Despite the exceptionally heavy and quite unexpected rain which fell yesterday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock, there was a very large attendance at the Exhibition, the programme ...
Article : 1,266 wordsAn Orange demonstration, on the laying of the foundation stone of the Protestant Hall, was made here to-day, over 100 delegates attending from all parts of the colony, ...
Article : 256 wordsThe Australian winter is as a rule fairly set by 24th May, and "Queen's weather" cannot safely be reckoned on in advance for the birthday holiday. But yesterday a compromise that ...
Article : 388 wordsMr. F. Back leaves for Victoria on Monday to report on the railways. How lung he will remain depends upon what is required of him, but his stay will necessarily be limited, as his ...
Article : 69 wordsWet weather considerably interfered with the Queen's birthday celebrations to-day. Rain was general all over the colony. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe military Review in the Domain this morning was a great success. There was a large attendance of both military and public, and a contingent of blue jackets from the three ...
Article : 47 wordsWilliam Robertson, the secretary to the Civil Service Board, was arrested this morning on a charge of the larceny of public moneys and remanded, bail being allowed. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 478 wordsAlthough the birthday of Queen Victoria will not be celebrated till Monday, in accordance with the act passed last session, the town [?]all bells rung a honorary peal at noon to-day. ...
Article : 37 wordsA shooting case has occurred on board the pearling lugger Ada. A diver named Sedro shot the tender twice in the legs with a revolver. Accused has been arrested and remanded for 14 ...
Article : 57 wordsThe weather was inclement to-day, rain falling heavily during the afternoon. The Governor's levee was fairly well attended, but the military review was a very moderate affair, only 208 of all ...
Article : 97 wordsThe provisional directors of the proposed meat chilling company have reported that even if they were in a position to erect works at Albury, the difficulty would be to get frozen storage ...
Article : 135 wordsWhy are magpies protected? This is a question that is being asked by the farmers on all hands here at present, and a lot of them aver that they are now becoming a perfect nuisance. ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Banking Commission took evidence in the town hall to-day, but only three witnesses came forward. A. Byrne, J.P., of Moyhu, farmer and ...
Article : 460 wordsThe intercolonial chess match between New South Wales and Victoria took place to-day at the Sydney School of Arts. Play commenced at 11.30 a.m., and continued until 10.45 p.m. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 3,770 wordsA child named Marco Marcellus was killed this morning at Lyouville in a very peculiar manner. It seems that the father, having killed a pig yesterday, had left some tackling, ...
Article : 85 wordsA plague of mice is overrunning some of the farming districts of Riverina. It is said to be due to the continued dry weather in districts bordering the plain country. Mice are eating the ...
Article : 90 wordsAlthough it is an axiom of military training that exercises during peace should imitate as closely as possible the work of warfare, far too much time has been wasted in this colony in ...
Article : 1,942 wordsA mounted (individual) Lloyd-Lindsay competition was held at the Violet Town butts on Wednesday by the Violet Town detachments V.M.A., run under the Lloyd-Lindsay ...
Article : 141 wordsSIR,--In this day's issue the says that Victoria, when she taxed only 10 articles, raised as much revenue as she does to-day, when she taxes 400! Is this not the best ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. Macpherson has arrived with two pearling luggers from the west. Bradshaw's ketch, Twins, from the Victoria River, has arrived at Chee Pow. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 522 wordsConstable Napthine, who was stationed here for two years, and was recently transferred to Sale, was on Tuesday presented by his Bairnsdale friends with a handsome gold watch as a ...
Article : 1,012 wordsOwing to the heavy state of the racing track, caused by yesterday's rain, the Turf Club has been compelled to postpone its annual races until Monday next. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Minister for Mines, with Mr. A W. Howitt, the Secretary for Mines, and the Chief Secretary, Mr. Peacock, visited the Australasian paddock last evening, where they were ...
Article : 269 wordsMr. J. L. Parsons ha[?] written to Mr. T. Price, Labor member of the Assembly, stating that unless he pays to him £125--£100 damages awarded for libel and £25 costs--within 14 days ...
Article : 212 wordsMr. C. Wragge visited the observatory at the Launceston Invalid Depot grounds to-day, and was pleased with the arrangements. He considered that Launceston should be included in ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Metropolitan Garrison Artillery, comprising the North Melbourne, Williamstown and Harbor Trust Batteries, held a very successful full day parade yesterday at Fort ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 679 wordsA fancy dress carnival and open air variety entertainment was held at the Richmond cricket ground yesterday in aid of funds to place a number of the unemployed of the district upon ...
Article : 196 wordsMuch amusement was created in the Nunawading council last night, when the following resignation was read from Cr. Alfred Serpell:-- ...
Article : 316 wordsThe Cerberus was taken down the Bay yesterday under Captain Neville, and after steaming about 10 miles the crew was given some gun practice with Morris tubes at about 800 yards. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Queen's birthday was signalised at Brunswick by a carnival, in which a considerable portion of the community participated. It was held for the purpose of raising funds in aid of ...
Article : 142 wordsSIR,--I wish through the c[?]mns of your widely circulated journal to [?] an error which, Ifeel sure, was unintenti[?]ally made is a paragraph that appeared in The Age of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 25 May 1895, Page 8
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