In the Insolvency Court yesterday an examination was conducted before Judge Molesworth in the estate of Patrick Kelly, of Hawthorn, retired civil servant. Mr. Theo,Fink appeared ...
Article : 645 wordsA paper was road at the meeting of the Royal Society to-day by Mr. H. C. Ruseell, Government Astronomer, on the periodicity of Good and Bad Seasons. ...
Article : 127 wordsThe public works committee of the Port Melbourne council last night recommended to the council that the rates on the local seamen's institute building should be remitted on the ...
Article : 272 wordsThe case in which Dr. M'Geo, of Korumburra, charged Patrick J. Ross, an engineer and surveyor, with having stolen his watch and chain, was again before the City Court ...
Article : 219 wordsThe second annual show of the above club was commenced to-day and will be continued until into on Saturday evening. It is being held, in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, ...
Article : 1,119 wordsThe butchers' annual demonstration, held to celebrate the inauguration of a weekly half holiday in the trade, took place yesterday. To commemorate this achievement the meat ...
Article : 571 wordsIn the County Court yesterday, before Judge Chomley, Mary Ellen Fletcher sought to recover from W. J. L. Laidlaw, of Woawondah South, £1000 damages for breach of promise of ...
Article : 298 wordsSIR,--I was pleased to notice by a recent issue of The Age that the Brighton branch of the A. N. A. had initiated a movement to obtain subscriptions to raise a memorial to the late ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Victorian Liedertafel, recently started in Brunswick, promises to prove a marked success. The matter has been taken up very enthusiastically, and large numbers of ...
Article : 373 wordsFrequent complaints have been made to the police respecting the conduct of respectably dressed larrikins who assemble every Sunday evening on the pathways along the Sydney- road ...
Article : 190 wordsThis morning at Long Gully, William Knuckey engine driver at the Windmill Hill Company's claim, died at his post a few minutes before 7 o'clock, at which hour he ...
Article : 123 wordsSIR,--I read with interest the paragraph in your issue the 19th inst. re ramie, and fully endorse all that Mr. J. M. Sinclair says regarding this valuable fibre; but I utterly disagree ...
Article : 263 wordsThe question of making an alteration in the costumes worn by cyclists from satin to woollen material was discussed by the league of Victorian wheelmen which met at the Port Phillip ...
Article : 309 wordsEarly yesterday morning a fire broke out in a four-story building in Flindors-lane, occupied by the Oriental Tea Company. Luckily an early warning was given by the constable on the beat, ...
Article : 139 wordsIn the Supreme Court sittings held on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Hodges, Robena, Young pleaded guilty to charges of larceny and forgery, and was sentenced to six months' ...
Article : 208 wordsThe following are to-day's forecasts:-- VICTORIA (by Mr. Baracchi-- Wednesday, 6p.m): Weather gradually becoming cloudy and unsettled, with northerly winds and rain; moderate sea. ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Farewell concert of the distinguished artist Mdlle Trebelli is announced to take place on Saturday evening next in the Town Hall. It is to be regretted that her series of ...
Article : 89 wordsSIR,--A paragraph appears in a late issue of The Age anent the vitis reparia as a stock for the vine is case of the phylloxera. The objection to the V. reparia is its want of vigorous ...
Article : 223 wordsAs the butchers' procession was passing along Flinders- street yesterday afternoon a gentleman accosted Constable Carrigg and informed him that he had seen three young men, whom be pointed out, ...
Article : 292 wordsHaving in contemplation the regrading of the railway line between Hawthorn and Camberwell, with the view of reducing the heavy gradient to the east of the Auburn station, the Railway ...
Article : 323 wordsA month back Mr. E. H. Goodenough was appointed shire treasurer, but refused to act unless the shire paid his guarantee premium. The council declined, pointing out that the law ...
Article : 92 wordsThe question as to whether a person using a shed for the purpose of conducting what is commonly known as a "tote" may rightly be convicted of using a place "for the purpose of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsThe second meeting of the conference on co-operation took place last night at the Conference Hall, next Wesley Church, Lonsdale-street. About 150 persons were present ...
