stranger the meaning in Victoria of the phrase "the constitutional party?" I was under the impression that the constitution of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,904 wordsThe conference relative to the strike at the Phoenix Foundry will take place to-morrow. Among the strikers it is thought that, now that the directors will be met face to face, a ...
Article : 210 wordsSIR,--In your issue of this date you state that I have retired from the contest for the Dandenong and Berwick electorate in favor of Mr. P. Long bottom. This is not quite correct. The facts ...
Article : 138 wordsSIR,--Mr. W. Fevers is incorrect in saying that all outdoor workers are sweaters. The statement is a cruel one. He must have known that a great many women cannot go out to work. I ...
Article : 210 wordsCr. John Anderson, one of the candidates for Melbourne West, held his final meeting, last evening, at the Black Prince Hotel. There was a large and orderly gathering. The candidate ...
Article : 115 wordsA conference of fruit growers, under the auspices of the Fruit Growers' Association of New South Wales, was opened in the town hall, today. Delegates were present from all the ...
Article : 241 wordsBetween 600 and 700 of the electors of the Eastern Suburbs assembled in the Kew Recreation Hall last night to hear Mr. D. Gillies's final address before the polling to-day. ...
Article : 734 wordsThe Under Secretary of Agriculture has been appointed curator of public gardens, parks and reserves, and also ex officio trustee for all reserves receiving Government grants. At ...
Article : 94 wordsSIR,--As there are many inquiries as to the attitude of the local option party in the Eastern Suburbs, will you allow me to say that at any rate nine tenths of the party will vote against ...
Article : 248 wordsMr. Macmeikan, who is a candidate for the East Bourke constituency, addressed the electors yesterday, at Bulla, Broadmeadows, Heidelberg, and at the South Preston skating rink. ...
Article : 213 wordsHis Excellency the Acting Governor, Chief Justice Way, returned from Melbourne to-day. At the Adelaide police court to-day Henry Hampton, alias Henry Hamilton, was charged, ...
Article : 47 wordsA youth named John M'Namara, residing in Cameron-street, Richmond, was drowned in the Yarra yesterday. It appears that he and some companions were boating in the river and went ...
Article : 73 wordsAn inquest was held into the circumstances attending the death of William E. Jamieson, 36 years of age. On the 18th inst. deceased provoked an altercation with a stranger at Hosie's ...
Article : 130 wordsAdelaide to Melbourne (express): Messrs. J. R Fraser, Stanley, J. R Fox, H. G. Williams, Gunnerson, H. W. Jackson, Lewton, Patterson, Lloyd Evans, Mesdames Patterson and Lloyd, Misser ...
Article : 78 wordsSIR,--For several years past the manhood of Victoria have been impressed with the urgent necessity for extending and regulating the protective policy of the colony. Three years ago a ...
Article : 420 wordsMr. T. Smith (the mayor of South Melbourne) held has final meeting in the Coffee Palace, Bridport street, last night. The large club room was crowded. The candidate gave a ...
Article : 184 wordsSIR,--Those interested in the subject of life assurance will have been gratified on seeing your article this morning criticising the action of the London and Lancashire Company in ...
Article : 515 wordsSIR,--I can fully endorse the most of what you said in a very mild leading article on the outcome of the seven years' work of our Harbor Trust, and the complaints of shipowners on the ...
Article : 494 wordsSIR,—When I last visited Melbourne a controversy was going on as to the merits of certain railway carriages, just imported from England, in comparison with those made in the colony. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,005 wordsMr. Alexander Borthwick addressed a meeting of the electors of Melbourne South in his central committee rooms, the Royal Hotel, Clarendon street, last night. The spacious room was well ...
Article : 142 wordsMessrs. Tucker and Reid held their final meeting in the Fitzroy town hall last evening, the spacious hall being filled. Mr. Tucker and Mr. Reid were received with loud applause, and ...
Article : 69 wordsAn inquest on the body of a newly born infant, found in a house in Little Lonsdale street, was held yesterday at the Morgue. The medical evidence showed that the child had ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. F. T. Derham, a candidate for Port Melbourne, addressed a large meeting at the Excelsior Hall, last night; the mayor of Port Melbourne, Mr. Prohasky, occupied the chair. ...
Article : 570 wordsSIR,—I notice with surprise that the many pregnant letters lately appearing in your paper, have apparently produced not the slightest effect on the members of the Marine Board, and that ...
Article : 372 wordsMr. Uren addressed a large and enthusiastic at Raglan last night, when a unanimous vote of confidence was carried. CRESWICK, WEDNESDAY. ...
Article : 447 wordsSIR,--A correspondent in The Age of Wednesday, 6th March, signing himself " Whole," complains about what he calls the conscript system in the M.H.T. I must say that I sympathise ...
Article : 352 wordsThe man unknown who was found dead on the Heidelberg railway line, near the Walker street crossing on Tuesday morning, and who was supposed to have been run over by the 9.42 ...
Article : 62 wordsSIR,--I am glad to observe from your columns that attention is being called to the glaring inefficiency of the Life Assurance Act in force in this colony. Great changes have taken place ...
Article : 248 wordsThe City Coroner, Dr. Youl, held an inquest at the Melbourne Hospital yesterday on the body of a middle aged man, named John Ferguson. On the 18th November, 1888, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 28 Mar 1889, Page 6
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