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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. Andrew M'Cully, State school teacher at Walwa East, was found yesterday morning on the bank of the Murray River shot through the head. The deceased went out shooting early ...

    Article : 68 words
  3. THE RAILWAY LOAN FUND.

    The Premier of an adjoining colony is being soundly rated at the present time for using loan money for revenue purposes, and an inspection of his expenditure shows that ...

    Article : 1,386 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    A memorial monument to the late Mr. Goodchap, M.L.C., was unveiled in the Waverley Cemetery this afternoon. It stands 19 feet high, and is inscribed as follows:--"Hon. Charles ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. SCOTS' CHURCH JUBILEE.

    Towards the end of the year 1837, where what is now the colony of Victoria was but an infant "mewling and puking in its nurse's arms"--New South Wales being the ...

    Article : 1,804 words
  6. ATTACK ON A PREMIER.

    A great sensation was caused, in King William-street on Saturday by an assault on the Premier. Mr. C. C. Kingston was walking from his office in Piric-street when he was ...

    Article : 510 words
  7. FIRE AT KALGOORLIE.

    A big fire occurred here this evening, when 10 well built wood and iron shops were destroyed in a little over 10 minutes. The buildings were the property of Wilkie Bros., ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. RETIREMENT OF A VETERAN CLERGYMAN.

    It having been decided to rearrange the Presbyterian charges in the districts of Heidelberg, Templestowe and Kangaroo Ground, the necessity has arisen for the ...

    Article : 452 words
  9. DEATH IN THE BUSH.

    The body of an old fossicker was to-day found by two constables in the bush, lying in a kind of hut made of boughs. Death had evidently taken place several days ago, and the body was ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. FATAL FALL DOWN STAIRS.

    Captain Blair Hamilton, retired naval officer, fell down the stairs of the Grosvenor Hotel this afternoon, and fractured the base of his skull. He was taken to the Sydney ...

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  11. SERMON BY DR. RENTOUL.

    At the afternoon service the Right Rev. the Moderator; Revs. G. Tait, M.A,; D. M. Stewart; D. A. Macdougall, M.A.; Professor MacDonald, D.D; Rev. A. Marshall, ...

    Article : 1,640 words
  12. BUSH FIRES.

    A bush fire at Bowtell's Creek on Thursday afternoon destroyed a quantity of wattles in Mr. F. Coulson's paddock, besides fencing, &c. The State school, of which Mr. Cochrane ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A patient in the Sydney Hospital named David Darcey, aged 57, fell from a ward balcony to-day, and sustained injuries which proved fatal. The fall was over 40 feet. Deceased ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. A CEMETERY FIRE.

    On Sunday morning last a fire occurred in the cemetery reserve, and did considerable damage. It appear that Mr. John Dunbar, lessee of a farm adjoining, seeing a snake glide into a ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. DEATH IN A LOCK-UP.

    At 3.50 p.m. on Friday Constable Hardiman took to the North Melbourne watch house a young woman whom he had occasion to arrest on a charge of being drunk ...

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  16. METHODISM AT BALLARAT.

    At the Ballarat West Wesleyan quarterly meeting last night it was resolved to invite the annual conference of 1899 to meet in Ballarat. Messrs. W. Little and W. Coltman wore elected ...

    Article : 102 words
  17. TRESPASSING IN A GARDEN.

    A sensational shooting affair is reported to have taken place in a nursery at Dobroyd this morning. Four boys wore in an orchard, it is stated, stealing apples, and the owner is alleged ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. William Finlayson, an old colonist, and father of one of the proprietors of the "Register," died on Friday night. ...

    Article : 25 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    A fire at Hokitika has destroyed an important business block, comprising eight buildings. The damage is estimated at £10,000. The insurances amount to £4000. ...

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  20. DAIRYING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The sale is reported of 2055 acres of Mr. C. Riddoch's Glencoe Estate (South Australia), at £8 7s. per acre, the total purchase money being £17,147. The buyer is largely interested in ...

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  21. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    The R.M.S. Orizaba, Captain A. W .Clarke commander, arrived from Colombo at 10a.m. Passengers in saloon:--Messrs. Allum, wife and child, Anbertin, Bartlett, Boseni, Bell, ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. DEATH OF MR. ANDREW LYELL.

