The Governor-General, Lord Northcote, arrived at Charters Towers yesterday, and was met at the railway station by the mayor and representatives of various public ...
Article : 1,066 words"I can quote figures to show that for the past twelve years in Stawell two-thirds of the miners who have died have suffered from chronic lung complaint." This was ...
Article : 1,069 wordsThe Watson Government, as a kind of sequel to its boasted desire for economy, yesterday introduced to the House of Representatives the bill which is to inaugurate ...
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Advertising : 172 wordsThe first sitting of the royal commission recently appointed for the purpose of taking evidence on the Shipping and Navigation Bill, as framed under the ...
Article : 1,440 wordsThe perplexing problem of the maintenance of the charitable institutions of the State was touched on by Mr. F. R. Godfrey. president of the committee of ...
Article : 1,427 wordsIn view of the approaching elections the Government is pushing on with work at the new central station, and nearly 400 men are employed there. It is understood ...
Article : 91 wordsA proclamation was issued to-day in connection with the plague, in which the public were warned that the presence of dead rats on premises must be reported to the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Assembly had a short sitting to-day. Beyond three further speeches in the no confidence, debate nothing was done. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe police have discovered an illicit still run on a large scale above a fruit shop in Oxford-street. The still was in full working order, whilst the basement of the ...
Article : 92 wordsAlderman George Evans, one of the candidates for the Deniliquin electorate, addressed his first meeting to-night. He said that if elected he would support local ...
Article : 98 wordsThe annual show of the Riverina P. and A. Society next week promises to be a record success. The show ground privileges have been sold by auction for close on ...
Article : 116 wordsSYDNEY.—An interesting match between the Victorian and New South Wales lacrosse teams took place on Wednesday, the visitors winning by 9 goals to 5. Victoria was represented by E. ...
Article : 568 wordsThe local land board has just completed a sitting which has lasted for a month. The time has chiefly been taken up in hearing applications for additional holdings under ...
Article : 306 wordsAt the inquest to-day on the body of Frederick William Hume, pastoralist, who cut his throat in a private hospital yesterday, Nurse Mary Roper described her ...
Article : 179 wordsSir Arthur Rutledge has definitely decided to contest Nundah. The task of recruiting for the navy was completed to-day by Captain Cresswell and his staff, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Batchelor, laid before Parliament yesterday the report made by Mr. A. H. Chesterman, Government Surveyor, on the latest ...
Article : 369 wordsFollowing are official records of rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. on Wednesday:—Broken Hill, 12 points; Ivanhoe, 4; Menindie, 17; Mossgiel, 4; Newcastle, 1; Pooncarie, 1; White Cliffs, 5; ...
Article : 90 wordsThis afternoon a single woman, named Ada Alary Tourney Hinde, aged 34, was found in a dying condition on the asphalt pavement below the window of a room ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Executive Council to-day considered the case of Yendinna Jack, an aboriginal, who was sentenced to death at the last sittings of the Supreme Court for the ...
Article : 243 wordsThe following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:— Weather Chart, Wednesday, 20th July, at 9 a.m.—South-east of a line joining Townsville and ...
Article : 254 wordsEvidences of what may have been a pathetic suicide were discovered on the bank of the Yarra on Monday morning. Two boys named George Hanks and ...
Article : 345 wordsSir,—I take the liberty of enclosing you a copy of my letter of this date to the Chief Commissioner of Police, and trust you will find space for the matter in your valuable ...
Article : 480 wordsThe following are to-day's forecasts:—VICTORIA (Wednesday, 6 p.m.).—by Mr. Baracchi: Fine, partially cloudy, coastal mists; light, variable winds, chiefly between west and north; ...
Article : 83 wordsIn connection with the outbreak of small-pox at Broome, that town, together with the whole of the pearling grounds, has been proclaimed a quarantine area. ...
Article : 114 wordsIn the Assembly to-day Mr. Price said there was great complaint among furniture dealers and manufacturers in South Australia owing to the fact that Chinese made ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsNo further bodies or wreckage from the ill-fated steamer Nemesis have been discovered. The opinion prevails that as eleven days have elapsed since the vessel ...
Article : 111 wordsSpeaking to-day at a luncheon in connection with the outer harbor works, the Premier, referring to the Murray waters question, said that South Australia would have ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Government medical officer at Fremantle has examined all the pilots and signalmen under the Fremantle Harbor Trust, and reported that all passed satisfactorily— ...
Article : 218 wordsThe South Melbourne competitions were continued in the South Melbourne town hall last night, in the presence of a very large assemblage. The programme consisted entirely of finals, six ...
Article : 247 wordsA special meeting of governors of the Melbourne Hospital was held at the Melbourne Town Hall yesterday, for the purpose of dealing with two new by- laws, ...
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Advertising : 257 wordsWe have received the following additional sums:— Collected by the Footscray Municipal Military Band, Saturday and Sunday ...
Article : 188 wordsThe sporting balance sheet of the Adelaide Racing Club for the year ended 30th June shows a total profit on the club's fixtures of £688, compared with £2039 on ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Government yacht Merrie England arrived in Sydney late to-night, bringing important witnesses in connection with the Goaribari slaughter, on which a royal ...
Article : 42 wordsA letter from the Boroondara council suggesting that the conference regarding electric trams be revived was received at a meeting of the Hawthorn council last evening. Cr. Russell said he, ...
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Advertising : 46 wordsRobert Brown, a middle aged man, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a carving knife at Evandale to-day. He lies in the hospital in a very low state. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 21 Jul 1904, Page 6
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