Splendid rains are reported throughout the northern part of the State, extending to the New South Wales border. In many places the rain has only just commenced, ...
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Article : 409 wordsThe Minister of Railways is determined that, if it can be managed, the salaried staff shall contribute to the savings that are being effected in the same proportion with ...
Article : 171 wordsThe suit between the Machine Shearers and Shed Employes' Union and the Australian Workers' Union occupied the attention of the Full Court to-day, on an appeal from ...
Article : 114 wordsThe trial of Arthur Bentley Worthington on a charge of obtaining a sum of about £1000 from Miranda May de la Juveny, by means of false pretences was continued ...
Article : 3,612 wordsWhat is known amongst the Federal officers as the "Section 19 case" came before the Chief Justice in the Banco Court yesterday. It will be remembered that at the ...
Article : 634 wordsThe Customs department to-day proceeded against Simon Mayer, wholesale jeweller and importer, of George-street, on a charge of unlawfully presenting a ...
Article : 120 wordsOn Thursday night last Wm. Sherwin, of Oakleigh, Corowa, suffered the loss of 600 sheep, which died from exposure after being turned out off the shears. A heavy ...
Article : 110 wordsThe findings of the Royal Commission on Railway Management, of which body Mr. Vale, ex-M.L.A., was chairman, have been receiving consideration at the hands of Mr. ...
Article : 107 wordsFrederick Williams, who was killed on the railway line at West Armadale by Friday night's mail train, left a letter which indicated that he committed suicide. The ...
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Article : 90 wordsThe Minister has instructed the Acting Commissioner that the heads of branches shall meet as often as may be necessary-- two or three times a week if required--to ...
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Article : 109 wordsDuring a storm at Wooroowoolgan a tree, struck by lightning, fell on a man named Douglas Atrill, who was riding under it. His horse was killed, and the pipe which ...
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Article : 239 wordsAt the National Sporting Club to-night Jack M'Gowan, of Melbourne, defeated Charlie Frost, of Sydney, in a boxing match. The contest was keen and exciting, ...
Article : 42 wordsLast week Mr. Norman, the Engineer for Existing Lines, prepared for the Minister of Railways, a return showing that the addition of a fourth story to the ...
Article : 292 wordsMr. Hamilton, M.L.A., in responding to the toast of Parliament at the social at Eaglehawk this evening in connection with the picnic of the miners' and engine ...
Article : 201 wordsSir,--While giving Mr. Bent due credit for the manner in which he is trying to cut down expenses in connection with our railways, why not lease the railways to ...
Article : 121 wordsThe steamer Ventnor, which left Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday for Hong Kong, had on board a remarkable cargo. The local agents for the vessel state that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 wordsMr. Fitzpatrick, the Acting Commissioner, yesterday commented as follows upon the controversy with regard to the alleged undue preferment of Roman ...
Article : 141 wordsA number of prominent citizens greeted the new president of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. O. C. Beale) to-day. In replying to the toast of his health, Mr. Beale ...
Article : 272 wordsTwo young men, named D. M'Bride and M. O Keefe, were proceeded against in the police court to-day by Crown Lands Bailiff Currie on a charge of wilfully and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsThe town council on Monday evening agreed, at the instance of the Barwon Rowing Club, to convene a conference of the adjoining councils for the purpose of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 wordsMr. R. Seddon, the Premier, addressing an immense audience this evening, referred to the development of the resources of the colony, and promised substantial financial ...
Article : 273 wordsSpeaking yesterday at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Catholic Church, Dr. Corbett, Bishop of Sale, said that Roman Catholics had been ...
Article : 295 wordsBrigadier-General Gordon on Monday paid his first official visit to Castlemaine, and at night inspected the 4th battalion, who mustered well, under the command of ...
Article : 39 wordsThe local council recently made a request to the Railway department for the issue of family tickets to Frankston during the summer months. The department has ...
Article : 39 wordsThe case against the Kenniff Brothers, charged with murder, will be commenced in Brisbane next Monday before the Chief Justice and a special jury of twelve. Mr. ...
Article : 78 wordsTen youths, of ages ranging from 14 to 20, named James Riley, Wm. Riley, Herbert Ballis, Wm. Ballis, John Egan, David Everett, Leslie Curtis, Alexander Claffey, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsAhee Gunning, aged 14, was found dead in the vicinity of Hatiana, Mackay, yesterday. She had attended mass in the morning, and her horse reached home riderless. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsSir,--We notice by a paragraph in this day's issue that some doubt is thrown upon compensation being paid should the local option poll be successful. We wish to ...
Article : 291 wordsArchbishop Carr was presented with a handsome illuminated address in the new Church of the Sacred Heart yesterday, and after thanking the congregation for their ...
Article : 299 wordsMr. J. G. Arnold, a respected farmer, of the Hundred of Forster, had backed his horses and dray for the purpose of filling a tank with water at Purnong, on the ...
Article : 126 wordsMr. John Bennett, farmer, of Boisdale, met with an accident at the Boisdale railway station, breaking two of his ribs and receiving other injuries. He had attended ...
Article : 92 wordsBENDIGO.--On Monday some children were playing with crackers, and set fire to the wall of a house in Myrtle-street, occupied by Mr. Ferguson, but the flames were extinguished by the neighbors ...
Article : 204 wordsOn Sunday afternoon Frederick James Aldridge, aged 22, son of Mr. Frederick Aldridge, was discovered at the residency of a friend in Mill-street in a state of ...
Article : 122 wordsSir,--History, especially political history, is made quickly nowadays. During a short absence of a few months in the old country, [?] find on my return that the Peacock ...
Article : 837 wordsArrangements were on Saturday completed for the purchase of the Fulham Park Estate by a syndicate for subdivisional purposes. The estate comprises 1450 acres of ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 28 Oct 1902, Page 6
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