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  2. HOSPITAL DONATIONS.

    Additional donations of eggs for the hospital have been, received from Airs. P. Mathoy of Bannockburn four dozen, and "A Friend." Belmont, five ...

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  3. FEDERAL EXECUTIVE.

    Yesterday a proclamation was issued by the Governor-General formally proroguing the Federal Parliament from Wednesday next to February 7th. ...

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  4. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) KING GEORGE TIGER SHOOTING

    Delhi, December 21st.—His Majesty the King, who is now on a shooting tour in Nepaul, is meeting with much success in his pursuit of big game. On ...

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  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    London, December 21st.—Mr. Reginald McKenna, the Home Secretary, formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, writing to his election agent, refers ...

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  6. THE POST OFFICE CLOCK STARTS

    The King Edward memorial clock, subscribed by tho citizens of Geelong, was officially started in the post office tower at noon yesterday. Altogether ...

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  7. CANADIAN POLICY.

    Montreal, December 21st.—Colonel Sam Hughes. Minister for Militia, proposes to institute training schools in every regiment in Canada. ...

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  8. COAL VEND FINED £19,500.

    Sydney, Friday.—Mr. Justice Isaacs, in the High Court, to-day, concluded his reading of his judgment in the coal vend case. There were 40 defendants, ...

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  9. GEELONG HIGH SCHOOL.

    On Tuesday the Geelong High School celebrated the close school year by a picnic at Bartwon Heads. The weather in the morning looked ...

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  10. 700,000 MINERS BALLOT.

    London, December 21st.—The conference of miners, representing 700,000 men, has resolved to take a. ballot on January. lOth on the question of a ...

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  11. CURIOSITIES OF CRIME.

    London, December 21st.—Miss Emily Davidson, the well-known suffragette, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having placed lighted ...

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  12. THE WAR IN TRIPOLI

    Tripoli December 22nd.—Italian troops yesterday defeated 3000 Turks and Arabs at a place beyond Aszara. Turks and Arabs occupying the oasis ...

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  13. GEELONG HOSPITAL CASES.

    Frank O'Neil, of Queenscliff-road, whilst working at the Pivot Stove Works yesterday, got a piece of steel in his eye, and attended the hospital ...

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  14. SUCCESSFUL GEELONG ART STUDENT

    The judging of the year's work of the students at the National Art Gallery, Melbourne, has just been completed and it is pleasing to note that Miss ...

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  15. STATE.

    Mr. A. A. Farthing, M.L.A., was yesterday appointed a member (for the employers) of the Hotel Employes' Wages Board. ...

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  16. THEFT OF £4800 FROM BANK.

    Paris, December 21st.—There was a sensation in the Montmartre portion of Paris to-day. Four armed robbers entered a bank and shot at and wounded ...

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  17. DACOITS IN WINNIPEG.

    Winnipeg. December 21st.—Crime is rampant in Winnipeg. Dozens of: citizens have recently been held up by armed men and robbed. Several people ...

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  18. PHYSICAL CULTURE SCHOOL.

    About 120 camp stretchers and mattresses came to hand by rail from the Defence Department's store in Melbourne yesterday for the use of the ...

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  19. POLITICAL PEROUISITES.

    The Prime Minister announces that Ministers will in future be paid liberal travelling expenses when away from home on business. The Prime Minister ...

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  20. FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

    Teheran, December 22nd.-—Serious fighting has taken place between the Persians and Russians at Tabriz. The Governor's palace was bombarded. ...

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  21. COUNTESS' BLACKMAIL CASE.

    London, December 21st.—The case in. which Francis Henry. Page. William Henry Glendinning. and Frederick Marshall are charged with having black ...

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  22. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    Bound for Bombay, via northern ports, the steamer Uganda, of the British-India fleet, left Corio Bay early yesterday morning with a shipment of ...

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  23. YUAN SAYS NO TO REPUBLIC.

    Peking, December 22nd.—Yuan-shikai, the new Chinese Premier, was interviewed yesterday. He declared that he would never agree to the creation of ...

