The only item of interest in Saturday's football was the meeting of South Melbourne and Essendon. Not that the match had any bearing on the premiership; that is settled now beyond ...
Article : 280 wordsSome 10 years ago in England a movement was set on foot to secure a higher standard of morality amongst public men. In the first instance Mr. W. T. Stead was the apostle and Sir ...
Article : 1,236 wordsWhen Captain Lang, R.N., was permitted to leave their service four years ago, it was generally considered (says a correspondent of the Times, writing from Chefoo on 24th May) that ...
Article : 1,902 wordsNo further progress has been made with the Stock Conversion Trust, but a correspondent of the Times, who writes under the signature of "A Depositor," suggests that the reconstructed banks ...
Article : 1,152 wordsA meeting of daily farmers was held at Buller's Hotel on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance. Mr. H. Parfitt, as chairman, stated that the meeting was called to ...
Article : 120 wordsIn order that the burial of Alberta Emmeline Jarrett, the victim of the alleged illegal operation at South Melbourne, might not be delayed, Mr. Candler, the district coroner, formally ...
Article : 278 wordsMr. T. H. Stockdale, of the Union Mortgage Company, Melbourne, while driving from Ballarat to Melbourne yesterday evening With his son, met with a somewhat severe buggy accident. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 367 wordsGoal kicking was the pastime most largely indulged in no the St. Kilda ground last Saturday afternoon, when the Williamstown and local twenties provided an excellent game for the enjoyment of a ...
Article : 586 wordsMr. Samuel Prout, a veteran bandmaster, of Ballarat, died last night. Over 30 years ago, it is stated, the deceased brought the first private band into Victoria. ...
Article : 34 wordsWhen Essendon scored a victory over South Melbourne in May last by 9 goals to 7 it was generally regarded as a fluke, so it was to a certain extent. The champions went off with a wonderful ...
Article : 796 wordsThere was a crowded house in the Atbenæum on Saturday evening, when the Lynch Family gave the third of their series of performances. As usual, the audience showed marked ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. David Edgar, of Pine Hills station, expired this morning at the advanced age of 82 years. The deceased gentleman was a colonist of 56 years' standing, and one of the pioneers of ...
Article : 86 wordsA Rugby football match between the New South Wales team and 15 players representing Auckland took place here yesterday. Sydney forced the play at the start. Elliott, for Auckland, dribbled over ...
Article : 270 wordsAt the city police court yesterday, before Messrs. Leader, P.M., Shoppee, Murray and Morrison, J's.P., a well-known local auctioneer and fish merchant named John Marks, was ...
Article : 281 wordsIn the local court, before Mr. Bartrop, P.M., and Mr. G. W. Mitchell, J.P., Catherine Gidley was convicted and fined £25 for sly grog selling, and the warrant of distress being returned nulla ...
Article : 140 wordsMelbourne once more has its Hippodrome, and it was opened to the public for the first time on Saturday night, when Mr. Fillis and his circus troupe and menagerie commenced another short ...
Article : 484 wordsActive stops are to be taken at once to carry out the scheme for developing the reefs between the main lines, the department having reserved the area required. ...
Article : 34 wordsA football match of more than usual interest was played this afternoon at the Saxon Paddock, between the Creswick and Allendale Clubs. The convincing ground was selected in Ballarat in order to ...
Article : 144 wordsAn inmate of the Hamilton Hospital named William Maxwell, aged 73, daring the absence of the nurse from the ward, left his bed and went to an adjoining room, where he was found ...
Article : 65 wordsWhat was described as a "mass meeting of tailoring operatives, both male and female," but what really resolved itself into an opportunity for Mr. Max Hirsch to deliver his views ...
Article : 626 wordsThis afternoon Yarra Glen defeated Healesville by 8 goals to 3, in a match for the irvine trophy. Mr. M'Speerin, of the V.J.F.A., acted as central umpire. The trophy competition will probably be ...
