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  2. THE RAILWAY MUDDLE.

    Although the demand for Morwell brown coal is daily increasing, Melbourne manufacturers are unable to obtain sufficient supplies on account of the inability of the ...

    Article : 320 words
  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Master Bakers' Association of Ballarat has decided to increase the price of the 4-lb. loaf to 11d. delivered and 10d. at the bakehouse. ...

    Article : 97 words
  4. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Minister of Defence, Senator Pearce, stated yesterday that he knew nothing of any proposals to enlist men for military service abroad at an early date. The ...

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  5. BUSH AND GRASS FIRES.

    BALLARAT.-- Mr. A. J. Fisken, grazier, of Yendon was a heavy sufferer through a bush fire which broke out in the district on Wednesday afternoon. His estate ...

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  6. GENERAL BIRD WOOD'S VISIT

    It was announced yesterday by the Prime Minister that the rank of honorary general of the Australian military forces had been offered to, and accepted by, General Sir ...

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  7. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

    Only very High mattered rain was experienced over the southern part of Victoria during the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 258 words
  8. MARINE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    The Federal Government will not yield further to the demands of the marine engineers, and regards their present attitude as an ultimatum. This was made plain ...

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  9. PROPOSED BREAKAWAY.

    Feeling dissatisfied with the result of the ballot, in which the marine engineers rejected the offer of the shipping companies by a majority of 215, some of the members ...

    Article : 258 words
  10. BENDIGO.

    A movement for the extension of the tramway service from Lake Weeroona to the Botanical Gardens at White Hills, which was recently revived by Cr. Carter, ...

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  11. Visit to Ballarat To- morrow.

    Tomorrow General Birdwood will have by the 7.40 a.m. train for Ballarat, and on arrival there will be officially welcomed by the Mayors of Ballarat and Ballarat ...

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  12. INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

    At a meeting on Wednesday evening the Melbourne branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers decided to remove the embargo against members working overtime ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. YESTERDAY'S BAROMETER (Corrected).

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  14. FORECASTS.

    VICTORIA.-- The generally, except one or two scattered showers over southern and eastern areas; cool south westerly winds, squally in the Strait. OCEAN.-- Squally southerlies over and south ...

    Article : 226 words
  15. Riverina News.

    COROWA.-- The only election in Cure an shire was in B riding. The result was aa under: Gordon Duncan, 164; C. O. Baker, 114; C. D. Sanger, 94.-- Mr. Newton has been appointed adjudicator ...

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  16. ARE MELBOURNE MEN DISSATISFIED ?

    SYDNEY.-- The executive of the New South Wales branch of the Marine Engineers' Institute officially denies the allegation that there is dissatisfaction among ...

    Article : 392 words
  17. POSITION AT MOUNT GAMBIER.

    Questioned yesterday regarding the grounds for the complaints made as to the insufficient number of trucks provided to remove the produce from the Mount ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. Outbreak Near Dunkeld.

    DUNKELD.-- During Tuesday and Wednesday this district experienced one of the most destructive bush fires known for some years. On Tuesday afternoon a fire ...

    Article : 504 words
  19. THE BUILDING TRADES.

    On Monday evening a ballot of the members of the Victorian brunch of the Builders' Laborers' Federation was taken on the question of the 40-hour week, and there ...

    Article : 200 words
  20. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 words
  21. MAJOR PLANETS.-- February 6.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  22. THIEVING FROM THE RAILWAYS.

    A further case of railway pilfering came before the City Court yesterday, when John Felix Cronghan, 27 years, a horse shunter, employed by a firm of carriers at ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

    The fallowing are the official rainfall records where the points registered were 20 cr over for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday:-- NEW SOUTH WALES. ...

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  24. NEWCASTLE COLLIERY EMPLOYES.

    SYDNEY.-- At Newcastle on Thursday the delegate board of the Colliery Employes' Federation decided to ask the proprietors if they were prepared to grant a ...

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  25. NEW SOUTH WALES COLLIERY DISPUTES.

    SYDNEY.-- Because of the refusal of the employers to pay claims for deficiency the miners at the Coledale colliery, Wollongong, went out on strike on Thursday. ...

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  26. NEW SOUTH WALES STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  27. QUEENSLAND STATION REPORTS.

    Received by Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd.:-- Weribone, Surat: 110 points of rain, storm, last night; patchy; weather still cloudy. Received by the Australian Estates and ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. STRIKE DISTRESS.

    With about 10,000 workers out of employment as a result of the strike many cases of distress are being reported, and unions are considering the question of asking the ...

    Article : 317 words
  29. WAGES OF CLERKS.

    A well- attended meeting of the Accountants and Clerks' Association was held at the association's rooms, 317 Flinders- lane, last evening to consider the present ...

    Article : 154 words
  30. SUITE OF FURNITURE DAMAGED.

    AVON.-- A suite of furniture consigned from Melbourne to a business man at Avon, was found to be badly damaged on arrival here. The frequency of such cases ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. Royal Agricultural Society.