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  24. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    A work which should be instructive in budding politicians has just been added to the Mechanics' Institute Librrary. "Proportional Representation: A ...

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  25. CYCLONES IN EUROPE.

    Lisbon, December 21st.—Rainstorms and cyclones have been experienced in many parts of the country and along the coasts, and have done great ...

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  26. MELBOURNE GAS COMMISSION.

    The appointment of Messrs. T. Hogg, J. A. Arthur and J. A, Norris as a board to inquire into and report upon the metropolitan gas supply was ...

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  27. FODDER TRADE OVERTIME.

    At the Geelong Police Court yesterday, Mr. Head Murphy, P.M., delivered his reserved judgment in the test case brought by tho Factories ...

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  28. FRENCH INSURANCE BILL.

    Paris, December 22nd.—'The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a modification of the Workmen's Pensions scheme. The retiring age is reduced from 65 to ...

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  29. PRCKEN WATER MAIN DELAYS TRAINS.

    All yesterday afternoon's trains were delayed in their departure from Geelong owing to a break in the three-inch water main which fills the tanks from ...

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  30. BRIEF NEWS CABLES.

    London, December 22nd. — The "Sporting Life" attributes the defeat of the Englishmen to over-caution, and says that Hordern is the visitors' most ...

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  31. POLICE INQUIRY.

    Superintendent MacKinnon yesterday completed an inquiry into three charges against two local constables. On one charge only was there anything for ...

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  32. AUSTRALIAN CADETS TOUR.

    Vancouver, December. 22nd.—The Australian cadets received a civic welcome here. Although the weather was wet, they marched through the ...

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  33. FIREMEN AT VARIANCE.

    Arising out of a personal dispute between two members of the Geelong Fire Brigade after practice a fortnight ago. One of the pair has been suspended for ...

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  34. SPEAKER WILLIS HOOTED.

    Sydney, Friday.—Although the stormy session of the Legislative Assembly is over, Mr. Willis, the Speaker, does not find his lot an altogether ...

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  35. BARODA ABOVE THE LAW.

    London, December 2lst.—Judgment was given in the Divorce Court to-day in the Statham v. Statham suit, on the question whether the Gaekwar of ...

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  36. WHEAT AND BUTTER PRICES.

    London, December 22nd.—The wheat markets are quiet owing, to the receipt of reports of better weather in Argentina. There is more disposition to sell. ...

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  37. CHRIST CHURCH TENNIS COURT.

    At an expenditure of about £70, an asphalt tennis court has been laid down in Christ Church grounds. The court is to be formally declared open at 3 ...

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  38. PAPAL DECREE ON' THE RIGHT TO SUE.

    The text of the decree issued by the Pope on the subject of Roman Catholic laymen suing priests in State courts has been published here. It ordains ...

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  39. PENSION APPLICATIONS.

    Mr Read Murphy, P.M., was busily engaged yesterday in dealing with pension application. He granted six invalid pensions at £26 per annum. IN ...

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  40. EDERAL RAILWAY STRIPS OF LAND.

    Perth. Friday.— The Legislative Assembly last night agreed to the Legislative Council's amendment to the Trans-Australian Railway Bill that land ...

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  41. JURYMAN BECOMES INSANE.

    Indianapolis, December 21st.—The sequel to the scene in the local court house yesterday. when the county prosecutor (Mr. Baker) had a dispute ...

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  42. N.Z. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.

    Wellington, Friday.—The New Zealand Parliament has been prorogued until the 10th January. The Premier Sir Joseph Ward, has not declared his ...

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  44. FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK.

    Sydney, Friday.—The New South Wales Government has evidently determined to strongly fight against any attempted grab by the Commonwealth ...

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  45. WOMAN WHO WEIGHED 23½ STONE.

    At an inquest in tlio Cork Workhouse on Kate M'Carthy, spinster, aged fifty-eight, it was stated that she weighed 23 stone. She was about to bo ...

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  46. PERSONAL.

    Mr. George Alexander Redford. who has been examiner of plays in England since 1895, has resigned his position. Mr. W. Watt, State Treasurer, is spend ...

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