An interesting will case was commenced before the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court yesterday, when Charles Ward, of Church-street, Richmond, was called upon to show ...
Article : 1,608 wordsThe finishing [?]es were given to the estimates of the Customs Department in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Nearly two hours were consumed in further discussing the report ...
Article : 4,143 wordsThe trial of the actions brought by Max Simonson, of St. James-street, Melbourne, merchant, against A. W. Smart, senior landing surveyor, and J. F. Bradley, inspector of ...
Article : 501 wordsThe members of the Australian Eleven have decided, after full consideration of the protests received from the cricketing authorities in the different colonies, that ...
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Article : 66 wordsThe success of Mr. Cecil Rhodes's personal negotiations with the Matabele chiefs for their submission is hailed throughout South Africa with great ...
Article : 84 wordsPlaying for Sussex against Yorkshire (the champion county of the season) in a match which was concluded at Brighton on Saturday, Prince Ranjit Sinhji compiled a ...
Article : 79 wordsA remarkable case occupied the attention of Messrs. Eade and Hanslow, J's.P., at the Collingwood court until 4 p.m. yesterday. Richard Reid was charged with making ...
Article : 1,002 wordsThe Prahran town hall was crowded yesterday evening by a large meeting of shopmen and employes of the city, to affirm the desirability of proclaiming Saturday as the weekly half holiday ...
Article : 675 wordsWith respect to the threatened Ministerial crisis in Germany, caused by the interference of the Emperor's Military Cabinet with the army reforms proposed ...
Article : 247 wordsThe compilation of two "centuries" in one match is a feat the accomplishment of which comparatively few batsmen can claim. In first class matches, W. G. Grace during his 30 years' ...
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Article : 238 wordsHow many people know the story of how Kumar Shr[?]i Ranjit Sinhji became a cricketer? It is barely seven years since tho young Guzerati Prince--then only 17--first held a bat. He had ...
Article : 660 wordsThe board appointed to inquire into the charges of mismanagement and extravagance in the electrical branch of the Postal department sat again yesterday at the General Post Office, ...
Article : 771 wordsTelegrams from Wady Ha[?]fa report that the power of the Khalifa is steadily waning in the Dongola provinces, and that deserters from his forces are constantly ...
Article : 47 wordsThe trial of Dr. Jameson, Sir John Willoughby, Major H. F. White, Colonel Grey, Captain R. White and Major C. J. Coventry commenced on the 20th inst. at bar before the ...
Article : 651 wordsA meeting of shopkeepers of Flemington and Kensington was held yesterday in the New Hall, Racecourse-road, for the purpose of considering the half holiday question. The mayor ...
Article : 419 wordsPreparations for the sculling match between James Stanbury, of New South Wales, and Jacob Gaudaur, of Canada, to be rowed on the Thames, on 7th ...
Article : 135 wordsThe match between the Australians and Somersetshire was resumed this afternoon after cessation of play, necessitated by a heavy fall of rain, when one wicket had ...
Article : 397 wordsSince the recent disclosures made in connection with the arbitrary execution of Mr. Stokes, a British trader in Central Africa, by Major Lothaire, a Belgian official at the ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Williams dealt with a petition by Jessie Laura Atkinson, of Reed-street, Albert Park, actress, for a dissolution of her marriage with James ...
Article : 334 wordsMr. W. Shaw, one of the presiding justices at the Flemington court, yesterday vacated his seat on the bench for the purpose of prosecuting a debtor, leaving Messrs. Cook (chairman) and ...
Article : 246 wordsThe canvass conducted at Port Melbourne by Messrs. Robbins, Hers[?]hell and Burns has so far resulted in 97 votes being recorded for Saturday and 29 for Wednesday. ...
Article : 34 wordsA public meeting was held last evening in the Coburg shire hall to select a day for the half holiday. Mr. Francis, president of the shire, occupied the chair. ...
Article : 205 wordsWith reference to the tenders for the running of a line of fast steamships across the Atlantic between England and Canada with the object of establishing ...
Article : 90 wordsOn Saturday last Benjamin Jennings, a sailor, was charged at the City Court with stealing a waistcoat, the property of Maurice Silverman, of Flinders-street, but by swearing that ...
Article : 169 wordsMr. Lees, late Mayor of Sydney, has handed over to Lady Duff, widow of the late Governor of New South Wales, the tablet to the memory of Sir Robert Duff ...
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Article : 298 wordsThe Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke and Earl and Hereditary Earl Marshal of England, who is the leading layman of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, ...
Article : 51 wordsThe unhappy domestic relations of a married couple were ventilated at the Collingwood court yesterday, when Elizabeth Robertson preferred three charges against her husband, Robert ...
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Article : 187 wordsAt the South Melbourne court yesterday, William Podfield, butcher, of Moray-street, was prosecuted by Mr. Harrison Ord, chief inspector of factories, for not closing his shop at ...
Article : 90 wordsBetween the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. on Monday the residence of Mr. James Wilson, 182 M'Kean-street, North Fitzroy, was entered by thieves during the absence of the family. When ...
Article : 171 wordsThe examination of Mr. Watson was resumed before the banking committee to-day. He stated £1,000,000 of the colony's guarantee to the Bank of New Zealand was invested in liquid ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 26 Aug 1896, Page 5
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