A terrible accident occurred this evening on the Gordon and Ballan railway, about a mile from here, to Mr. Jenkin Lewis, of the firm of Lewis, Roberts, and Glover, railway ...
Article : 235 wordsMr. William Noble, temperance lecturer, leaves for Melbourne to-morrow, where he will conduct a 10 days' mission. He will afterwards proceed to Geelong and ...
Article : 620 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the Tinsmiths, Ironworkers, and [?]Japanners[?] Society was held at the Trades-hall yesterday evening. Correspondence of a satisfactory character ...
Article : 462 wordsThe Assembly very soon afforded the Premier an opportunity of moving the resolution in committee relating to the proposed centenary celebration. In moving the ...
Article : 695 wordsWe have received the following telegram from Mr. William Warren, the superintendent of the Tasmanian branch of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company: ...
Article : 556 wordsMr.Francis Pascoe, an old resident of this district, and an ex-member of the Bright Shire Council, died at his residence, Wandiligong, this morning. ...
Article : 702 wordsThe ordinary monthly meeting of the council of the Victorian Public Service Association was held on Tuesday. There was a large attendance Mr. R. L. J. Ellery ...
Article : 605 wordsThe Australian cricketers commenced a match yesterday at Skegness, Lincolnshire, against 16 picked players of that town and district. Much interest was taken in the ...
Article : 211 wordsSir,—There can be little doubt that the Philosophical Society of Victoria has the possibilities of a useful career before it even if its successes should lie only in the bringing ...
Article : 1,514 wordsThe British consul at Batavia, in a letter to the Chief Secretary, gives information regarding the new class of Asiatic labour which is being introduced into the colony from ...
Article : 356 wordsAt the City Court on Wednesday, when Mr. F. Call, P. M., and a bench of justices presided, William H. Smith, a powerful young man, was charged with having assaulted ...
Article : 807 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 900 wordsThe Union Steamship Company's R.M.S. Mariposa arrived here this morning. GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS. SAN FRANCISCO, AUG, 28. ...
Article : 578 wordsSir,—I think that the Rev. Dr. Bromby has made out a very good apology for the introduction of surpli[?]ed ladies into the choir of a Church of England. From his standpoint ...
Article : 754 wordsThe debate on the want of confidence motion was continued at considerable length to-day. Some of the members went over the whole course of events for some years past, ...
Article : 163 wordsA densely crowded meeting was held in the town-hall, Townsville, last night, to protest against the introduction of Chinese into the colony, Resolutions were carried ...
Article : 239 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Colonial Secretary was asked if it was true that the chief inspector of stock and another gentleman had been appointed to represent the ...
Article : 406 wordsPatrick Cannon (not Gannon), the miner who was yesterday for 12 hours partially buried by a full ot earth in the Bute and Downes Company's mine, succumbed to-day ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Commissioner of Works telegraphed to Mr. Speight to-day to know if he had completed the arrangements to enable through trains to run between Adelaide and ...
Article : 136 wordsBALRANALD, SEPT. 23.—A thunderstorm occurred here this evening, registering 30 points of rain in 30 minutes. It is still cloudy and threatening, and more rain appears imminent. ...
Article : 136 wordsAt a quarter to 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a fire broke out in a four-roomed weatherboard house in Fraser-street, Richmond, occupied by Mr.Maurice Stainer, and ...
Article : 421 wordsThe man who was found in an insensible state in King-street on Tuesday, and was taken to the Melbourne Hospital, and there pronounced to be dead, has been identified ...
Article : 221 wordsThe schooner Mist and the ketch Duke of Cornwall have arrived from Cambridge Gulf with 110 returned Kimberley diggers, who confirm the previous unfavourable accounts. ...
Article : 113 wordsTHARGOMINDAH, SEPT. 23.—600 fats from Nocatunga for Bourke, H. B. Hughes owner, O'Loughlin in charge. The weather is fine and cool. Grass and water are plentiful on all the tracks. ...
Article : 61 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 wordsSir.—Permit me to draw attention to the fact that, although the absurd and disgrateiul time[?]table existing on the Essendon line (especially regarding Sunday trains) has been ...
Article : 109 wordsIn the Assembly to-day a bill was introduced providing for the endowment of an agricultural college, and empowering the Governor to reserve areas of Crown lands ...
Article : 106 wordsA meeting of the ladies of Carlton was held yesterday afternoon in the Carlton-hall, Princes street (Mrs. J. Gardiner in the chair), to take steps to have the district represented ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. A. de B. Brandon, member of the Legislative Council, is dead. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Clifton-hill and North Fitzory branch of the Australian Natives Association was held on Tuesday evening in the Albert-hall, Heidelberg-road. ...
Article : 91 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 78 wordsThe High Commissioner of New Guinea has under consideration applications from London syndicates for concessions and a charter for very large tracts of country in ...
Article : 37 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 64 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 51 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 13 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 24 Sep 1886, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: