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  2. THE RAILWAY BILL.

    A meeting was held at the Public Hall, Elsternwick, last night, attended by representatives of Elsternwick, Brighton, Caulfield and St. Kilda, for the purpose of conferring as to the ...

    Article : 846 words
  3. WEIGHERS AND WEIGHTS.

    The Chamber of Commerce has set an inquiry afoot as to the reliability of our public weighbridges. It appears that a merchant discovered that, owing to an error of subtraction by one of ...

    Article : 1,820 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Certain serious statements having been made in a report which has boen received by the Minister of Works,. Mr. Bruce Smith, from the board lately appointed to investigate the charges ...

    Article : 144 words
  5. THE FIRE PROTECTION BILL.

    A meeting of the executive committee of the Country Fire Brigades' Association was held yesterday at Temperance-buildings, Little Collins-street, to consider the Fire Protection Bill ...

    Article : 894 words
  6. INSOLVENCY OF MESSRS DOBSON, WATSON AND CO.

    An application was made to Judge Moles worth in the Insolvency Court yesterday on behalf of Mrs. Emily E. Dobson, the widow and sole executrix of the late Mr. Percy Dobson, to ...

    Article : 1,383 words
  7. THE INSOLVENCY OF MR. DAVID MUNRO.

    A motion to reject, expunge or reduce a proof of debt by David Munro and Co. Limited for £31,154 11s. 10d. upon the insolvent estate of David Munro, engineer, of Queen street, was ...

    Article : 1,615 words
  8. THE PILLEY FAMILY DISPUTE.

    The hearing of the Pilley maintenance case was concluded in the Second Nisi Prius Court, before Mr. Justice "Williams and a jury of six, yesterday. ...

    Article : 828 words
  9. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government has appointed Mr. Lamb as an expert in tobacco growing, and he will travel the colony to tench farmers and others how to grow tobacco and cure the leaf for the market. ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. IMPORTATION OF STOCK.

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the meeting of the select committee on intercolonial free-trade to-day, the Treasurer, Mr. Holder, was appointed chairman and Mr. R. Rees secretary. ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. ANOTHER LIBEL ACTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The libel action, Levien v. Fox, in which R. H. Levien, M.P., sought to recover £2000 from C. J. Fox, editor and proprietor of the Northern. Argus, Narrabri, was decided to day. The ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. TASMANIA.

    The inauguration of the United Grand Lodge of Tasmania took place to-day, the Rev. R. D. Poulett-Harris being installed as first Grand Master by Lord Carrington, assisted by the Earl ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. TASMANIAN POLITICS.

    Parliament meets on Tuesday next. Mr. A. Page and Mr. A. E. Lord will move and second the address in reply to the Governor's speech in the Legislative Council, and Colonel St. ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND.

    The balance sheet of the Union Insurance Company shows an available balance of £17,269 7s. 2d., from which the directors recommend £10,000 to payment of the usual dividend of ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At tho Assize Court to-day the jury, after being looked up all day, returned a verdict of guilty of stealing against Sydney Varney in the Lindenow pig stealing case. Biggs was acquitted. ...

    Article : 179 words
  17. ANOTHER DEATH OF A CHILD AT THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL.

    Dr. Youl, City Coroner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Women's Hospital, respecting the death of an infant named Thomas Byrne Gilmour, the infant child ...

    Article : 257 words
  18. A RAID BY THE DETECTIVES.

    Detective Sergeant E. O'Donneil and Detective Freyer made a raid last night on a house of ill fame in Heffernan's-lane, and apprehended several person on various charges. Ah You. a ...

    Article : 226 words
  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day questions were asked relative to the statements made yesterday by the Commissioner of Lands, Mr. Burgoyne, in speaking on Mr. ...

    Article : 267 words
  20. PUBLIC MEETING AT MALVERN.

    A public meeting was held yesterday evening at the Malvern shire hall to consider the best means of obtaining the inclusion of a line in the new Railway Construction Bill, running from ...

    Article : 626 words
  21. THE WEATHER.

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  22. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EXAMINATION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
  23. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY DROWNING.

    Tho body of a middlo aged man was disoovered yesterday morning floating in the River Yarra, near to the Queen's-bridgo. Tho discovery was first mado at about 10 a.m. by a boatman, who, ...

    Article : 470 words
  24. NEW INSOLVENT.

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  25. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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  26. THE TIME PAYMENT SYSTEM.

    Sir,--" Time payment Victim" (in your issue of Saturday) is perhaps not aware that however carefully worded agreements may be, if the customer's rent is not paid the goods can be ...

    Article : 231 words
  27. THE WHARF LABORERS TROUBLE IN SYDNEY.

    In connection with the wharf laborers trouble, both sides seem determined not to recede from the stand they have taken. The men say they will certainly come out on Tuesday morning if ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE UNEMPLOYED.

    Sir,--I am directed by the committee of the Salvation Army Free Labor Bureau to report that they have succeeded in securing employment for some 90 men. The names of 530 ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. THE BALACLAVA HEROES.

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  30. TRADES INTELLIGENCE.

    At the meeting of the Brewers' Employes Eight Hours Association, held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday evening, a communication was received from the brewers' employes in ...

    Article : 327 words
  31. A WARNING TO RAILWAY NAVVIES

    SIR,--We wish to lay before you a grievance which we, as railway navvies, have been put under through misleading advertisements which have been inserted in The Age by railway contractors ...

    Article : 314 words
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  33. MR. M'LEAN, M.L.A., AND THE STRATHFIELDSAYE RAILWAY.

    Sir,--The very extraordinary statement of Mr. M'Lean that appears in The Age of the 24th inst. is somewhat sensational, if not alarming, viz., that "the Government may as ...

    Article : 209 words
  34. OTHER LABOR TROUBLES.

    The Trades and Labor Council to-night passed a resolution endorsing the action of the wharf laborers, and calling upon trades unionists as a body, and the public generally, to support ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    The half-yearly meeting of court Marion, No. 3521, A.O.F., was held at the Foresters' Hall, Chapel-street, South yarra, on Monday evening, C.R. Bro. Manning presiding. Four new members ...

    Article : 283 words
  36. COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    Generally, satisfaction is being expressed at the proposal to extend the railway line vid Colquhoun to Orbost, as at present on the schedule it terminates in a wilderness. At a ...

    Article : 640 words
  37. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    A volley firing competition between the sections of B Company, 1st Battalion, commanded by Captain Lazarus, took place on Saturday at Williams- town. The match was a volley firing event by ...

    Article : 134 words
  38. VACANCIES FOR STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

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  39. Advertising

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