Bendigonian (Bendigo, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), Thursday 6 January 1916, page 4, 5, 6

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CHRONICLES FOR 1915.

JANUARY.

.,

1. io.Iindoos

create sensation near

Broken Hill.by firing shots at picnic train

bound for Silverton; four persons killed,

eight others wounded. Death of Mr. E. F.

G....olly, M.P., aged 41 years.

2. Bendigo Caledonian Society's gather

ing, Upper Reserve; receipts,d£380;

BandContest won by Collingwood. Four chil

'dren burned to death in cottage at Wonthaggi.

.4. Disorder in Mexico; British residenta

in daiiger.

/5.

Maldon State Battel'y opened. Inter

State cricket; Victoria (400 and 314) beat

South Australia (324 and 143). Shockingr'ailway accident near Kalgoorlie; four men

killed, five others injured.7. ;Two haystacks destroyed by fire: at

Goornong; damage estimated at £C500.Mr.

.S. M. Cornish chosen as Liberal candidate

: for Bendigo ·Fderal by-election.8..Patrick. Joseph. Sullivan committed for

Strial

on a charge of manslaughter in con

Snectionwith deatli of Sainuel .Tames Bruce.

'' 10. Death of Mr. J.· Nankervis, aged 68

years. Death of Mrs. Nish, aged 83 years.

S11.:

Inaugural.meeting

jlBendigo' Ciieel

STruist.

.

.

.

12. Solley Burville arrested in connection

:.ith

limysterious disappearance of .-2000:

woith of Common wealth/-currenecy notes in

Melbourne. .

..

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13. N.W.B.A." rink championship won at

Beondigo-by W. Honeybone's team. Terrible

.

earthquate in Central Italy; 21 towns de

,' troyed; .12,000 people killed.

:

14. Mr. Deakin appointed to go to

Panama Exposition as Chief Coiimissioner'

for the Commonwealth. Inter-State cricket;

SNew'Souith

Wales (307 and 255)beat-

South

.

Australia (215 and 331). Death of Mr.- H.

Sly, J.P., of Tatura, aged 68 years.. 15. Fire engine dashes inito orowd

iin Mel

•

:bourni;.

one, man .killed and five persons:

-:

injured. Death of 'Vice-Admiral Sir GeorgeW:

ares, aged 83 years.

16.; Week's gold yield, 27378z. 14dwt. Mr.

:'

S. M. Cornish, selected Tiberal candidate forlBenid'igo Federal by-election,,witlidraws from

:

coiitest on account of ill-health; Mr. W. J.lRichards selected as candidate.

S

18,.Strike

at State Shipbuilding Yards,19. Jamea Edmund Shelton, aged 21 years,

found dead on railway line it KangarooSFlat.

.21. Serious shortage of meat in Bendigo;

- prices raised.

22. James, Walker, aged 53 years, .found

lyinig dead inePanton-street,-Golden-square;

A'lbert, Walker, aged 20 years, arrested on

. charge of wilful murder- of his father.23:;

2Week's gold yield, 2401oz. 7dwt.

:; 25; Price of, briead raised to 9d per 41b.

; loaf in Bendigo. Robert Burns's birthday.c

:.elebrated by Scotsmen at Bendigor .Art

:' !727. Inter-State cricket; Victoria (240 and

,

r

:188)

:beat 'New South Wales; (199 and213);.

Rociiester Football Club decided to. joinBendigo League.

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29:

Albert-Walk'er, 'who had been arrested

0on charge -.of

.having

wilfullly murdered his

father, was discharged.

30. Inter-State cricket; Victoria 'boats

Queensland by 10 wickets.. Week's gold

yield, 2527oz. lldwt.

i : EBRUARY.1::

. In ter-State cricket; Victoria lbeats Tasmanniia by an innings and 130 runs; return

nmatch between Victoria ' and Queensland

drawn. Amidrew Charity Carnival, UpperR:eserve.: Foundation Day. celebra-lons.

•Schoolboy

named John Coppecl, aged 11

years, drowned at Mandurang.

,*2.Earthquake in England affects. col

lieries.

3. N.W.B.A. aingles championship won byJ. Smalley.

4. Mr. L. J. Clough defeated Cr. Andrewfor Bendigo East seat in Lgislative As.

sembly, rendered vacant by retirement of.

Mr.. A .Hamnpson,- the voting being:

.Clough,

2813; Andrew, 2540.

6, WVcek's gold yield, 2059oz. Idwt, Mr.A

J'.

iampson defeated Mr. W. J. IRichardsfor Seat

int House of Representatives, ren

dered vac;nt by tlhe death of Mr. J. A.

Arthur, the pollinging being:-lHampson,12,188; Rlihards, 11,761,

10. Reliel fund opened for Bendigo unem

ployed.

13. Week's gold yield, 2593oz. 9dwit.1`L Canon and Mrs. Watson farewelled

prior to their departure for Grafton.

17. Big fire in Flinders Court, Mel

bourne; damage estimated at2£15,000.

18. Board of directors of A.N.A. advo

cated legislation of totalisator with aboli

'tion of bookmakers.

