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  2. THE MUNICIPAL ENDOWMENT QUESTION.

    The proposal of the Government to effect a saving of £45,000 in the annual grant to the municipalities gave rise to a discussion in the Kew council last night. Cr. Mott submitted a ...

    Article : 382 words
  3. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO ROB A CITY BANK

    There is a legend amongst some of the members of the constabulary which by constant repetition has been given the impress of certainty. It is that all the daring criminals ...

    Article : 977 words
  4. THE NEW STAMP DUTIES.

    A large and influential deputation waited upon the Treasurer, Sir Graham Berry, yesterday morning to protest against the incidence of taxation in the Stamp Duties Bill under the ...

    Article : 3,259 words
  5. DIFFICULTY IN THE SHIPPING TRADE.

    There is a possibility of a serious difficulty arising in the shipping trade owing to an attempt on the part of steamship owners to reduce the standard rate of wages of seamen and ...

    Article : 1,099 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, after preliminary business had been disposed of, Mr. G. H. Reid rose and gave notice of the following motion for the 14th instant:-- ...

    Article : 493 words
  7. THE FISHERIES COMMISSION.

    The Fisheries Commission which left for Sydney last Wednesday evening by the express, was meet by the Mayor of Sydney upon the arrival of the train on Thursday evening, and ...

    Article : 639 words
  8. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    At a meeting of the Executive to-day a proclamation declaring all European ports Cholera infected, and extending the quarantine laws for eastern ports to Great Britain, was ordered to ...

    Article : 315 words
  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Coates v. Coates, a petition for dissolution of marriage, was heard to-day. The wife, Clara Coates, petitioned against her husband, Alfred Ernest Coates, on the ground of adultery and ...

    Article : 210 words
  10. THE BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

    There is very little change in strike matters. The mine people state that men are coming on satisfactorily, and that numbers of the strikers are apparently becoming tired of their position. ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. THE STRENGTH OF PARTIES.

    A good deal of difference of opinion ex[?] in the ranks of the Opposition in regard to the motion of censure, as to whether the debate should have been gone on with at once, instead ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. TASMANIA.

    The Government have intimated their determination to compel tho Hobart Hospital board to reduce expenditure by £800. The board maintains that there will be a difficulty in saving even £300. ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. AGRICULTURE SHOWS.

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  14. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a public meeting of the residents of Chew ton last night, a resolution was carried condemning the proposal of the Government to close one of the State schools of the district. ...

    Article : 386 words
  15. SHEARING DISTURBANCES.

    Reports to hand from Yarrabee station state that the police have had considerable trouble with the unemployed rouseabouts. At Yarrabee the police were called out to protect the ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Tozer gave notice of the introduction of a bill to amend the Supreme Court Act. It is understood that the bill provides that judges of the Supreme Court ...

    Article : 96 words
  17. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day, the Minister of Education, in reply to a question, said that a bill would shortly be introduced providing for the appointment of an additional Minister ...

    Article : 623 words
  18. THE WEATHER.

    Alter a heavy gale, accompanied by clouds of dust, yesterday, steady and heavy rain was experienced from about 5 o'clock p.m. until daylight this morning. Intermittent showers fell ...

    Article : 362 words
  19. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT WARRAGUL.

    Between midnight and 6 o'clock this morning a determined attempt at self destruction was made by an elderly man named David Evans, who keeps a small store at the Bunyip township. ...

    Article : 166 words
  20. INTERNATIONAL JUDICIARY NEGOTIATIONS.

    The negotiations for the appointment of a third judge to hear the great mortgage cases has advanced A stage thus afternoon. It is understood that after consultation it was doemed ...

    Article : 305 words
  21. OVENS AND MURRAY SHOW.

    The first day of the Ovens and Murray Agricultural and Pastoral Society's show, at Wan garatta to-day, was mainly devoted to judging. Heavy rain fell at intervals, and the attendance ...

    Article : 255 words
  22. THE SITUATION IN SYDNEY.

    The trouble reported yesterday in connection with Nicoll's coasting steamer Tweed is likely to spread, and the facts indicate the probability of another maritime strike. Mr. Nicoll is owner ...

    Article : 405 words
  23. PECULIAR CHARGE OF THEFT.

    A strange case of larceny from the person was investigated at the Carlton court yesterday, when a man named David Walsh was charged with stealing a diamond ring valued at £4 from ...

    Article : 453 words
  24. OPPOSITION BY THE STOCK EXCHANGES.

    The proposed stamp duties on transfers of scrip and contract notes came before the Bendigo Stock Exchange this afternoon, when it was unanimously resolved to protest against ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. HOUSEBREAKING IN THE SUBURBS.

    The alleged perpetrator of numerous suburban robberies, a young man named Mark Gaynor, was charged at the Carlton court yesterday an four counts. It appeared from the evidence of ...

    Article : 341 words
  26. WRECK OF A SCHOONER AT APOLLO BAY.

    An official telegram from Apollo Bay was yesterday evening received in Melbourne, notifying that the small schooner Sea Bird, trading between Melbourne and coastal ports, had gone ashore ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. BORDER CUSTOMS RETURNS.

    The Customs collections at Albury for August amounted to £4789. This total indicates a large increase in trade with Victoria. Allowing for the increase of duty in consequence of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  28. MINING, NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  29. THE KEW COUNCIL.

    The newly constituted Kew council, the number of whose members has been increased from 9 to 15, assembled for the first time in the local town hall last night Several reforms in the ...

    Article : 109 words
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