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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    At a fire which took place at Germanton yesterday morning an old infirm man named James Dyball and a lad had a narrow escape of perishing. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Strong feeling is prevalent against the proposed abolition of grazing and bond regulations in this district. Mr. Best, Commissioner of Customs, has informed Mr. White, M.L.A., ...

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  4. CANARY SHOW.

    In its general features, the eleventh annual show of the Victorian Canary Society, which was opened in the Athenm[?]um, yesterday, is a distinct advance upon those of previous years. ...

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  5. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED.

    The following official circular gives an "outline of the proposed rearrangement with depositors" :— A. The position of the capital account of the ...

    Article : 1,831 words
  6. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Reid, the Premier, in reply to a question, said the commission on firing of coal cargoes would include in the scope of its inquiry the question ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. OUR TIMBER RESOURCES.

    The wilful devastation of some of the most valuable timber areas in the colony has long met with strong condemnation in these columns, and the application of systematic methods to ...

    Article : 1,658 words
  8. THE TELEPHONE SCANDAL.

    The board appointed to report upon certain charges preferred against the engineering and electrical branch of the Post and Telegraph department by Mr. Hamilton, M.L.A., and ...

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  9. ACCIDENT NEAR BUANGOR.

    Another accident occurred to-day on the regrading works on the Ballarat line, near Buangor, A man named John Carrell, 56 years of age, a resident of North Melbourne, ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. A POSTMASTER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    William Theobald, late post and railway station master at Brooklesby, was charged in the police court at Howlong yesterday with stealing a letter, the property of the ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. THE ABSCONDER GEAKE.

    The Chief Commissioner of Police received a cable message yesterday from the British consul at Monte Video, stating that he had arrested a man answering the description of Edward ...

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  12. DISABILITIES OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS.

    As one result of the action against Cr. Ireland, of Port Fairy, who was fined £3500 because he sat as a councillor while he had a contract with the council Cr. Philp has resigned ...

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  13. AFFRAY IN AN HOTEL.

    A sensational moment took place at the Pier Hotel to-day. J. Berry, who is said to be well connected in England, having returned from a prospecting tour in the vicinity of Pink ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.

    About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a little girl named Margaret Phease, the daughter of William Phease, a block holder on the village settlement, was returning home from Echuca, ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. A CIRCULAR TO DEPOSITORS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

    Last month a circular was addressed to the holders of the bank's extended deposits and the preferent and ordinary shareholders, and the following are its leading features :— ...

    Article : 1,323 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The Legislative Assembly went into committee on the Diseases in Stock Bill. Amendments were adopted which fixed the limit of assessment at 2s. 6d. per 100, and enabled a ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. THE QUEENSLAND TICK PLAGUE.

    Inspection at Nowra of the hides which recently arrived there from Queensland proved that all the ticks were dead. The hides had been put in tan pits, and there was no opportunity of finding ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A BOY.

    A little boy aged 6 years, named Frederick Johnson, with other children, had been given a ride to school by a man named Murray in a waggonette, and Mr. Murray handed the ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. THE QUEENSLAND SUGAR YIELD.

    The Mourilyan Sugar Company, at Geraldton, started crushing yesterday, and crushing was commenced at Goondi Plantation to-day. Everything promises a big output. ...

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  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Government stated that it is its intention to introduce a bill dealing with compulsory deepening of wharf frontages, and also promised ...

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  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A deputation to the Minister of Works to-day urged the construction of a railway from Gundagai to Tumut. Mr. Young, in reply, said he had been long impressed with the fertility of ...

    Article : 214 words
  22. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.

    An accident took place at the Kneebone mine this afternoon, resulting in the death of a young man named William Smith and the narrow escape of William Lemin. Both were ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    A tributer in the New Chum United mine, named James Roberts, had a narrow escape from a fatal accident yesterday. He was climbing up one of the ladder ways when he lost his ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. QUEENSLAND.

    At Croydon, the new shaft of Rogers's Golden Gate has bottomed at 115 feet. The reef thus far is 3 feet thick and is not yet through. Thirty miners have chartered a schooner ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. A VIGILANT FATHER.

    At the police court to-day a young man named Edmund Keys was charged with attempting to indecently assault Annie Wilson, a girl under 16 years of age. The pair had been ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES SHEEP SHOW.

    The annual exhibition of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association was commenced this morning on the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society, Moore Park. The ...

    Article : 436 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Major Castine, M.P., who claims descent from Baron Castine, founder of the town of that name in Maine, United States, yesterday received an invitation to be present at the celebration of ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    An influential meeting of Liberal electors of the Southern Province was hold last night at the Melbourne Temperance Hall, to consider the present representation in the Legislative ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. THE NEWCASTLE STRIKE.

    Perhaps the most cheering item of news with regard to the Newcastle coal strike that has been published since its inception is the fact that the Premier has again intervened between ...

    Article : 495 words
  30. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier is still too ill to leave his house, but to-day received a deputation there in favor of making a railway from Pinjarrah to Murrndong. Sir John Forrest said he would support ...

    Article : 244 words
  31. INTERCOLONIAL POLO TOURNAMENT.

    The final polo match in the intercolonial tournament was played at Eagle Farm this afternoon, between a representative Queensland team consisting of N. Caswell and W. C. ...

    Article : 226 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

    Consequent on the rejection of the Immigration of Asiatics Restriction Bill by the Legislative Council, the Premier is introducing a measure to reduce the tenure of life members of ...

    Article : 130 words
  33. TASMANIA.

    Mr. Samuel Thomas Pock, licensee of the Alabama Hotel, and an old colonist, died suddenly to-day, aged 76. ...

    Article : 22 words
  34. THE QUEENSLAND REVENUE.

    The Treasury returns for the quarter and year ended 30th June, show the revenue for the quarter to be £884,883, an increase of £35,586 compared with the corresponding quarter last ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. QUEENSLAND DOG AND POULTRY SHOW.

    The annual show of the Queensland Dog and Poultry Society was opened yesterday. The entries were large, and the quality of the exhibits good. A noticeable feature was the ...

    Article : 300 words
  36. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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  37. THE AUBURN CHILDREN POISONING CASE.

    Some months back when the six children of Mr. Edward Wiffen, undertaker, of Burwood- road, Hawthorn, were poisoned by means of arsenic concealed in coconut toffee which was ...

    Article : 294 words
  38. MR. LORMER AND LICENSING PROSECUTIONS.

    When a prosecution against Eleanor Coates, the licensee of the Coolgardie Hotel, for certain breaches of the licensing law, was called upon at the District Court yesterday morning, ...

    Article : 224 words
  39. THE STRIKE AT MOUNT LYELL.

    Forty men were engaged in Hobart to-day to proceed to Mount Lyell to replace those who have gone out on strike. The new men signed a special agreement, and will receive 7s. 6d. ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. PHILIP SCAMMELL'S INSOLVENCY

    SIR,—In your report of this case to-day I and my agent are undeservedly made to appose in an unfavorable light, which the following facts will disprove :—Mr. Scammell received an order ...

    Article : 174 words
  41. LAW LIST.—THIS DAY.

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  42. THE MANCHESTER CO-OPERATIVE DELEGATES.

    At a meeting of the local agricultural society to-day it was decided that the president, Mr. George Telford, should attend the reception of the English co-operative delegates in ...

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