The Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor M'Eachar[?]) entertained the members of the City Council and a number of representative citizens at his usual quarterly ...
Article : 1,206 wordsAt the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday, the committee of the whole council, which sat on the previous day, submitted copies of correspondence ...
Article : 473 wordsThe report of the railway commissioners for the quarter ended June 30 shows a decrease of £24,753 in the earnings compared with the corresponding period last year, ...
Article : 92 wordsThe following statements were placed before the Legislative Assembly last evening by the Treasurer, when delivering the Budget:— ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Treasurer, in his Budget statement last night, adopted the course recommended by us for some months past, and promised reductions in grain freights ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 wordsIn the Legislative Council, Mr. Want rose to make a personal explanation as to the circumstances surrounding his resignation as Attorney-General. He had no ...
Article : 473 wordsTo-night the mystery in connection with the piece of rail placed on the railway line near Ashfield on Monday night was cleared up, when Henry James Miles, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 wordsA conference of members of the city and suburban municipal councils was held at the town-hall to-night to discuss the "Greater Sydney" scheme as ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 396 wordsIn consequence of the reports received by the Department of Agriculture as to the destruction caused by caterpillars about Narrabri and Gunnedah, Mr.W. W. ...
Article : 121 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, the debate on Mr. Reid's motion for the transmission of an Address to the Queen was resumed. An amendment had been moved by Mr. ...
Article : 464 wordsAt the Moree Police Court yesterday a Chinese named Ah One and a Chinese woman named Choy See were charged with entering New South Wales otherwise than ...
Article : 247 wordsA deputation, representing the boot operatives, waited upon the Chief Secretary yesterday afternoon, in connection with the amended Factories and Shops Act. Messrs. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 wordsThe negotiations between the administrators of the estate of the late Mr. James Tyson and the syndicate which has been formed in Gippsland were concluded ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 wordsThe Federal Constitution declares that until the Parliament of the Commonwealth otherwise provides the people of this colony in choosing senators shall vote as ...
Article : 506 wordsMr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., administered a severe rebuke to the local police to-day in connection with the arrest of two Victorians named Alfred Davidson and ...
Article : 153 wordsThe trial of Gilbert Probyn Smith on the charge of criminally libelling Mr. John Norton, M.L.A., was continued in the Central Criminal Court to-day. ...
Article : 726 wordsDuring the present season a number of deaths have taken place amongst horses whilst being fed, chiefly amongst carrier's teams. It was discovered that these deaths ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsHis Excellency the Governor cabled to-day to the Secretary of State for the Colonies the following message:—The address to the Queen for the Imperial enactment of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsA verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest to-day on the body of W. C. Brailey, who was found in a dying condition on the Southern Railway ...
Article : 250 wordsIn response to circulars issued by the Warrnambool Town Council, asking municipal bodies to petition Parliament to provide for the election of senators under the ...
Article : 69 wordsSir,—I have just been reading the highly interesting article contributed by "Sphinx" to your Saturday's issue on a Sunday mornnig's reflections in the Melbourne ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 247 wordsA man named MacIntyre was severely injured yesterday at one of the Williamstown piers. MacIntyre, with some other workmen, was engaged in hoisting a large plank by a derrick, when ...
Article : 659 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, three measures, the Way College Private Bill, the Marine Stores Bill, and the Northern Territory Gold Dredging Bill, were read a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 192 wordsAt the Hobart Gas Company's half-yearly meeting to-day, the balance-sheet showed a profit of £5,433. A dividend of 16/ per share was declared, and paid at ...
Article : 175 wordsA copy of "The Argus" edition of the "Eneyelop[?]edia Britannica" has been presented to the Ciry Free Library by the mayor of Ballarat West, on behalf of Mr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 306 wordsAt the Coburg Police Court yesterday morning a boy named Ernest Lincoln Wood, aged 14 years, was presented before Messrs. Jukes and Greenwood, J.P.'s to ...
Article : 131 wordsThe [?]urator of the estates of deceased persons has obtained rules to administer the estate of the following beceaused persons under Act No. 1,[?]:—Peter Steploo Bennett, Mas[?]tane, died 28th ...
Article : 144 wordsA young man named James Williams, undergoing a sentence of three terms of six months each for larceny and housebreaking in Melbourne, made his escape ...
Article : 210 wordsMargaret Reilly, a young woman, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the City Court Bench some time ago, was discharged form the female ...
Article : 86 wordsSir,—I have noticed with pleasure that at last the musical people of Melbourne are beginning to appreciate the presence in their midst of a general pianiste in the person ...
Article : 185 wordsThe fact that the steamet Papanui, which was due at Hobart last Saturday, has not yet arrived feads the local representative of the shipping company to ...
Article : 120 wordsAt about a quarter-past 3 o'clock this morning the stables in connection with the Camp Hotel were discovered to be on fire, but the fire was quickly put out by ...
Article : 76 wordsEn[?]r[?]es for the Melbourne Chess Club summer [?]a[?]ap tourney close on Saturday, 9th September. This tourney is open both to members and non-members. The following prizes are ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 10 Aug 1899, Page 6
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