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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 160 words
  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Executive to-day considered the case of Richard Riley, who was found guilty of the murder of Rose Arnold at Surry Hills a year ago, and was sentenced to death. It ...

    Article : 55 words
  4. THE LOSS OF CHILD LIFE.

    Inquests on the bodies of two infants were yesterday held by the City Coroner, Mr. Candler. The first inquiry had relation to the death of a boarded out child, ...

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  5. THE WAVE OF CRIME.

    Consideration was given by the Cabinet yesterday to the need of improving the detective force, in order to enable it to cope with the criminals who are at ...

    Article : 84 words
  6. WAGES QUESTIONS.

    In view of the exception taken by Mr. A. D. Hart, managing director of the British-Australasian Tobacco Co., to certain statements made at a meeting of the workers ...

    Article : 440 words
  7. COLLIERY TROUBLES.

    The troubles that have arisen at a few collieries in the north during the past few days must not be taken as evidence of general unrest in the industry. Coal ...

    Article : 372 words
  8. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE.

    A meeting was held in the Town Hall last night for the purpose of raising an endowment fund for the Working Men's College, but the attendance was very small. ...

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  9. ENGLISH MAIL CONTRACT.

    Though no development took place yesterday with respect to the second notice served on the English mail contractors for the production of an additional bond for ...

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  10. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    A defect in the Government schemes of closer settlement is that no provision is made for carrying the settler over the critical stage of the first year or two, when he ...

    Article : 260 words
  11. SIX SHOPS DAMAGED BY FIRE.

    Six shops in a terrace in Abercrombie-street, Redfern, owned by Messrs. Bakewell Brothers, were damaged by fire this morning. The outbreak took place in a ...

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  12. DIAMOND DRILL STORES.

    It has transpired that the Government Diamond Drill Stores, located in the railway yard at Jolimont, were broken into on Saturday night, and ransacked ...

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  13. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 words
  14. DARLING RIVER RAILWAY.

    At a meeting of the Darling Railway League last night it was decided to invite the Ministry and members of Parliament to visit Broken Hill. The petition in favor ...

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  15. AN INFANT WILFULLY STRANGLED.

    On Friday last a boy named Wm. Barry found the dead body of a newly born infant, wrapped in a paper bag, and abandoned on a vacant allotment near the ...

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  16. RIVERINA NEWS.

    The Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Johnson, Kircaldie and Richardson, accompanied by the chief traffic manager, Mr. Harper, arrived at Albury this morning by ...

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  17. HAND BAG SNATCHING AT SOUTH YARRA.

    Leopold-street, South Yarra, was the scene of a daring theft on Saturday last. About dark Miss S. Copeland, a young lady living in that street, alighted from a tram ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. ESTATES IN HAND.

    The farm lots of the Numurkah Estate were disposed of some time ago, and the board has now decided to sell the township blocks in October. Instructions have been ...

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  19. WESTERN DISTRICT SCHEME.

    Officers of the Lands and Railway departments have for some time past been engaged in inspecting the properties in the Western district placed under offer to the ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. ARBOR DAY.

    At last night's meeting of the Williamstown council a letter was received from the local board of advice stating that it was desirable to have Aroor day celebrated more generally and ...

    Article : 247 words
  21. QUARREL AMONG UNIONISTS.

    The miners at the Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries at Manmi have given notice of their intention to cease work at the end of 14 days, dating from Monday, 17th ...

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  22. UNEASINESS IN ADELAIDE.

    The tragic fate of Mr. Bauer, the Melbourne diamond dealer, and the increase in burglaries and robberies in the Victorian capital have caused a feeling of uneasiness ...

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  23. RAIN IN VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  24. BUTCHERS' WAGES.

    During the past fortnight the Butchers' Wages Board has been debating at its meetings a series of propositions made by the employes' delegates for granting ...

    Article : 880 words
  25. THE RAILWAYS.

    Approval has been given by the Government to a recommendation of the Railway Commissioners for the appointment of 28 apprentices, 470 lads, and 220 adults to the ...

    Article : 376 words
  26. VIEWS OF MR. WATSON.

    Mr. J. C. Watson, the leader of the Federal Labor party, who arrived to-day in the steamer Easter after visiting the Northern Territory, said, in the course of ...

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  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The financial year of the State closes on 30th June, and the prosperity of the last twelve months promises to result in a big surplus. In political circles it is ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. THE PRISON SYSTEM AND CRIME.

    Sir,--Does not the present multiplication of criminal offences, to which other correspondents have alluded, point to the necessity for prison reform, such as has from ...

    Article : 630 words
  29. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 337 words
  30. THE WHEAT YIELD.

    The farming community of South Australia is greatly surprised to learn that the Government Statist's estimate of the wheat yield is only 17,145,796 bushels, being ...

    Article : 69 words
  31. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

    Novice Handicap, one mile.--Battersca, The Golfer, Mist, Little Fred, St. Odilie, Miss Alto, Myhall, Prick, Oscar, E.M.B. 14.2 Handicap, three furlongs and a ...

    Article : 181 words
  32. IMPORTING MINERS.

    A deputation of members of Parliament representing the mining constituencies waited on the Premier to-day and objected to miners being invited to New South ...

    Article : 335 words
  33. A QUEENSLAND VIEW.

    Mr. Robert Philp, the leader of the Opposition, stated in the course of an interview on the mail contract that he did not think Queensland should guarantee a ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. ILLEGALLY CROSSING STOCK.

    At the Frances court John Mulraney, of Minimay (Victoria), was fined £5, with 15 costs, on separate charges of introducing a flock of sheep into South Australia ...

