A trotting meeting was held on the Kensington-park course on Saturday afternoon. Owing to the cold weather and the rain the attendance was very small, and but little ...
Article : 346 wordsMartin Dowling, master of the British barque Mirzapore, appeared before the Steam Navigation Board on Saturday to show cause why his certificate should bot be de[?]lt with ...
Article : 1,947 wordsTo-day, at two o'clock, the Exhibition commissioners are to meet to afford the Executive Committee an opportunity to explain some of the mistakes they made in connexion ...
Article : 1,268 wordsThe 8th of June, 1881, will be a day memorable in the annals of our collegiate institutions as that upon which the first Latin play was performed in the Australian colonies. ...
Article : 1,133 words"The Chimney Corner," which was playe[?] at this house on Saturday evening to an audience which was [?]prisingly large, considering that it was "raining c[?]ts and do[?]" ...
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Article : 149 wordsSir,—I find, by a late notice in The Argus, that the honour, if any, of having discovered the comet is claimed for New South Wales but as there is no doubt whatever, as can be ...
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Article : 849 wordsSir,—The 20 candidates for examination in the sciences, alluded to by "Dissatisfied," are not the only state school teachers who have raason to complain of the dilatoriness ...
Article : 243 wordsSir,—Mr.Butters in his rejoinder which appears in your issue of to-day betrays an evident misreading of my letter on the subject of public vehicles in Sydney. ...
Article : 356 wordsSir,—I observe from your Parliamentary report in this day's issue that the question of employing agents to appear for selectors at local land boards was discussed, and ...
Article : 157 wordsSir,—In reading this day's issue I notice the universal sympathy expressed for the civil servants, who remain unpaid for a few days. But when I compare those few days to ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 6 Jun 1881, Page 6
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