The select committee appointed to receive evidence concerning the handling of grain in bulk took evidence here on Saturday. The following witnesses were examined:-- ...
Article : 318 wordsEnough had been heard in advance of the comedy drama, A Message from Mars, to ensure a crowded and interested house on the occasion of the first production, at the Bijou ...
Article : 1,481 wordsThe Royal Commission on Technical Education on Friday drew up the first series of recommendations which it is intended to embody in its final report to Parliament. It ...
Article : 2,366 wordsThe conference of the master butchers and live stock buyers of Victoria, to be held today at the Colonial-buildings, at 4 p.m. will consider several question of public interest ...
Article : 117 wordsA daring burglary was committed at the premises of W. Kerr, jeweller, opposite the town hail, in George-street, shortly before 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. A ...
Article : 140 wordsDuring the football match at the Eastern Oval on Saturday between the Ballarat Imperial and Ballarat clubs, Roberts, who was playing with the team of the former, had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 397 wordsA man giving the name of Henry Benson was smartly captured on Sunday evening, and locked up on a charge of attempting to break into Tussup and Co.'s gold office, at ...
Article : 171 wordsThere continues to be an eager demand by pastoralists for cattle for fattening, and large drafts are coming into the district from Clarence River and other extreme ...
Article : 85 wordsThe State Premier formally opened the newly formed Randwick Rifle Club on Saturday by firing the first shot. At the luncheon Mr. See said he regarded the citizen soldiers ...
Article : 152 wordsOn Saturday evening a meeting, convened by the mayor of Brunswick, in response to a requisition, was held in the local town hall to consider the advisability of abolishing the ...
Article : 577 wordsA conference of representatives of the city, Strathfieldsaye and Huntly shire councils was held at the town hall on Saturday to consider the advisableness of having the ...
Article : 618 wordsThe French barque Ville be Belfort, arrived to-night in tow of the French steamer St. Louis, from Noumea. The Ville de Belfort, whilst bound from France to New ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 wordsAt the town hall yesterday farmers were present from all parts of the district to hear and give evidence on the bulk handling of grain. ...
Article : 309 wordsALBURY.--Steady rain, with every prospect of continuance, fell throughout Sunday. The timely visitation has completely changed the prospects of the country for the ensuing summer. ...
Article : 30 wordsBROKEN HILL.--Heavy rain again commenced on Saturday night, about 10 o'clock,continuing all night. Over an inch was registered to 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. Showers fell at frequent ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 wordsMr. R. J. Fairbairn, of the Manchester Co-operative Supply Company. in a letter to Mr. Graham, M.L.A., says that London buyers in purchasing Australian wheat as at ...
Article : 99 wordsRespecting the summary replacing of Sir J. Cockburn as Agent-General by Mr. A. Grainger, Mr. Holder has been interviewed, and says that while he was Premier the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsA large meeting of railway employes was held this afternoon, when Messrs. May and Merton, members of the classification conference, explained matters in connection with ...
Article : 267 wordsSpeaking at the meeting of the Charlton A. and P. Society on Thursday, Mr. R. Kendall strongly condemned the present agitation for the repeal of the stock tax, which he ...
Article : 143 wordsSir,--Under the above beading in "The Age" of yesterday is a statement that the "Railway department is taking steps," &c., I would like to point out to you that the ...
Article : 260 wordsMr. Holder, Speaker of the House of Representatives, who returned from Melbourne on Saturday, was interviewed regarding the report on the Anderson case by Chief Justice ...
Article : 149 wordsThe fifth progress report of the royal commission on Technical Education outlines the results of the visit to the Mildura irrigation colony, undertaken for the purpose of ...
Article : 598 wordsA boy named Theophilus Bonning was admitted into the hospital on Sunday afternoon, suffering from injuries to the face, caused by a kick from a horse. ...
Article : 108 wordsSir,--From various quarters there has lately been a great outcry concerning the above subject. In my opinion the stock tax has no more influence in raising the price of ...
Article : 202 wordsCharles Summers, aged 28; was reported to the police early this morning as having been drowned by the capsizing of a boat. Deceased and a mate were, at the time of ...
Article : 90 wordsCrop prospects, even in the districts where drought has been experienced for several years; are very comforting. The rain on Saturday reached far north of ...
Article : 152 wordsSir,--As we consider that we, in our communications with the Solicitor-General concerning the Cecilia Anderson case, have been unfairly treated by that gentleman, ...
Article : 475 wordsThe Parliamentary Select Committee on the bulk handling of grain paid a visit to the Longerenong Agricultural College and Experimental. Farm. Messrs. Graham and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 wordsWard No. 19 of the Melbourne Hospital was the scene of a sensational incident on Saturday morning, when a crazy old man, a foreigner, named Gergen Carl, who was ...
Article : 300 wordsThe medical libel action, in which Dr. Merrillees sued Drs. Palmer and Hayman for £2000 damages for publishing an announcement that they would not meet him ...
Article : 74 wordsA deputation from the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce waited on the Treasurer on Friday in connection with the new stamp duties. The deputation suggested ...
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Advertising : 420 wordsThe local water supply is causing considerable alarm. At the end of August, 1900, the reservoir contained 11 feet 10 inches of water. At the present time there is only 6 ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Political Labor Council, at a meeting held on Saturday night, adopted a suggestion from the Political Labor League of New South Wales, that a conference of the ...
Article : 253 wordsSir,--Your article on the above calls to my mind an unsuccessful effort I made in the City Council many years ago to have the Building Act so altered by Parliament ...
Article : 232 wordsLouis Jones, captain and owner of the fishing schooner Rachel Thompson, together with a man named William Jackson, were both drowned at George's Bay, while ...
Article : 56 wordsIn connection with the Kooweerup Swamp channel some patching and mending are going on, absorbing money, but not rendering any permanent benefit. The trouble cannot ...
Article : 1,959 wordsNews of a ghastly discovery made near the month of the River Yukon has been received by the San Francisco mail. The bodies of five miners were found frozen in ...
Article : 68 wordsAn interesting development has occurred in connection with the robbery of £900 from the pest office in 1898. At the time there were many peculiar rumors as to how the ...
Article : 107 wordsAt an early hour yesterday morning the shop of Messrs. L. Kitz and Son, wine merchant, of Bourke-Street, was broken into by burglars, and two or three medals, trophies for wine exhibits, ...
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Advertising : 86 wordsThe secretary of the Pastoralists' Association reports that the following stations in Riverina have started shearing under Pastoralists' Union agreement without trouble ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 26 Aug 1901, Page 6
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