Article : 158 wordsA shockingly fatal accident, in which the victim was a Melbourne man, occurred here last night. There is to be a bicycle road race on Wednesday next, and Thomas Edwards, aged ...
Article : 167 wordsThe North Melbourne Recreation Reserve could have accommodated a few more spectators on Saturday afternoon, but the 1500 or so who were present were treated to a really fine ...
Article : 532 wordsOn the Adelaide Oval on Saturday, the Ports scored 7 goals 10 behinds to South Adelaide's 5 goals 4 behinds. At Kensington, Norwoods made 9 goals 6 behinds to North Adelaide's 3 goals 6 behinds. ...
Article : 40 wordsBetween 1 and 2 o'clock this morning a messenger arrived at the Carisbrook police station, reporting that a Mrs. Poison had been outraged. Constables Skehan and Tooher went to Poison's ...
Article : 119 wordsA charge of stealing five letters from the General Post Office was preferred against a sorter named W. J. Wilson, at the City Court on Saturday. Evidence was given that accused ...
Article : 74 wordsThe succession of easy victories which Geelong has had of late had a sudden termination on Saturday, when they met the Melbourne on the East Melbourne cricket ground. On the previous occasion ...
Article : 662 wordsStormy weather prevailed at Ballarat on Saturday. Heavy rain set in shortly after 7 o'clock, accompanied by thunder and lightning. In Ballarat East the downpour was very heavy, ...
Article : 128 wordsA gentleman, who does not with his name disclosed, has given a very valuable present, in the shape of a pure bred St. Bernard dog, to No. 1 Company of the Victorian Permanent Artillery, ...
Article : 79 wordsA four-roomed weatherboard house in Nolan-street, occupied by Mr. Aldous, was destroyed by fire this morning. Aldous is away from home, and Mrs. Aldous and her mother were ...
Article : 227 wordsA partially successful attempt was made on Saturday night to burn down a vacant five-roomed cottage at 76 Princes-street, Port Melbourne, by placing several bundles of canvas ...
Article : 89 wordsLast night a violent storm broke over the city, many streets being temporarily flooded. Lightning, thunder and rain continued all night, and to-day the downpour was heavy, but it cleared ...
Article : 161 wordsThere was only a moderate attendance at the Richmond cricket ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the second meeting this season of the Footscray and Richmond teams. Throughout the game ...
Article : 560 wordsAbout 10.30 on Saturday night, a man named James Stewart, who is 61 years of age, and resides at Ferrars-street, South Melbourne, was found alongside the railway line, just ...
Article : 113 wordsA proposal which has been under the consideration of the Prahran city council to reduce the number of its officers and to retrench the majority of those remaining has now been ...
Article : 242 wordsThe effective phrase, "Once aboard the lugger and the geeurl is mine," seems to convey the central idea in Mr. George Darrell's authorship of Hearts of Oak, presented on Saturday ...
Article : 711 wordsSIR,--Will you kindly allow me to protest against a resolution passed by a "mass meeting" [?] of single taxers in the Assembly Hall, Collins-street, on Saturday night last? The ...
Article : 300 wordsSIR,--Permit us through your widely circulated columns to direct the special attention of all true Liberals to this meeting, and to urge upon them the necessity of attending ...
Article : 196 wordsThe following are the forecasts of to-day's weather:-- Victoria (by Mr. Ellery--Sunday, noon): Unsettled, showery and squally with N. W. to S.W. ...
Article : 40 wordsLatterly the police at Brunswick and Coburg have had numerous complaints from residents of nocturnal visitations to local fowlhouses. It in estimated that ...
Article : 155 wordsWe Have received the following report from the Melbourne Observatory:-- Note.--The Low area over the Australian Bight yesterday is now over Tasmania, south of Victoria, ...
Article : 149 wordsA fairly good game was witnessed between these clubs at Fitzroy on Saturday. The ground was in first rate condition, but a strong wind which blew across the ground did not favor brilliant play. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 27 Aug 1894, Page 6
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