Standing orders were suspended last night at the Brunswick Council meeting to allow Councillor Fleming to bring forward a motion commending Police-inspectors Gray ...
Article : 509 wordsThe committees of both Houses of Parliament to inquire into the affairs of the Bank of New Zealand and Colonial Bank, and the circumstances connected with the banking ...
Article : 932 wordsAn inquiry was held at Williamstown yesterday, before Mr. Henry Hick, J.P., into the death of the little girl Beatrice May Rodgers, who was knocked down by a ...
Article : 388 wordsThe examination in the estate of Michael Willis Fergusson, of Tweedside, Buckleystreet, Essendon, stationer, was continued before Judge Molesworth in the Insolvency ...
Article : 1,388 wordsSome time on Sunday Messrs. Oliver and Stevens's boot factory in Armstrong-street was entered, and 15 pairs of men's balmoral boots and a few postage stamps stolen. ...
Article : 42 wordsStatutory meetings of shareholders and creditors of the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited were held yesterday, at the upper-hall of the Athenæum, Collins-street, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsThe Women's Christian Temperance Union held their annual conference in the Hamilton Temperance-hall this week, delegates from the various branches throughout the ...
Article : 291 wordsAn inquest was held on Monday on the body of Ernest Hunter, a little boy who, in company with his sister and other children, was picking chips from the wood-heap at ...
Article : 256 wordsMonday (6 p.m).—Fine, with light variable winds, frosty in parts inland; smooth or moderate sea. ...
Article : 23 wordsRAINFALL AT O[?]SERVATORY from 8 p.m. 26th to 3 p.m. 27th July, 0.04in.; since January 1, 17.78in. Average rainfall at Observatory for the first seven months of the vear, 13.89in. ...
Article : 214 wordsAn important land sale was held in Mr. Fairbairn's yards on Saturday, when the well-known Oaklands Estate, comprising about 710 acres, on the Pentland Hills, was ...
Article : 2,315 wordsThe annual meeting of the local bowling club was held on Friday night, Mr. W. R. M'Gregor, the president, being in the chair. The officers for the ensuing year ...
Article : 110 wordsSir,—A good deal has been written recently in reference to the system of Government contracting which prevails in this colony, as compared with that of New ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 wordsA charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding an old man named George Cornish[?] inmate of the United Service Home at Drysdale, was preferred on ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the Boroondara Shire Council last night, Councillor M'Beath drew attention to a decision of the Box Hill Court on the 17th inst., in the case of a Mrs. Wynne, who was proceeded against by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 wordsAn old woman named Ellen Weir met with a shocking death last night. She lived alone in a small hut at Golden Gully, and a young man named Thomas Orr this ...
Article : 101 wordsAt the Boroondara Shire Council meeting last night, tenders were accepted for the following public works:—Construction Logan and Bryson streets, W. H. Bruce, £483 13s 4d.; making ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 wordsA vigorons discussion took place at the Boroondara Council last night on the question of the proposed extension of the hours of polling. A letter was read from the local representative in In ...
Article : 169 wordsLast Saturday afternoon the private residence of Mr. C. E. Stedman, solicitor, of Nhill, was destroyed by fire. The alarm was given by the servant girl, and the fire Nhill, was destroyed by (ne The alarm was gneii b« the servant gul, nnd the hie ...
Article : 118 wordsThe annual meeting of the Prahran magistrates was held in the magistrates' room at the Prahran Court on Monday, when there were present Messrs. Young, ...
Article : 268 wordsAt the meeting of the E[?]ndon Council last night a discussion arose over a clause in the finance committee's report suggesting the appointment of Mr. Edward Shattock as valuator of ...
Article : 154 wordsThe tenth half-yearly meeting of the Yea Dairy Company was held on July 24. Teo chairman of directors (Mr. D. M'Leish) presided, and there was a good attendance of ...
Article : 376 wordsThe annual meeting of contributors to the Homœopathic Hospital was held yesterday at the institution, Mr. J. W. Hunt presiding. The chairman, in moving the ...
Article : 322 wordsCOBRAM, July 25.—Stock Crossings.—July 20[?] 282 fat merinoes, mixed, from Nangunia, owner Mr. J. M'Namara, trucked to Newmarket. July 24.—282 fat crossbreds, mixed. Mr. J. Gillespie, Berrigan, ...
Article : 862 wordsThe annual court for the revision of the ratepayers' rolls was held at the Town-hall, Brunswick, last night, the mayor presiding, and there being present—Councillor Fleming, Balfe, Cook, ...
Article : 165 wordsAt the meeting of the Collingwood Council last evening it was as dtcidistribute £262 amongstinnomma the following charities:—Ladies' Benevolent Society (monthly payments), £120; ...
Article : 103 wordsAt the North Melbourne Court yesterday, before Dr. F. Lloyd (chairman) and Messrs. J. Wylie and J. Black burn, J.P.'s, Francis Shanahan summoned James ...
Article : 233 wordsAbout 20 years ago, the Collingwood Council adopted a by-law prohibiting merchants and storekeepers within the municipality having more than l8 cases of kerosene oil on their premises. ...
Article : 202 wordsThe fourth annual meeting of the Broadford Dairying Company was. held at the Broadford Hotel on Saturday. Mr. Alex. M'Leod, chairman of directors, occupied ...
Article : 252 wordsSir,—With your kind permission I would like to reply to the letter of "R." on the above subject which appeared in your issue of the 24th inst. It does not admit of ...
Article : 339 wordsThe disgraceful seene which occurred at the North Melbourne football field on Saturday last was referred to at the meeting of the Collingwood Council last evening. Several councillors spoke ...
Article : 80 wordsAt the Fitzroy Court yesterday, before Messrs. Burrell and Couchman, J.P.'s, three little boys—William Greenwood 13, William Burford 12, and John Rowan 14— ...
Article : 99 wordsAt the meeting of the St. Kilda City Council last evening, Councillor Moore, one of the representatives to the Metropolitan Board of Works, reported that a proposal, emanating from the ...
Article : 189 wordsA meeting of the Western District Cheese and Butter Factories Association was held in Warrnambool on Friday. Mr. J. W. Anderson (president) was in the chair, and ...
Article : 304 wordsAt the Richmond Court yesterday, Rose Maggs, a girl 16 years of age, and a youth named Joseph Daly, were presented on a charge of vagrancy. The evidence of ...
Article : 281 wordsThe dead body of a newly-born female child was found yesterday afternoon east up on the beach at Port Melbourne, near Donaldson's Jetty. It was wrapped in a ...
Article : 117 wordsA peculiar case of illegal detention of property came before Messrs. Eade, Tait, and Hanslow, J.P.'s. at the Collingwood Court yesterday. The Foster Brewery ...
Article : 174 wordsThe question of a direct line of railway through Collingwood was discussed at the meeting of the local council last night, on a motion by Council[?]or Dyason that the matter be brought under ...
Article : 128 wordsA terminal examination will be held in the Wilson-hall, on Friday next, 31st July, 1896, at from 12 noon to 2 p.m. PRACTICAL PHYSIOLOGY. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsMr. Frank Langholz, a stevedore, residing at 120 Bridge-street, Port Melbourne, reported to the local police last night that his infant son, aged 2 months, had died in ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 28 Jul 1896, Page 6
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