In the Insolvency Court to-day Judge Molesworth gave his reserved decision in the matter of the application of Patrick R. Hill, a post office employe, for an ...
Article : 105 wordsA terrible burning fatality occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Fryerstown, near Castlemaine. A man named John Jackson, 70 years of age, lived alone, ...
Article : 134 wordsThe. ambo arrived in port at 11 o’clock to-night. The tail shaft of the steamer, with the propeller, was carried away when she was six miles south of ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Assembly sat until nearly 2 this morning debating the Workmen’s Compensation Bill, which was passed through all its stages. ...
Article : 177 wordsSeveral Deputy-Returning Officers were fined £10 each at the Parramatta Court to-day for neglecting to puncture voting papers issued to the electors of ...
Article : 35 wordsAt a meeting of the University Senate yesterday the proposal to confer right of seats on the Senate to female graduates of the University was carried. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe political developments of the past few days have quite disorganized trade. All the merchants apart from their fiscal faith, express disgust, at the ...
Article : 38 wordsAt Stawell yesterday an elderly man named William Downes was engaged in effecting repairs to a portable engine-boiler, when it exploded, knocking him ...
Article : 53 wordsTo-day the station property of Struan estate, containing 4345 acres, and having a carrying capacity of about four sheep to the acre, situated near Casterton, was ...
Article : 86 wordsThe French Government intends to make Noumea its naval headquarters for French ships in the Pacific. A large dock and ship-building works will be ...
Article : 29 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the debate on the third reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, Mr Murray asserted that the number of divorce cases was a ...
Article : 51 wordsA human arm, severed at the shoulder joint, with the forearm and the upper arm tied tightly together with a piece of string, were found floating in the Yarra ...
Article : 42 wordsThe colliery owners intend at an early date to again review the position of the coal trade. Possibly they may decide not to advance the price of coal. ...
Article : 34 wordsRecently a sleeper-cutter, at Kotupna, in the Nathalia district, was taken ill after eating a slice from a leg of mutton. A dog which had eaten the mutton died. ...
Article : 114 wordsThe schooner Orbost, bound from Snowy River to Melbourne, about whose safety some anxiety has been felt, has been reported all well, having anchored ...
Article : 54 wordsIn the Assembly the Premier said that he and the labor party had had a consultation that morning with reference to the tea duty, and Mr M’ Gowan, the ...
Article : 92 wordsFrederick Gainsford, a farmer, aged 67, committed suicide last night with a dynamite cap. His head was literally blown to pieces. ...
Article : 23 wordsThis afternoon a Gazette Extraordinary was published, containing a pro[?]mation under the Mining Act and Crown Lands Act, withholding the land ...
Article : 84 wordsIn the Insolvency Court to-day Geo. Gibson, of Robe, a dealer, was convicted of false pretences, and sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment. ...
Article : 29 wordsAn elderly man, named Campbell Austin Climi[?], was arraigned at the City Court this morning on a charge of bigamy. The allegations in the ...
Article : 92 wordsAt the wool sales to-day there was a good catalogue, the most attractive seen in Melbourne for the season. The prices were the best yet obtained and ...
Article : 33 wordsDriffield, Wright and party have crushed 4 tons of ore from Pine Creek, for 66oz of gold, being an average of 15oz 10dwt to the ton. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe second wool sale of the season was held at Cariste[?]urch to-day, when 5400 bales were catalogued, mostly in a dirty condition. Merinos advanced one ...
Article : 49 wordsA bonus of 5s per cwt is being offered by the Agricultural Department for the growth and production of marketable broom millet. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Hon. W. D. Stewart, M.L.C., died at Dunedin to-day from heart disease. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales was held to-day. The balance-sheet showed a net profit for the six months of £88,042, to which ...
Article : 121 wordsNearly 1000 cases of Italian lemons, landed here a few days ago from the mail steamer, were condemned to-day as being infested with scale. In ...
Article : 53 wordsWheat (old) is selling at 3s 3d per bushel, and flour up to £8 15s. The import market is still disorganised owing to the tariff uncertainties. ...
Article : 93 wordsMr J. A. Bruce, when riding in a 10-mile mile bicycle road race at Ashburton. was thrown from his machine, and he sustained injuries which proved fatal. ...
Article : 30 wordsA telegram was received at Sydney this afternoon, stating that Huddart Parker and Co.’s steamer Tambo was disabled off Keama, and that the Leura ...
Article : 56 wordsAt the Criminal Court this morning, the hearing of a charge of perjury against an Indian named Teader was gone on with. Upon the Court ...
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The Menzies Miner (WA : 1896 - 1901), Sat 3 Dec 1898, Page 19
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