The French barque Max, which arrived in Sydney on Friday, has had a remarkable, voyage. She has sailed several thousand miles seeking a charter, and is still open ...
Article : 241 wordsThe Premier, referring to the question of the necessity for amending the Industrial Disputes Act, said:--"If the act requires amendment to make it work smoothly, and ...
Article : 105 wordsOn Friday the Government purchased from the executors of the late Captain Kenny the baths at Brighton Beach for £350. The premises had been allowed to ...
Article : 279 wordsA number of racehorses owned by the late Mr. George Zillies were on Saturday disposed of at O'Farrell's sale yards, Ballarat city. Turquoise, a well-known performer ...
Article : 279 wordsThe outstanding feature of the revival of The Dairymaids at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday was the appearance of Miss Carrie Moore in a leading role sustained by ...
Article : 476 wordsA fire broke out in a five-roomed house at South Broken Hill early this morning. The premises, which were untenanted, were totally destroyed. They were owned ...
Article : 112 wordsAt the present time in the Riverina owners of horses are experiencing considerable trouble through the accumulation of sand in the inside of the animals. It ia ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsThe sculling race between Dick Arnst and Harry Pearce, for a stake of £100 a side, was rowed over the championship course on the Parramatta River yesterday ...
Article : 284 wordsThe monthly meeting of the agricultural society committee was held at the town hall on Saturday, under the presidency of Mr. J. Cohn, Mr. S. H. M'Gowan ...
Article : 339 wordsThe schooner Mayflower, 124 tons, put back to Maryborough, damaged by a collision. The vessel, which, has on board a cargo of timber, was, being towed out of ...
Article : 85 wordsThe annual show of the Australian Sheep Breeders' Association was continued on Saturday at the wool warehouse of Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Bourke-street. ...
Article : 532 wordsMuch perturbation exists concerning the intention of the University proposal to substitute patronage for examination with respect to scholarships. ...
Article : 33 wordsSir,--Two leading articles in recent issues of "The Age," and now to-day a concert criticism, are so cognate in purpose and present so much food for thought that I ...
Article : 1,104 wordsThe revival of The Squatter's Daughter, at the King's has every promise of being exceedingly popular. The theatre was packed on Saturday night, the cheaper ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Savings Bank returns for July show an increase in credit balances of £106,000, as compared with July last year. The total credit balances are now £2,920,000. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe new sample rooms erected by the Commercial Travellers' Association in Flinders-lane were opened on Saturday. The buildings consist of a well lighted ...
Article : 859 wordsSenator Keating, in an interview in respect to the Fremantle dock, said the Federal naval authorities considered the selection of Rous Head as a site would ...
Article : 93 wordsOn Sunday night Customs Officers Holden and, Barclay, Plain Clothes Constable Gleeson and Constable Loughlon paid surprise visits to thre local Chinese shops. ...
Article : 261 wordsAt an informal meeting of the Great Ophir shareholders Mr. Rodway, chairman of directors, explained, that the mine had closed down because of the failure of the ...
Article : 110 wordsA deputation of dairymen waited on the Colonial Secretary, on Friday to request that the Government pay compensation for cows destroyed by the Central Board of ...
Article : 119 wordsThe drama of Two Little Sailor Boys was staged at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night. It is generally assumed that the leading character of a drama is ...
Article : 442 wordsThe annual report of the Warrnambool and District Caledonian Society shows that there are 162 members in the society. The receipts for the past twelve months ...
Article : 206 wordsGoldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited (in conjunction with Messrs. Herbert Power and Son) will offer, at the company's warehouse, Bourke-street, on Thursday next, a choice selection of ...
Article : 418 wordsJoseph Hazlett and Joseph Scott, stewards on the steamer Moana, were fined £25 each for being in possession of opium suitable for smoking. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe steamer Hauroto, which arrived here on 27th July from Tahiti, reports having encountered a fierce gale. The hatches had to be battened down. A heavy sea shifted ...
Article : 107 wordsThe State revenue for July amounted to £1,069,317 showing a decrease of £56,969 compared with July last year. ...
Article : 35 wordsLumb percentages in the district are generally poor this season, owing to the severity of the weather. Mr. John Moffatt, of Hopkins Hill, Chatsworth, has, however, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe revenue returns for July show that the receipts were £161,619, of which £56,915 was the Commonwealth surplus returned. The total decrease, as compared with July, ...
Article : 64 wordsThe threatened trouble at the Bruce colliery, Otago, has been averted by amicable arrangement without the intervention of the Arbitration Court. ...
Article : 24 wordsOn Thursday Frank Cameron, a young man, who was in charge of a mob of travelling sheep, was fined £25, or three months' imprisonment, at the police court for not ...
Article : 70 wordsWhen the Magnet strike occurred some months ago and the Magnet company sought to get strikers off the company's property, Mr. J. J. Long, Labor member ...
Article : 247 wordsThe consolidated revenue returns for July totalled £58,218 63, including £17,680 from the railways, and £4459 Commonwealth surplus. ...
Article : 36 wordsSome delay which has arisen in connection with the supply of uniforms for the cadet battalions now being formed at the various Catholic schools has given rise to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsDuring the past few days no fewer than 30,000 sheep have been purchased by northern district buyers or dealers outside this district. On Thursday a buyer arrived ...
Article : 97 wordsThe manner in which the audiences at the Bijou are mystified by the illusions of Messrs. Maskelyne and Devant is truly amazing. When the people are not ...
Article : 184 wordsBALLARKAT--An unoccupied dwelling at the intersection of Humffray and Eastwood streets, Ballarat East, belonging to Mr. Maloney, horse dealer, was destroyed ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. Knox,vice-chairman of the Proprietary mine; Mr. Harvey Patterson and Mr. W. Jamieson, directors, left by to-night's express. Mr. Knox stated that they were ...
Article : 178 wordsA fire broke out at the South Melbourne market at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday in a row of wooden buildings used as stalls by several secondhand dealers. The stalls were left in an apparently safe ...
Article : 173 wordsSir,--I will crave for a few lines of your valuable journal to let the public know how some people get rid of their starving stock, and why we should be careful where we get ...
Article : 136 wordsSir,--Permit me to heartily endorse every word of your excellent sub-leader on the above subject in your issue of to-day. Some years ago in London an exhibition of ...
Article : 121 wordsMark Hambourg, the pianist, whose first concert will take place to-morrow night, will arrive by the Sydney express to-day. He will be accompanied by his wife and ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 3 Aug 1908, Page 11
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