Prohate was granted to the wills of the following:—Stephen Vine Buckland, £58,500, on the motion of Mr. Hayes; Thomas Bennie, £1,085, on the motion of Mr. W. Shiels; ...
Article : 890 wordsThe special correspondent of the Register telegraphs as follows from Teetulpa to-day:— " In Brady's upper gully a nugget has been got weighing 10oz. 1dwt.11gr. It was found two ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Marine Board inquiry into the collision between the Keilawarra and the Helen Nicoll was resumed to-day. Captain Fraser, of the Helen Nicoll, was ...
Article : 860 wordsThe only nomination received for the vacancy in the University Senate, created by the death of the late Chief Justice, was that of the Primate (Dr. Barry), who has been ...
Article : 415 wordsThe Alexandra Theatre last night was the central attraction in public amusement throughout Melbourne. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Loch and a party ...
Article : 453 wordsA trial trip of the new Customs steamer Lady Loch was made yesterday afternoon with the object of testing the sea-going capabilities of the vessel, and of ascertaining ...
Article : 827 wordsA special meeting of the Executive Council was held to-day to consider the case of the nine men sentenced to death for the outrage upon Mary Jane Hicks at Mount Rennie. ...
Article : 170 wordsDuring the present week another unsuccessful attempt has been made to bring about a settlement of the dispute between the colliery proprietors in the ...
Article : 357 wordsThe dwelling of Mr.Edward Howell, Canterbury place, off Melbourne-road, Prahran, was found to be on fire at a quarter past 1 a.m.on Thursday. When Mr.Howell ...
Article : 166 wordsAn action was commenced in the Supreme Court to-day by David Proudfoot against Wm. Courett Proctor, M.L.A., for the recovery of £500, the statutory penalty to which ...
Article : 228 wordsThe competition for prizes offered by Mr. John Donaghy, M.L.A., for the best reaping and binding machines worked by experts from the manufacturing firms and by farmers ...
Article : 210 wordsA dispute of a peculiar character occurred yesterday, between Messrs.Dally and Luxford, timber merchants, Hoddle-street, Collingwood, and the men in their employment, ...
Article : 417 wordsThe concert given by Miss Wilkinson last Tuesday night claimed special attention, evincing, as it did, a resolute determination to succeed on the part of a lady who, in ...
Article : 545 wordsA meeting of representatives of the banks doing business in Brisbane was held to-day to consider the question of reducing the rates of interest on deposits. No decision was ...
Article : 206 wordsMessrs. O'Meara, Campbell, and Strickland, P.M.'s, sat to-day as a licensing court, and granted the renewals of 89 publicans' licenses, besides transfers, and wine and ...
Article : 299 wordsThe cricket match between the Melbourne and Sydney Grammar School boys was concluded on the Association ground to-day. The Sydney boys, with an advantage of five ...
Article : 287 wordsThe town council last night carried a motion by six votes to five to abolish the subdivisions of the town. A petition and counter petition on the subject have been ...
Article : 519 wordsThe Government have received the Victorian Government's circular intimating that it is their intention to hold an international exhibition to mark the centenary of ...
Article : 317 wordsA meeting of the Tanners and Curriers' Union was held at the Trades-hall on Wednesday night. It was reported that no settlement had been arrived at ...
Article : 727 wordsAn excursion train arrived from Melbourne to-day, bringing about 450 metropolitan visitors to the Exhibition. The train left Melbourne at 8 a.m., and reached Sandhurst ...
Article : 467 wordsTwo cases of larceny came under the notice of Mr.P.Hanna, J.P. and other justices at the City Court on Tuesday, wherein the stolen property was bought from the thieves ...
Article : 244 wordsCorrespondence has recently passed between the Australasian Steam Navigation Company and the Seamen's Union regarding the overmanning of the steamers Rockton ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Western Monarch, sh., 1,315 tons, which left London a few days ago for Wellington, has been towed back, having received considerable damage in the late ...
Article : 64 wordsSir,—Will Mr.Simonsen allow me to give him a few words of friendly advice. 1. Put a veto on the encores. It is a heavy tax on the singers, and when added to the ...
Article : 146 wordsHenry Morris, a jockey, aged 22, residing at the York Hotel, Hoddle-street, was admitted into the Melbourne Hospital, on Thursday, with injuries to his abdomen, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 358 wordsThe lumpers engaged in discharging the Knraweera, steamer, at Wallaroo struck this morning. They insist that they should be paid the same rate of wages as the men who ...
Article : 175 wordsThe steamer Ionic, en route for Auckland, arrived early this morning. She left London on November 4, reached the Cape on November 27, and left again the same day. She has ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—May I ask the favour of a small space in The Argus to appeal to the generous public on behalf of the above fund. By the late disastrous fire in Frederick-street, ...
Article : 255 wordsSir,—In Mr.Kidston's appeal on behalf of a lady in reduced circumstances, which appears in The Argus of this morning, there is a slight mistake that in Justice to the St. ...
Article : 204 wordsSir,—I am very glad to see by this morning's paper that the above question has been broached in your columns, as the public press is now generally recognised as the ...
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Advertising : 239 wordsDuring the thunderstorm yesterday a cowshed on the dairy farm of a Mr.Spratt, Cardigan, was fired by lightning, and the building and a chaffcutting plant were destroyed. ...
Article : 146 wordsWilliam James Guttridge, of Wattletree-road, Malvern, omnibus driver. Causes of insolvency—Losses by accidents and deaths of horses, dulness in business and illness ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 wordsSir,—I sincerely hope that the Government will declare an extra public holiday nt Christmas on Tuesday, 28th inst., as proposed by "One of Them," in The Argus of to-day, and ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 17 Dec 1886, Page 6
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