The ordinary monthly meeting of the Brunswick Borough Council was held on Wednesday, the mayor (Councillor Clement) being in the chair. A circular letter was ...
Article : 418 wordsA meeting of cadet officers and head teachers of schools, convened for the purpose of considering thn proposal to send 1,000 cadets to England, in honour of Her Majesty's ...
Article : 709 wordsThe ordinary meeting of the Trades-hall Council was held last night, the president (Mr. W. Trenwith) occupying the chair. THE FINANCES OF THE COUNCIL. ...
Article : 1,163 wordsThe market generally very dull to-day, and an usually small business done. The most numerous transactions were in Broken-hill Proprietary Silver, which fell from £106 to ...
Article : 2,468 wordsThe Tweed river pilot boat landed the passengers from the stranded barque Scottish Prince this morning, and they left for Brisbane. Captain M'Gregor and the pilot ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Governor returned from his visit to the Iilawarra district to-day. He was well received at all the places he visited, and a demonstration in his honour at Wollongong ...
Article : 80 wordsIn the church which is not a church, but an Assembly-hall, in Collins-street, meets the Shakspeare Society, which is not a Shakspeare Society, but—, it would be a difficult and ...
Article : 1,370 wordsThe weather continues extremely oppressive, and several cases of heat apoplexy are reported, one of which proved fatal. There was no rain in the city to-day, but the weather ...
Article : 69 wordsSince the release of the h[?]lthy passengers by the Preussen, who were quarantined here, everything has progressed satisfactorily. All the buildings lately occupied by the ...
Article : 165 wordsDuring the past few months the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank have purchased a large quantity of South Australian gold, not lessthan 6,600oz. having ...
Article : 203 wordsThe following sales are reported to-day:— Bank of New South Wales, £54; Band and Albion Gold, 78s. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Hamilton for the plnintiffs; Mr. Helm and Mr. Topp for the defendants. The plaintiffs were the National Bank, and the defendants were Mr. J. C. Morrow, ...
Article : 484 wordsAn attendance crowding this theatre to its utmost seating capacity was drawn together last night to signalise the occasion of Miss Nellie Stewart's last appearance after ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 wordsIt is probable that Mr. Dodds will endeavour to impress upon the Imperial Conference that Tasmania would afford a very good basis of operations to an enemy against ...
Article : 118 wordsA crushing from the Great Eastern mine at Gympie has given 2,667oz. of retorted gold. A dividend of 7s. 6d. was declared. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Westend Brewery Company was held at Scott's Hotel yesterday. The chairman of the company (Mr. ...
Article : 252 wordsThe mining managers report:— CENTRAL WINDMILL, Sandhurst, Feb 4.—The shaft has been cut down 22ft.; total, 116ft.; also timbered. Tributers had 3oz. 12dwt. 18gr. gold from 40 ...
Article : 293 wordsA foot-race, for 150 yards, was run to-day between Hutchens, the English champion, and Samuels, the aboriginal, on the Carrington-ground, and resulted in a second victory ...
Article : 143 wordsOn the application of Mr. Sabelberg, an order was made for the release from Court of the estate of Enoch Clegg, of Lilydale, jam manufucturer, the creditors having accepted ...
Article : 93 wordsThe case between the Frederick the Great Mining Company, Sebastian, and the executors of the late J. P. Charlton, was further argued before the warden (Mr. Strickland) ...
Article : 195 wordsA meeting of property owners and others interested in establishing railway communication between the northern suburbs and the Flinders-street railway station was held at ...
Article : 343 wordsAn elderly man named William Woods, a builder and contractor, has reported to the Brunswick police that on Thursday evening he was garrotted and robbed of the sum of ...
Article : 200 wordsThe shareholders of the Garfield Company, Chewton, received a communication from the directors to-day, asking if they would be willing to sell the plant, lease, &c., for the sum ...
Article : 300 wordsOn Thursday evening a man named Thos. Roach reported to Sergeant Rutledge, of Footscray, that he had, while cutting rushes on the bank of the Saltwater River, near ...
Article : 133 wordsA meeting of the Wharf Labourers' Union was held at the Literary Institute, William-street, on Thursday evening. The delegates on the Eight Hours' Anniversary Committee ...
Article : 211 wordsAt the Williamstown Police Court yesterday two ship captains were fined. The master of the British ship Marron, from Sourabaya, was charged with having entered the Heads ...
Article : 86 wordsSir,—In coming to the amicable settlement as to the copyright of the comedy " Mixed," there was no abandonment of my claims in respect of my copyright in the piece, but my ...
Article : 144 wordsAt the half-yearly meeting of the Ballarat Banking Company held to-day the usual dividend of 10 pet cent. was declared. Twelve months' leave of absence was granted ...
Article : 83 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Odontological Society was held on Thursday last. Mr. Cumming, president, was in the chair. There was a large attendance. After the ...
Article : 109 wordsYesterday afternoon a man named Alfred Sykes, a plumber and gasfitter by trade, committed suicide in a most determined manner by hanging himself in a ...
Article : 139 wordsThe members of the Sandhurst Prospecting Board returned to their respective homes last night, after completing their tour of inspection. They have travelled upwards of ...
Article : 129 wordsThp fortnightly meeting of the committee of the Austin Hospital was held at the Assembly-hall on Thursday afternoon. There were present—Dr. M'Crea (in the chair), Mrs. ...
Article : 191 wordsAt the City Court yesterday, before Mr. J. A. Panton, P.M., and a bench of justices, seven lads, named Alexander Gunn, Robert Dobson, James Balfour, Wm. Preston, Alfred ...
Article : 189 wordsSir,—I wish to draw the Minsiter of Railways' attention to an injustice that the travelling community beyond Camberwell are subjected too. By referring to the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe 176th monthly meeting of the Melbourne Permanent Building Society was held on Tuesday, February 1, at the offices, No. 18 Collins-street east., Mr. Joseph Johnson, the ...
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Advertising : 52 wordsConstable M'Donnell and a Crown lands bailiff arrested Henry Edwards and Aaron Appleby, two youths, in the Royal-park, near the Coburg railway, about half-past 9 ...
Article : 134 wordsOne of the crew of the steamer Bantam, while on the way from Swan-hill, fell overboard, and was drowned. The man's name was James Sims, and he had only been ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Court of Insolvency was held, to-day, before His Honour Judge Quinlan. Certificates of discharge were granted to John Runkin, Cundare, and George Clifford, of ...
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Advertising : 208 wordsAt the last monthly meeting of the Langridge Mutual Permanent Building Society it was reported that the receipts for January were £15,745 18s. 6d. During the same ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—I am pleased to state that I have received several applications to adopt the little girl mentioned in my letter of the 2nd inst. She is now provided with a good home.— ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 5 Feb 1887, Page 10
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