At the instance of the Brunswick council a conference of municipalities was held at the Melbourne Town Hall yesterday afternoon to consider the question of the ...
Article : 584 wordsOtto Cribb, one of the contestants in the boxing contest which has occupied a considerable amount of attention in pugilistic circles of late, and which took place at the ...
Article : 665 wordsAbout 200 members of rifle clubs, comprising representatives from the 38 metropolitan clubs, assembled in the Camberwell shire hall last night to join in a ...
Article : 500 wordsMiners interested in the tribute question have passed a resolution asking the A.M.A. to endeavor to arrange a conference with the mine owners of the State, with the view ...
Article : 164 wordsParliament assembled at noon to-day, the initial formalities being performed by commission. The authority for the commission to swear in the members of the Council ...
Article : 180 wordsMr. Drake, the Postmaster-General, was waited upon yesterday by a deputation representing the municipal councils and business people of Geelong and Ballarat, and ...
Article : 408 wordsIn the course of his evidence before the royal commission, a leading boot manufacturer in Sydney stated that the average rate of pay in one of the great factories in ...
Article : 397 wordsThere was an enthusiastic demonstration at the Town Hall to-night to bid farewell to Commandant Booth as bead of the Salvation Army in Australia. Mr. D. R. Wise ...
Article : 184 wordsJohn M'Donald, wood carter, while driving from Sebastian to Eaglehawk, was dislodged from his seat on a load of wood, and falling to the ground sustained dislocation ...
Article : 302 wordsIn the Assembly to-day half a dozen petitions were presented against the proposal to allow hotels to open at certain hours on Sundays. Mr. Forrest presented a petition, ...
Article : 118 wordsA man named Crittenden fell 85 feet down a shaft at Thornborough on Saturday, but was unhurt, and resumed work this morning. ...
Article : 85 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, a petition, bearing 8000 signatures of shopkeepers and others was presented, asking for the repeal of the Early Closing Act, and the ...
Article : 517 wordsAn important customs case was brought to a conclusion at the Civil Court to-day. Louis Mueller, an Adelaide importer, received a quantity of cigars from Germany in ...
Article : 375 wordsIt is reported that several of the fellmonger proprietaries of the Ballarat district are feeling keenly the pressure on their industries caused by the operation of ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Ballarat and Geelong deputation to the Postmaster-General yesterday revived the old question about providing post office clocks for those centres. Ballarat wants a ...
Article : 312 wordsA young man named John Thomas was charged at the central police court on Tuesday with stealing a metal water pipe, valued at £5, the property of the Water Supply ...
Article : 274 wordsOwing to the absence in Western Australia of Sir J. Forrest, Federal Minister for Defence, the teams matches to be held by the Metropolitan Rifle Clubs' Association at the Port Melbourne ...
Article : 109 wordsThe cadets of the Richmond schools held a competition with teams of five a side, seven shots each at 100 and 200 yards, for the bugle presented by the mayor, Mr. S. J. Willis, on Friday ...
Article : 1,434 wordsA conference was held to-day at Craig's Royal Hotel between representatives of the woollen mills and members of the Legislature in regard to the impending further ...
Article : 408 wordsThe Royal visitors had again fine weather to-day, and dense crowds again lined the streets. The principal functions to-day were a levee, presentation of addresses, and the ...
Article : 211 wordsThis evening a lawyer's clerk named Charles Cassady and two young farmers, Hugh Mewha aud Wm. Coghlan, were arrested on a charge of assaulting and ...
Article : 201 wordsAt the criminal sittings to-day Alexr. Bentin, chimney sweep, was charged with incest, the details of the case being of a most revolting character, and was sentenced ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the June number of "Pearson's Magazine," Mr. Baker contributes a very interesting article on the Kaiser, of whose manysidedness he writes:-- ...
Article : 346 wordsThe sittings of the Supreme Court commenced on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Gurner prosecuting for the Crown. Thomas Wilton, a decrepit man, 81 ...
Article : 142 wordsOn the invitation of Sir J. Quick, the Prime Minister and Mr. Kingston will on 9th August pay a visit to Bendigo, and speak at the anniversary banquet of the ...
Article : 42 wordsThe committee appointed by the Federal Government to adjudicate on the designs for a Commonwealth flag is likely to have a very heavy task before it. The designs number ...
Article : 95 wordsThe G. M. Tucker arrived to-day, after a most sensational voyage. Every rag of canvas had been stripped from her spars during heavy gales, and she was repeatedly swept ...
Article : 106 wordsSir,--Archbishop Carr is a gentleman who is highly respected by all Victorians, but he is only human after all, and it is evident that human weakness compels him to see ...
Article : 496 wordsThe Federal Parliamentary Rifle Club has arranged a match with the Victorian State Parliamentary Rifle Club, to take place at Williamstown on 8th August. The Federal ...
Article : 81 wordsOwing to an insufficient supply of trucks a complete block has taken place at the local station. Very large quantities of pressed hay and chaff are coming forward, and ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Federal Presbyterian Assembly held its final meeting to-night in St. Stephen's Church, Philip-street. This Federal Assembly is not to be confused with the ...
Article : 525 wordsThe detective office is inquiring into the origin of several fires which are evidently the work of the same person. On Monday night three distinct cases of evident ...
Article : 268 wordsIn the new American magazine, "The Smart Set," Mrs. Sherwood writes:--It is a thousand pities that we have no types in America. The Irish girl still goes ...
Article : 335 wordsA sensational bolt took place this evening, when a horse bolted with a dog cart containing Mrs. B. O'Brien and a young lady companion. Starting from the ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Albury Free-trade and Liberal Association has decided to communicate with the New South Wales and Queensland members of the Federal Legislature, asking ...
Article : 52 wordsA meeting of master tailors was held at Lester's Hotel this evening, when the following resolutions were curried unanimously:-- ...
Article : 423 wordsKATAMATITE.--The Katamatite police station was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. The fire started about 3 p.m., and the buildings being of weatherboard, it spread with such rapidity that ...
Article : 377 wordsA representative meeting of Ministers of religion to-day passed a resolution expressing their concurrence with the provisions of the Federal Postal Bill to prevent the Postal ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the meeting last evening of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance Division, Bro. Fenton moved-- That a letter be sent to Mr. J. Murray, M.L.A., ...
Article : 114 wordsOn 16th July, at Haynes's Open Exchange, Collins-street, the habitues were startled out of their customary calm by a little episode, which was ventilated on Monday at the District Court. It ...
Article : 326 wordsThe first meeting of the shire council since the expulsion of Mr. Findley from the State Parliament was held yesterday, when the following resolution was carried:-- ...
Article : 85 wordsEncouraged by the success attending the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association in exporting wheat to London, the Victorian Association is determined to ...
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Article : 62 wordsAt the meeting of the Brunswick town council on Monday evening, Mr. B. Cooke moved-- That no hawker offering for sale any commodity ...
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Article : 244 wordsAt the inquest held at the Morgue yesterday by Mr. Cand[?]er upon the body of Eugene Rostru a Greek, an accountant by profession, who on Saturday evening was found in St. Patrick's ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 24 Jul 1901, Page 6
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