The Emperor Frederick has so far recovered that he has been able to leave Charlottenburg for the Imperial Palace. of Potsdam, 17 miles from Berlin. ...
Article : 184 wordsThe first shipment of exhibits from this colony for the Melbourne Exhibition, consuiting of 1,000 packages, left Sydney on Friday, and a further shipment of 200 tons is ...
Article : 668 wordsThe Government has decided that those tenderers for Treasury bills whose tenders are above par shall receive in full, while the balance is to be distributed ratably among ...
Article : 109 wordsA determined attempt wits made by the Chinese passengers on board the Guthrie to escape from the veasel early this morning. The Guthrie was preparing to leave for ...
Article : 952 wordsFew plays of recent late have a more curious history than "Le Gamin de Paris," One day in the month of November 1885, as Bouffé, the famous actor, was returning from ...
Article : 1,568 wordsOn Saturday last the 1st Battalion Victorian Ri[?]es (militia) competed for the skirmishing trophy, presented by Sir W. J. Clarke, at the North Williamstown rifle ranges. ...
Article : 258 wordsA splendid welcome was accorded to Miss Carrie Swain at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening, on the occasion of her reappearance in the drama "The Tomboy." ...
Article : 437 wordsThere was a magnificent attendance in the Town-hall on Saturday alternoon, when a grand orchestral concert was given under the b[?]ton of Signor Roberto Hazon. The ...
Article : 1,049 wordsThe following are the new duties proposed by the Treasurer:—Biscuits, fancy, 2d. per 1b.; do., plain, 1d.; do., ship, ½d.; candied and bottled fruits, 3d. per lb.; carriages, ...
Article : 236 wordsAn adjourned meeting of the board of management of the Melbourne Typographical Society was held at the Trades-hall on Saturday, Mr. George Jordan (president) in the ...
Article : 272 wordsA woman, named Margaret Sims, was brutally outraged by a black trooper at Cattle Creek, near Roma, on Friday evening. The man, whose name is George Hubert, was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 589 wordsAt the Malvern Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Hare, P.M., and Messrs. W. B. Jones, W. Edsall, and Dr. Eccles, J.P.'s, Roland Stephenson, aged about 15 years, was ...
Article : 510 wordsThe city coroner held an inquest at the morgue on Saturday on the body of the man, name unknown, who was found in the Yarra on the 26th inst. by a painter named Robert ...
Article : 163 wordsThe sculling match for £500, between Julius Wulf, of Sydney, and James Stansbury, of Shoalhaven, on the Parramatta River, was rowed yesterday, and was ...
Article : 116 wordsSandhurst has always had it reputation for the excellence of its amateur music, and recent performances have fully supported this reputation Opera is now the order ...
Article : 337 wordsA football match between the English team and a New South Wales combined team of Rugby players was played on the Association ground yesterday, and was witnessed ...
Article : 591 wordsSir,—Permit me to ascertain through your widely circulated paper what has has been done with the many subscriptions that have been subscribed towards the above fund. It is now ...
Article : 140 wordsAt the South Melbourne Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Stead, J.P., and a full bench of magistrates, Edwin Williams, butcher, proceeded against William ...
Article : 312 wordsSir,—I wish to bring under your notice the disgraceful overcrowding of the Mordialloc train which leaves Melbourne at 4.45. Night after night, after the compartments are filled ...
Article : 352 wordsSir,—My attention having been drawn to a'paragraph appearing in your issue of 30th ult, having reference to the case of Mrs. Taylor, widow of Mr. M. Taylor, engineer, who lost ...
Article : 276 wordsALBURY, JUNE 2.—Light showers of rain during the week culminated in a heavy downpour on Friday night, and 66 poitns were registered. Stock Movements.—520 fat wethers from Dungowannah to ...
Article : 495 wordsSir,—I beg that you will kindly allow me the opportunity which your windy-read columns afford to express my heartfelt gratitude for the reception given this ...
Article : 130 wordsSir,—In the Hundbook of Familiar Quotations I had the following version of the lines referred to by "J.R." and Mr. Arthur Garner with this heading:— ...
Article : 171 wordsSir.—Some time ago a good deal of attention was drawn to the need of freshly numbering the houses within the city. It is being done now in Carlton only to make ...
Article : 277 wordsSir,—In the Armadale division of the city of Prahran the city council recently parchased two clay pits, and these they have been filling up with the usual rubbish from ...
Article : 297 wordsSir,—On March 21 I forwarded a complaint to the chairman of commissioners relating to the conduct of the stationmaster at Myrtleford, in connection with his having detained ...
Article : 244 wordsSir,—Encouraged by your former kindness I beg the opportunity again to appeal through your columns on behalf of this land. Twice during May was the Y.M.C.A. ...
Article : 205 wordsSir,—Knowing your willingness at all times to insert any just grievance in your largely circulated paper, may I ask for the insertion of the following. re the South Cord[?]era ...
Article : 185 wordsDUNOLLY, JUNE 2.— Splendid rains have fallen during the past week, and the farmers are busily engaged in plonghing and sowing, though somewhat later than usual. There is every indication of a good ...
Article : 51 wordsThe P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Oceana, from Melbourne May 4, arrived at Suez on the morning of the 1st inst. The same company's R.M.S. Rome, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 4 Jun 1888, Page 8
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