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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    On Friday afternoon Mr. M'Coll and party left Omeo, and proceeded to Bald Hill Creek, where several of the mines were inspected, after which the tourists were entertained at luncheon by ...

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  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Mr. Lindsay, one of the petitioners against the election of Sir Robert Stout for Wellington, has advertised that he wishes to withdraw from the petition, because, firstly, its contents were ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SICK PAY.

    A representative meeting of the Camperdown District State School Teachers' Association was held this afternoon in the State School for the purpose of taking into consideration the circular ...

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  5. AMUSEMENTS.

    At the Princess's Theatre on Saturday night the pantomime Little Red Riding Hood was again repeated to a large attendance. The matiniƩe in the afternoon was also largely ...

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  6. THE ANTI-GAMBLING CRUSADE

    The keepers and frequenters of the totalisator shops who were secured in the raid made by a posse of polioe upon those premises in the city on Friday last, appeared before the City Bench ...

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  7. TYPHOID FEVER.

    SIR,--Since typhoid fever is largely a preventible disease, and there seems the probability of a somewhat extended outbreak this season, the questions "What is typhoid?" "How does ...

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  8. OUR COLONIAL INDUSTRIES.

    Almost from the beginning the seemingly comparative failure to manufacture woollen goods locally has been made a reproach to the protective system of Victoria. We have had ...

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  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--The letter of "A Countryman in Town" in The Age of the 25th inst. re typhoid and milk should, I think, attract more than passing attention. I believe your correspondent has ...

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  10. A SENSATIONAL DROWNING CASE.

    A sad drowning accident, attended with highly sensational circumstances happened on the Murrumbidgee, in the Narrandera district, on Tuesday last, when a girl 10 years of age ...

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  11. PROCEEDINGS IN THE CARLTON COURT.

    Messrs. Foley (chairman) and Robertson, J's.P., presided at the Carlton police court on Saturday morning last, when the persons who were arrested in that district on the previous ...

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  12. BLOWN UP BY A BLAST.

    A sensational accident occurred on Saturday morning at Woodburn Creek, near Meredith, to a miner named Daniel Gissano. Ho had descended the shaft of the St. John's mine to ...

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  13. SAFE ROBBERY AT NORTH FITZROY.

    The office of Mr. David Robertson, who carries on business at the corner of Freeman and Napier streets, North Fitzroy, under the style of the Goulburn Valley Cordial Company, was broken ...

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  14. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The adjourned meeting of the committee of the City, Suburban and Country Licensed Victuallers' Association was held on Thursday last. The excessive heat prevented the ...

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  15. RELEASE OF CHINESE POLL TAX EVADERS.

    The Minister for Justice, yielding to representations that two of the several Chinese now undergoing terms of two years' imprisonment for evasion of the poll tax had been former ...

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  16. OPERATIVE BAKERS' SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the Operative Bakers' Society was hold in the Trades Hall on Saturday evening; Mr. F. Free in the chair. The half yearly election of officers resulted as follows:-- ...

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  17. LETTER STEALING.

    A young man named Hugh Logan White, 17 years of ago, was brought before the Carisbrook police court on Saturday charged with stealing a etter. the property of the Postmaster-General. ...

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  18. SHOPLIFTING AT PRAHRAN.

    An impudent case of shoplifting took place at Prahran on Saturday evening, when James Moran, one of the alleged thieves, was run to earth and handed over to the police on a charge ...

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  19. THE SALVATION ARMY AT ALBURY.

    The Salvation Army and tho municipal inspector and police were again in conflict on Saturday night, owing to the "army" persisting in congregating in the principal streets and ...

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  20. ASSAULT AT CARLTON.

    On Saturday night last Detective Dungey arrested at Carlton, a man named Walter Carroll, aged 23, a butcher, on a charge of committing an aggravated assault on one John ...

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  21. DEATH FROM MISADVENTURE.

    A magisterial inquiry was held by Dr. Robertson, J.P., at St. Kilda on Saturday, relative to the death of Wm. Kennedy, aged 65, who died on the previous day from the effects of injuries ...

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  22. THE LATE GIPPSLAND FLOODS.

    Mr. Davidson, Inspeotor-General of Public Works, arrived at Briagolong yesterday, and was met by Mr. Jones, the shire engineer. On Saturday morning they proceeded to inspect the ...

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  23. THE BOT FLY.

    SIR,--I enclose extract from a recent copy of the Scientific American, which will no doubt prove interesting at the present time, when the bot fly is proving such a nuisance to our farmers. ...

