Sir John Downer, M.P., is at present on a holiday excursion in New Zealand. Mr. A. Molineux, secretary to the Agricultural Bureau, has been elected a fellow of the ...
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Article : 43 wordsA large and representative gathering of members of the journalistic profession was held on Saturday night to establish an institute on the same lines as the British Journalists' ...
Article : 86 wordsThe hearing of the evidence in the Taylor frauds in connection with the Land and Credit Bank was resumed today at the City Court, when further interesting disclosures were ...
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Article : 328 words"Equal Representation, or Effective Voting, formed the title of an interesting lecture delivered by Miss Spence, of Adelaide, before the members of the Trades Hall Council ...
Article : 257 wordsCarrigun, on the Warrego River, reports that the biggest bush fire ever experienced in that district has been raging for several days, and sweeping all before it. Several stations ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Great Southern railway line, which connects Melbourne with Port Albert, was officially opened for traffic to-day. The total length of the line is 136 1/2, miles, and the cost of ...
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Article : 73 wordsThe swagsman Wilson, who was arrested on the charge of having committed an outrage on Mrs. Marendez, at Pettaval, was committed for trial this morning at the Geelong Police ...
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Article : 68 wordsA melancholy termination to a wedding at Dalby occurred yesterday. Miss Bowden, one of the bridesmaids and a sister of the bridegroom, and Ernest Hunt, brother of the ...
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Article : 56 wordsJust as the steamer Ophir was hauling from the Port Melbourne pier on Saturday 14 firemen refused to work unless a new hand engaged at this port was sent ashore. The ...
Article : 82 wordsFrom time to time some startling revelations have been made relative to the dealings between some unscrupulous time-payment dealers and their clients, but nothing has yet been made ...
Article : 1,943 wordsHenry Geary, accountant to Messrs. Ellison and Simpson, solicitors, was brought before the Prahran Court on Saturday on two charges of forgery and uttering. It was alleged that ...
Article : 91 wordsThe steamer City of New Guinea has put into Fremantle for coal and medicine. The vessel left Java for Melbourne with a cargo of sugar on December 30. ...
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Advertising : 234 wordsA very heavy thunderstorm passed over Sydney and the suburbs about 6 o'clock this evening. The rain fell in torrents, and in less than five minutes after the storm broke many ...
Article : 261 wordsA 12-year-old son of Mr. McDougall, a farmer near Morchard, was out shooting, and while sitting down he reached over for the gun, taking it by the barrel. The charge exploded ...
Article : 118 wordsHeavy rain continued to fall in the city till past midday. The rain, which is accompanied by frequent heavy thunderstorms, is general throughout the colony, excepting west of the ...
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South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895), Sat 16 Jan 1892, Page 11
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