19. Heavy thunderstorm in 3Bendigo;

327 points of rain registered.

20. Week's field yield, 2423oz. 14dwt. Dr.

Carty Shlmon returned at Grampians byelection necessitated by death of Mr. E.

1P. (G. Jolly--Salmon, 12,117; M'i)ongall,

11,519. Consul-Goneral for China opened

new hall of Chinese Association in Bridge

street. Pairs chamlpionship of N.W.B.A.

won by Van Heurck and 3Baker (Castle

piaine) at Kyncton.

22, Inter-State cricket-Victoria (379

and none for 23) beat South Australia (143

and 258), and won the Sheffield shield.

23. Annual council meeting of State

executive oi' PI',M,E.A. opened at Trades

Hiall. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kilfeder cele

ranted their g.:L:

\ecdding.

24. Death of Mr. 3. W. Goddard, aged

G( years.

25. Inspector W. Dwyer, of Bendigo, pro-.rooted

to superintendent and transferred

to Geelong. Big fire in, Kerang, manybuildings burnt; estimated damage, £3000.

27. Week's gold yield, 2758oz. 10dwt.

V.Rl.C. autumn meoting-Newmarket Han

dicap won by Blague. Death of Mr. Wm.

Simpson, aged 68 years.

28. Death of Mr. CharlesTribbett,

Eagle

hawk, aged 61 years. Death of Mr. John

Gardner, aged 80 years.

MARCH.

1. Bendigo West Labor split; ne w league

formed.

2. V.R.C. autumn meeting--Australianl

Cup won by Lempriere. Death of Mr. lF.

M. Palmer, Marong, aged 37 -years. Death

M. aged -years.

of Mr. Tobias Olds, aged 70 years.

3. Mr. Edward Keating, farmer;. of

Quambatook, killed by a locomotive en

gine at Bendigo railway1 statioii. Ter-

riblc colliery disaster at Hinton, West Virginia, U.S.A.; many men entombed.

4. Death of Mr. Denis M'Key.6. Week's gold yield, 25,3oz. 19dwt.?

8. Unprecedented duststorm in Bendigo.

Work in factories stopped and shop1 and'

houses plunged, into darkness.

9. Country Fire Brigades' Demonstra

tion inaugurated at Ballarat. Death"

f

Mrs. Caroline Bickle, aged 74 years.

10. Death of Mr. R. Martin, former mana

gcr of the Koch's Pioneer mine. Public

farewell social to Superintendent WV.

Dwyer. Fire Brigades' Demonstration. J.

Trengove (Bendigo) won ladder event.

Long 'Gully won two men Marshall event.

11. Death of Mr. R. Houston, ex-captain'of Golden-square Fire Brigade, aged 49

years. Fire Brigades' Demonstration

Enaglehawk successful hose practice for six.

men and second in Y coupling and ladder

practice. Death of Mr. Thomas Al.ex.

Browne (Rolf-Boldrewood,

the author),

aged 88 years.

12. Fire Brigades' Demonstration--Eagle.e

hawk won'hose aggregate an?d annexed.

fiithcoeck. shield outright.

13. Week's gold yield, 2720o0z. ° 2dwt

16. Death ofMrs.,

M. G. O'Brien, aged

17. Deathof-

Mrs.:l Martha Fisher, aged

81 Iyears. Marriage of Mir. Cyril Lansell,

yoiingest son of: the late Mr. George and

Mrs. Lansell, of "Fortuna,'. to Miss Lila

Anthony. Mr. C. C. Salmon, M.P., re

elected Grand Master of the' Freemasons'

Grand Lodgeof Victoria ; Sir `Jolhn iQuick

elected Deputy Grand Master./

,19.. Death of Mr. John Alcock,: aged 82

years.

20. Weeks `gold yield, 2817o. 9dwt.- J.

C. `Sharpe, of

-

Melbourne Grammar School,

established public schools' record :score

_

o

506 (not out). St. Patrick's Day celebr?

tions in Bendigo. `Railway co!lision at

Ballarat; several passengers injured:21. Death of Mr.: John Sinimie, aged 58

years. Spanish immigrant steamerfouni

dered, 300 lives lost.

?22.

Death of Mr. Peter Rosoh, aged. 81

years.

i

23. Death of Mr. Robert Hampton, aged

68 years. Death of Mr. Ricliard Hersehell,aged 78. years.

26. -Fire in Mitchell street; to-nicccnist

shop gutted. Death of Mr. King New

nman,

aged 33 years. Retirement of Mr.

H. J. Jackson, Bendigo lands officer.

27: Week's gold yield,. 2799oz. 8dwt. Fire

at Job's Gully; two Houses .destroyed.

Death of Mr. Hy. Pickles; aged 60 years.

N.W.B.A. champion `of thampions contest,

won by R. Greive, of, Castlemaine. Death

of Mr. John Taysom,n aged 96 years.

28. Mr. G. ~M'Leod Redmond, editor of

"The Sun," Sydney. killed, and:. three

others injured iiimotor car fatality iat

Manly, Sydney.

29. Death of Mr. ..J. W. Roberts, jour

nalist., of Golden-square. aged 51.years.

APRIL.

