Petitions have been filed for the liquidation of the followiner estates: George Simpson, horehound brewer, of Maryborough, liabilities £223 7s 7d; Samuels, Wolff, and Company (Benjamin Samuels, ...
Article : 155 wordsMr. George Witherage Cotton, an old and respected member of the Legislative Council, was discovered dead in bed on Friday morning, December 16. It is not known what was the cause ...
Article : 194 wordsA pubiic meeting wan held on Monday night, December 19, in the Town Hall, under the auspices of the Freetrade Democratic League, to pass resolutions congratulating the democratic ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Government medical officer has passed 118 of the kanaka laborers who arrived in the barque Empraza. The laborers will be distributed as follow: 60 will go to Mackay, 43 to the Herbert ...
Article : 274 wordsThe election for vacancies in the Marine Board of Launceston took place on December 15. Little interest was shown. The result, a[?] expected, was the return of the old members. The polling was: ...
Article : 91 wordsA railway disaster was averted recently between Bendigo and Melbourne by the presence of mind and heroic conduct of a boy. A passenger train in which the ...
Article : 131 wordsThe proposals to bore for water on the land grant system between Port Augusta and Eucla, on the Weat Australian border, are again under the consideration of the Government. At the end ...
Article : 156 wordsIn regard to the offer made to Admiral Bowden Smith (Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Australian station) placing Government House at his disposal for the summer, the Admiral has cabled ...
Article : 52 wordsNews from the various sugar-growing centres is of a ressuring and encouraging nature. At Mackay the season now closing will give a return of nearly 15000 tons of sugar, and many other ...
Article : 131 wordsA fatal mining accident occurred at O'Connor's freehold mine at Kyneton on Saturday, December 17. Three holes had been charged with gelatine dynamite, but only two exploded. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe recent rains throughout the southern districts have saved the crops which were suffering severely from the drought. Grass is abundant in the Launceston district.—The barque Decapolis last ...
Article : 104 wordsA large and influential deputation of pastoralists waited upon the Commissioner for Lands last week, and asked for several concessions on behalf of the pastoral interest. It was contended that ...
Article : 115 wordsIt is reported that a series of extraordinary timber frauds have been discovered by De tectives Considine and Cawsey. A man representing himself as a commission agent has been ...
Article : 81 wordsA large and representative meeting was held in the Council Chambers, Bundaberg, on December 13, to consider the proposal to establish an agricultural college for the district. The Mayor ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Perth Pull Court on Monday, the 12th instant granted a prerogative writ of mandamus against Mr. B[?]t (Attorney-General), Mr. Parker (Colonial Secretary), Mr. Leake, jun. ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Customs revenue from July 1 to December 10 was £257,981, compared with £289,456 for the same period last year, the decrease being £31,474. The Treasurer has received a wire from a ...
Article : 65 wordsThe ceremony of laying the memorial stone of the new central fire brigade station at Eastern Hill was performed last week by Mr. Watson, president of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board, ...
Article : 89 wordsThe body of a man who has not yet been identified was found near Hughenden recently under circumstances which the police consider point clearly to a case of murder. A post mortem ...
Article : 117 wordsAt the Sydney Coroner's Court last week the inquest into the cause of the death of an infant whose remains were found in the back yard of a house in Alderson-street, Redfern, was opened. ...
Article : 328 wordsA cablegram received from London on December 18 stated that Mr. Stewart, the official receiver of the Mercantile Bank, had received a cablegram from Messrs. Blake and Riggall in ...
Article : 180 wordsNews from Boulia states that a storekeeper there was fortunate enough to get a supply of goods lately, so the flour famine is now at an end for a time.—The tenders for cuttings, earthworks, ...
Article : 283 wordsA bonus has been offered by the Government for the supply of fresh water at Southern Cross. —Mr. John Henderson, a very old resident of Fremantle, died last week at an advanced age. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Premier has received a proclamation announcing that the fifth session of the Federal Council will open at Hobart on January 26, 1893. Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, and Weat ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 24 Dec 1892, Page 14
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