This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 24, 1881
Page
4
A fragmented Portland dispatch reviews handicap events and hurdles with cautious praise. It notes weather threats, theatre plans by the Dramatic Club, venue improvements at the Manonic Hall, and hints at local race visits while commenting on population figures and educational debates.
Neve ja remains scarce in our quiet township yet the face going portion of the community is heard. Prices won by the 24th and 2ith are respectable despite weather. Sports and shooting amusements offered nearby. Hare coursing seen near town four miles away. Shire Council day draws attention to contractors and local activity. Recent frosty nights whiten grass and threaten young lambs on many stations.
A report on upcoming events and preparations for the Hamilton Pastoral Show. The Farmers Club is set to host a competition for long woolled sheep with a prize from Christie Brow and other liberal offers. Arrangements for subscriptions and an attractive spring offering are described, with anticipation of a full programme in about nine weeks.
Reporting from Penshurst on May 19, a visit by Mr James Toobe to Penshurst on the 13th has yielded satisfactory results. The Land Act 138 in this district fixes a price of £4 per acre on selections, unfairly limiting selectors from intended advantages. A meeting appointed Mette Gollins to accompany him, and negotiations with the Minister of Lands secured concessions. The member for Villiers and Heytesbury arranged for Postmaster Cyrnival to assist, with expenses to be settled by the department. The meeting aims to pursue full inquiry on the issue.
News by the Wail reports a catastrophic theatre fire in Nice with upper balconies jammed and dark stairways causing suffocation and trampling. Soldiers and fire crews risked themselves. several people died, including young performers from Edinburgh, as the building burned and debris filled stairwells.
Applications approved include numerous named individuals for licenses and postings as customs officers connected to the border treaty between Victoria and Southern Glenelg Shire. The document also notes a proposed severance of Marion war parks from Glenelg Shire to form The Shire of Normanby, describing a lengthy petition and road boundary details across multiple parishes.
The notice lists events for Maiden Plate, Cavendish ofen Handicap, Handicap Hurdles, Farmers Race, and Hack Races with details on distances, weights, entrances, and entry deadlines. Nominations close at 10 am on a morning at the Family Hotel, Cavendish, with J Farrell as Hon. Secretary. First race starts at 12 o clock.
Portland annual race meeting notices list events including Handicaps and Selling Plate races with weights and entries. Nominations close May 1 with entries and acceptances due by April 30, and all disruptions resolved by a stewards’ majority. George G. Noon presides at Portland.
An old advertisement notices form lists prize money for the Waterloo Cup event with winner and runner up amounts, dog prizes, and entry communications to the Champion Hotel in Fitzroy Melbourne. It also includes debt notices, trespass warnings, and poison and property enforcement across various local estates dated May 1841 and May 1881.
A garbled OCR gives scattered notes about a department store wide opening, price reductions in Hamilton district, and offers from a firm to buy stock. The text mentions a 30 line clearance and a cash offer, with references to West and Vic locations and Velvet goods.
Thomson Street, Abet Lton, informs the general public that he will leave Hamilton around June 1 and must clear out entire stock valued about £3750 before then. The store closes Friday the 29th with stock ready for inspection Saturday the 30th. Every article offered regardless of cost to secure bargains.
John West's Blankets feature widely advertised prices for single and double bed sizes in white, wool, and flannel. Goods include 32 inch wide guananteed fabric, 27 inch ladies wear fabric, and a range of calicoes, sheeting, and table linen with emphasis on value and quality. Local stock lists Ballarat, Castlemaine, Saxony, Welsh prints, and pink blue flannels.
In this department we hold an immense stock of the latest French and English fashions. As fashions change rapidly there is bound to be more losses. No reasonable or unreasonable offer refused.
A fashion department advertises a vast assortment of fabrics and clothing materials including Melbourne Coat fabrics, 6000 yards of wincey, black lustres, cashmeres, merinoa, batin cloth, and cashmere cloth offered at notably low prices to attract customers.
A varied assortment of dress goods, including Black Kuselan, Persian Cord, Italian and Latin cloths, cashmere, and cashmere blends, offered cheap with bold colors and rich textures. The selection features many shades and widths, promoting value for cost-conscious shoppers.
This department offers a large stock for hotelkeepers and suppliers including first class sheetings 120 pairs blankets quilts rugs table covers forfars lawns ticks towels gray and white calicoes and dam asks.
An immense stock of Ladies and Children's Ulsters and Jackets offered at half price to clear. Wool goods in large stock, fashionable makes, plus a wide assortment of Winter Hosiery in all sorts and qualities.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a line named Winceys and a sale by B Line in Tulsa clone masa. It references yard values, traction sale terminology, and an unusual purchase detail without clear context or full nouns.
Local retailer announces a clearance sale in the clothing department with every item marked down by fifty percent. The shop emphasizes its reputation and urges shoppers to hurry to secure the best lines before stocks are exhausted.
JACHETS FANCY GOODS AND HOSIERY During cool Mianket and Mantle Sale our mame wee made for good vale in Mantle We have lunched owt in thie department and mint keep the feat We show all the new mtylor howded brukled mind warkoualy tardy viet the laugeet stock ist thu destrivt will be most like Ulsters Dead Jacketa from GUL upwards. birds Uinters from de Tle, A really Handsome Jacket List Howe rae tockings from Men's Cotton Bock Finished fret Oe, Ane of socks thi Men's i mock Gs pair. Heavy Lambs Wool sucks 1s pair
Abel Bullock of Hamilton and Abel Bullock of Hamilton publish that no orders were executed except a P O order for the enclosed amount dated April 28 1881.
Fragmentary text discusses departmental standing, fairness to a person named Millimer, and a show excluding the shop. Mentions taste, cash, factions, and feathers as valuable. References velvet materials and a show backstage separation from a shop, with implied access and priority.
Overcoats pleated and youths wear through 1s 1d to gloss tweed 17s 6d. Extra good. Trousers and vests made from fabric secured at the store. Pair Molon 4s 11d shirts in good value. Largs Street description.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.