3. Week's gold yield, 3294oz.. 8Sdwt. Ben

digo Easter Fair, first day, 'receipts, .£134.

Death of Sir Francis Suttor, president of

N.S.W. Legislative Council,second day;

5. Bendigo Easter Fair, second day;

receipts, £798/1/11. Belgian Consul, M.

Lhuwers, visits Bendigo. Suioie of A.

E. Stoddart, famous English cricketer, an

nounced. "Jess" Willard, of ,mierica,

-de=

feated "Jack" Johnson, heavyweight -boxing

champion of the world, at Eavanna,

in'

26,

rounds contest. Death of Mr. J., G. lEd

wards, J.P., a'ged 70 years.

0. 1I. S,. V. Busst Wvon..lawn -tennis- pro

vincial championship. Bendigo Easter

Fair, concluding day; receipts, £386/1,/9.

7. Death of Mrl, G. G. Elelum, of LongGully, aged

7-b years.

8. Death of Mr. G.Sangster,. M.L.A.,

in Sydney. Mr. Elwood Mend, chairman

of the Water Supply Commission, resigns

toe take a position on the American -Water

Commission.

9. Death of Bishop Moorhouse (former

Bishop of Melbourne) in London, aged 89

years.

10. Week's gold yield, 1096oz. Sdwt.

Steady soaking rain exphrienced in all

lxtrts of the State. Y.M.C.A. cricket teamwins premiership of B.D.C.A.

14. Anual report of Postal department

discloses defecit of £53,547 on working

account for year's eperations. Death Mrs.IR. A. Kortum, Ehnore, aged 69 years.

17. WTeek's gold yield, 242oz. 7dwt. '?ail

waycollision at Binalong (NS.W.), one

passenger killed; Federal members have

narrow escape.

18. Death of Mr. J. II. Inglis, aged 88

years. Promises of. Messrs. G. Wood, Son

and Ca., -wholecale grocers, Fremantle,

destroyed by fire; damage 5O0,000. Death

of Mrs. Sussanaah S. Rickards, aged 65years.

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21. Mr. Thomas Odgers, J.P., aged . 69years;? hanged himself at 'Castleinaine.

'22. Death Mr, JohniMloroney,

.aged. :7

--years..

Deafth' Rev. Joseph Teague,- aged

83 years.

23. Death Mr. W. T. Milburn, aged' 46years.

.

24.. Week's gold yield,: 2617oz..dwt.

25. Eight Hours,Day;

celebrations.•

27. -Melbourne Eight Hours Day takings

amounting to between £300 and £400

stolen from the Trades ,Hall. :

28. New Y.W.C.A. rooms in: Hargreaves-'street opened. Madame

:Melba's:

conlt in

Melbourne Town Hall,:in

aid of Belgiai

Fund, realised. £$310.

•30.

Death ,iE. James M'Maho , :-aged

56 y.pars.

MAY.1" -Week's gold yield, 21040z. .7dwrt3.•, Deaith of Rev... A. Rogers,:

.ied

.•: 48

years. Death ofl Mr. Ambrose Hurst, aged93 =years:.'

5. Charles :?dward Arnold.awarded,

£350 'daniages by 'Benzdigo County Ciourt'

:in consequence of death of his son;.

G.'

-E.R1

'Arnold, as

.the

result of anaccideiit

'a.t the"Nc'

vChum Goldfields mine, =Golden

square.

6., Sensational: collision between., motor

bius and Waggon

"at

"Richmond;

seventeen

persons- injured.' Political Democratic

Leagu: f6rmed.,at. Goldensquare. as: the

resiult of 'the Labor split in the Bendigo

West electorat4e atS the last State general

election.

7. Noithern. Districb High SchoolsAthletio Sports

...

in 'Bendigo; senior

championship won by Kyneton; junior

championshipbly "Bendigo. Death of Mr.

M'Clure;'

R.M'Clure;'

aged 84 years.

8. Week's gold yield, 2559oz. 10dwt. Death

of ex-Superintendent MIahony.. Death of

'Mr. J.::Pickup, aged 57 years.

9.. Tiower portion of Grassy Flat: disrtribt -ie-named "Thorneville."

11. -Mr. -John Wren purchased "DailyMa.il' newspaper, ,Brisbane.

-13. Death of Mr. John M'Namara'; -ag.ld

84: years. Death of Mr. John Gordon,

aged 64 years.

15. Week's gold yield 2203oz. ldwt.16. Death of Mr. Alfred Pickles.17; New. Presbyterian Palll in Collinis.

street, Melbourne, opened.. Revolution in

Portugal; 200.. killed,,.00.

wounded.=S'S

-Awful domestic tragedy at Meredith,

Daniel M'ITtosh shoots nephew, kills his'

married sister, sets fire to Louse,and

commits suicide. .'ev. W. H-I. Cooper,

M.A., B.D., elected moderator of Presbyterian Church of Victoria.

.19. Death of Mr. James Tredinnick, aged

71 years.

' 20. Death of Mr. Charles Jesse, formerlyinspector of police, aged 81 years.

22.!

Week's gold yield, 2408oz. 16dwt.

