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  2. CARGO HANDLING IN MELBOURNE.

    The fact that Sir John Forrest, the Premier of West Australia, was desirous of inspecting the arrangements in vogue in Melbourne for the expeditious handling of sea borne cargo having ...

    Article : 868 words
  3. THE LOST EXPLORERS.

    Yesterday morning the Acting Surveyor-General, Mr. H. S. Ranford, received the following telegram from Mr. W. F. Rudall concerning the search for the missing members of ...

    Article : 819 words
  4. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    A criticism of the metropolitan sewerage scheme was indulged in by Cr. Styles, M.L.A., at the Williamstown council meeting yesterday afternoon. He praised the work done by the ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The principal weir at Dooen, under the control of the Western Wimmera Irrigation and Water Supply Trust, that conserves the water from which the whole of the northern plains are ...

    Article : 292 words
  6. FREE-TRADE MEETING AT ALBERT PARK.

    The indefatigable Mr. T. R. Ashworth lifted up his voice again last night, at the Wesleyan Schoolroom, Albert Park, in defence of the glorious truths of free-trade. For once he ...

    Article : 1,184 words
  7. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The statement that the river traffic as far as Corowa would probably be revived, and large quantities of wheat purchased on Adelaide account forwarded by boat to Kingston, South ...

    Article : 87 words
  8. GALLANTRY REWARDED.

    Fully 5000 persons attended the Town Hall to-night to witness the presentation by Lady Hampton of the National Shipwreck Relief Society's awards to Captain Inskip, Chief Officer ...

    Article : 151 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A boy named Roland M'Arthur was arrested this afternoon by Constable Gallagher and charged with habitually wandering about the streets. When crossing Pyrmont-bridge the ...

    Article : 501 words
  10. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    A serious accident occurred yesterday evening near Buckrabanyule to the 5-year-old son of Mr. Adam Laidlaw. The boy was kicked by a horse at his father's place. The right leg was ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. IRRIGATION WORK.

    The following is the return of irrigation operations of the North Macorna trust for the half year ending 31st December,, 1898:- Quantity of land irrigated, 16,262 acres. Crops irrigated : ...

    Article : 181 words
  12. THE FEDERATION LEAGUE.

    The Flemington and Kensington council last night, in an indirect way, resented the invitation of the Australasian Federation League to give their serious attention to the need of ...

    Article : 326 words
  13. THE BRITISH IN AFRICA.

    A most interesting paper on England's Work in Control Africa, by Sir Harry H. Johnston, British Administrator of that region, was read by him to a meeting of the Royal Colonial ...

    Article : 2,948 words
  14. MINING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    An interesting case under the mining on private property provisions of the Mines. Act engaged the attention of the warden's court this afternoon. Chalk's No. 1 Company applied for ...

    Article : 230 words
  15. INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.

    The mayor of Flemington and Kensington (Cr. Pridham) reported to the local council last night the conclusion arrived at by the recent conference of municipalities re the above ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The Treasurer has received a telegram from Thursday Island that the pearling lugger Leopold was sunk by a waterspout 5 miles off Nagheer Island. One man was drowned. ...

    Article : 196 words
  17. A WOULD BE SUICIDE.

    This morning an elderly man named Charles Davis, an old resident of the town, had a singular experience, which it is thought was a deliberate attempt to commit suicide. From ...

    Article : 157 words
  18. COBURG RECREATION RESERVE.

    Arrangements have been completed with a view to obtaining for Coburg a suitable recreation reserve. A piece of land, some 5 acres in extent, was some years ago granted to a local ...

    Article : 421 words
  19. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

    At the Collingwood court yesterday, George Hugman was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Eva Blake, a woman with whom he was living. Prosecutor appeared ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    The Lake View return for last month is 1505 tons, yielding 3939 oz. The average is low owing to the quantity of gold in the telluride concentrates. It is probable that shipments of ...

    Article : 285 words
  21. ATTEMPTED FRAUD BY A CHINESE

    Ah Mow, a Chinese fossicker, 72 years of age, was charged at the police court to-day, with having fraudulently offered for sale as gold in its natural state certain metal partly ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    It was reported that a heavy parcel of Riverina wheat had been bought in the Melbourne market on Saturday for Adelaide. Apparently this refers to a parcel of seed wheat ...

