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  2. THE RAILWAYS.

    Notwithstanding the recent additions to the local railway station, the yard is now so congested with traffic that considerable delay results in working the trains. On ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Early this morning, while the wind was blowing a gale and heavy rain was falling, smoke was noticed issuing from a stack of chaff on the wharf occupied by ...

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  4. A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL.

    A well-known criminal of most dangerous type, named William King, a man of extraordinary physique, who had been arrested on a charge of burglary and stealing at the dwelling of Mr. E. ...

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  5. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Thomas Richarda, aged 50, seaman on the brig Edward, sustained a fractured leg skylarking in the Sir Charles [?]tham Hotel, Flinders-street, yesterday. ...

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  6. Advertising

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  7. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    So far 21 brass bands have entered for the South-street competitions. They are Wide Bay (Queensland), Gympie (Queensland). Kiakuragi (New Zealand), Inverell ...

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  9. RECORD PRICE FOR SHEEP.

    At the local sale yards a line of 20 pure bred Lincoln wethers, sold by Messrs. Sweeney Bros, and Connor, bred by Mr. P. Brennan, of Yarram, realised £2 06 ...

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  10. SERIOUS BURNING ACCIDENTS.

    A young man named Mark Pitt, aged 24, was brought to Melbourne from Yarragon by train yesterday and conveyed to the Melbourne Hospital [?] an unconscious ...

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  11. ALLEGED SHEEP STEALING.

    Two youths, named Harry and Leonard Cox, aged 20 and 16 years, have been arrested on a charge of sheep stealing at Mincha West. The father of the accused, ...

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  12. ALEXANDRA-ROAD TO ALEXANDRA.

    At the meeting of the shire council the following resolutions were passed:— That the chairman make the necessary arrangements with the National Bank for the money ...

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  13. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A SAILOR.

    Shortly before midnight on Friday, Alfred Olsen, seaman, employed on the barque, Solgram, was picked up in Sussex-street in an unconscious condition. He was ...

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  14. MAIL COACH IN A RIVER.

    There were over four inches of rain in the Bega district during the twenty-four hours. This caused the liver to run a banker. The mail driver, David Lambert, ...

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  15. DEPARTMENTAL IGNORANCE.

    Writing to the Shepparton Water Works Trust with reference to the proposal to add to its district the area to be served by the proposed new system for supplying ...

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  16. DEATHS FROM BURNS.

    A burning accident happened at Sandford on Saturday night, which resulted in the death of an elderly woman named Mary Rigney, and serious injuries to her ...

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  17. THE GLEN IRIS LINE.

    In reference to the resolution recently passed by the Malvern council condemning the practice of the Railway Commissioners in running the Glen Iris train without a fireman to assist in the engine ...

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  18. RIVERINA NEWS.

    A hitch has occurred in the arrangements between the Wagga municipal council and the Public Health Board concerning the appointment of a qualified sanitary officer for ...

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  19. BENDIGO.

    The adjourned cases against Johanna Fitzgibbon and Elizabeth Kenoir, two women who were found in a wre[?] state of squalor in an old tenement at Back ...

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  20. A BANK'S HOSPITAL SUBSCRIPTION.

    At the annual meeting of the Port Fairy Hospital and Benevolent Asylum objection was taken by the chairman (Mr. Boyd) to Mr. T. A. Graham, manager of the Bank ...

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  21. MAILS DELAYED.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. Waddy) has received the following telegram from Charlotte Waters:—"Mails from Adelaide and Oodnadatta due Charlotte ...

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  22. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 307 words
  23. FORECASTS.

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  24. INVENTED STORY OF ROBBERY.

    Recently the police at Kiewa were informed that the house of R. E. M'Intosh, at Red Bluff, had been broken into, and £45 in notes and gold had been stolen. ...

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  25. NYORA TO WOOLAMAI RAILWAY.

    A number of the residents of the shire of Phillip Island and Woolamai who are opposed to the proposed Nyora to Woolamal railway having protested against the formation of a railway trust, ...

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  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. CRIMINAL COURT.

    The Director of Agriculture, Mr. Angus, will leave for Kangaroo Island on Wednesday with the object of arranging with the farmers for the establishment of At the opening of the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court to-day there were fifteen men and one woman arraigned on charges of housebreaking, larceny or ...

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  27. FIRES.