23. Annual South African war parade in

Melbourne.

24. Empire Day celebrations in Bendigo.

Record Bendigo prices for sheep paid at

market, viz. from 53[ to 54/.

26. B.J.C. Winter Meeting--Hurdle race

won by Admiral Grand. Australian

Paper Company's building in Sydney des

troyed by fire; damage £50,000.

27. B.J.C. Winter Meeting, second dayBendigo Steeplechase won by Fireworks.

Death of Mr. Albert Miller, aged 69

years.

*29. WNeek's gold yield 2016oz. 16dwt.

31. Death Mrs. Louisa Bright, aged 67-years.'

JUNE.1. Death of Mr. Patrick M`Firland.

3. Death of Mr. Robert Cook,; aged 71

years.

5. Week's gold yield, 2633oz. 4dwt.6. Death of Mr. Frank Musgrove,. thea-:

trical. entrepreneur.-

9.Campaign to popularise goods "made in

"Bendigo.: initiated by Chamber : of :Com-,

inerce.10.: Death of- Mrs. Margaret: Schulz; aged

71 years.

11. Swan Hill- Piafigil railway officially

opened.

12. Week's gold yield, 2700o~. 14dwt..

S13. Death of Mr. James Craven; aged 73years..

14., Daring daylight robberyinf Collins

street, Melbourne, Messrs. Drummond and

Co:'s jewellery w:indow: smashed' and . rings

valued at .over £3000 stolen. Thieves es

cape .successfully.

15. peath of Mr. Alex. Fraser, aged 77

years

16. Visit of Japanese naval officers to

Bendigo.19. Week's gold yield, 32200oz 9dwt.

Death of Mr. F. C. Mason,: formeilySpeiker of the Victorian Legislative As

snibly, aged 74 years:22. Death of Mr. Robert Crawford 'Mil-71

ler, aged 71 years. .

23. Death ofMir;

WValter Rookwood- An

derson, tiged-45 years. Death of Mr. WiT.

Gooding aged 57: yeara'24. Deith of Mr. William Emmett, ngd?c

87 years. 'Death of Mr. John

87 years. of.M'Donalld,

a'ed: 82 years.

26. Half-year's mining record publish.'d

in "Advertiser." Gold, 5,5826oz.; ' divi

dends, £31,685; calls, £25,561;" sitrplus of

dividends over calls, £6124. Death of. Mr.

Joseph Trevean, Eaglehawk, aged 60 years.

28. Death of Victor Trumper, the world

renowned cricketer, aged 38 years.

JULY.1. Death of. Mr. Nicholas Stanistreet (sud

denly), aged 34 years.

2. Death of Mr. John Temby, aged 68

years. Victorian Waterloo Cup won by C.A. Watts's (Huntly) Mindful Elsie.

3. Week's gold yield, 2580oz. 18dwt.Grand National Hurdle w'on by Ratlhfarnham.

5. Death of Mr. - Wim. Lickman, WhiteHills, aged 91 :years.

6. Early Closing of Hotels Act becameoperative.

7. Death of Mr.A.'

W.iBain:

(N.Z.), late

of Bendigo.

8. Collision between goods traiii and waggon at Tunstall, near Canterbury; father

and child killed, mother- and: two: children

injured.

9. Northern District Municipal. Associationinaugurated.

.

10. Week's gold yield,. 2594oz. 8dwt.Grand National Steeplechase wonn by FlashJack. Mr. J. E.' M'C6ll, inspector of mines

in Bendigo, transferred to Melbourne. Mr.)V. J. Donegan, dentist," farewelled priorto his. departure: ifor Sydney. Death of

Mr..' Wm. . Anderson, Ka'ngaroo.Flat,

aged

82 years.

12. Death of Mrs. J. W. M'Cay, wife of

Brigadier-General J. W. M'Cay.'13. Death of Mr. I.

E.

DIyason, aged 83

years.

14. Death of Dr. -H. L: Atkinson, aged 83

years.

15. Death of-Mr.

Win. Burns, Huntly,aged 63 .years. D eath of Mr. Edwin 'Beau

doin; Eaglehawk, 'aged 49 years.16. Croydon Hotel, Croydon, destroyedd by

fire; one man burnt to death; damage es

timated-tt'

£1000;

S177. Week's gold yield, 2917oz.. 15dwt..18. Death of Professor G..

?.

".L Mar

shall-Hall, Ormond Professor of Music at

Melbourne. University.19. Death- of Mr. Jurgen La Frenz, aged

79 years.

:"20. Death of Mr. Charles Macaw,':aged 55

years, general superintendent of transporta

tion in the Victorian ,railways.

21. Death of Mr.?W.

C. Vahland, aged

87 years. Death of Mr. J. D. Steel, J.P.(Marong). Death of Mr. W.WFiedler,

Hunt?

-

ly, aged 68 years. The P. and 0. steamer'

SBenalla,

Wvith' 800 immigrants aboard, re

ported on firb in Indian Ocean.'22. Death' of

.Mrs. Mary Ann Darby,aged 88 .years. Death of Mrs. ElizabethJane Leggo,. aged 77 years.

