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  2. MELBOURNE.

    The questions in dispute between Victoria and South Australia in connection with the Murray River Waters Agreement, were virtually settled to-day at a ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

    Mr. Karri Davies, who took such a prominent part in the Boer war and the troubles which led up to it, to-day paid a visit to Mr. Swinburne, Minister of Water Supply and ...

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  4. AT RANDOM.

    The recent prosecutions of clairvoyants and fortune-tellers in Melbourne is an illustration of the perennial folly of mortals. One of the things that the ...

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  5. THE WATER SUPPLY.

    Sir,—As one of the two obstinate ones, who, through the courtesy of the mayor, had a most enjoyable excursion, I cannot do less than try to state how the various parts of ...

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  6. FATHER'S CLAIM FOR CHILDREN.

    John Drysdale, farmer, of Mulwala, was a claimant for his two daughters, aged eleven and nine, in the Practice Court to-day. According to the father's ...

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  7. HOMES FOR CLERKS.

    Clerks and others: with salaries not exceeding £200 per annum, are offered building allotments on easy terms by the Government at Glenhuntly. The estate ...

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  8. MARRIED WOMAN'S DEATH.

    The City Coroner was this morning engaged in inquiring into the circumstances attending the death of a married woman, named Elizabeth Stanford, of ...

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  9. CHILD FATALLY SCALDED.

    Yesterday-afternoon a young' child, named John Nolan, met a terrible death by falling into a copper full of boiling water. The deceased, who was only ...

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  10. SUSPENSION OF SETTLERS' PAYMENTS.

    Many settlers under the Closer Settlement Act were under the misapprehension that the Closer Settlement Board arc required to grant them two years' ...

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  11. THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR.

    His Excellency the Governor (Sir Reginald Talbot), who arrived here yesterday, after a tour through the mountains, was to-day entertained by Mr. ...

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  12. (By Telephone.) SPECIAL LICENSING MAGISTRATES.

    The question of accepting the tenders submitted by the Victorian Coal Company was again under consideration of the State Cabinet, but owing to the ...

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  13. THE DISPUTED TERRITORY.

    The proposal of the Minister of Lands to subdivide 80,000 acres of the land on the South Australian border, known as the disputed territory, is likely to be ...

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  14. VICTORIAN COAL SUPPLIES.

    It was decided that Mr. G. C. Morrison. Under-secretary; Mr. W. R. Anderson, secretary of the Law department, and Mr. W. Dickson, secretary for ...

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  15. BALLARAT.

    A deputation of carters and laborers wailed on the Town Council this afternoon to ask that as the council intended to relinquish the contract system of ...

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  16. TARIFF COMMISSION REPORTS.

    Ex-Senator Higgs to-day waited on the Governor-General, in the absence cf Sir John Quick, chairman of the Tariff Commission, and presented ...

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  17. JULIUS KNIGHT COMPANY.

    There was a crowded attendance at Her Majesty's Theatre to-night, when Mr. Julius Knight and his English company appeared in the London success ...

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  18. CRIMINAL COURTS.

    As occasionally happens in February, there were two courts sitting for the trial of criminal cases to-day. This is due to the accumulation of cases, owing ...

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  19. NATIONAL DEFENCE.

    Increased interests being evinced by shipbuilding and engineering firm in the proposals of tho Commonwealth Government for the construction of a flotilla of torpedo boats ...

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  20. TRADES' HALL COUNCIL.

    At to-night's meeting of the Trades' Hall Council, Mr. Hyman moved: "That this council draws the attention of the Chief Secretary to the resolution passed at the meeting of ...

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  21. CHARGE OF PERJURY.

    A charge or perjury has been preterred against a young man named Wm. Gordon, who gave evidence on his own behalf when charged recently at the City ...

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  22. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.

    At the City Court to-day a charge of driving a horse under circumstances involving cruelty was preferred against John Yale, and his employer. J. W. ...

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  23. HOUSEBREAKING.

    Tho young man, Albert Blencoive, who raided a number of houses and tents in tho Sandringham and Black Bock districts, pleaded guilty at the Criminal ...

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  24. IGEELONC WEST FIRE BRIGADE.

    The Geelong West Fire Brigade has just; received the following report from Chief-officer Marshall on his recent inspection:—As usual, with this brigade, there was a ...

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  25. MUNICIPAL OUTING.

    At the close of the meeting of the Town Council this afternoon, it was reported that the town and city councils would visit Geelong on Wednesday next ...

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  26. A SERIOUS CHARGE.

    Thomas Robinson, whose appearance indicates that he belongs to the bushworking class, was tried before Mr. Justice a'Beckett to-day for an offence ...

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  27. STATE POLITICS.

    The Premier will, at the Drill Hall Brighton, to-morrow evening, address his constituents, and, through them, the people of Victoria. ...

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  28. THE PRICE OF HIS SEAT.

    Mr. G. W. Bradbury, who has just been elected to fill a vacancy on the Stock Exchange, pays an entrance fee of £950, which is the top price realised for ...

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  29. MEDICAL INSTITUTE'S CLALM.

    Miss Ida Hoos, a young typist, who suffered from catarrli of the throat, tried the treatment- furnished- at the Neuropathic Institute. Collins-street, agreeing ...

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  30. ACTION AGAINST A.M.P. SOCIETY.

    An interesting action against a life assurance society is foreshadowed by an application which came before Mr. Justice Hood in the Practice Court to-day. ...

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  31. THE CASTLEMAINE MURDER.

    Detective-Sergeant Wilson and Sergeant Middleditch are still busily engaged investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of Wong Ah ...

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  32. OBITUARY.

    The funeral of the late Mr. Patrick Maker, ail old and respected resident of Geelong West, took place yesterday afternoon, and a large number of sympathising friends ...

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  33. FRIENDLY AND DEBATING SOCIETIES.

    The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hibernian Society was held in St. Mary's Hall on Tuesday evening, under the presidency of Mr. James Hughes. Two nominations for ...

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  34. A LIFT ACCIDENT.

    This afternoon a painful accident befel a youth named Alfred Billson, 16 years of age, living at Auburn. It appears that the lad, who is in the employment ...

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  35. A SHOCKING DEATH.

    An elderly man met- with a shocking death at Spring Vale, beyond Oakleigh, to-day. He bad been minding some cattle, and his body was found ...

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  36. BATHING IN THE NUDE.

    Sir,—I can fully endorse the remarks of "Beach Lover," re bathing in the nude, and it surprises me that a lady has to be tho first to draw the attention of the authorities to ...

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  37. SHOPBREAKING.

    The finding by the detectives of a young man named William Warburton on the premises of Mr. W. C. Aiigliss, butcher, of Smith-street, Fitzroy, ...

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