Mr. David Kerr addressed 200 electors of the Grenville Electorate at Buninyong last night, the mayor (Councillor Groves) presiding. The candidate spoke in favour of ...
Article : 199 wordsSome twelve months ago the Stephenson New Gas Syndicate was launched on the market, having bought the patent rights of the invention for £400—£200 cash, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 wordsOn Friday night a man named John Seymour, aged 37, was admitted to the Perth Hospital suffering from fracture of the frontal bone. Subsequently James Nicholls, ...
Article : 432 wordsSpeaking on the effect of the Factories Act on the boot trade in the Legislative Assembly last week, the Chief Secretary said:—"The act has improved the condition ...
Article : 1,371 wordsA meeting of stack agents was held in Bendigo on Saturday in discuss matters in connection with the Mildura railway extension. The majority of those present ...
Article : 373 wordsThe twenty-third Intercolonial Eight-oared Race was rowed on the Yarra on Saturday, and was witnessed by a number of people estimated at nearly 20,000, and this in spite of the fact that ...
Article : 1,310 wordsThe opening of the yachting be season was fixed for Saturday last, and a large number of visitors were the guests of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria on board the tug ...
Article : 613 wordsThe body of John Harrison, 45 years of age, was recovered from the Yarra, near Duke's Dock, yesterday. Harrison was a married man, and was employed as a ...
Article : 95 wordsRainfall at Observsatory previous 24 hours to 5 p.m. 18th November 9.0Sin.; since January 1, 27.06in. Averge rainfall at Observatory for the first 11 ...
Article : 510 wordsBENDIGO, Saturday.—The GREAT CENTRAL VICTORIA, in crosscutting at the 2,615ft. level, have been meeting with spurs, intermixed with sandstone and slate, for the last 12ft. To-night ...
Article : 1,304 wordsMr. John Magee, who was kicked on the head by his horse at Muckleford, died from the injury on Thursday night. At the police court on Friday, before ...
Article : 107 wordsThe frame of mind which conduces to suicide is seldom attended with a sense of humour, but Alexander Aitchason, a man who evidently drowned himself on ...
Article : 211 wordsThe band of burglars at present operating in the suburbs of Melbourne visited Moonee Ponds on Friday night last and broke into the residente of Mr. "Tom" Hales, the ...
Article : 135 wordsProfessor Dubois, Government viticultural expert, visited Mr. Warner's, phylloxera-infested vineyard this morning. He is of opinion that phylloxera can never be ...
Article : 100 wordsA melodrama, entitled "The Power and the Glory," written by Mr. Charles Darrell, was produced on Saturday evening at the Theatre Royal in the presence of an ...
Article : 857 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Synod of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Gippsland district the Rev. S. Harris (chairman of the district) presided. The ...
Article : 130 wordsThe severe frost of October 25 has brought about the almost entire destruction of the season's fruit crops. Where in previous years an orchardist has picked ...
Article : 120 wordsAn elderly man named John Wilson, who for 30 years was a popular hotelkeeper in an up-country town, was charged at the Collingwood Court on Friday, before Mr. ...
Article : 266 wordsDust and thunder storms have been frequent throughout the eastern portion of the colony. For the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. yesterday, the following rainfall was reported:—Araluen, 16 points; ...
Article : 81 wordsOn the whole, the early-sown crops look well, and from present appearances should yield from 12 to 14 bushels to the acre. The late-sown crops will in almost every ...
Article : 141 wordsAVOCA, Nov. 18.—The wool clip has been heavy this season, the Gleamona, Woodstock, and Amphi-theatre Estates turning out remarkably good clins, which are commanding high rates. Locally ...
Article : 130 wordsFirst Year,—Passed—Zella Watson Bates, Ruby Eilleen Comport, Nellie Caddon, Frances Aunie Grant, Francis William Homewood, Dorothea Mary Cicely Hurst, Caroline Laura Meudell, Annie ...
Article : 337 wordsGUNDAGAI, Nov. 17.—Stock Movements:— Thursday—3,000 sheep from Wonnamurra. Gunning, J. H. Sand owner; 1,300 sheep from Juglong to Brungle Creek, French Bros. owners. ...
Article : 27 wordsA bazaar, in connection with the local cricket and bicyele clubs, was opened on Saturday night bv Sir, John Madden, at the Port Melbourne Town-hall. Sir Frederick ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Church of the Sacred Heart, which is the name by which the new building raised in substitution of St. George's Carlton, will be known, was yesterday opened ...
Article : 428 wordsMr. Wardon Leader lins fixed the amount of compensation to be paid by Mr. D. Solomon to Messrs. J. and T. Gordon, of Bung Bong, in respect to 640 acres of land ...
Article : 130 wordsBERRWILLOCK, Nov. 17—The first load of 70 bags of this season's wheat was delivered here to-day, and bought by a representative of Messrs. James Bell and Co. The sample was clean, bright, ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the Caulfield Court on Friday, James Hayes, the ex-jockey, and Thomas Casey were charged with insulting behaviour. It is alleged that last Tuesday morning at ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the Caulfield Court on Friday, before Messrs. Phillips, Long, and Wilton, J.P.'s, Albert Cooper, 15 years of age, was charged with stealing 77 railway tickets, valued at ...
Article : 126 wordsYesterday a bullock grazing on the Traralgon-road, close to Morwell, and suffering from pleuro, was ordered to be shot, by Mr. Weir, stock inspector. The inspector ...
Article : 79 wordsMessrs. S. King, J. Peverell, R. Humphreys, F. J. Sincock, and Mesdames Goding and Leckie were clected unopposed, Messrs. D. Methven. M.L.A., Bedford, Fleming, and Stranks withdrawing their ...
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Advertising : 602 wordsSir,—It is a poor cause that has to be supported by coarse personality and abuse in place of argument when no argument is forthcoming. Such is the character of Mr. ...
Article : 574 wordsMr. D. M'Alpine has furnished a preliminary report on the cause of the yellow patches in the oat and barley crops in this district. His microscopic examination of ...
Article : 151 wordsProbate has been granted by the registrar (Mr. Singleton) to the following wills:—Johannes Weppner, £8,651; Mary Ann Pickies, £401; John Wills, £101; Mary Gee, £209; Richard ...
Article : 575 wordsThe value of Sergeant Davidson's camera as an aid to identification has been frequently demonstrated, and on Saturday afternoon another of the unfortunates ...
Article : 210 wordsSir,—According to "The Argus of to-day, the Attorney-General, in reply to a question of Mr. H.B. Higgins, as to the position of reciprocity of admission of ...
Article : 389 wordsIn view of the probable early adoption by Parliament of the Water Act Amendment Bill, a meeting of townspeople was held at the Mechanics' Institute last ...
Article : 1,471 wordsA fire occurred last night in which the house of Mrs. Dwyer was destroyed. It apparently originated in a building detached from the main block, but nothing ...
Article : 53 wordsFrom an early hour on Friday night the whole atmosphere in the south-eastern portion of Queensland assumed a peculiar hazy appearance as if a heavy dust storm ...
Article : 235 wordsA chess match between a team selected by the Sydney Club and a representative Queensland team was played by telegraph yesterday, the game having been postponed from November 9, on account ...
Article : 194 wordsOn Saturday at the Carlton Court, before Messrs. Hennessy and Goldspink, J.P.'s George Pratt, aged 14, and his brother Walter, aged 11, were proceeded against ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 20 Nov 1899, Page 6
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