23. Death of Mr. H. C. Plambeck, aged

40 years.

24. Week's gold yield, 2467oz. 16dwt.. Excursion steamer Eastland, ..crowded

with',

picnickers, capsized. in Chicago River,

U.S.A.; ,1336 lives lost.

26. Death of Colonel G. W. W?atson, chief

architect of Public- Works' department.

30. Australia Day celebrations in Ben-:digo. Bendigo Coursing Cliub's. Cup won

by Maccabees.

31. 'Week's gold yield,. 2506oz: 3dwt. Aus.

;tralia

Day celebrations concluded; approxi

mate receipts, £3000. Death of Cr. J. Craw.ford (Rochester), aged 68 years.

,

AUGUST

3. Victorian supplementary estimates an

nounced bythe Treasurer (Sir Alexander

Peacock)' approximate revenue," 1914-15,

£10,245,000; approximate expenditure,1914-15, £11,445,000; approximate deficit,

1914-15, '£1,200,000.

6. Death of Mr. John Nicholas (Eagle.

hawk), aged 78 years. Death of Mr. H. G.O'Neal. O'Donahoo; aged 55 years.

7.,Week's

gold yield, 2690oz. ldwt., Aus.

tralian Hurdle Race. won by Uxbridge.9. Outbreak of ccrebro-spinal meningitis

in Bendigo.

12. Commonwealth Budget statement

made; estimated expenditure, '74,043,104;

estimated revenue, £23,Y540,000; estimateddeficiency, £50,503,107; Commonwealth warloan, £20,000,000;

.

balance.British loan,

£10,400,000; war expenditure for 1915-16o

£47,554,716.:

14. Week's gold yield, 2896oz.3dwmt

AsItralian Steeplechase wvon by Battleship.

17. Terrific storm in' Texas; U.S.A.;heavy loss of life and property.

18. Death of Mr. Peter .Sullivan,, aged

01 years.19. Death of Mir. F'redcrick Williaml

Farmer, aged 52 years.20. Olympia- Athletic Clutb,

.Ncwtown,Sydney, "destroyed by .fire. Estimated loss,:

£20,000.

21.Week's gold yield, 25500oz. 13dwtl.

Death of Mr. Charles leynolds, aged.71.

-years.

23. Death of' Mr.Jumetsc

lHogan, aged 0O

vears.24. Dcath of Mrs. M. A. Dunn, aged 9"

years.

25. Death of Mir. R.i.

Hillman, aged.56 years. Death. of 'r.' Alex. M'Crac'ken,

of Melbourne...

26. Mr. G. A. Petrie, well-knowlin legal

manager, 'killed by falling2558ft: down

Collmann and Tachi Co.'s shaft, California Gully.

28. Week's gold yield, 2631o. 7rlwt.

Death of MIrs. Honora Jefrey, aged72'

years. Mueller Charity Carnival held;re

ceipts

approximately

.£.40.

:.

MfayoraI elections.--Ci.

\

:. l'chbe

elected Miayor of Bendigo. Cr. D.Oswaldrl

elected Mayor of Eaglchhawk..31. Death of Mr. Ale. Camplboll, age'

90 ,ears,

SEPTEMBER.

1. Death of Mr. Rcbert Foristal, Eagle,

hawk, aged 82 years. Death of the Rev.

A. R. B. M'Cay, Castlemaine, aged 78years. Death of Mr. F. K. Shaw, Goor

nong, aged 85 years.

2. Cr. A. Johnson elected president of

Marong Shire. Death of Mr. Michael

Thomas Quealy.3. Death of Mr. James Ford, aged 79

years. Educational Bureau established in

Bendigo.4. Week's gold yield, 2286oz. 6dwb, Mr.

J. H. Lance, of Mitiamo, 'killed: by. explo

sion of toy cannon at Mitiahimo :'Australia

Day" celebrations.

6. Death of Sir John Fuller, ex-Governor

of Victoria. Death of Mr. James Pennington, aged 68 years. Deatth of Mr.' Thomas

Gearon, aged 75 years.

"8. Motion of no confidence in the Peacock Government, moved by Mr. G. A.

Elmslie, lcader' of the Oppositioni, defeated

by 37 voted to 21.10. Fire in .Ro6salind-strect ;' two cot

tages, destroyed.

11. Week's gold yield,"2293oz.i

9dlrt.

Railway pienic.-to Bendigo, successful ga

thering. Beadigo" Wattle":D'ay

.'celebia

tionss; approximate receipts X£130.

12: Fire .in, Mfundy-street; delicensed

Rock .o' Castle Rotel gutted.

13.; Death of Mr. Hugh :Thompsong,IKe

rang, aged 85 years.'14. Death of Mr. Mortimer W?oodhouse,

KIerang, aged 83 years.15.

.Death of Mr. Daniel: O'Halloran, ex

solicitor of Bendigo, aged 40 years. Big'fire in St. George, Queensland; thirteen

business premises and residence destroyed;.estimated damage, £50,000.

16. Death of. Mr.- H. R. Oates.

17. Mr. C. Lightfoot, head. teacher of

Gravel Hill State School, . transferred to

Clifton' Hill School. Mr. George Gould,first assistant of the Long: G

uilly'school,

transferred to Allendale. . Eaglehawk Pa-.t riotic Carnival :

opened... ..