    Notwithstanding its large membership list and the record attendance at its last annual show (which produced a profit of £7204), the Royal Agricultural Society of ...

    Article : 582 words
  32. Country Schools Visited.

    At the request of Mr. Everard, M.L.A., the Minister of Education recently visited various schools in the Whittle sen shire and received a number of deputations from local committees for ...

    Article : 807 words
  33. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR MELBOURNE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 words
  34. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 words
  35. SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS.

    Sir,-- In your issue of to- day's date Mr. Miscamble is reported to have said he thought that the large stocks of firewood that are piled up in the suburbs would have ...

    Article : 185 words
  36. FIRE IN TIMBERED COUNTRY.

    KILMORE.-- A bush fire broke out on Mr. R. J. Minchin's property, between Dar- raweitguim and Wallan, on Wednesday morning, and swept some hundreds of ...

    Article : 60 words
  37. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 307 words
  38. RAILWAY WAGES.

    The Railway Classification Board took evidence yesterday in relation to the duties of "callers up." Replying to the previous address of Mr. Carolan, representing the ...

    Article : 199 words
  39. THE RAILWAY MUDDLE.

    Sir,-- Your caustic strictures on the management of our railways ought surely help to bring about a better state, of things. On 3rd January I took a parcel ...

    Article : 206 words
  40. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    DAYLESFORD.-- A lad named Gilholme, 15, whole parents reside at Basalt Hill, five miles from Daylesford, was drowned on Wednesday in Swiss Mount dam, Hepburn. The boy was raised ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. FOOD SHORTAGE IN PAPUA.

    Sir,-- In July of last year I made an appeal for publicity in connection with the conditions in Papua owing to the shortage of foodstuff's, and unfortunately it is again ...

    Article : 365 words
  42. Boy Drowned While Bathing.

    QUEENSCLIFF.-- Ed[?]ur Nankervis, 9, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nankervis, of Ballarat East, was drowned on Thursday afternoon while bathing with his brother, aged 10, in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 91 words
  43. MINYIP TROTTING CLUB RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 270 words
  44. Conditions at Broken Hill.

    BROKEN HILL.-- The secretary of the Mining Managers' Association announces that the companies have decided to cease contributing funds for relief works. To date ...

    Article : 249 words
  45. Farmer Accidentally Killed.

    LOOKHART.-- Mr. E. Schirnuer, farmer, died in a private hospital on Wednesday, as the result of an accident. He had been severely injured by a waggon passing over his body. The accident ...

    Article : 51 words
  46. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,-- I wish to bring under notice the inconvenient time table in force on the Preston line on Friday evenings. The convenience of the shoppers and shop ...

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  47. A Severe Fall.

    Suffering from a double fracture of the log and concussion of the brain, John Fraser, 16 years, of 2 Abbott- grove, Clinton Hill, was admitted to Melbourne Hospital for treatment yesterday ...

    Article : 117 words
  48. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    A delegate of the New Zealand Agricultural and Pastoral Union has been invited to attend the annual conference of the A.W.U., which is now sitting in Sydney, with a view to discussing an ...

    Article : 278 words
  49. STARVING STOCK.

    Sir,-- I wish to draw attention to a matter that affects owners of starving stock. A landholder in the Cobram district, it appears, has about 2000 acres of a ...

    Article : 113 words
  50. INSOLVENCIES.

    An order was made yesterday by Mr. Justice Hood, on the motion of Mr. Walker, appearing for a petitioning creditor, for the compulsory sequestration of the estate of Sybilla Gladys ...

    Article : 37 words
  51. Advertising

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  52. Trades Hall Relief.

    The Trades Hall Council decided last evening to resuscitate the relief committee which did such good service during the seamen's strike. It was stated that about ...

    Article : 48 words
  53. ELECTION OF COUNCIL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  54. LAW LIST-- THIS DAY.

    THE FULL COURT.-- (Before Justices Schutt, Mann and M'Arthur, at 10.30.)-- Criminal appeals. PRACTICE COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice Hood, at 10.30.)-- Chamber business. Divorce suits: ...

    Article : 157 words
  55. ALLEGED THEFT OF WOOL.

    Following upon the apprehension of two men recently in connection with the alleged theft of wool, the property of the Commonwealth Central Wool Committee, ...

    Article : 123 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. WANDERING CATTLE IN HAWTHORN.

    Sir,-- The letter of "Twice a Sufferer" calling attention to horses and cattle being allowed to roam at will within the vicinity of Callantina and Kooyongkoot roads, also ...

    Article : 102 words
  58. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The finals of the A.N.A. metropolitan committee rifle tournament were competed for at the Exhibition Building on Wednesday night, and the results were as follow:-- Prahran, 335; ...

    Article : 85 words
  59. Mr. Considine In Launceston.

    LAUNCESTON.-- Mr. M. P. Considine, M.P., asked the mayor on Thursday for permission to address a meeting in Cornwall- square on Sunday afternoon in aid of ...

    Article : 58 words
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