The most destructive fire that has ever occurred in Wellington broke out there yesterday morning in Huxley's tailoring establishment, Lambton Quay, and destroyed the ...
Article : 170 wordsDuring the past few days the weather has been intensely [?]ot and oppressive in Sydney and various parts of the colony, but thunderstorms have been prevnient throughout ...
Article : 474 wordsThe weather to-day has been fine, but extremcly oppressive. At Maryborough the flood is subsiding. No eatimate has yet been formed of the damage. ...
Article : 254 wordsParliament will be opened by commission to-morrow.In the Legislative Council Sir John Hay and Messrs. E. Barton and G. A Lloyd; and in the Assembly, Sir Henry ...
Article : 657 wordsAnother violent thunderstorm broke over this city early this morning and for a short time the rain fell in torrents. The electrical discharges in the heavy bancks of clouds ...
Article : 694 wordsThe Cologne Gazette explains that the treaty concluded between Germany, Austria, and Italy provides that Italy will support Germany in case that power ...
Article : 63 wordsThe unemployed made a demonstration this morning which bude fair at one time to result in a Berious disturbance, and it was considered necessary, in order to prevent ...
Article : 768 wordsTo-day Mr. W. Moore finally declined to join the Ministry. Mr. Brown will therefore remain Minister of Lands and Works. It iS expected that the Attorney-General ...
Article : 87 wordsThe political crisis in Italy is not yet ended. The reason why Signor Depretis resigned was that his majority in the Chamber was too weak to justify the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe semi-official Nord Deutsche Zeitung of to-day publishes an article in which it reiterates the former declaration by Prince Bismarck that Germany will not ...
Article : 49 wordsWith respect to the horse disease prevalent at Silverton, Mr. Stanley, the Government veterinarian, telegraphed to the chief inspector of stock to-day, stating that the ...
Article : 143 wordsFour fishermen belonging to Invercargill have been missing for several days, and it is believed that they have been drowned. ...
Article : 27 wordsA public meeting was held at Coburg last evening in the Coburn Public-hall, to consiller a proposal emanating from the ratepayers to divide the shire into wards. The ...
Article : 1,099 wordsThe Austro-Hungarian Minister of War will shortly demand of the Delegations an additional credit of 53,000,000 florins. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe steamcr Hauraki, 881 tons, foundered off Cape Farewell while proceeding from Greymouth to Wellington, coal laden. The crew were saved. The cause of the disaster ...
Article : 40 wordsM. Greeoff, one of the Bulgarian delegates, left for Sofia to-day. Riza Pasha, the newly-appointed Turkish commissioner to Bulgaria, was to have ...
Article : 45 wordsA remarkable instance of interference with the police in the execution of their duty is reported to have occurred on Sunday last. Constables Hayes and Kinnibury, from the ...
Article : 188 wordsAt the Prahran Court on Monday, before Dr. Fetherstone and Messrs. E. J. Dixon and George Young, J.P.'s, Robert Grandison was charged with having, on the 24th December ...
Article : 218 wordsThe latest bulletins issued "by the physicians in attendance on Prince Alexander of Battenberg, who is suffaring from small-pox, state that he is ...
Article : 42 wordsSir,—I have received a number of [?] relative to the suggestion for [?] the jubilee year by Victoria's voluat[?] contrib[?] tion of £3,000 to restore the parish church of ...
Article : 1,045 wordsA large party of Socialists attended this afternoon at St. Paul's Cathedral, and behaved in a noisy manner, interrupting the service at intervals. They ...
Article : 42 wordsAbraham Michael Samuell, of 20 Russellstreet, commission agent. Causes of insolvency—Inability to let a portion of his premises in consequence of the landlord ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Prahran City Council met on Monday evening,when there were present Councillors Forbes (mayor), Bowen, Beatty, Crews, Arikle, Turner, Taylor, and Muntz. ...
Article : 539 wordsThere waa a full attendance of the Exhibition Committee of the Queensland National Association to-day, when it was unanimously agreed to recommend to the council ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following is a list of passengers to nnd from Sydney passing through Albury, as telegraphed by our correspondent:— ALBURY, MONDAY. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Messagories Maritimes s.s. Caledonien, from Melbourne 26th January, passed here to-day enroute for Marseilles, three days in advance of her due date. ...
Article : 36 wordsLOCKHART, FEB. 28.—Stock Crossings—25th inst. —12 thoroughbred colts and fillies from Adelaide, W. Blnckler, owner, in charge. The weather is very hot and sultry. ...
Article : 119 wordsA public meeting, convened on requisition by the mayors of the city and town, was held in the Alfred-hall to-night, to consider the action of the hospital committee in refusing ...
Article : 495 wordsFrom Melbourne— Mermorus, ship, sailed Dec. 10. From Sydney—Sir Walter Raleigh, ship, sailed Dec. 11; Woollahra, bque., sailed Nov. 30. From ...
Article : 49 wordsThe following passengers to and from Adelaide passed through Serviceton on the day specified:— SLRVICEION, SATURDAY. ...
Article : 104 wordsParliament will be dissolved on Wednesday. It is understood that the nominations for the first batch of elections will be receivable about March 16. ...
Article : 600 wordsCOROWA, FEB. 28.—A terrine rain storm passed over the town to-day, 2in, of rain falling in 15 minutes. HOWLONG, FEB. 2S.—On Saturday night and ...
Article : 576 wordsThe complete returns for the Murray election give Mr. Chanter (protectionist) 837 votes. Mr. Barbour (protectionist) 759, and Mr. W. R. Virgoe (freetrader) 749. ...
Article : 38 wordsM'Cou[?]rle v. Hobson, Crough v. Cleary, Passmore v. Miuahan. BANCO COURT. (Before their Honours the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice ...
Article : 179 wordsSir Henry Loch, the Governor of Victoria, left for Melbourne by this afternoon's express. During his stay he has been the guest of Sir Win. Robinson. At the Adelaide ...
Article : 191 wordsThe shareholders of the Federal Store Limited held their first meeting yesterday afternoon, when there was a fair attendance. Mr. E. King presided, and stated that as another ...
Article : 112 wordsPORTARLINGTON, FEB. 28.—The weather for the past week has been close and sultry, and on Saturday heavy showers of rain fell, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Owning to the light crop of onlons ...
Article : 103 wordsA largely-attended meeting of the Tailoresses Union was held at the Trades-hall last evening. It was reported that £100 had been lent to the trustees of the institution ...
Article : 163 wordsSir,—We are going to have a now town-hall erected in St. Kilda, and the borough council announce they are about to take a poll of the ratepayers to decide on one of two sites for ...
Article : 213 wordsSir,—Victorian history tells us of Black Thursday and Black Wednesday, and surely no more appropriate name can be given to 1st March, 1886. than "Black Monday," as on ...
Article : 137 wordsTHARGOMINDAII, FEB. 28.—Heavy rain fell here on Friday and saturday last, fully 6in. being registered. The river Bulloo rose over its banks with the purely local water higher than had been previously ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 1 Mar 1887, Page 6
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