The arrival in South Africa of batches of miners and others from Australia and America on route to the Transvaal Goldfields seems to point to the necessity for a clearer ...
Article : 1,316 wordsOn Thursday, the 4th inst., the residence of Mrs. Alice Hurley, at Power-street, Hawthorn, was broken into during the absence of Mrs. Hurley and her servant, ...
Article : 251 wordsDr. Hunter, surgeon, and Mr. Mabb, the chief engineer of the troopship Tyne, were to-day charged before a court-martial on board H.M.S. Rapid with conduct prejudicial ...
Article : 213 wordsIn connection with the Jubilee celebrations to be carried out in the city, an advertisement appears in the "Tenders" column of The Argus relative to the illumination of the ...
Article : 78 wordsOur readers are aware that the members and friends of the two principal German societies in Melbourne have been for many weeks past carefully organising for a ...
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Article : 298 wordsMr. C. Spotswood, manager of the Bank of Van Dieman's Land, died to-night, from typhoid fever. ...
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Article : 326 wordsOn Thursday evening a meeting of residents was held at the St. Kilda Town-hall, to make final arrangements for the children's [?]te in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee, ...
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Article : 79 wordsAt least four suburban post-offices have recently been robbed of order books, and the police, after being thoroughly mystified, obtained a clue which led to the arrest last ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Rosehill Racing Club will hand to the Bulli Relief Fund Committee the sum of £300, the proceeds of the recent special race meeting. ...
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Article : 215 wordsThe following address to the Queen will be submitted for adoption at a meeting of women and girls, to be held in the town-hall on Monday next:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 423 wordsThe first meeting during the present season of the Victorian Football Association was held on Friday evening at Messrs. Young and Jackson's Hotel, Swanston-street, when there ...
Article : 752 wordsA general meeting of the Wharf Labourers' Union was held on Thursday night at the Literary Institute, William-street. Mr. Cooper was in the chair. The secretary of ...
Article : 293 wordsThe council of the New South Wales Rifle Association has adopted a programme for the prize meeting to be held in February, 1888, in honour of the centenary of the colony. The ...
Article : 237 wordsAn application was made by Mr. Isaacs for the release from prison of Frederick Ogle, otherwise Lammerse, of St. Kilda, commission agent. The motion was opposed by Mr. ...
Article : 799 wordsSir,—Colonel Yolland, the late senior inspector to the Board of Trade, in reporting on the Blackburn accident (which occurred on the 9th August, 1881, when 7 persons were ...
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Article : 210 wordsThe committee of management of the Alfred Hospital met on Friday afternoon, when there were present—Messrs. R. L. J. Ellery (president), G. Young, F. Peppin, F. ...
Article : 220 wordsThe Government have accepted the tender of a former lessee of the Emu Flat run to gr[?]b 1,000 acres of the Ninety Mile Desert, at 10s. per acre. ...
Article : 70 wordsAt the City Court on Friday, James Hayes was charged with assaulting and robbing William Suedden, a tentmaker, in Spencer-street, on the night of the 6th inst. The ...
Article : 208 wordsWhen Dr. Backhouse was driving home to Brighton on Wednesday night, after assisting on the operation which was performed on the late Mr. E. S. Parkes after the Windsor ...
Article : 154 wordsWINTON, MAY 13.—The weather is fine and cool. Stock Passings:—1,100 mixed cattle and 33 horses from Eddington to Albury, New South Wales, owner Mr. M'Gilli[?]ray, MacQuinn Brothers in charge. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 wordsThe Lalla Rookh, a small steamer owned in Sydney, has been wrecked on the Great Harrier Island. The crew were saved. The second reading of the Women's ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 14 May 1887, Page 11
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