    KORUMBURRA. At 4 a.m. on Sunday a four-roomed dwelling in Guy's-road was burnt to the ground with all its contents. The occupier was Mr. Geo. Gillam, ...

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  28. ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION.

    Mr. Chas. Kettle, hotelkeeper, Milawa, was cleaning out the generator of an acetyline gas machine, with the assistance of another man. The former was smoking a ...

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  29. MOTOR CAR BILL.

    At last evening's sitting of the Prahran council a circular letter from the Municipal Association on the Motor Car Bill was read. The association was of opinion that an additional clause should ...

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  30. WEATHER NOTES.

    Up to 4 p.m. on Monday the sky in the city was mostly clouded, with large masses of cumulus form clouds moving over rapidly from south-east, but later the clouds began to disperse, and by ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  32. YOUTH'S CHEST INJURED.

    Percy Milliken, aged twenty years, who was employed at Humble's Foundry, was crushed to-day by a heavy mass of iron. He was admitted to the hospital suffering ...

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  33. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

    Kew Club. The first round for the club championship and handicap was played on Saturday. There were 12 entries for the first and 29 for the second event. For the championship, F. B. Waters ...

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  34. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    SPRINGHURST. The twenty-ninth half yearly meeting of shareholders of the Ovens and Murray Dairy Company Limited was held on Friday last. Mr. J. H. Sandford, ...

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  35. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  36. A MINING FATALITY.

    At the Adjourned inquest relating to the death of Arthur Rodgers, who was killed while attending to the crabwinch at the New Dempsey's mine on Wednesday last. ...

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  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the unemployed to-day it was stated that there were 90 men on the Government Labor Bureau books, and 200 unemployed at Perth. It was resolved to ...

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  38. WATER SUPPLY RATES.

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  39. GEELONG.

    A long letter from Mr. J. S. B. Orr was read at the chamber of commerce on Monday, pointing out that while the revenue produced by the local railway station ...

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  40. A MINER INJURED.

    A man named Morris sustained a compound fracture of the leg this morning in the Long Tunnel mine. He was working in a stope that had just been mullocked ...

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  41. WATER COMMISSION TENDERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  42. BOGGED IN A PRAHRAN STREET.

    A claim for £1 for damages and loss of time was made to the Prahran council last night by the proprietors, Messrs. Dyer and Russell, of Moonee Ponds, of the furniture van which was ...

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  43. INTER-STATE BASEBALL.

    SYDNEY. Bad weather prevented any baseball games being played on Monday, and after a most unpleasant trip the members of the Melbourne club left for Melbourne in the evening. ...

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  44. PERTH, Monday.

    The gold received at the Perth Mint during July was 125,646 oz., valued at £450,758. A deputation waited on the Treasurer and requested that the Government, if it ...

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  45. WRESTLING.

    ADELAIDE. At the Central Hall on Monday night. G. Rennert, the South Australian champion exponent of catch-as-catch-can wrestling, met F. Ball, now a South of England champion, who ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND REVENUE.

    The Queensland revenue for July was £407,504, compared with £360,347 for the same month last year. The railways show an increase of £7638. The expenditure for ...

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  47. POSTAL COMMISSION

    The Postal Commission resumed its sittings to-day. Mr. H. B. Tempieton,' Acting Deputy Postmaster-General of Queensland, was ...

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  48. FOOTSCRAY COUNCIL.

    At last night's meeting of the Footscray council the circular letter from the Municipal Association was discussed. On the motion of Cr. Toohey, seconded by Cr. Gallant, it was decided that the ...

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  49. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' DISPENSARIES.

    The annual meeting of the Collingwood and Fitzroy United Friendly Societies' Dispensary was held on Thursday evening in the Dispensary Hall, at the corner Gore and Greeves streets, Fitzroy. ...

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  50. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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  51. SUBURBAN TRAMWAYS.

    A protest against the alleged secret methods of the High street Tramway Trust in transacting business was made by Cr. Nicelson at the meeting of the Prahran council last night. By a mere ...

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  52. UNIMPROVED LAND VALUES.

    Writing to the Footseray council last night on behalf of the Rating Reform League, W. H. Renwick said the institution named had arranged with various councillors, including Cr. Cornwall, ...

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  53. LAW LIST. THIS DAY.

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  54. NEW ZEALAND.

