The second of the three narrow gauge lines of railway authorised some time ago by Parliament--that from Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook--has now been open for ...
Article : 938 wordsA horrible murder was perpetrated on the Franklyn-road on Tuesday last, when a man named James Miller deliberately, cut the throat of his little son, aged 4 years, ...
Article : 359 wordsThe first production of the much-talked-of pantomime of Cinderella was given at the Princess's Theatre last night, and the immense "first night house" was unsparing ...
Article : 1,197 wordsMary Jordan, aged 73 living in Seymour-street, Soldiers Hill, sustained fracture of the thigh on Wednesday through falling in the street. She was admitted to the ...
Article : 76 wordsAmongst many hundreds of children who visited St. Kilda beach yesterday afternoon, were Leslie Mitchell, aged 8 years, and his sister, about 3 years older, from ...
Article : 184 wordsIn the circumstances--and a "brickfielder" is a serious circumstance at any time, and particularly so on a holiday--Boxing day at Brighton was a huge, if ...
Article : 1,345 wordsA four-roomed weatherboard house at White Hills was, with its furniture, destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The building was owned and occupied by E. ...
Article : 39 wordsA lad named Leslie Storry had a narrow escape from drowing through falling into the Bay from the Yarra-street pier. A young fisherman named Fowar dived into ...
Article : 60 wordsFritz Tiesler, aged 67, died at the Alfred Hospital yesterday from injuries received on Christmas day. His son-in-law, Berant Hansen, who lives at Murrumbeena, drove ...
Article : 117 wordsOne of the oldest residents of Campbell's' Creek, Mrs. Annie Neate, relict of the late Mr. Jesse Neate, who was a large orchardist, is dead, at the age of 82. With her ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Woolsthorpe Hotel and stables, owned by Mr. Jas. Jenkins, the well known horseman, were burned down to-day by accident. The stables had been recently ...
Article : 38 wordsNearly 4000 adults and children attended the annual excursion under the auspices of the Total Abstinence League of the Cross, held on the Mentone Recreation Reserve ...
Article : 259 wordsThe damaging reports of the state of the Boosey creamery made by the inspector of dairies and the health officer of the Tungamah shire have caused grave concern ...
Article : 3,075 wordsAn inquest in the case of William Main, aged 18 years, a messenger at "The Age" office, who was drowned in the Yarra at Studley Park on Christmas day, was opened ...
Article : 220 wordsAt the Guildford police court yesterday (says the "West Australian" of 19th inst.), Catherine Florence Otley, a young woman, was charged with the murder of her father, ...
Article : 396 wordsThe holiday passed off pleasantly. The harbor traffic was exceptionally heavy, owing to the large number of visitors in town, and all the favorite resorts were well patronised. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe railway traffic yesterday naturally suffered owing to the extremely oppressive weather. At Spencer-street the booking was 2850 passengers, yielding £958 revenue, ...
Article : 119 wordsJames Walker, aged about 67 years, employed as a watchman at the local bone mills, and living at the Ship Inn, Maribyrnong-road, Footscray, was drowned in the ...
Article : 113 wordsYesterday, at Kerrisdale, a young excursionist named Eaves, aged 9 years, lost his life, apparently by drowning. It appears that the boy, accompanied by his ...
Article : 83 wordsHarriet Robey, aged 20 years, has been missing from home at North Sydney since 23rd inst. She left a letter stating that she was tired of life and unhappy, and ...
Article : 89 wordsThe traffic to Williamstown yesterday was heavy, holiday seekers, principally families, betaking themselves to the Back Beach, and others inspecting the ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. Morrison, District Coroner, inquired at the Morgue yesterday into the death of Walter Cavanagh, aged 5 months. Deceased, whose parents are married, was boarded out ...
Article : 305 wordsA painful accident occurred on Monday, whereby a young man named Harry Duffield, bookkeeper, in the employ of the Moodie Manufacturing Company, nearly lost his ...
Article : 108 wordsThe body of a man named Herman August Thee was found in Norman Creek yesterday with a bullet wound in the breast. It is supposed that it is a case of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,906 wordsDuring the progress of a fire on the Walmer Estate to-day Mrs. Bertha List was driving in a buggy, when her horse took fright. The buggy collided with a stamp. ...
Article : 54 wordsThomas O'Grady, an elderly groom, living at Carrieton, drank a quantity of carbolic acid in mistake for wine, and death ensued soon afterwards. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Central Mission Hospice in Latrobe-street was the scene of great activity on Christmas day. "A Merrie Christmas to All," artistically worked with English ivy, greeted a large company of poor ...
Article : 387 wordsThomas J. Ryan, a young man living near Ipswich, was riding a restive horse on Christmas eve, when it bolted, and collided with' Constable Corney, who was also ...
Article : 76 wordsA young man named Wm. Pyle was admitted to the hospital on Christmas morning suffering from wounds in the back. He had had a quarrel with James Hunt, a ...
Article : 101 wordsA meeting of employes in the slating trade was held in the Trades Hall last Thursday night, to consider the question, of forming a union and fixing a minimum wage. Mr. S. Barker, of the ...
Article : 140 wordsA representative meeting of the electors of West St. Kilda was held at the George Hotel, St. Kilda, last Friday night for the purpose of forming a local branch of the ...
Article : 292 wordsEdward Kirchener, aged 14, was drowned in the Merri River, near Dennington, on Christmas day. His clothes were found on the bank of the river, with a piece of soap ...
Article : 46 wordsSir,--Your excellent leader of to-day on the thorny subject of reciprocity among the Australian States as regards the legal profession will, I trust, do something to put ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 440 wordsWilliam Blevins, aged 14, was at Proudfoot's boat shed on Christmas day, and Bruce Proudfoot, aged 11 was showing him his pea rifle, when the charge ...
Article : 69 wordsA party of excursionists were driving from Mansfield to Benalla yesterday, when the driver lost control of his team whilst going down a hill, and the horses bolted. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 548 wordsAt the last sitting of the Supreme Court in Wellington, New Zealand, before the Chief Justice, Mrs. Mary Henderson, herbalist found guilty of the manslaughter of ...
Article : 260 wordsSir,--Would you kindly allow me to draw attention in your widely circulating paper to a paragraph which recently appeared in print, stating that a survey of 4857 acres of ...
Article : 271 wordsThe League of New South Wales Wheelmen commenced a series of night cycle races this evening. The attendance was large, and the racing good. The Commonwealth Stakes (a mile and a half ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 27 Dec 1900, Page 6
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