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  24. COST OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE.

    SIR,--It is of the utmost importance that there should be no retrenchment in the Department of Justice--perhaps the most important department we have--if the due administration ...

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  25. SINGULAR ATTEMPT AT SELF DESTRUCTION.

    Shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night Mounted Trooper Ryan, of tho Footscray police, arrested a well known local resident, named John O'Shea, 33, blacksmith, on a charge of ...

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  26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--Having had much experience in New York State, United States of America, where the "bot" fly is exceedingly annoying to the horse, I would say, for the benefit of owners of ...

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  27. DEATH FROM HEAT APOPLEXY.

    Yesterday afternoon Mr. William J. M. Stuckey, of Bungoona station, while running to catch the Tallangatta train, fell, and died almost immediately. The deceased, who had ...

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  28. THE MORTALITY AMONGST ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS.

    An inquest was held at the Morgue on Saturday by Dr. Youl, City Coroner, on the body of an infant named Francis Vivian Phillips, aged 5 weeks, the offspring of an unmarried woman. ...

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  29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--Seeing in your paper that the bot fly has made its appearance at Warrngul, I send the following recipes, hoping they may be found of some use. They are taken from Dr. ...

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  30. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The body of an infant in an advanced state of decomposition was found yesterday at Coogee. The arms and legs were missing. It is supposed that they were torn off by dogs. ...

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  31. ALLEGED ABSCONDING FROM BAIL.

    Henry Owens, a man who was committed for trial on 5th January, at Ballarat, on a charge of attempted criminal assault on a girl, and who had been admitted to bail, was arrested on ...

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  32. THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    A meeting of the executive committee in connection with the sugar beat industry was held on Friday afternoon. Some of the circulars which had been sent around to farmers for them ...

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  33. THE WRECK OF THE ALERT.

    On Saturday afternoon tho body of a man was observed floating in the surf on the Back Beach, midway between Sorrento and Rye, by Dr. M'Crae. who called tho attention of a local ...

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  34. ACCIDENTS TO MINERS.

    On Friday, at No. 2 Valley Claim, William Kneebone, a miner, missed his hold of the ladder in the shoot and fell 55 feet, breaking his right leg at the shin, his left ankle and two ...

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  35. CARNIVAL AT SOUTH MELBOURNE.

    A carnival cake fair was opened on Saturday evening at the Priory, Beaconsfield-parade, South Melbourne, by Cr. F. G. Hartley, in aid of the Carmelite Church at Middle Park. ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Waikato has taken 660 tons of frozen meat from Rockhampton for London. ...

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  37. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The half yearly meeting of the South Australian Typographical Society was held on Saturday evening. The report of the board of management showed the number of admissions ...

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  38. VILLAGE SETTLEMENT AT ECHUCA.

    A meeting of village settlers was held last night in the town hall to consider the delay of the department in sending permits to occupy allotments. The chairman. Mr. Pascoe, ...

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  39. TASMANIA.

    The Primate preached at St. John's, Launceston, this morning. The Electoral Bill constituting Montagu an Assembly constituency has received the Royal ...

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  40. DISTRESS IN BRUNSWICK.

    SIR,--My attention was drawn to a letter in your issue of this morning, under the heading of "Poorer than the Poor," and signed "Sympathy." by three ladies, who represented ...

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  41. WAGES OF GAS WORKS EMPLOYES.

    SIR,--"Ex-Gas Stoker" and "Justice" deserve the thanks of the employes of the Metropolitan Gas Company for drawing public attention to the intended further reduction of wages. ...

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  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    Two stowaways found on board the Grassmere, from Newcastle, named Michael Nussell and William Serville, have been arrested at Wellington on a warrant charging them with ...

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  43. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--For a long time it has struck me as a singular, and possibly suggestive, coincidence that our tomato and typhoid seasons should be coincident. Thirty years ago I remember, from ...

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  44. SUICIDE AT BALLARAT.

    Mr. E. B. Wells, the well known tailor and outfitter, of Armstrong-street, was to-day found dead in Victoria Park, at Alfredton, with his throat cut from ear to ear. Tho body, which ...

    Article : 261 words
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  46. THE BAD GAS.

    SIR,--Through the columns of your valuable paper, I wish to complain of the bad gas now being supplied to the householders of Albert Bark. Reading by gaslight is an impossibility, ...

    Article : 119 words
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