18. Week's gold yield, .2721oz. Idwt.

Eaglehawk Patriotic Carnival concluded;

receipts, £234. ,Death of the Rev. W. W.

Davey, Echuca, aged 81 years (suddenly).19- Heavy rain in Bendigo;

163

points

registered.20. Death of Mr. David ~Vhyte, aged 90

years. Death of .Mr. Muartin. Thomas,Eaglehawk, aged 69: years.-

.

21. Floods,at

Charlton.and--Rocliester.

22. Death of Mrs. Ellen. Ornie, aged :67

years. Death .of Mr. 'F. C. Wainwright,general secretary of thoe A'.N.A..A aged 62years.

23. Death of Mr. Thomas Tuart,.aged75 years.

,24.,Suicide of MIr. A. G. Levy;

.photographer, of Eaglehwk..25. Week's gold yield;

,2278ot.

10dwt.

.Death of Mrs,. M. A. Maxwell;. aged 83

years.

26. Death of. Mr.Keir"

Hardie, M.P.for Merthyr Tydvil inR:House ::of Comiqmons,

and leader of the Independent-.

LaborParty.

27. Death of Mr. E.. HR.Cameroii, ex

M.L.A'., aged 84 years, '

29. Tornado at 'New Orleans;' T.S.A::ten lives lost;:

'dainage estiniated"a'

t

£200,000.."

.

30. H.M.A.S. Brisbane; new Australian

cruiser, launched at Sydney.

OCTOBER;

1. Sensational affray between tlireearmed=

burglars and number of . policemen' at

Trades Hall, Melbourne. . Constable DavidEdward M'Grath shot dead. The threeburglars, Richard Buckley, John Jackson,and Alex. Ward were arrested.

:Rev.

Canon and Mrs. W. E. H. Percival cele

brated their silver wedding. Death of'.

Mr. Wim. Matthewson, .Eaglehawk, aged.

50 years.

2. Week's gold yield 2188oz. 16dwt.

Death of Mr.. C. P. Christian, .coachl3hilder, aged 52 years.. A.J.C..Spring Meeting.

Derby won by Cetigne.. .Epsomnt andicapwon by Woorak.

.

3. Death of Mr. John: Intemann,' aged

73 years. Death of the. Venerable George

Wado Watson, Archdeacon. of?

Bendigo,aged 78 years. A.J.C. Metrbpolitau Stakeswon by St. Carwyne. .

--4. Death of MTr. George Edwards, pros

Ihinentnglish

'theatrical .imananager,. aged

63 years.6. Death of Mrs. R. Birch Roberts, wife

of the Rev. R. B.:Rolberts;.,

formerly ofthe Mf'Kcnzi.e-street Mselthodist..

Church,1

Bendigo?..7. Fatal vehicular' accident at Quarry

Hill;M?r. Frederick MIMietzcke,k aged 65

years, killed. Mr. Edward Swift,. aged 39years, killed by

a, fall from the poppet legs

of an abandoned shaft ait Spring Gully.Firs't

meeting. of amalgamated Bo0roughof.

Ravwood and Marong Shire Councils. Cr.

Jolinsot, president of MIarong Shire,elect

ed president of new shire. Death of Mr.Tlhos.

Wagstaff, aged 59 ye~rs.'8.. Death of Mr. HJeniry

lizdllc.-Dcathi

of Mrs. James Grenfell, aged 7) g.edrs.:

9. Week's gold yield, 2432oz. 2dwt. Caulfield Guinea~s won by PatLrobas: Death of

Mr. S..L.

inghami, Eaglehawk, aged 80

years.10. Death of Mr. J. J. Burston.11. Fifth Bendigo Anglican Synod opened.

Death of Mrs. Clarice Harkness, wife of

ex-Cr. Andrew Harkness, aged 37 years.Death of Mrs. Charlotte Barnett., aged

78

years.

12. Bendigo Agricultural SiocictV's SpringShow opened. Death of Mr. W\mn

Abbott

Emmett, aged 92 years. :

13. Benclgo Spring Show. Second Day.

Pony HighJ.Tump won by Maori, which

clarcd Gft. G0in..esto.blishing

Australiain

ponly jump record. Receipts .£183, compared :ith £285 in 1914 and 4401.in 1913.

Mr. D.. M'Leod's want of confidence mo

tion in Peacock Goverziment defeated by39 votes to 20.

14. Bendigo Spring Show concluded

Champion high jump divided by A. Judd'sBandolier and Sunstar. Record high jumpof 6ft. 7in. for a lady established by Mish

G. Waugh on Snowflake. Aggregate re

ceipt-s £731 against £615 in 1914, and

£1010 in 1913. Victorian Budget state

ment made by the Treasurer, Sit Alexander

Peacock. Revenue for 1914-15, - £10,248,761;C

expenditure, £11,444,231; deficit,

£1,195,470. Estimated revenue for 191516, £11,244,382; expenditure, £11,477,602;estimated deficit, £233,220. Presentation

of colors to 67th Infantry Regiment, Bendigo, by Sir Arthur Stanley, State Gover

nor. -

"15. Rey. Canons W. E. H. Percival, Ben-,

digo, and G. N. Bishop, Kyneton, col

.lated as Venerable Archdeacons of Be7ndigb'

and Kyneton respectively.

