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  2. NOTES AND NOTICES

    In 1840, Dr. Godfrey Howitt planted some date palms on what in those days was described as his "rural block," at the comer of Collins and Spring streets. These were ...

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  3. TOPICS OF THE WEEK

    Firmer control by organised authority is necessary to cope with the outbreak of influenza. In New Zealand half the population in the towns suffered from the ...

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  4. TRAVELLERS NOT WANTED.

    A metting of the Wagga Storekeepers' Association to-day decided not to meet any commercial travellers in Wagga until further notice. ...

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  5. FIRST DEATH IN SYDNEY.

    The first death from pneumonic influenza to occur in Sydney was reported from the Coast Hospital on Monday. This brings the total deaths in the State of New South ...

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  6. MUSIC.

    At a concert given recently in Manchester, England, an orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood played important worts and M. Vladimir de Pachmann, the ...

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  7. EAST-WEST TRAINS STOPPED.

    After South Australia was declared to be an infected area, the Commonwealth authorities discontinued the train service on the East-West railway until such time ...

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  8. STRANDED VISITORS.

    The Premier of Western Australia (Sir H. B. Lefroy), who is "stranded" in Melbourne, has been continuously negotiating with a view to the restoration of the ...

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  9. PNEUMONIC INFLUENZA.

    Towards the end of last week the number of cases of pneumonic influenza reported to the health authorities in Victoria gradually decreased, and though there was ...

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  10. HARDSHIPS ON BORDER.

    Representatives of the residents of New South Wales who are stranded at Wodonga owing to the border restrictions have waited on Mr. H. Beardmore, M.L.A., asking for ...

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  11. PERSONAL.

    The Melbourne City Council has placed on record a motion recording its profound regret at the death of Prince John, the youngest son of the King and Queen. An ...

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  12. ORIGIN OF DISEASE.

    The positiveness with which the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Holman) declared that the pneumonic influenza in Sydney had come from Victoria loses some of ...

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  13. SOLDIERS AND DRINK.

    Owing to drunken soldiers being seen on the premises or to liquor being served to invalided soldiers, a number of Melbourne hotels were closed last week by the ...

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  14. NINETEEN DEATHS IN A DAY.

    On Wednesday there were 1,075 cases in the various Melbourne hospitals. Of these 41 were dangerous. On that day there were 19 deaths. ...

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  15. CIVIL SERVICE HOURS.

    Many members of the State service do not take kindly to the new order, requiring them to commence work at half-past 8 instead of 8 o'clock, and to finish half an hour ...

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  16. DESIGNING EFFECTIVE MASKS.

    Professor Laby and Dr. R. J. Bull, of the Melbourne University, have forwarded the following letter to the Premier (Mr. Lawson):— ...

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  17. SCHOOLS CLOSE INDEFINITELY.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Hutchinson) has decided that as the epidemic has not been checked the State schools shall remain closed indefinitely. ...

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  19. METHODIST CONFERENCE POSTPONED.

    Owing to the influenza epidemic the Methodist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania has been adjourned to a date to be fixed by the president when the health ...

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  20. NEW ZEALAND NURSES COMING.

    The Government of New Zealand has agreed to send nurses to Australia to help fight the epidemic, in response to the request of the Federal Government. Nurses ...

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  21. QUARANTINE POWERS.

    Although the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) has appealed again to the States to co-operate with the Commonwealth to prevent as far as possible the spread of ...

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  22. WOOLLEN MILL CLOSES.

    Owing to the report of several cases of pneumonic influenza being found among the workers in one of the cutting-rooms of Collins Bros.' woollen mill at South ...

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  23. MASKED CONGREGATIONS.

    By the direction of the health authorities, all those attending church services in Melbourne (except where these were held in the open) must wear masks. In the ...

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  24. RED CROSS ASSISTANCE.

    Three weeks ago Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, as president of the Australian branch of the Red Cross, decided that the influenza epidemic should ...

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