The annual meeting of the Free-trade League of Victoria was held in the Assembly-hall, Collins-street, last night. Mr. R. Murray Smith, M.L.A., president of the league, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 wordsThe Ballarat Turf Club's grandstand at Dowling Forest Racecourse was destroyed by fire this evening. The origin of the fire is unknown. The building was insured in the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe tone of the Salvationists when they assembled for a series of meetings in the Town-hall yesterday was one of jubilation over the previous day's achievements. "Ah!" ...
Article : 1,387 wordsLast night the Chief Justice (Sir John Madden), accompanied by, his wife and daughters, with Messrs. Sternberg, Abbott, Winter-Irving, and Embling, M.L.C.'s, reached ...
Article : 755 wordsHarvesting will be general throughout the northern areas during this week; some of the early paddocks have already been reaped. The yields, so far as ascertained, are reported ...
Article : 1,497 wordsThe Attorney-General is at last displaying some aitivity in connection with the Mildura Irrigation Trusts Bill. If he had thrown one quarter the energy into the matter several ...
Article : 1,614 wordsThe Rendigo Mining Managers' Association to-night appointed Mr. James Woolcock, manager of the Hercules and Energetic Company, as manager of the Sir John Forrest ...
Article : 215 wordsInquiries have been made by Sydney underwriters into the statements made by the master of the tug Storm King that when cruising off the Seal Rocks he had discovered ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. J. L. Dow delivered an address on "Protection" on Saturday evening. The greater part of his arguments consisted in endeavouring to prove that the protective ...
Article : 598 wordsMr. James Hutchinson has been appointed governor of the local gaol, in succession to Mr. Gibson. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe premises of Mr. H. M. Giddens—who resides on an orchard property on the northern boundary of the township—consisting of a four-roomed house and adjoining ...
Article : 188 wordsThe plans for the extension of the jetty are not yet ready and the Government are unable to say when the extension will be commenced. There is great indignation at ...
Article : 137 wordsTILPA, NOV. 25.—15,000 wethers crossed here yesterday from Wonnaminta for Innesowen Station, John Bell and Co. owners. The weather is very hot, and the river about stationary ...
Article : 102 wordsOn Friday night a six-roomed house owned by Mr. Thomas Eastick,sen., a few miles from Jung Jung, was destroyed by fire. The fire, which broke out about half-past 10 o'clock, ...
Article : 226 wordsTAMBO, Nov. 26.—Splendid rains have fallen all over the Barcoo, which will be the salvation of the district. The rainfa[?]l on the 23rd and 24th inst. was 105 points, the total this month to date being 355 ...
Article : 130 wordsCOROWA,Nov. 21.—Crops throughout the district generally are very satisfactory, and it is affir[?] that they are better than they have been since [?]. The district referred to includes such centres as ...
Article : 600 wordsThe fear that a water famine is imminent has become general, the dams are rapidly giving out, and with the prospect of little rain for the next three months the shire ...
Article : 113 wordsCouncillor Fetherston made an important statement at the Prahran Council meeting yesterday afternoon in regard to the action taken by the recent Municipal Conference to ...
Article : 536 wordsDetective Christi[?], senior inspector of excise, prosecuted a number of keepers of oyster saloons at the District Court yesterday Mr. Nicolson, P.M., presiding, for selling ...
Article : 717 wordsA four-roomed weatherboard house, occupied by a widow lady about 50 years of age named Lydia Shelton, and situated in the vicinity of the Hanging Rock, was destroyed ...
Article : 1,880 wordsThe residents of Box Hill and Camberwell have for some time past complained of the wretched lighting of the trains on the local line. Last night, at the Boroondara ...
Article : 76 wordsSir,—The Premier having introduced a bill proposing to extend the franchise to women, it may be well if some expressions of opinion are given in your columns, the more so as ...
Article : 401 wordsSir,—I was much pleased in reading The Argus this morning to find that you had called the attention of the public to the shelving of two very important bills by the ...
Article : 398 wordsA boy, eight years of age, named Allan Fowler, son of Constable Fowler, of Collingwood, sustained terrible injuries last night at about 8 o'clock. He had ...
Article : 231 wordsA special meeting of the Castlemaine Borough Council was held to-night for the purpose of taking preliminary action in connection with the proposal to erect a ...
Article : 176 wordsJune Dutton, 21 years of age, a domestic servant, residing at Abbotsford-street, Abbotsford, attempted to cut her throat with a carving-knife last night. She had ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 26 Nov 1895, Page 6
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