    The members of Parliament proceed from Wellington to Auckland by rail on Friday, for the Fleet Week. The Union Company has commenced an ...

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  55. RAIN IN VICTORIA.

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  56. CASTLEMAINE.

    Frank Kenyon, one of the co-operative party working the Golden Gully hydraulic sluicing plant at Fryestown, who was charged with being in illegal possession of ...

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  57. BRIGHTON SLOYD CENTRE.

    The Premier, Sir Thomas Bent, With the Minister of Education, Mr. Sachse, and Mr. D. Mackinnon, Attorney-General, visited the Wilson-street State school. Brighton, yesterday, to open a Sloyd ...

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  58. DANDENONG-ROAD TRAMWAY.

    The Prahran council last night gave consideration to the series of questions recently placed before that body by a deputation of residents interested in a tramway along Dandcnong-road, viz:— ...

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  59. FOOTSCRAY AND YARRAVILLE.

    The twenty-fourth annual report just issued by the Footscray and Yarraville Friendly Societies' Dispensary, shows that the institution has a membership of 4025, an increase of 83 members for the ...

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  60. VICTORIAN SILKY AND YORKSHIRE TERRIER CLUB.

    A meeting of the above club was held at the club rooms, 317 Collins-street; the president, Mr. G. Keyzer, in the chair. There was a full muster of members. The rules and standards were ...

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  61. FARMING AND PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    ARARAT. Owing to the continued cold weather grass is growing very slowly in this district, and stock are suffering considerably. A large number of cattle has succumbed. Lambing has ...

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  62. WARRNAMBOOL.

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  63. RICHMOND.

    The 39th annual report of the Richmond Dispensary shows that a satisfactory years was experienced. There was a substantial decrease in the number of patients as compared with the previous ...

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  64. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY. Splendid general rains have been recorded throughout the State, the south coast districts receiving the greatest amount. The falls there ranged from 231 to 499 points. In the ...

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  65. MALVERN COUNCIL.

    At the Malvern council on Monday night a communication was received from Mr. Norman Bayles, M.L.A., forwarding a copy of the Government Valuation of Lands Bill, and soliciting the ...

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  66. SYDNEY STOCK MARKET.

    SYDNEY. At Homebush on Monday 29,000 sheep and lambs were penned. The sheep comprised a large proportion of good useful quality merino wethers and ewes, with a fair proportion of prime ...

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  67. STEAMER KONOOWARRA AGROUND.

    A message was received at the Electric Telegraph department this morning stating that the steamer Konoowarra was aground five miles north of Inskip Point. ...

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  68. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Dissatisfaction is expressed by a section of the ratepayers of Footseray at the proposal of the local council to install a municipal system of electric lighting. The council has at present a ...

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  69. LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

    BRISBANE. Arrived, August 3. Peregrine. Er and Airlie, from Sydney. Sailed, August 3. Salamis for London. CAPE CAPRICORN. Passed, August 3. Cooma ...

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  70. BRIGHTON GAS COMPANY.

    The half yearly meeting of shareholders in the Brighton Gas Company was held last night at the offices, Brighton. Mr. W. M. Hyndman, chairman of directors, in ...

    Article : 256 words
  71. LARRIKINISM AT SOUTH MELBOURNE

    A young man, named Clarence Wilson, was charged at South Melbourne yesterday with having behaved in an offensive manner. Constables Sullivan and [?]ore said defendant ...

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  72. HAMILTON.

    The postal grievances of the residents of Tahara were ventilated at a public meeting here on Saturday afternoon. It is generally desired by the residents of ...

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  73. SYDNEY COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    SYDNEY. Wet weather interfered with business in the produce market. The demand for chaff was chiefly for prime, which was scarce, and sold to £7; Tasmanian, £6 5 to £7; New Zealand, to ...

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  74. HAWTHORN BUILDING STATISTICS.

    The report of the building surveyor of the city of Hawthorn for the half year ended 30th June last states that 81 new buildings have been erected during that period. During the past quarter fees ...

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  75. PRAHRAN COUNCIL.

    The Prahran council last night decided to convene a public meeting of citizens to consider the Land Valuation Bill. Cr. Bangs said that municipal valuation of land in the country was ...

    Article : 64 words
  76. NEW SOUTH WALES STATION REPORTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 words
  77. Advertising

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  78. Advertising

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