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  2. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    In the police court to-day the case in which John Murray Prior is charged with taking away and detaining Jessie M'Donald, a girl under 21 years of age, from the ...

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  3. THE WEATHER.

    Deplorable accounts are to hand from the back country with respect to the drought. Travellers who have just returned from Narandera state that vast areas of land are ...

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  4. BOY TRAIN WRECKERS.

    A dreadful disregard of consequences on the part of three boys whose ingenuity in other respects showed that they should have been quite capable of realising the ...

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  5. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Since intelligence was received of the spread of the bubonic plague to Calcutta the Victorian Board of Health has added that port to the list of places proclaimed as ...

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  6. THE FEDERAL BILL.

    A committee meeting of the above was held in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening, Mr. Theo. Waugh in the chair. The time of the meeting was principally occupied ...

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  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A daring escape from custody was made this afternoon. A boy named Edgar Cust was being conveyed by train from Koroit to Warrnambool in charge of Constable ...

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  8. THE LAW COMMISSION.

    The Law Commission sat yesterday and took further evidence, the chairman of the board, Mr. H. B. Higgins, M.L.A., presiding. ...

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  9. THE SNELL WILL CASE.

    The hearing of the Snell will case was resumed yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice Holroyd. The action was instituted to test the validity of the will of Horatio A. N. Snell, late of ...

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  10. MAFFRA BEET SUGAR.

    The first consignment of sugar from the Maffra Beet Sugar works, for disposal on the Melbourne market, passed through the hands of the agents, Messrs. G. G. Crespin ...

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  11. MESSRS. M'LEAN AND GRAHAM AT MAFFRA.

    Messrs. M'Lean and Graham, M's.L.A., delivered addresses on the Commonwealth Bill in the Mechanics' Hall this evening, at the invitation of the Maffra shire council. ...

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  12. FIRE BRIGADING APPOINTMENTS.

    When the Country Fire Brigades Board appointed Mr. T. S. Marshall as its chief officer, the Geelong fire brigades were inclined to protest, for the reason that Mr. ...

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  13. A JOCKEY'S DEATH.

    J. Cunningham, the jockey who rode the winner of the Good wood Handicap on Saturday, died this afternoon, while undergoing an operation for rupture of the bowels. ...

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  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Lord Kilmorey has left London for Adelaide. On arrival here he intends to at once bring the Outer Harbor Scheme at Largs Bay before the Ministry and Parliament. ...

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  15. COUNTRY MEETINGS.

    Messrs. W. A. Watt and T. Kennedy, M's.L.A., gave addresses in explanation of the Federal Constitution Bill in the mechanics' hall last evening. About 150 ...

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  16. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

    The following are to-day's forecasts:-- VICTORIA (Tuesday, 6 p.m.).--By Mr. Baracchi: Some showers along coast and in south-eastern districts, with fresh S.E. winds, but weather now ...

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  17. REVOLT OF THE BAR.

    The irregular sittings of the Practice Court have long been a grievance with the members of the legal profession, and an incident occurred in that court yesterday ...

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  18. EARTHQUAKES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At Cooma, early this morning, nine slight but distinct shocks of earthquake, travelling from east to west, were felt. ...

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  19. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The sheep inspector at Bathurst found 11 dead sheep, dropped from a flock near Rylstone, all of which showed symptoms of having died from anthrax. An inspection ...

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  20. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD.

    At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works held yesterday afternoon there was an attendance of 32 members, and the chairman (Mr. E. G. Fitz Gibbon) presided. ...

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  21. MR. WRAGGE'S FORECASTS.

    VICTORIA and TASMANIA.--Fine in north and west; strong S.E. squalls generally, but especially in the eastern parts, and between Gabo Island, Flinders Island and Hobart, where driving rain and ...

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  22. FEDERATION MEETINGS.

    Messrs. Prendergast, Lormer, Hannah and others are advertised to speak to-night at the Northcote Wesleyan school. Messrs. Cameron and Trenwith, M's.L.A., ...

