It is said that Patrick White, who escaped from the Albury gaol, was asisted by outside friends, who enabled him to obtain a change of clothing, and supplied him with money. It ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 527 wordsDuring the formal business in the Legislative Assembly, Dr. Graham introduced a bill to provide for the registration of dentists qualified to ...
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Article : 563 wordsMr. Basil Gray, of "Hazelwood," Rennie-road, Coburg, long a prominent figure in the hunting field, and in other respects a prominent colonist, died from hemorrhage of ...
Article : 649 wordsThe effort to start a local option agitation for Mooroopna riding is being extended to Tatura and Kyabram, but very few residents have signed the petition. The leaders ...
Article : 64 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, the Health Bill was considered in committee. An alteration was made to the effect that the bill be brought into force immediately. ...
Article : 255 wordsBefore Judge Casey, William Cribbes, blacksmith, of Fryerstown, sued George Hogg. a carpenter, for £500 damages, for a broken kneecap, the result of an assault. ...
Article : 212 wordsHarrold Bros.' Insolvency case was continued to-day, when the examination of Mr. A. L. Harrold was practically concluded. Ernest Harrold agreed with his brother's ...
Article : 115 wordsA fatal accident occurred at Landsborough yesterday afternoon. William M'Clonnan. a resident of Srawell, 13 years of age, visited the Landsborough gold extraction cyanide ...
Article : 152 wordsA lengthy discussion took place at the meeting of the borough council last night on receipt of letters from the borough of Newcastle on the question of rating of ...
Article : 143 wordsGreat interest is being evinced in the conference to be held in Melbourne on 30th inst., when every effort will be made to form a Farmers' Co-operative Exporting Company ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Banking Bill is now before the Legislative Council, and. It is expected, will pass without material amendment. The financial debate is proceeding in the ...
Article : 55 wordsA burning accident, under peculiar circumstances, occurred at Peechelba. a few days ago. A farmer, named John Crawford, was engaged burning off in a paddock. a quarter ...
Article : 158 wordsFunnell and Lilley, the two youths who burnt their way out of the Coolamon lockup, and whose recapture gave so much trouble to the police, were brought before the ...
Article : 176 wordsMr. Leonard M. Trimmer, magazine keeper of the Proprietary mine, and formerly a bank manager and well-known resident of Adelaide, dropped dead in Bromide-street ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the police court yesterday several cases of perjury, in which Bunyip village settlers are concerned, were heard. The charges arise out of the case Thomas Strafford v. ...
Article : 1,601 wordsIt is reported that Mr. Gregory Walker has been offered the seat on the equity bench to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Justice Manning. ...
Article : 36 wordsA village settler, named M'Callum, has been missing for some days. The police have been searching for him, but up to the present no news as to his whereabouts has ...
Article : 37 wordsThe petition presented by the directors of the Standard Bank of Australia Limited, praying that the institution should be wound up by the court, on the ground that it was ...
Article : 500 wordsThe Treasurer delivered his financial statement in the Assembly to-night. He referred at the outset to the deep debt of gratitude the colony owed Sir Hugh Nelson for ...
Article : 673 wordsSir,--Gradually the publication of fres items enlightens the Australian public somewhat as to the negotiations of Sir Somers Vine for land monopoly in British New ...
Article : 809 wordsAn extensive fire at Croydon last night destroyed a whole block of buildings including Spencer's hotel, Savage's stores. Brodie's auction mart and Salra's hotel. ...
Article : 28 wordsWilliam Rankin was charged at the general sessions yesterday, before Judge Moles-worth, with having, on 25th June, broken into the store of Richard ...
Article : 422 wordsThe half yearly report of the Rutherglen Winery shows that during the half year the company purchased 50,368 gallons of wine, for £1289 15s. 7d., a fraction over 6d. per gallon, most of which has ...
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Article : 333 wordsThe tenth half yearly meeting of the Sydney and Suburban Hydraulic Power Company, the shares of which are chiefly held in Melbourne, took place to-day. Mr. A. W. Meeks, ...
Article : 261 wordsThe Early Closing Association has passed a resolution asking the Labor members of Parliament to assist the Government to secure an alteration of the zone time in this ...
