A public commencement was made to-day of the Bacchus Marsh Water Trust works, when the first sod was turned by Miss Meikle, daughter of the chairman of the ...
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Article : 136 wordsSir Graham Berry, in his last despatch to the Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning the New Hebrides, declares that the action of the French in occupying ...
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Article : 68 wordsThe Bulgarian deputies have forwarded an address to the Czar, in which they express the hope that the relations of Russia and Bulgaria will improve, and ...
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Article : 57 wordsMr. Stanhope, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has informed the agents-general that five years, for which term several of the Australian colonies have ...
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Article : 57 wordsThe Irish members continue to obstruct the passage of the Supply Bill through the House of Commons. Protracted and heated debates have taken ...
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Article : 45 wordsMessrs. Davies, Baillie, and Wishart's tender for the construction of the Carnarvon tramway jetty, £9,300, has been accepted. Mr. Charles Smith, of Rosalind, Beverley, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 828 wordsIn yesterday's sitting of the House of Commons Lord Randolph Churchill announced that important proposals had been submitted to the Government by ...
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Article : 122 wordsAt the meeting of the British Association at Birmingham, the invitations to visit Melbourne and Sydney were discussed. ...
Article : 173 wordsA colonial congress is now sitting in Berlin. Dr. Hancke, formerly curator of the Adelaide Museum, and scientific leader ...
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Article : 37 wordsFlorence Morrell, arson; Win. A. Cook, murder; James Tatman, larceny. FIRST NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before His Honour Mr. Justice Kerferd.) ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 21 Sep 1886, Page 6
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