Another of the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" gatherings was held in the Independent Church, Collins-street, yesterday. It had been organised by the Bible association ...
Article : 1,215 wordsA remarkable tale of youthful criminality received its finishing touches at 11 o'clock last night, when Albert Ernest Moroney, aged 12, was lodged in the Bourke-street west lockup, and ...
Article : 693 wordsMr. Foster, Minister of Mines, yesterday heard the statements of certain local agents and property owners regarding the probable subsidence of ground and consequent ...
Article : 544 wordsThe A.U.S.N. Company a steamer Fitzroy went ashore 10 miles south of Fort Stephens, on the New South Wales coast, shortly after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. ...
Article : 2,080 wordsThe last section of the railway lino between Napier and Wellington via Wairarapa was opened by the Governor, Lord Ranfurly, yesterday. There was a great ceremony. The ...
Article : 102 wordsSir,--In his letter published in your issue of yesterday, Mr. Fitz Gibbon has devoted only four or five lines to Mr. Gray, whom he attacked last week, while he has honored ...
Article : 1,588 wordsYesterday Messrs. F. Mackay (chairman), E. Morey, E. J. Dixon and F. C. Mason, directors of the Coal Creek Proprietary Co., paid tho annual, visit of inspection to the mine, which they found ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 296 wordsThe steamer Miowera has arrived hero, and Bailed for Vancouver this evening. She had a rough trip across from Sydney. A seaman named "Wm. Manson was knocked down by a ...
Article : 55 wordsThe "Government Gazette" notifies the acceptance of the resignation of Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith as a member of the Executive. ...
Article : 26 wordsConsiderable difficulty has been experienced in the south-west in getting wool to the Queensland railways owing to the drought, and some routes are practically closed. Permission has, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe following is a complete 1st of the passengers by the Fitzroy:--Saloon: Mesdames Kingsborough, Gentleman, Holding and child, Messrs Van de Velde, E. Harper, W. ...
Article : 253 wordsA fire of some magnitude occurred at the Breakwater this afternoon, a tannery belonging to Mr. D. Fowler being completely destroyed. Work at tho tannery was suspended at 4 o'clock, and about ...
Article : 193 wordsA local option poll took place in the district of Sturt on Saturday to decide whether any more licences should be granted in the district during the next three years. The result was: ...
Article : 59 wordsAt the Fitzroy court on Saturday, Wm. Henry Young was charged with driving a vehicle on the footpath, and assaulting Cr. Alex. Renfrew, J.P., of Fitzroy. Mr. Renfrew gave evidence that ...
Article : 290 wordsAt the police court on Friday, John Pearse, a well known Customs agent, was charged with having defrauded John Hunter and Co. by misappropriating £147, and he was committed ...
Article : 196 wordsThe vexed local question of communication with Wood's Point was settled to-day by a plebiscite of Upper Yarra shire ratepayers. For years past the construction of a proper road has been advocated ...
Article : 145 wordsA complimentary banquet was tendered last evening to Messrs. Russell and Stapleton, the members for Granville in the Assembly. Mr. Foster, Minister of Mines, was ...
Article : 513 wordsApart from the easily comprehended hostility which the Exported Products Bill has met with amongst the middlemen, the Minister of Agriculture has noticed that ...
Article : 846 wordsAt Forbes on Friday a jeweller named E. G. Bollinter committed suicide under peculiar conditions. He lay down on his bed, placed a revolver over his heart and fired, ...
Article : 60 wordsBush fires are raging in the South Wandin district. Considerable damage has been done to fencing, and a large area of grass land-has been consumed, which will result in a serious loss to the ...
Article : 53 words"We wish," said Mr. Croker, representing William Howard Smith and Sons in a case of larceny at the City Court on Friday, "to prevent the port of Melbourne acquiring a bad reputation among ...
Article : 187 wordsAlderman Hiddlestone has been elected mayor of Hobart for the ensuing year. The war ship Penguin arrived to-day. Jockey Woodfield, who was injured on ...
Article : 50 wordsThe annual district licensing court was held on Thursday and yesterday. Mr. W. W. Greene, P.M., chairman. New licences were granted in the Towaninnie district to Geo. Fields and F. Bassett (Sea ...
Article : 97 wordsThe body of a man was found floating in the lagoon at North Rockhampton yesterday in two feet of water. It is supposed to be that of James Kell. who appears to ...
Article : 92 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. J. C. Firth, a well known Auckland resident. ...
Article : 18 wordsSir,--We have plentifully laughed to scorn the Cheltenham constable who hides behind the hedges, in wait to pounce upon the inoffensive cyclist who prefers to ride on the ...
Article : 358 wordsA lad named Frank Maxwell, aged 15 years, was crossing a dam at Cherry Tree this afternoon on a raft constructed of saplings. The raft capsized in the middle and Maxwell, being unable to swim, was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 495 wordsA tragic incident occurred at Studley Park yesterday afternoon, resulting in tho almost instantaneous death of a woman whose identity has not yet been established. The peculiar feature of the ...
Article : 232 wordsThere is a bush fire raging in the neighborhood of Warrabrook, where it broke out on Friday night, and has burned ever since. It is travelling in the direction of Mount Napier, which cannot be ...
Article : 45 wordsWilliam Bldwell, a miner, was injured by a fall of earth at the Golden Star mine, Diamond Hill, on Thursday last. At first the injury was not thought serious, so ho was taken to his home and seemed to ...
Article : 1,416 wordsWhile the operator in charge of the Queenscliff lighthouse was gazing in the direction of the channel inside Port Phillip Heads on Saturday night, at 10.35 o'clock, ...
Article : 397 wordsSir,--The clergy with other men and angels tire liable to err occasionally. Those who are not are usually so good as to be good for nothing, or as it has been said, ...
Article : 555 wordsSome very singular letters frequently reach the postal authorities from inquiring persons in distant parts. The following is n copy of one which reached the ...
Article : 254 wordsThe body of a man found in the Yarra, caught by a snag, between the Hawthorn railway bridge and the Swan- street bridge, at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, lies in the Morgue awaiting identification. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 357 wordsOwing to hot weather and parching winds some of the crops have taken an undoubted step backwards, and many are "pinched," but the crops generally will not be a failure, ...
Article : 112 wordsTen seamen belonging to the British ship Drummuir, lying at the Australian wharf, were on Friday arrested at the instance of the captain, Thos. H. Withers, on charges of disobeying orders. ...
Article : 103 wordsFor some time past the Richmond court has been made the medium whereby a great number of children have been cast upon the Srate. At some sittings of the court batches of three and four ...
Article : 182 wordsAt 110 Gatehouse-street, Parkville, on Saturday morning, James Boulton, aged 25, clerk, employed in Flinders- lane west, committed suicide for no known reason. Ho retired to ...
Article : 90 wordsA complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr. Alfred Thompson, late locomotive inspector of the Victorian Railways, at the Freemasons' Hall on Saturday evening last, on the occasion of his ...
Article : 123 wordsDuring the past six months the operations of the South Ecklin Butter Factory, as shown by the balance sheet, resulted in a profit of £63 19s., or for the 12 months, £88 19s. 9d. A dividend at therevfourtyone ...
Article : 121 wordsBernard Garbini, aged 70, was found dead at 7 a.m. yesterday at the Imperial Restaurant, Franklin-street, city, where he had been lodging for seven years. On Saturday evening he said to one ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 13 Dec 1897, Page 6
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