    Article : 159 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    Informations were sworn to-day against W. R. Strong and F. Q. Southerden, two of the auditors of the Queensland National Bank, charging them with having concurred ...

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  24. ADELAIDE ANTI-FEDERAL LEAGUE.

    A deputation representing the Anti-Commonwealth Bill League waited on the Premier to-day and requested that members of the league be granted free railway passes ...

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  25. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:-- Weather Chart, Tuesday, 10th May, at 9 a.m.-- High atmospheric pressure (above 30.4 inches) over ...

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  26. THE ETHICS OF THE A.N.A.

    A interesting public meeting in connection with the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society was held at the Temperance Hall, Russell-street, last night; Mr. C. G. Carr ...

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  27. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The West Australian Government will not be represented at the conference of Ministers of Agriculture to be held in Brisbane to consider the tick question, owing ...

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  28. AN EXPLANATION.

    Sir,--Would you kindly allow me to correct a misapprehension which occurred in your report of the anti-Federal meeting held at Carlton on Thursday last. The letter ...

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  29. STATION REPORTS.

    Lillydale: Rain this evening; more wanted for ploughing. Morwell: Light showers yesterday and to-day. Stratford: Showery; sufficient water for stock ...

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  30. FURNITURE WAGES BOARD.

    Sir,--Mr. Holdsworth, in his first letter, inferred that the employers were satisfied with the act. He now states it was not expected they would like it. This is a ...

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  31. SYSTEMATIC THEFTS OF BICYCLE ACCESSORIES.

    Recently an employe at the establishment of the Dunlop Tire Company, in Swanston-street, made an accidental discovery, which has led to the elucidation by Detectives Wilson and Armstrong of what is ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    The Kennerley will case was opened this morning. After argument, it was decided to confine the issue to testamentary capacity and undue influence. On the question of ...

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  33. BARRING A DEBT.

    A reserved judgment, involving the important question of what constitutes an acknowledgment of a debt more than six years old, sufficient to bar the Statute of Limitations being raised as a ...

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  34. A MAINTENANCE CASE.

    Some amusement was caused in the Collingwood court yesterday by the conduct of Fredk. Wells, a resident of Gipps-street, who was sued for the maintenance of four children by his wife, ...

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  35. CHARGE AGAINST A JOCKEY.

    A charge of common assault was preferred against James P. Hayes, a jockey, at the City Court yesterday. The prosecutor, Reginald Sexton, when ordered into the witness box, refused, on the ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    The actual surplus for the year is £521,000. The total export of produce for the year ended 31st March shows an increase on that ...

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  37. AMUSEMENTS.

    In the Athenaeum Hall this evening Mr. F. M. Alexander, the English actor-reciter and entertainer, will make his first appearance in Melbourne. His selections comprise ...

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  38. THE OFFICIAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

    At the last meeting of the Charlton shire council the dependency of the Government Statist upon a haphazard manner of collecting the agricultural statistics was again ...

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  39. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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  40. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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  41. RAILWAY PROSECUTIONS.

    At the District Court yesterday, Henry Enever, shopkeeper, Sydney-road, Brunswick, was charged by Detective Inspector Borsum with trespassing on the Spencer-street station. On the 15th April the ...

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  42. MR. PANTON AND THE LICENSING BENCH.

    The action which the Solicitor-General proposes to take in reference to the offer made by Mr. Panton, P.M., to resign his position as a member of the licensing bench ...

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  43. MASTER PAINTERS' SMOKE NIGHT.

    The annual smoke night of the Master Painters and Decorators' Guild of Victoria was held last night, at Rubira's Cafe, Bourke-street. Mr. J. B. Lube, the president of the society, occupied the ...

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  44. CLIMBING THROUGH A WINDOW.

    At the same court, Arthur Brachi pleaded guilty to two offences against the railway bylaws. viz., entering a carriage whilst in motion and gaining access via the window. Detective ...

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