The ordinary meeting of the Trades-hall Council was held last evening the president (Mr. W. Ttenwith) occupying the chair. THE TANNERS DISPUTE AT GEELONG. ...
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Article : 209 wordsThe committee appointed by the Church of England Synod has been arranging for giving special religious instruction in the public schools, and an influential meeting of ...
Article : 297 wordsPrince Alexander of Battenberg, who has been the euest of Her Majesty the Queen, is suffering from illness, and is returning to Darmstadt. ...
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Article : 1,621 wordsAt the invitation of the Premier, Sir Patrick Jennings and Mr. Wisdom, Q.C., the New South Wales delegates to the Imperial Conference, were entertained at lunch at ...
Article : 818 wordsIt is reported in London that an Australian steamship company has purchased the Great Eastern for £20,000. LONDON, FEB. 18. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Alexandra Theatre was thronged last night when "Lucrezia Borgia" was played for the first time by the present company. Signora Ciuti was the Lucrezia. We will ...
Article : 477 wordsIt is reported that Hanlan sails for Australia in September for the purpose of contesting the sculling championship of the world with Beach on the Nepean. ...
Article : 33 wordsMiss Glendyne, the winner of the Waterloo Cup last year, and who started favourite for this year's event, injured herself in yesterday's running. Mr. T. ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. W. R. Virgoe addressed a meeting of electors in the Town-hall here last night, about 400 persons being present. Mr. Virgoe's address was very short, lasting only ...
Article : 286 wordsThe Central Charters Towers (Queensland) Gold-mining Company has been registered with a capital of £300,000. ...
Article : 27 wordsSir,—I am naturally averse to newspaper correspondence, but feel constrained, on account of the delay in the extension of the line to Nathalia, and the great injustice and ...
Article : 661 wordsThe Metropolitan Tramway Board yesterday considered the question of the utilisation of electric power in place of horses for propelling cars, and decided to apply to the ...
Article : 538 wordsThe wool sales closed to-day, the tone of the market being firmer. Altogether, 244,000 bales were catalogued, of which 7,000 were not offered, and nearly 14,000 ...
Article : 490 wordsBREWARRINA,FEB. 18.—The rain reported as commencing on Wednesday morning terminated in a total fall of 70 points, the surrounding stations receiving a much larger supply generally. The ...
Article : 522 wordsThe Government agent of the labour schooner Helena, now at Bundaberg, Mr. Aubrey C. Cecil, has addressed the following letter to the assistant immigration agent ...
Article : 269 wordsSir,—I had believed that nothing more could be done in the matter of chair versus conservatorium, and that all that was left to the upholders of the latter scheme was a ...
Article : 898 wordsSir,—Yesterday I travelled in an omnibus plying between Elibazeth-street and Hotham. There were 15 of us inside (not counting babies), with the full complement on the ...
Article : 172 wordsA meeting of the trustees of the Trades-hall was held at that institution last night, Mr. B. Douglass presiding. It was reported that loans amounting to £600 had been ...
Article : 179 wordsJohn King, charged with sticking up the Cudgellico mail, was brought to town last night, and the case against him was heard to-day at the police court, lasting nearly ...
Article : 213 wordsThe girl who was fonnd wandering in Melbourne was named Ellen Burrel, and not Murrel. She was enanged as a domestic at the residence of Dr. Harvey Astles. She left ...
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Advertising : 420 wordsIt is expected that a mixed commission will be appointed to settle the difficulty between the United States and Canada with regard to the fisheries question. ...
Article : 42 wordsBenjamin Green Wood of Elizabeth-street, ironmonger. Compulsory sequestration. Causes of insolvency—Rail debts, purchasing the estate of one, Collinson, ot ...
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Article : 259 wordsSir,—I notice in your columns of this day that a case of typhoid fever hus been reported in the district in which I am living. Would you Kindly grant me space in your ...
Article : 124 wordsNews has been received that the little township of Trial Harbour, on the West Coast, was totally destroyed by a bush fire, on last Saturday night. A strong gale from ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Bank of England returns for the past week show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 51 per cent., as compared with 50 per cent. last week. ...
Article : 63 wordsSir,—As at the present time the rapi[?] spread of typhoid fever is causing uneasiness among us, I trust you will pardon me for troubling you with this letter. As I was ...
Article : 122 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Aorangi, from Wellington 13th January, left here this afternoon homewards. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe following passengers to and from Adelaide passed through Serviceton on the days specified:— SERVICETON, FRIDAY. ...
Article : 93 wordsThere is nothing new to report concerning the Ministry, but it is now held to be improbable that they will succeed in their attempt at reorganisation. ...
Article : 32 wordsA well-known resident of Metcalfe, a farmer named John Rowe, met with his death In a singular manner last night. He was passing through one of his paddocks, when ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 19 Feb 1887, Page 10
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