    Article : 77 words
  35. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the Perth court to-day, John Denis O'Loughlin, ex-police constable, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for assaulting his wife and daughter, and was ...

    Article : 188 words
  36. FOOTBALL.

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  37. A CONGRATULATORY MOTION.

    At a meeting of the Williamstown council last night Cr. Liston moved a notice of motion to the effect that the council viewed with satisfaction the ...

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  38. NEW SOUTH WALES STATION REPORTS.

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  39. HUNTLY TO COHUNA LINE.

    The secretary of the Kamarooka District Railway League has received a letter from the secretary of the Railways Standing Committee, through Mr. T. Tunnecliffe, ...

    Article : 198 words
  40. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

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  41. COUNTRY CRICKET.

    With regard to the proposed scheme for country cricket by the M.C.C. we can announce that the well known cricketer J. R. M. Mackay, who is recognised as one of Australia's best bats and ...

    Article : 192 words
  42. OBSERVATORY REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  43. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    The sudden death of Nurse Lizzie Smith at the private hospital of Dr. Bird, Simpson-street, East Melbourne, has been reported to the Coroner, who has ordered an ...

    Article : 77 words
  44. TASMANIA.

    At the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Dodds, John Parsons pleaded guilty to uttering a forged cheque, and was sentenced to six months' ...

    Article : 75 words
  45. KIA ORA SURVIVORS.

    The survivors of the Kia Ora, who have arrived at Kawhia, are scantily clad, and most of them are badly hurt. Mr. Lester, the second engineer, has a broken bone in ...

    Article : 104 words
  46. WILLIAMSTOWN LOAN.

    The Williamstown council last night considered the financial standpoint of the new loan of £5500, and decided, owing to the Auditor-General objecting to any valuation beyond 5 per cent., to ...

    Article : 147 words
  47. INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.

    A young man named Stanley Lachlan, aged 23, of Abbott-grove, Clifton Hill, was yesterday evening admitted to the Melbourne Hospital with injuries to his head ...

    Article : 57 words
  48. TIMBER WORKERS' WAGES.

    Thomas Luxford and Sons, box manufacturers, Hoddle-street, Collingwood, were charged at the local court yesterday with paying their employes a lower rate of wage ...

    Article : 315 words
  49. PROPOSED MEETING OF CITIZENS.

    Sir,--The suggestion of one of your correspondents in to-day's issue that a meeting of citizens should be called by the Lord Mayor to allow the taxpayers ...

    Article : 127 words
  50. LATE MINING NEWS.

    CASTLEMAINE.--The Castlemaine Junction Hydraulic Sluicing Co. cleaned up their concentrates on Tuesday for 8 oz. gold. MALMSBURY.--A company called the Great ...

    Article : 58 words
  51. A FRACTURED SKULL.

    Jas. Pascoe, aged 24 years, met with an accident in the Collmann and Tacchi mine on Monday night while he was trucking in the 2120 feet level, where mullocking ...

    Article : 138 words
  52. MAN JUMPS INTO THE YARRA.

    A man, name unknown, fell or jumped into the river at the Burnley Ferry crossing yesterday evening, and was drowned. James Nelson, a ferry hand, heard a splash ...

    Article : 143 words
  53. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  54. EVEN JUSTICE TO SEXES.

    Constable Lizars proceeded against Mrs. Stribling at Preston court yesterday for behaving in an unseemly manner with two men. The informant disclosed the nature of the ...

    Article : 137 words
  55. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    William Henry Finn, of Moore-street, East St Kilda, grocer and greengrocer. Causes of insolvency: Pressure of creditors and inability to get in money owing to him. Liabilities, £79 28; ...

    Article : 130 words
  56. FIREMAN KNOCKED OFF A TRAIN.

    Fireman A. Taylor, of the Beech Forest, was leaning out of the engine to see what had gone wrong with the sand box, and struck against a post of a cattle pit. He ...

    Article : 73 words
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  58. HOW THIEVES ARE MADE.

    A case at the Carlton court yesterday, in which John Leahy, pressor, aged 33, was convicted of larceny on the evidence of his son, aged 7 years, illustrates the manner in which thieves are ...

    Article : 201 words
  59. FLEECING A COUNTRYMAN.

    Frederick Reid, a laborer from Koyuga, arrived in Melbourne on Monday by the midday train with between £8 and £9 in his pocket, which he spent with such effect at a Spencer-street hotel ...

    Article : 212 words
  60. MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED.

    Mr. Crawford Hendry was riding a motor bicycle in High-street, and when at Coy's corner his wheel skidded, and he was thrown on to the footwalk. Besides a ...

    Article : 42 words
  61. PAYING A FINE.

    At the Williamstown court yesterday, before Messrs. Andrew and Hick, J's.P., a Chinese named Tiy Lee was asked for an explanation as to why he had not paid a fine of 26 and £1 1 costs, ...

    Article : 174 words
  62. LAW LIST.--(THIS DAY.)

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  63. CHILD'S BODY MUTILATED BY A SHARK.

    The body of a male child was found in the Harbor, near Bradley's Head, this morning. The head and left arm were missing, and had apparently been torn off by a ...

    Article : 43 words
  64. WAGES OF SHEARERS.

    The shearers' demands were further investigated by the Federal Arbitration Court to-day. Several experts were called, and corroborated previous evidence as to ...

    Article : 47 words
  65. SUNDAY SHOPPING.

    At Collingwood court yesterday, Ernest Ransom, confectioner, Smith-street, was charged with keeping his shop open on Sunday, 2nd June. A fine of 10 was imposed. ...

    Article : 28 words
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