    An honorable record of over 44 years' commercial life in Melbourne, dating from the palmy days of the gold diggings, when the city was still in its teens, was closed on ...

    Article : 319 words
  23. THE ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The English cricketers left to-night for Melbourne, from where they go on to the Gipptsland Lakes on a holiday excursion. ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. DEATH OF A MINING PIONEER.

    Mr. James Russell, a well known mining investor, died at his country residence, Drummond, to-day, after a short illness. During last week he was actively engaged in ...

    Article : 327 words
  25. THE BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINE.

    Much local feeling is manifested with regard to an intimation that the directors of the Black Diamond Colliery Company intend to resign in a body at the half yearly meeting on Tuesday ...

    Article : 155 words
  26. A SMART ARREST.

    On Friday a laborer named George Marsh reported to the Brighton police that whilst he was working in the Brighton Beach reserve his silver watch and chain were stolen from his ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. THE FRANKSTON COAL DISCOVERY.

    Matters in connection with the alleged discovery of coal have now assumed a very different aspect. About four weeks ago a contract was let for sinking a shaft, three ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. TWO CHILDREN BURNT.

    An extraordinary number of children have lost their lives through burning during the past few months, and the list is still being added to. Two fresh cases have now to be chronicled. In ...

    Article : 255 words
  29. A BOY'S FICTITIOUS STORY.

    A remarkable fiction was concocted on Saturday by a lad named Eastaugh, aged 11, and related by him to the Richmond police. The lad, who is the son of an overseer of works under the Hawthorn ...

    Article : 287 words
  30. WAGES OF METROPOLITAN BOARD EMPLOYES.

    There are in the employ of the Metropolitan Board, as laborers, 396 men, and in addition to these 785 persons of all grades are employed directly by the board. The officers ...

    Article : 265 words
  31. SOUTH GIPPSLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the South Gippsland Agricultural Society was held on Thursday to consider the financial position. The bank overdraft is £260 and the total liabilities about £500. The ...

    Article : 273 words
  32. POLITICS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A. for Albury, addressed a meeting here last night. He said the Upper House had thrown out a distinct challenge to the country on its right ...

    Article : 186 words
  33. SUDDEN DEATH AT WEST MELBOURNE.

    An elderly man named Mark Mills died at his lodgings, 333 Spencer-street, West Melbourne, yesterday, about 1 o'clock. Deceased, who was about 65 years of age, was a sea cook by vocation, but ...

    Article : 133 words
  34. A SAILOR DROWNED.

    James Carter, a seaman on board the steamer Despatch, was drowned in the Yarra on Saturday afternoon, near the Queen's Wharf. He was hauling in a fender when he overbalanced ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. THE MILK SUPPLY.

    Sir,--May I draw the attention of your readers to the deleterious effects of milk adulterated with salicylic and boric acids? These acids are largely used in milk ...

    Article : 306 words
  36. MR. TRENWITH AT THE TRADES HALL.

    Sir,--Brevity is the soul of wit, and so out of your condensed report of what I said in the Trades Hall Council on Friday night arose the little joke of my being stated to ...

    Article : 181 words
  37. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Mary Jane Davidson. St. Arnaud, widow. Causes of insolvency: Ill-health, lack of employment and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £51 16s. 6d.; assets, £6 1s. 6d.; deficiency, £45 15s. Mr. Howse ...

    Article : 37 words
  38. INTERCOLONIAL AUCTIONEERING.

    Mr. G. Reynoldson, member of an auctioneering firm in a Victorian town, bat residing permanently on his farm, three miles from Berrigan, has applied for an auctioneer's licence in ...

    Article : 161 words
  39. WEST AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The Assembly on Friday granted an annuity of £150 to the widow of the late Sir F. N. Broome, who was Governor of the colony from 1883 to 1890. The Premier at one time carried ...

    Article : 186 words
  40. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 204 words
  41. CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES.

    Mrs. Boger, of Footscray, has reported to the police that she has been robbed of five English postal notes of £l each, a watch, chain and a ring, A lad 12 or 13 years of age who was in her employ ...

    Article : 83 words
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