Article : 61 wordsA long and somewhat warm discussion took place at the weekly meeting of the Benevolent Asylum committee yesterday afternoon, when the medical officers' report re the failure to hold ...
Article : 402 wordsSamples of cotton grown on the northern rivers of this colony have been received by the Minister for Agriculture. It is stated that cotton plants flourish as well as maize. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe caretaker of the corporation baths at Woolloomooloo Bay[?] to-day discovered the dead body of an unknown man floating in the water. The body was unclothed, and ...
Article : 135 wordsSir,--Now that the series of concerts arranged by me in this city have terminated, I feel that for the sake of the reputation of musical Melbourne the time is opportune ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 wordsA child fell out of a second class carriage on the 2.50 p.m. up train to-day, about two miles on the Violet Town side of Balmattum, when travelling with the mother Mrs. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Postmaster-General has supplied the following information as to the operation of the reduced rate of telegrams between Queensland and New South Wales. During ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 wordsAbout 5 o'clock to-night Patrick Crowley, aged 65 years, a resident of Coomoora, who had been delivering wood to John Raes, was taken ill. After resting a while he rose to ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Full Court to-day delivered its reserved judgment in the case in which the Minister of Lands was appellant and the City of Melbourne Bank (in liquidation) respondent. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsNews has been received here that Mr. Gustave Smith, who at one time traded as a tea merchant in Rundle-street, Adelaide, has been arrested at Hobart. It is alleged that ...
Article : 136 wordsA runaway horse attached to a butcher's cart, in Armadale-street, Armadale, yesterday morning, smashed into an iron fence at the corner of ...
Article : 174 wordsThe public works committee of the South Melbourne council reported to that body last evening that the Government has made provision on the estimates for the sum of £300 for extending the ...
Article : 73 wordsAt the police court yesterday, three men, for swearing in a public place, were fined. Edward Clinch was fined £5, and Nathan English and Joseph Hughes £3 17s. each. the ...
Article : 103 wordsOnly the Assembly sat to-day, and there was a large attendance of members and visitors in anticipation of the Treasurer's fifth consecutive budget speech. Among the ...
Article : 349 wordsThe circumstances surrounding the systematic pilfering from the till and stock of Mr. Moses E. Alexander, tobacconist, of Elizabeth-street, were inquired into at the City Court yesterday, when ...
Article : 188 wordsA young man named Harper, when riding a bicycle, collided with a cart at Christchurch, and was killed. The Wakatipu had a rough trip, and was ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the Coongulmerang police court yesterday the following persons were fined for sly grog selling at Bulumwaal:--Mrs. Chong See, £25, or two months' imprisonment, for ...
Article : 94 wordsAn interesting elocutionary and musical competition has been in course of progress during the week, in connection with the approaching festival of the St. Kilda Wesleyan Church, presided over by ...
Article : 115 wordsAt the Flemington court on Tuesday, Jane Cole, Cricketers' Arms Hotel, Mount Alexander-road, was fined the minimum penalty of £2 for neglecting to cancel a beer duty stamp of the value of ...
Article : 180 wordsAt the fortnightly meeting of the Brighton branch of the A.N.A. on Wednesday evening, it was decided, on the motion of Mr. E. W. Carey, seconded by the president (Mr. W. G. Walker), ...
Article : 234 wordsThe sittings of the above competition were commenced in the South street Hall to-day. No fewer than 1250 competitors entered. The Railway department has granted holiday ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Curator has obtained rules to administer the estates of the following deceased persons:-- George Craine, late of Kalgoorlie, West Australia, died 6th July, 1838, amount £358 9s. 2d.; ...
Article : 129 wordsOf the £125 found upon the old miner, William Scholes, when arrested on Wednesday for drunkenness, the City Court bench yesterday ordered the confiscation of £1, with 1s. costs, for cab hire. ...
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Advertising : 77 wordsAt the local board to-day the following applications were granted:--Amella Eden, 1 acre, Wharparilla; S. Philliponi, 3 acres, Moira; Joseph Pennell, Narioka; C. Christle, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 19 Aug 1898, Page 6
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