The inquiry into the fire which occurred at Robert J. D. Windram's drapery establishment, in Swan-street, Richmond, on the morning of the 31st August, was resumed ...
Article : 1,927 wordsThe final meeting of the Bendigo Easter Fair committee was held on Thursday night, Councillor S. H. M'Gewan, the mayor, presiding. The secretary (Mr. H. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 wordsPrior to Mr. Taverner leaving for England a few months ago, he was asked by the conference of Ministers of Agriculture held at Hobart to inquire, while in Great ...
Article : 898 wordsAn action was commenced in the First, Civil Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett and a jury of six, in which Mr. Charles Johnston, accountant for Mr. ...
Article : 1,668 wordsThe annual show of the Birchip Agricultural and Pastoral Society was very successful. The following were the principal prizetakers:— ...
Article : 428 wordsIn the Divorce Court to-day, Mr. Justice Stone granted a decree nisi on the application of Samuel Salter, farmer, of Kelmscott, for the dissolution of his ...
Article : 158 wordsMr. J. J. Miller, of Cootamundra, who is to contest the Hume in opposition to the Premier, arrived at Germanton this afternoon to prosecute his candidature. He ...
Article : 757 wordsAn old woman, named Elizabeth Long, 85 years of age, living with her husband at Clinker's Hill, has been admitted to the hospital in a debilitated condition. ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Rangatira, which left Lyttelton yesterday for London, takes to the Cape 6,000 sacks of wheat, 2,700 sacks of oats, and 3,600 careases of mutton, besides butter, ...
Article : 43 wordsThursday (6 p.m.):—Generally fine and warm, with light N.W. to N. winds. Sea slight. SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER. Rainfall at Observatory previous 24 hours to 5 ...
Article : 813 wordsLast evening Mr. Marr, L.R.C.P., and Mr. Oakley were leaving Digby in a buggy, when their horse holted down a steep hill leading from the township. A smash took ...
Article : 76 wordsIn the House of Assembly, the Premier, in referring to a paragraph published in a weekly paper, stated that it was a disgraceful and disgusting libel that he had ...
Article : 457 wordsMr. James Allen, of North Willenabrina, left on Friday en route for New Zealand. He is representing a syndicate of fanners in the Willenabrina district, and ...
Article : 126 wordsThe weather was beautiful, and the attendance enormous. The following are a few of the principal prizetakers:- Draught Horse stock. — Best Stallion.—Four ...
Article : 370 wordsOn the arrival of the Adelaide express train here this morning, Mrs. Louisa Chalker, who was on her way from Frenantle to Melbourne, reported to the ...
Article : 160 wordsThe annual show of the Stawell and Wimmera District Pastoral and Agricultural Society was concluded on Wednesday. The following were the principal ...
Article : 296 wordsA conference of shires was held at Maffra to-day in order to devise steps for a campaign of extermination against sparrows and dingoes. There were present:- ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Barton was interviewed with reference to a report that a select committee is to be appointed to inquire into the effect that federation will have upon West ...
Article : 531 wordsAt the meeting of the Coburg Shire Council on Wednesday night a communication was received from the town clerk of Northcote requesting the attendance of delegates at a conference to be held ...
Article : 176 wordsEverything progresses satisfactorily in connection with the sugar beet plots, grown for educational purposes, under the supervision of Mr. C. Van de ...
Article : 85 wordsAt the meeting of the Footscray Council on Wednesday, a discussion took place in reference to the Metropolitan Board of Works doing work in Footscray by day labour instead of by contract. ...
Article : 178 wordsFrom the Rev. Dr. Bevan we have [?]ceived a further letter regarding affairs in Samoa. He deseribes the commission which the treaty powers had appointed to take ...
Article : 425 wordsThe attendance at the show of the Swan Hill Agricultural and Pastoral Society was large. The following is a list of the principal prizclakers:- ...
Article : 337 wordsThe Numurkah Shire Council has decided to discontinue the payment of bonuses for rabbit scalps, as it is alleged that the business is being "farmed" by ...
Article : 50 wordsHOWLONG, Sept. 20.—Stock Movements:—19th —[?] bullocks, C[?]wa to Albury, C.L. [?] [?] and Co., agents; 15 fat bullocks, Bun[?] nah to Albury, Giles Carey owner; 15 fat [?] ...
Article : 188 wordsThe secretary of the Public Works department notified the Caultield Council, at its Meeting on Wednesday night that a sum of £300 had been placed on the estimates to be spent on executing ...
Article : 264 wordsIn the County Court yesterday, before Judge Gaunt and a jury, an action for libel brought by Pereival Augustus Pullan, tanners' machine manufacturer, of Melbourne, ...
Article : 424 wordsAt Katamatite on Monday a conference took place between representative of the Tungamah and Numurkah Water Trusts. The amending Water Bill was discussed, ...
Article : 88 wordsThe annual stock sales were held yesterday, and were attended by a large number of people. The competition was spirited throughout. ...
Article : 1,430 wordsM[?]OA, Sept. 20.—The warm, soaking rain of the last week, which was general throughout this district, has been of incalculable benefit, and has made a marked improvement in the growth of ...
Article : 113 wordsAt the meeting of the Caulfield Council, held on Wednesday, the president (Councillor R.L. Phillips) read a letter from Mr. J.C. Camp[?]ll. M.L.C. stating that he had been misunderstood ...
Article : 459 wordsThe weekly meeting of the committee of the Benevolent Asylum was held on Thursday. An inmate named Peter Dixon Johnson was brought before the committee for ...
Article : 170 wordsMessrs. Gordon, Bright, and Anderson have received instructions from Mr. Charles Tucker, M.H.A., to appeal against the decision of the stipendiary magistrate at ...
Article : 229 wordsThe visiting magistrates at Pentridge, Messrs. Dobbin, P.M., and Edelsten, J.P., dealt with a number of cases of breaches of the gaol regulations yesterday ...
Article : 172 wordsHenry Murray was charged with [?] assaulting a little boy. The jury found him guilty of an indecent assault, and he acknowledged five prior convictions. One of these included one year ...
Article : 413 wordsWilliam Thorpe, one of the Workmen engaged on the alterations at the Federal Coffee Palace, met with a strange accident yesterday. He was working just below ...
Article : 98 wordsSir,—I wish to protest against the system in vogue in regard to withdrawas from the Savings Bank. The depositor wishing to withdraw ...
Article : 220 wordsSir,—Two years ago the extension of this cockspur from Rupanyup to Banyena was recommended by the Standing Committee on Railways for construction. It was ...
Article : 147 wordsSir,—According to "The Argus" of to-day, a volunteer corps is being organised so as to be ready to proceed to the Transvaal in the event of was breaking out ...
Article : 98 wordsRegattas, axemen's associations, and all athletic gatherings are to be debarred by a dictum of the Legislative Council from using the totalisator to assist their finances, ...
Article : 88 wordsBAIRNSDALE (Shire).—Councillor J. B. Rashleigh, president. Allowance, £70. BERWICK (Shire).—Councillor Vieusseux, president. Allowance, £40. ...
Article : 48 wordsAt the meeting of the Brunswick Council on Monday evening, a number of applications were receivedfor the position of valuer at a remuneration for £50. After discussion that of Mr. J. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 22 Sep 1899, Page 6
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