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  2. FIRE IN TOWN HALL.

    With surprising rapidity the main hall of the Melbourne Town Hall was destroyed by fire which occurred at a quarter-past 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Although the cause of the outbreak is unknown, it is believed that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,531 words
  3. HISTORY OF THE ORGAN.

    The destruction, by fire, of the Town Hall organ means the disappearance of a historic and important instrument. It was built, in the first instance, by the ...

    Article : 281 words
  4. Gralli-Curci's Tour.

    Although arrangements have been mad[?] for Galli-Curci, the Italian-America[?] prima donna, to open an Australian tour with a series of 12 concerts in Melbourn[?] ...

    Article : 132 words
  5. INSURANCES ON BUILDINGS.

    At an early hour yesterday morning th[?] town clerk (Mr. W. V. McCall) opened the corporation strong-room, and made [?] summary of the distribution of insurances. ...

    Article : 382 words
  6. HISTORY OF BUILDING.

    In an old handbook issued in 1859, it is stated that "the Town Hall, Swanston street, is a large stone building where the business of the corporation is transacted. ...

    Article : 919 words
  7. SCENES IN COFFEE PALACE.

    Disturbed by the clanging bells on fire carts, lodgers at the Victoria Coffee Palace, who were sleeping in rooms facing Collins street, were horrified to see flames and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,188 words
  8. ELECTRIC FUSING THEORY.

    One of the early arrivals at the Town Hall was the city engineer (Mr. H. E. Morton), who, before 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, had inspected the damage with ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. CONDUCTOR'S STAND.

    Among the visitors to the Town Hall yesterday to inspect the debris were several leading musicians who have appeared in the hall on different occasions. Mr. ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. CONSTABLE'S STORY.

    "I had just returned to the Town Hall police depot in the basement at 1 o'clock," said Senior-constable A. J. Kohn, "and was eating my supper with other constables, ...

    Article : 571 words
  11. OUTSIDE THE HALL.

    Constables on duty at the entrances to the Town Hall buildings, a few small blackened pieces of timber lying on the footpath in Collins street, and a heap of ashes in the ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. LORD MAYOR INSPECTS LOSS.

    After an inspection of the ruined hall, in which the firemen were still subduing the last flickering flames, the Lord Mayor (Councillor W. Brunton) said that the ...

    Article : 269 words
  13. PORTRAITS DESTROYED.

    In the pauels between the pi[?]rs on the eastern and western walls of the main hall where hung the full-length portraits in oils of 16 former Mayors and Lord Mayors ...

    Article : 316 words
  14. REBUILDING OF HALL.

    "A special meeting of the council will be called to consider the position created by the fire, and the measures to be taken to provide the citizens with a hall," said ...

    Article : 173 words
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  16. TOWN HALL BOOKINGS.

    January and February are regarded as the slackest months of the year in Town Hall booking. Only one entertainment h[?] been held this year in the main hall—that ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. WATCHMAN ON GUARD.

    Under a patrol system the Town Hall and administrative buildings are under the constant care of watchmen. The hall [?]ttendant (Mr. J. Dewar) being away [?] ...

    Article : 533 words
  18. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH.

    [?]yed at Sydney. See [?] [?] "The Australasian [?] Sat., Jan. ...

    Article : 17 words
  19. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 9 words
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