The Opposition had a long meeting to-day to consider the political situation, and particularly the visit of Mr. Young to the ?astings and Macleay electorate. It was unani- ...
Article : 514 wordsThe seventh annual diocesan festival of the Church of England within the diocese of Melbourne was held in the Town Hall last evening. His Excellency Sir John Madden ...
Article : 1,084 wordsThe unfortunate dispute between the Essendon and Fitzroy football clubs, relative to the selection of the St. Kilda cricket ground upon which to play the final game ...
Article : 1,116 wordsIn the Kirchner divorce suit to-day, a caretaker named Chestnut stated that three weeks ago Kirchner had told him he was suing M'Master, who is made co-respondent in the ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Assembly sitting last night ended in a count out. After the bells had rung, Mr. Alex. Forrest, the. Government whip, came into the House and said that several mem- ...
Article : 282 wordsConsiderable light was shed upon the present condition of the Creswick (Mining Accident) Relief Fund at a meeting held yesterday at the Town Hall, presided over ...
Article : 2,385 wordsJudging by the small attendance at the meeting of the Cremation Society of Victoria last night the question of cremation has not yet become a live one in Victoria. ...
Article : 1,024 wordsThe federal sentiment is a charming ideal, but how reluctant its enthusiastic professors are to give it concrete expression: For a long while past Victoria has been anxious to ...
Article : 935 wordsAlfred Firth, formerly secretary to tho North Shore Gas Company, to-day pleaded guilty to embezzling £643, the money of the company. Sentence was deferred. ...
Article : 26 wordsA deputation, representing the mining companies of Broken Hill, and people interested in smelting works in South Australia, and the commercial community here, ...
Article : 116 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, Mr. Kingston said that, though he would not propose a resolution of sympathy in connection with the death of Sir George Grey, ...
Article : 257 wordsThe will of the late Mrs. Rossetta French Hannay, of Angaston. has been lodged for probate. The estate is sworn at £185,000, and is distributed amongst the relatives of the deceased. ...
Article : 33 wordsA meeting of the gold fields convention. consisting of representatives of nearly all the local labor and other bodies at Kalgoorlle and the surrounding districts, to consider ...
Article : 163 wordsIn an interview to-day. Mr. J. M. Chanter, M.L.A. for Deniliquin, referred to the tactics being resorted to to prevent Mr. Barton's return for the Hastings and Macleay ...
Article : 114 wordsA public service board, presided over by Messrs. Howitt and Morrah. was held at the local State school last week, to inquire into several charges preferred against Mr. W. H. ...
Article : 173 wordsWhen the bell rang in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, at 3.30, only about a dozen members, principally Ministers, were within the Chamber proper. The ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Premier to-day telegraphed as follows to the Agent-General In London :— "Have heard with regret the death of Sir George Grey. Attend the funeral as official ...
Article : 37 wordsThe heat here to-day was a fraction higher than yesterday, ranging up 89.8 degrees. A north-westerly wind was also blowing during the day, and everybody in ...
Article : 101 wordsIt uns been decided that a special gallery shall be set apart for women reporters in the House of Representatives, instead of allowing them to take notes in the general press gallery. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe question, whether an Englishman's house is his castle, even though it he a "public house," arose at the District Court yesterday, in a case in which Charles Naylor Henderson, J.P., commission ...
Article : 985 wordsA fatal accident occurred at the Burnt Creek State school on Tuesday to a 7-year- old lad, son of Mr. John Sharp. Deceased and other boys were playing with a long pole, ...
Article : 88 wordsThe following are to-day's forecasts:— VICTORIA (Thursday, 6 p.m.).-By Mr. Barachi: Unsettled and squally generally, with strong westerly winds; passing showers in southern dis- ...
Article : 329 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, Mr. Philp gave notice that he would he would move on Tuesday next for the introduction of the Mining Bill. Mr. Story moved that in the opinion of ...
Article : 147 wordsAt the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Holroyd, Thomas Dales, alias David Dales Wilson, was presented on two charges of forgery and uttering at Ararat ...
Article : 69 wordsFor a long time there has been a difference of opinion between the Minister of Agriculture and the Dairymen's Association of Victoria regarding certain sections in the ...
Article : 373 wordsA largely attended meeting was held in the Trades Hall on Wednesday evening of marble masons and men engaged in the stone yards of the city and suburbs. Mr. W. H. ...
Article : 372 wordsAt tho Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Holroyd, James Ryan, alias James Slattery, was presented on a charge of robbery under arms at the Bank of Victoria, ...
Article : 290 wordsA meeting of the ratepayers of the Irrigation Trust was held to-night to consider the method of procedure as to the loan works expenditure and the financial position of the ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Legislative Council to-day discussed the Reappropriation Bill. The committee rejected the items for the survey of the Coolgardie-Norseman and Monzies-Leonora ...
Article : 26 wordsSir,-In reply to the letter which appeared in your issue of to-day from Mr. C. G. Wilson, as "chairman of the match arrangement committee of the Victorian Football League," Iam, on be- ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsThe following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:— Weather Chart, Thursday, 22nd September, at 9 a.m—High atmospheric pressure (above 30.1 ...
Article : 239 wordsA rifle match, under very unfavorable weather conditions, took place to-day between teams representing the Victorian Permanent Artillery and the Warrnambool Ride ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Findon Harriers, followed by a number of metropolitan sporting men, had a run to-day in the neighborhood of Ereildoune. Rain and hail fell during the afternoon. Numerous hares were un- ...
Article : 157 wordsAt tho annual meeting of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat to-night, Mr. John Murray was re-elected president. It was reported that, since its organisation 14 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 wordsOur correspondents report as follow under yesterday's date:- Ballarat: Light- showers. Birchip: Blowing a hurricane all to-day, with a ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Samuel Gould, engineer, of Victoria-avenue, South Melbourne, met with a serious accident in peculiar circumstances yesterday. He had occasion to visit the new buildings of Messrs. Craig, ...
Article : 101 wordsA meeting of the Rating Reform League—an organisation formed to secure the passage of an act of Parliament giving power to municipalities to levy rates upon the value of land instead of ...
Article : 191 wordsA heavy thunderstorm, with vivid, lightning and rain, occurred at noon. The weather continues showery; wind abating. ...
Article : 27 wordsInquiries are being made by the detectives into a complaint made by Emily May, aged 40, a widow, residing at Flemington, that she was assaulted and robbed in a brutal manner late on Wednesday ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 23 Sep 1898, Page 6
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