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  2. THE £3,300 ROBBERY.

    Application was made to the Full Court to-day for the release oif Samuel Ormond Falkiner from custody on the ground that the warrant had been signed by a justice ...

    Article : 144 words
  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Wireless is to play an important part is the detennination or the longitude of Port Augusta, and it will be the first time in the history of Australian geographical surveys ...

    Article : 1,362 words
  4. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  5. WHEAT IN BULK.

    In regard to such produce as wheat, where oversea marketing is essential, it is to the advantage of the State that the farmer should receive the best possible ...

    Article : 1,959 words
  6. "THE CITY OF BLOOD."

    His Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry Galway) delivered a lecture of quite exceptional interest at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society at the ...

    Article : 2,411 words
  7. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Prime Miuister, speaking to-night in the Hornsby School of Arts, dealt with Mr. Hughes' criticism of the Liberal Party at Melbourne on Monday evening. ...

    Article : 1,534 words
  8. PARLIAMENTS.

    The Assembly to-day adjourned after passing a motion moved by the Premier (Mr. Scaddan), and seconded by Mr. Wilson, the Opposition leader, expressing ...

    Article : 492 words
  9. BOXING AND WRESTLING.

    The-final contests for the amateur boxing and wrestling championship of Victoria attracted a crowded house at the Athenæum Hall this evening. The State Governor ...

    Article : 327 words
  10. IMMIGRATION.

    The number of immigrants who have come to Victoria in this financial year to date is 8,445. The number in the last financial year was 15,682, and the previous ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. CRICKET M ENGLAND.

    A match between Gentlemen and Players is in progress at Lords. The Gentlemen, in their first innings, were dismissed for 263, and when stumps were ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. THE MEAT TRUST.

    Sir—Every Parliament has its jests and jesters. Mr. Peake makes jests, though he is not a jester. It is a matter of common knowledge that the Premier is a diligent ...

    Article : 1,361 words
  13. SNOW IN VICTORIA.

    There is every indication of floods in Gippsland if the weather does not improve, as all the rivers and streams are running bankers, and are still rising. Heavy rain ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. A PURSER'S STORY.

    Early this morning Constable J. A. Hoban found a man lying in Swanston-street whose appearance indicated that he had met with exceedingly rough ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. A SMALL TIRE.

    On Tuesday night, about 10.46, the Metropolitan Eire Brigade received a call from the Grote-street fire alarm to Addie-place, to a building occupied by Mr. F. T. Smith, ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. A FOOT LACERATED.

    Mrs. P. McGhey, of this town, met with a nasty accident yesterday evening, She had driven her daughter to Walkerville, and upon her return had unharnessed the ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. IS IT DIPHTHERIA?

    The reports received by the Health Department from Mildura last week drawing attention to a sudden and alarming increase in the number of diphtheria cases in ...

    Article : 268 words
  18. TROOPER INJURED.

    About 11 o'clock on Tuesday night Police-Trooper Reginald Shanks. 24 years of age, was proceeding along King William-street, when his horse slipped and ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. STORES BURNT DOWN.

    An extensive fire occurred at Burrowa early this morning. The general stores of Mr. James Stevenson were completely destroyed. The building was insured for ...

    Article : 33 words
  20. A LORRY DRIVER KILLED.

    Robert Ritchie, living at Kennedy-street, Woolloomooloo, while driving a lorry loaded with stones, fell off, the wheel passing over his chest. The civil ambulance ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. A RAILWAY CONFERENCE.

    At the annual conference of Railways. Commissioners of the various States held in Sydney in May. 1913, it was decided that it was desirable to adopt uniform ...

    Article : 169 words
  22. A MUNICIPAL MATTER.

    At a meeting of the Footscray Council the following motion was carried:—That the Minister of Public Works be requested to insert in the amending Local ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. VICTORIAN MINES.

    In the report of the Mines Department for 1913, winch was presented to the State Parliament today, it is stated that the yield of gold for the year amounted to 467,053 oz. gross, or 434,932 Oz. ...

    Article : 428 words
  24. PRETTY HOT.

    A Norfolk man tells a tale of a Cockney visitor. They were sitting at the dinner table when the man from town waved his hand across the table. ...

    Article : 88 words
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