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Article : 960 wordsThis truly great work, whose first performance in Melbourne last night may, let us hope, prove the forerunner of many more, was originally produced at Leipsic so long ago as 1729. ...
Article : 957 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Swan Hill circuit of the Wesleyan Church the following resolutions were adopted:-- 1. That our coming minister's stipend be £200 for ...
Article : 202 wordsThe hearing of the charge of conspiracy against Samuel Duncan Hossack in connection with the Harrison will case was continued before the Chief Justice and a jury of 12 ...
Article : 1,064 wordsThe various committees are expected to get through their work by Tuesday next, and the draft bill should then be ready for presentation to the Convention by Thursday. It will be ...
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Article : 179 wordsAn anonymous letter was received by the railway station master, Mr. W. J. Cadwallader, early on Monday morning, and its contents were of an alarming character. The letter had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 485 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Thorpdale and Coalville circuit of the Wesleyan Church, held on Tuesday, the following resolutions were carried unanimously:-- ...
Article : 138 wordsThe appeal of Harrold Bros. against the decision of the Insolvency Court in setting aside their deed of assignment was commenced in the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. E. P. Nesbitt, ...
Article : 159 wordsAt to-day's meeting of the shire council the following motion, proposed by Mr. L. Conway Gordon and seconded by Dr. Abramowski, was carried:-- ...
Article : 166 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Ararat Wesleyan Circuit, last evening, it was resolved unanimously to enter a protest against the action of the conference of 1897 in refusing to ...
Article : 41 wordsA fatal accident happened to-day to Chas. Milson at the Mount Charlotte mine. Deceased was chargeman, and last night was left at the 300 feet level with other men. A lighted ...
Article : 152 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the Wesleyan Church held at Dunolly yesterday, the following resolution was passed unanimously:-- This quarterly meeting assembled views with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 540 wordsFollowing up the request made to the Minister of Customs a few days ago on behalf of Riverina stock breeders for permission to bring sheep into Victoria for grazing, the Minister ...
Article : 726 wordsA meeting of the central rabbit board was held to-day, the Minister of Lands presiding. The reports by the Government bacteriologist, Mr. C. J. Pound, of his experiments in regard ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Castlemaine borough council to-night received a communication from Captain Hamann, the Victorian representative of a powerful syndicate, offering to clear out the silt ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 411 wordsSome time ago applications were invited for the position of tobacco expert, it having been found that want of skill and experience was preventing the successful cultivation of tobacco ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsOn returning into court this morning the jury in the case of Norton, charged with libel, stated that they had been considering the matter all night and were totally unable to ...
Article : 448 wordsSome three weeks back the body of on elderly woman named Margaret Conolly was recovered from the Saltwater River, near the Footscray railway bridge. Her husband, Peter ...
Article : 294 wordsThe president of the League of Victorian Wheelmen, Mr. S. V. Winter, has drawn up a scheme for the new constitution of that body. First of all he proposes to divided the colony into ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,161 wordsAnother will case engaged the attention of Mr. Justice A'Beckett in the Supreme Court yesterday, when Bridget Teresa O'Connor was called on to show cause why probate of the ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture recently expressed an opinion that a portion of the apple crop of the colony, when market prices for fresh fruit are low, might profitably be converted into ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 wordsA prominent figure in musical and business circles in Melbourne passed away yesterday in the person of Mr. George Leavis Allan, manager of the business of Allan and Co. Limited, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 wordsAt the North Melbourne court yesterday, Detective Borsum proceeded against the following defendants for breaches against the by-laws, detected at the local railway station:--Edward ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Government has appointed a board of advice under the provisions of the Diseases in Plants Act 1896. The board consists of three official members and six members representing ...
Article : 106 wordsSome consternation was caused on the Port Melbourne railway pier yesterday morning by an accident which happened to an engine and two trucks whilst shunting operations were ...
Article : 177 wordsThe two steamers trading on the coast, the Julia Percy and the Flinders, engaged in what is considered to have been a trial of speed on their last trip from Warrnambool to ...
Article : 120 wordsDetectives Fryer aad Dalton last night arrested William L. Robertson, the late security clerk of the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Company, on two further charges of ...
Article : 121 wordsThe captain of the ship Glenorchy, winch arrived at Port Pirie yesterday from Puget Sound, reports that during a heavy gale a seaman named E. Hundt was washed overboard ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words"Commander" Booth opened a women's rescue home here to-day. It is to be conducted on the same lines as those in other colonies. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 2 Apr 1897, Page 6
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