ONE of those tragic events which at intervals shock the community occurred on May 3, in a house of ill-fame known as Redfern-cottage, in Ruesell-street. A man named Henry Colley visited the house, and having cut the throat of a girl named Amy ...
Article : 882 wordsThe May sittings of the commission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria were opened at St. Andrew's Kirk, Ballarat. This is the first time since the union of the two churches in 1859 that the commission has sat out of Melbourne ...
Article : 804 wordsTHE Perth correspondent of the Argus, writing on Bays :—Decidedly Western Australia is beginning, to progress .For years past—so long, in fact, an her existence haB lasted this colony has been wretched one-horse affair ; her inhabitants ...
Article : 1,308 wordsThe following telegram has been received by the department of Mines, Sydney, from the warden at Mount Poole:—Last Friday, 29th April, Foley and party reported to me that they had found a nugget of gold weighing 15oz. 7dwt. 3gr. in the drift ...
Article : 230 wordsAt the Beechworth Court of Assize on May G, Mr. Justice Stephen presiding, Robert Rohan, alias Robert Smith, was indicted for the murder of John Shea at Yalca on the 23rd January last, and was defended by Mr. Moles worth. Over 20 ...
Article : 455 wordsThe mineral statistics of the colony of Victoria for the year 1880 have just been issued from the Mining department. The statistics are based for the most part on estimates received from the Government mining registers and surveyors, and are ...
Article : 769 wordsIN its last monthly summary, The Argus gave the following information regarding commercial matters in Melbourne :—The Minister of Railways reported on the 3rd May that the Railway revenue for the past 10 months is £138,000 in excess of the sum ...
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