16. Week's gold yield, 2119oz. 9dwt.

Caulfield Cup won by Lavendo. Bendigo

Hospital Saturday celebration.

'17. Death of Mrs. Mary Ann Newton,aged 90 yea.rs Bendigo Hospital Sunday.

celebrations. Approximate' receipts for

.Saturdayand Sunday £460. Death of

Mr. Charles Isaac, Inglewood, aged 85

years.

20. Death of Mr. James Sheeran, aged 53

years.

21. Private .George Stevens, military

policeman, found dead, his body beingmangled, on Bendigo to Melbourno railwayline; near Big Hill.

23. Week's gold yield, 2402oz. 17dwt.

Death of Dr. W..W G. 'Grace, .the famous

cricketer, aged 67 years. Mooxce ValleyCup won by Gladwyn. St. Aidan's Or

phanago garden fete. Function marred

by 'rain.

24. South African elections. . General

Botha's party- successful.25. Miners. and Enginedrivers' Picnic to

Axedale.- Appointment of Mr. Andrew

Fisher (Prime Minister) as High Comiimis

sioner announced.

26. Death of Mr. Richard Henry Wigley,aged 61 years. New Federal Cabinet eleet

ed-Mr. W. M, .?Hughes Prime Minister,

Mr. Spence and.Mr.

Archibald deposed byMr. W?. Webster' and Mr. King O'Malley

respectively.

ais,Postmast~r-Gencral 'and

Minister for Home Affairs.27. Send-off to Mounted-constable Priest

ly, of Marong, on eve of departure forMelbourne. Mr. W. Clark, Governor of

Bendigo Gaol, transferred to Melbourne.

Gaol. 'Mr. J. Burke, goveinor of Castle

maine Gaol, 'appointed to govornorship :of

Bendigo Gaol.

28. Holocaust;

in ;school .at Peabody,Salem, .Massachusetts, US;,A.; 20 children

incinerated..

29. Richmond Trotting Thousand won bySpot. Death of Mr. inm. Johl

stdn, aged

83 years.:

.30., Week's goldyield; 1908oz. 12dwt. ;Vic

toria Derby won .by-Patrobas.'

NOVEMBER.:

1. Death rof Mr. Lewis Waller, noted English actor, aged 55 years.

-2. Melbourne Cup won by Patrobas.

3. Deatl of Mr. John Charles Ellis, e:.deputy chief, officer of the Country FireBrigades' Board. Final meeting of EasterFair' Committee; net profit, £705/7/8.

4. Postponement . of Federal referenda an.

nounced .

5. Candy factory :at Brooklyn, U.S.A..,

destroyed by fire; 20 girls killed and 50 in.

jured.

:

6. Week's gold:

yield 2360oz. ' 17divt.

Death of... Mr. James Lethlean, " aged 67

years.

8. ''WilliamstownCup"

won by Carlita.

9. Reconstruction of Peacock Ministryannounced-Messrs. M'Leod, H. M'Kenzie,M'Cutcheon and Robinson displace Mesars.

Murray, Mackinnon, Brownand*

Gray.

First welcome home by citizens to returned

soldiers given in Town Hall., Bendigo

Methodist Synod opened-. Cork factory at

South Melbourne destroyed by fire; dam

age, £10,000.

10. Queensland Cup won by. Peter the

Painter. Elmnore-Cohuna railwvay officially

opened.12. Deatlh of the

.Rev.

W. A. Quick

("Father of the 'Methodist ministry"), agea95 years.

13. W?eek's gold yield; 2294oz; 4dwt. Visit.

of Archbishop Cerretti, Apostolic Delegate,to Bendigo. Government's "Handling theHarvest" scheme outlined by Mr.

,Hagel

thorn, Ministec for Agriculture, 'at Hor

sham. Arbuthnot's Sawmills, at Koondrook

destroyed by fire.

-14.

The Very Rev. Dean MacCullagh cele

brated his 45th anniversary as incumbent

of St. Paul's Church.

15. Bcndigo Gaol officials, TMessrs. W.Clark (governor). W. Carroll, J. Sherlockand R. Lightfobt (wardsmnen), tendered a

-farewell iprior to departure for nmetropolis.

16. .Fireat Barham, N.S.W.; three shops

destroyed..17. Firc

?"t

Sea Lake; four shops destroyed.

18. Death 'of Mrs. Isabclla Taylor, aged

62 years.

20. Week's gold yield, 2051ox.5dwt.

Kenning.ton recrvoir officially reopened.

"21,Death of Mr. Daniel Quinn, aged 40

years.

23. Death of Mrs. Catherine Zoller.

24. -Mr. Sydney WVatson appointed gene

ral secretaryof the Australian Natives'

Association. Bendigo Cup (run at MoonceVallev) won by Amata. Sensational motorcar accident in M'Crae-strcet. Car

crowded with soldiers dashes into culvert.