    Article : 167 words
  23. THE FINANCES OF KEW.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  24. LIGHT WEIGHT BREAD.

    John M'Namara, baker, South Preston, was charged by the inspector, J. F. White, with selling light weight bread. Six large loaves he had taken from his cart proved to be 28 oz. short. ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. A SHOCKING CHARGE.

    At the Sale police court this morning, before Messrs. Johnstone and Harkness, J's.P., a youth about 19 years of age, named James Bent, was charged with carnally knowing his ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. TRADE MARK PROSECUTION.

    William Harwood, licensee of the Duke of York Hotel, Prahran, pleaded guilty in the local court on Monday to a charge of falsely applying a trade mark to whisky. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  27. STERILISED OR PASTEURISED MILK.

    At the meeting of this association last night the question of sterilised or pasteurised milk was under consideration in connection with Mr. Millard Johnson, analyst of the association. ...

    Article : 343 words
  28. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    All trains arriving at Kalgoorlie are heavily laden with passengers. Hundreds of persons arrive daily. Last night Hessian House, belonging to Mary ...

    Article : 99 words
  29. A BASELESS CHARGE.

    The adjourned arson case, in which Andrew Pontin was charged with having set fire to his dwelling house, with intent to defraud the Manchester Assurance Company, was concluded ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. ST. KILDA CHARITY VOTE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  31. CHRIST CHURCH SOUTH YARRA.

    The annual meeting of the parishioners of the above church was held under the presidency of the Rev. Canon Tucker, incumbent, on Monday evening. The report stated that the revenue ...

    Article : 126 words
  32. A PEDIGREE CLAIM.

    At the Malvern court on Monday a sporting writer, R. J. Gough, proceeded against Joe Gardiner, horse trainer, for the recovery of £7, bring the balance due for the preparation of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. GARDEN WATERING PROSECUTIONS.

    At the Flemington court yesterday, Mr. G. A. Gibbs, on behalf of the Metropolitan Board of Works, proceeded against several persons for using water for other than domestic purposes ...

    Article : 174 words
  34. FILTERS FOR STATE SCHOOLS.

    A good deal of attention is being devoted to sanitary matters by the newly elected lady members of the Hawthorn board of advice. At yesterday's meeting Mrs. Pearce adversely ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. TASMANIA.

    Mary Harrington was charged to-day with ill-treating her stop-daughter, aged 8. The child's body snowed a mass of bruises from head to foot. Harrington was fined £10, or three ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. SUICIDE AT FRANKSTON.

    This evening, about 5 o'clock, Edward Frewin, aged about 60, a native of England, committed suicide by throwing himself over the end of the pier into about 20 feet of water. ...

    Article : 1,239 words
  37. THE COBURG RATE.

    At the annual meeting of the Coburg shire council, on Monday night, the question of striking a rate was dealt with. The valuation was much less than that of the ...

    Article : 804 words
  38. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE.

    At a meeting of the council of the Working Men's College the report of the returning officer, Mr. J. Nixon, was read, stating that Messrs. Robt. Hayes and J. L. Bagley had ...

    Article : 257 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    Five shops were destroyed by fire at Hastings to-day. They were insured for £1225, but the damage is much heavier. The Government intends to establish a ...

    Article : 119 words
  40. A COSTLY BOX OF PILLS.

    In the Hawthorn court yesterday Sub-Inspector Duncan, attached to the Crown Law department, proceeded against Edward H. Buckley for a breach of the Registration of Firms Act ...

    Article : 187 words
  41. THE REBATE ON SUGAR DUTY.

    SIR, A paragraph in this day's issue of The Age seems to throw a doubt over the effective supervision of the excise officer in respect to the rebate on sugar duty. ...

    Article : 169 words
  42. RECENT PATENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  43. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION NORMAL COLLEGE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 words
  44. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

    Jewellery valued at £20 was stolen on Monday from the premises of Mr. Hugh Wallace Cook, foreman for Messrs. Felton, Grimwade and Co. Mrs. Cook left the house, which is ...

    Article : 83 words
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