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Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 wordsThe mystery surrounding the recent death of William Barnett, killed on the sewerage works at Burnley, is still unsolved, yet, only a few hours after ...
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Article : 57 wordsDuring the past few years various movements have been taking place in this colony in connection with technical schools. Excellent results have followed their ...
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Article : 2,553 wordsEdward Gibson, aged 29, insurance agent, in the employ of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company, died yesterday at the residence of Mr. F. Garden, of Summer ...
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Article : 195 wordsRainfall at Observatory previous 24 hours to 5 p.m. August 27, 0.01in.; since January 1, 9.72in. Average rainfall at Observatory for the first eight months of the year, 15.88in. ...
Article : 100 wordsThe residents of Vaughan and surrounding districts have presented Mr. E. L. Williams, a very old resident, with a gold chain and pendant, on the occasion of his departure for New Zealand. ...
Article : 39 wordsA meeting of the Gippsland Rabbit Suppression League was held at Bairnsdale on Friday evening. Mr. Hamilton (Omeo shire) presided. There were also present—Messrs. Drevermann (Bairnsdale). ...
Article : 1,012 wordsSun, rises 6.48 a.m., sets 5.54 p.m.; moon, rises 3.22 p.m., sets 4.54 a.m. Full moon, 31st; new moon, 17th. ...
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Article : 601 wordsAn epidemic of scarlet fever is raging in the city, but the outbreak seems to be decreasing in the suburbs. The annual report of the Government ...
Article : 117 wordsThis popular musical comedy, at which Melbourne theatregoers have laughed at intervals these dozen years, was revived for a short season at the Bijou Theatre on ...
Article : 191 wordsMr. Herbert Bowden, of Messrs. Bowden Bros., Thursday Island, who is now in Brisbane, throws some light on the question of the Japanese influx into ...
Article : 209 wordsA market fair in aid of the Dioecsan Deaconesses' Society was held in the quadrangle of the Royal Mint on Saturday afternoon, there ...
Article : 500 wordsThe Princess's Theatre was again filled on Saturday evening, and the attractiveness of the popular nautical melodrama, "The Harbour Lights." seems to have in no ...
Article : 419 wordsAt the inquest on W. A. Firth the jury returned a verdict of suicide while in unsound mind. The evidence given showed that the man came from Melbourne, and ...
Article : 214 wordsSir,—The attention drawn in your columns to the wholesale destruction of the wattle and your well-timed advocacy for its protection has demonstrated the ...
Article : 382 wordsThere is a standing joke about the frowsy prisoner who told the bench at a police court that he was a journalist, and, in answer to the next question, replied that ...
Article : 447 wordsThe steamer Egremont Castle, which grounded in the Port River on Friday morning, still remains in that position. She went ashore just abreast of the No. 6 ...
Article : 126 wordsSir,—I hope that the receipt of the report and balance-sheet for the half-year in the above company will convince the shareholders of the necessity of looking after ...
Article : 519 wordsAt the District Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. Shuter, P.M., Marks Herman, financier, of Little Collins-street, appeared to answer charges laid against him ...
Article : 503 wordsSir,—I should feel obliged if you can give me some information in reference to the workings of the Madame Berry West G.M. Company, of Creswick. I find the output ...
Article : 146 wordsA meeting of the Typographical Society on Saturday night decided to declare the "Morning Herald" newspaper office closed to men of the society. The matters at issue ...
Article : 134 wordsSir,—Seeing that the Government launched a bold progressive policy in the Governor's Speech at the opening of Parliament, farmers in the Richardson Valley are ...
Article : 410 wordsThe sixty-eighth musical evening of this society took place in Glen's Concert-hall on Saturday evening, the resident (Mr. E. A. Jager) in the chair. The following programme, under the ...
Article : 358 wordsMILDURA, Aug. 27.—The count of lambs at Tapio Station was concluded to-day, showing [?] per cent., probably the best average for this district. ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the City Police Court on Saturday, Rowland Rees, formerly a well-known member of the South Australian Legislature, was charged with using insulting language to ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Saturday night gang with their customay regularity visited the Morning Star Hotel, in Chapel-street, South Yarra, on Saturday evening, and robbed the licensee, ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A telegram from Balranald states that the weather to-day was dull and showery. A splendid fall of 1in. is said to have taken place in the black country, where it was ...
Article : 86 wordsNHILL, Aug. 27.—A few light showers fell during last night and to-day. KOONDROOK, Aug. 27.—It is showery to-day and looks like heavy rain. ...
Article : 134 wordsKALGOORLIE, Sunday.—A new alluvial find was made yesterday on the Ashler Quarries, about five miles from Kalgoorlie. One 2oz. slug and several smaller pieces, making a total of 3oz., were found ...
Article : 83 wordsLOWAN (Shire).—East Riding—J. C. Dufty, 243; P. Mackenzie (retiring). 135. Majority for Dufty. 108. West Riding—J. C. Farmers, 113; J. T. Sambell, [?] J. Clark (retiring), 80. Majority for ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Oamaru Harbour Board loan of £36,000 has been successfully floated by the National Bank, the amount being oversubscribed at up to £105/2/6. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 29 Aug 1898, Page 6
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