Nine men injured. Mayoral "at home"'

at Town Hall.25. Death of Mrs. Catherine Pearcc, aged

70 ye.ar_

26. John Jackson found guilty of mur

der of Constable M'Grath at Trades Hall,

Melbourne, and sentenced to death.27. Week's gold yield, 2274oz. 9dwt.

Ex-Or. R. Thorne farewelled by residents of

Thornville.30. Death of Mr.,Wm. Williams, aged 50

years.

DECEMBER.1. Shooting tragedy at Tongala. Two

brothers shot, one fatally. Governmentschemioe for handling and marketing

wheat'

crop came. into operation.Ballarat'

.Cup

won by :Hassendene. - Final meeting of

St. Patrick's sports conmittee; not profit,

£1504.

2. Death, of Mr. John,Winter,

proprietor

of the "Advocate"newspaper, Melbourne,

aged 72 years..

4. Week's gold yield, 1924oz.. Idwt.

Death, of Mrs. Susan. Green Melrose,, aged

69. years."

Visit of metropolitan returned

soldiers to Bendigo. ,Death of Rev.. J.Douglas. Watsford.

5. Fire at Hotel Australia, Sydney. Etc.

timated damage, £.25,000.

6.

Death of Mi'. Alfred Viicent, well

known black and white artist.

7. Death of Mrs S. J. Archer, aged '64

years.

9..Death of Mr.' Alfred Fetherstonhaugh

Kelly, .aged 68 'years. Death of Mr. Wil

liam Leggo, aged 57 years.10. Death of Mr. Daniel Byrne, Sutton

Grange, aged 80 years,11 Week's gold yield, 2405oz. 19dwt.

-Mr. E. B. C. Corser (Liberal) elected for

Wido Bay. in House, of.Representatives

at

by-election rendered necessary by the, re

signation of Mr. A.. Fisher, High O6m

missioner. 'Voting-Corser,.

14,027; ThLiomp

son (Labor), 13,941.

.13,. Death of M1r.' Jas. Kinkead, ,,agd75 years.

.

Retirement of Mr. H. Burridgo "

as licensee of the Beehive Exchange Hotel,after 45 years' occupancy.

.

Visit; of Major-'

General M'Cay to Bendigo; Bendigo

branch of Commonwealth' Bank opened..16. Death of Mr. J. F. Clark, aged 68.

years.

17. Visit of Governor-General, Sir Ronald

Munro Ferguson and Lady Helen Ferguson Ato Bendigo. RTilway' collision at Ben

digo station. Several trucks damaged.

Terriblo train disaster at Jarrow, EIngl'and.

Twelve persons .incinerated. Death. f

Mrs. A. G. Daymond,. aged 48 years.

,18.

Week's gold yield, 3247oz. (klwt.

Explosion at New Chum Goldfields miwe,Diamond Hill. *Two mon bady injured.

19. Cheque for £770, proceeds of St.

Aidan's garden fete, presented to the Rev.

Mother Superior of St. . Aidan's Orphan

age Death of Judge Neighbor.20. Bush fire at Burnewang; 2000 acres

of grass 'destroyeds

21. Federal Arbitration Court's award of:'

gold miners' wages delivered; substantial

increases granted. Death' .of. Professor'T.,

S. Hall, ot Melbourne University, formerlyof Girtoii College, Bendigo.

22. Mr. Andrew Fishier tehdered a fari:

well prior to his departure for London to

take up tire position of Australia's High

Commissioner. Death of Mr. Joseph

Dennis, aged .72 years. Mr. Frederick

Katz, secretary of t;he Melbourne Clerks'

Union, tarred and feathered by a, number

of returncd soldcers in resentment of his

action in movinu a motion at the TradesIa-ll Coti lil instructing unionists to ignore

the recruiting cards.

23. Week's gold yield, 3288oz. 1.dwt.

25. Year's mhniTng records publishedi;,r

"Advcrtiser"; gold, 119,GG7oz. ; dividends.

(62,387; calls, £49,248; surplus of- divi

dends over calls. £13,339. Death of Mr..

John Lawrie, aged 89 years. Death of

Mrs, Charlotte M'Coinnachie, Epsom,' aged

79'

years.

27. Death of Mrs. Mary Whitford, uagea

75 years. Great lire in Collins-street. Mel

bourne; Messrs. Andrew Jack, Dyson and

Co. Ltd., manufacturing stationera' premises gutted, and the Aberdeen huildings

adjoining partially destroyed.

28. Daring burglary at Baracchi Carlo's

ice rennam factory, in Cumb'erland Place.

Melbourne; jcwellery and uiouey valued at

~£1(oUO' stolen.

:29.e"ath

of Mrs. Ann:o Maria I4 orran.Forest-street, aged 65 ycars. Four sol·diers for disgracing the IKing's uniformdrummed out of the Liverpool camr.,.

(N.S.TV.).30. Bendigo branch F.M.E.A. condemns

3Beudigo Trades Hall Council for carryingrosolution suggesting that uniO~usts should

refuse to answer Conunmonw'alth recruitinginquiry cards.

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