Article : 102 wordsHEALTH OFFICER AT BRUNSWICK.--After a service of over 37 years, Dr. Talbot has resigned his position of health officer of Brunswick. Dr. Talbot was one of the first officials appointed after the ...
Article : 546 wordsThe Lerderberg Irrigation Trust has agreed that a deputation of the whole wait upon the Minister of Water Supply to discuss the future of the trust. Probably the present trust will be ...
Article : 104 wordsA series of petty robberies has been reported to the North Melbourne police. Mr. F. Binnie, 18 Victoria-street, lost 1½ dozen lemonade, which some thirsty marauder, after vainly ...
Article : 125 wordsThe monthly committee meeting was hold in the office, 136 Swanston-street, on Tuesday. Present--Dr. James P. Ryan (in the chain), Messrs. W. Strong (Mayor of Melbourne ...
Article : 183 wordsUpwards of £200 is outstanding in this shire in connection with the wire netting loan. Immediate steps are to be taken by the council for its recovery by law. ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Railway Committee took evidence in the Benalla shire hall yesterday morning with regard to the proposed Benalla to Upper King line, the members present being Messrs Cameron ...
Article : 302 wordsIn the Hawthorn council last night the mayor, Cr. Riddell, called attention to the dangerous state of the bridge over the railway line in Burwood-road, opposite the Hawthorn station. ...
Article : 82 wordsSIR,--The letter in your columns this morning re Chloroform in Dentistry, is calculated,to unnecessarily alarm patients. Chloroform as an anaesthetic in dental surgery is only used in ...
Article : 139 wordsSIR,--In your issue of to-day I was much surprised and pleased in reading a short paragraph therein appearing under the heading of News of the Day, for its substance serves to ...
Article : 353 wordsSIR,--As a visitor to the Botanical Gardens, I read with much interest your notice of them in to-day's issue. When visiting them some time back from the north-west entrance (river ...
Article : 187 wordsThe sittings of the Melbourne General Sessions for June were continued before Judge Gaunt in the Criminal Court yesterday. Mr. Walsh, Q.C., prosecuted for the Crown. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Colae Dairying Company has accepted tenders for a new creamery at Warrions, and decided to raise the price of milk from 8d. to 10d. per lb. for butter fat contained therein, ...
Article : 555 wordsSIR,--As I have long taken a great interest in the question of the means for returning the true opinion of the country to Parliament, and have seen that the present system is in the highest ...
Article : 417 wordsENGLISH AND HISTORY.--First class: None. Second class (in order of merit): John Macnamara and Florence A. Hook, equal; William R. Johnston, Lily Rhodes. ...
Article : 76 wordsSIR, -- Let the Civil Service Board take heart, for its present action has the full sympathy and support of the entire public. There are strong reasons against the proposed ...
Article : 126 wordsAt Coalville yesterday the New North Coalville Co-operative Coal Mining Company was opened. This new co-operative departure has been taken by 10 miners, all practical men. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsThe will of Charles Alfred Rundle, late of Murphy street, Wangaratta, chemist, has been lodged with the Registrar for probate. Testator died on 30th April last, and by his will, made on 13th February, ...
Article : 187 wordsDetective Austin Kirby, who is "wanted " by the New Zealand police on a charge of obtaining money by threats, was arrested this evening on board the Tarawera. On Monday night, it will ...
Article : 101 wordsSIR,--One sentence in the abstract of my lecture published on Tuesday might lead to misunderstanding, viz., that in which it is said that Cyril (of Alexandria) "had after all ...
Article : 192 wordsSIR,--A great measure of the present social unrest is attributable to the taxation people are groaning under to keep up the huge armaments of different nations. The spectacle presented ...
Article : 241 wordsSIR,--All honor to the members of the Public Service Board for their ultimatum respecting the regrading and salary of the chief librarian of the Public Library, and we now arrive at a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsFATAL FALL FROM A YARD ARM.--An inquest was held at the Port Melbourne morgue yesterday by Dr. Youl, the City Coroner, on the body of Thomas Williams, who fell from the yard arm of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 4 Jun 1896, Page 6
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