Good Friday was celebrated in the usual manner, the weather being splendid for holiday making. The military encampment at Langwarrin was the principal ...
Article : 1,307 wordsThe railway revenue for the week ending April 5 wan £25,896, that for the corresponding week in 1889 being £17,172, showing an increase of £8,224. ...
Article : 3,482 wordsA fatal railway accident occurred here this morning, by which Thomas McInerney, a line ganger, lost his life. When the train which left Snowtown had got about a mile from the ...
Article : 124 wordsThe detectives made a most important arrest last night. For some time they have been closely watching a well-known criminal, named Joseph Steele, and ...
Article : 150 wordsA little girl, aged two years, was poisoned at Hookina today through obtaining access to strychnine laid down for mice. Mr. Groth made an enquiry, and found that death was ...
Article : 57 wordsA sham fight was carried out at the National Park to day, the troops from Middle Head also taking part. A strong section of the forces were detached and ...
Article : 140 wordsSplendid rain started on Monday night and continued without cessation all Tuesday. The farmers are jubilant. Carrieton, April 8. ...
Article : 354 wordsMr. J. L. Toole commenced a season in the Princess Theatre last night, when he met with a brilliant reception. The piece in which he opened was "A Fool ...
Article : 57 wordsThe threatened butchers' strike has been fettled by the masters accepting the terms demanded by the men. They claimed a minimum wage of £3 and 48 ...
Article : 37 wordsDetectives Cawsey, E. O'Donnell, and G. Wardley have today (says the Herald of Monday) been busily engaged investigating the robbery which took place at ...
Article : 1,291 wordsInfluenza has made rapid strides through the entire colony, reports showing that it has broken out in the country districts. No fewer than 36 cases are ...
Article : 42 wordsIt has transpired that something approaching a mutiny has occurred on H.M.S. surveying ship Egeria. The outbreak took place somewhere in New ...
Article : 116 wordsThe following information has been received from Yetman, on the Barwon River, regarding the disastrous floods in that district. At Glendhu the receiving ...
Article : 512 wordsThe Marine Beard enquiry into the wreck of the Quetta was continued today. It was deposed that Captain Wiltshire's sailing directions, published in Pugh's ...
Article : 108 wordsThe police suspect a foreigner of the murder of Dubrocca, the Frenchman, at Sandgate. The suspect was known to be intimate with the deceased, and the police ...
Article : 42 wordsThe steeplechaser Inveresk was shipped from Launceston per the Newcastle today, having been purchased by Mr. A F. Kelly, of Sandhurst. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe railway accounts for the year have closed with a net revenue of £400,000, equal to 3 per cent, on the coat of the lines. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Chief Secretary has under consideration the draft of a Bill amending the police regulation statute. It is contemplated by the Government to reconstitute ...
Article : 243 wordsMr. Edwd. Crowley, of the Mundalla Hotel, died this morning from inflammation of the lungs, He was only ill a few days. CRYSTAL BROOK, April 4. ...
Article : 382 wordsThe Colonial Secretary has received a telegram reporting terrible floods at St. George, the town being submerged. The loss of livestock and property is immense ...
Article : 264 wordsMr. David Buchanan, M.L.C., barrister, died suddenly to day from heart disease at the age of 57 years. Mr. Buchanan was a well known figure in ...
Article : 871 wordsThe body of a Frenchman named Geo. Dubrocca was found at Sandgate on Friday, and the appearances point to a brutal murder having been committed. The ...
Article : 103 wordsA large number of tradesmen and farmers attended at Keipert's Grown Foundry at Laura on Saturday afternoon to witness the first casting of malleable ploughshares. The ...
Article : 64 wordsA singular accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a little boy, son of Mr. Norvill, engine-driver. The lad was crossing the railway line near the station, when one of the signal lamps ...
Article : 71 wordsserious consequences are likely to arise out of the long delay in erecting the last section of the rabbit-proof fence on the South Australian side of the border ...
Article : 213 wordsThe pilotage question is one which presents a good deal of difficulty to the Marine Board, Inasmuch as a diversity of opinion exists as to what system to adopt ...
Article : 295 wordsThe locusts are still here in myriads. The gardens are stripped of vegetation, and the country is assuming the appearance of a desert. ...
Article : 28 wordsA meeting of the Miners' Association was held this morning, when Mr. Sampson presided. A letter from the directors of the Moonta allowing old men to work at ...
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South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895), Sat 12 Apr 1890, Page 10
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