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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The recent flood has destroyed the weir and the local water storage on which 250 families depend for their summer supply. A water famine is certain unless the weir is repaired. ...

    Article : 71 words
  3. OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

    As you have already learned by telegraph, the new tariff measure became law through the lapse of 10 days from its passage without any action by the President. The bill was so ...

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  4. MASS MEETING IN RUSSELL-STREET.

    A mass meeting of between 500 and 600 of the unemployed was held yesterday morning on a vacant piece of land in Russell-street. Mr. Hamer, whom the men se[?]emed to look ...

    Article : 342 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Mr. F. B. Suttor, who was Minister of Education in the Dibbs Government, arrived at Adelaide in the Austral this morning, after representing New South Wales at the Ottawa ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. DISEASES IN LIVE STOCK.

    It is of vital importance to the material interests of the colony that the health of the live stock should be carefully guarded. An epidemic of contagious diseases in the herds of the ...

    Article : 1,009 words
  7. THE LOCAL WOOL SALES.

    The opening of the Annual wool sales took place yesterday with the customary [?]lat, for there was a very large attendance of buyers, and, although prices were not so favorable ...

    Article : 1,881 words
  8. THE MILDURA DROWNING FATALITY.

    The funeral of Ferdinand Tregear and his son, drowned in the lake, took place to-day and was largely attended. From the evidence given at the inquest it appears that Buckle, one of the five ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. THE BOOT MAKERS' STRIKE.

    Two men named Abraham Kaganski and Leon Knenwaski, both members of the boot makers' union, were last night arrested and lodged in the Carlton lockup charged with ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. FIRE ON A DOCKED STEAMER.

    A fire broke out on the Mararoa in dock at Port Chalmers last night while the steamer was undergoing her periodical overhaul. The fire had got a good hold when it was discovered, ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. GUNBOWER ISLAND LAND BLOCKS.

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  12. OPENING OF THE GEELONG SALES.

    Messrs.DENNYS, LASCELLES, AUSTIN AND CO. will hold their opening wool sale the season to-morrow, when they will offer about 2200 bales wool, amongst, other the following brands:-Seanwater, ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

    The annual sitting of the Congregational Union and Mission of Victoria was resumed at the council chamber, Russell-street, yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Willmott (chairman) ...

    Article : 489 words
  14. THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS.

    A deputation from Newcastle waited on the Minister of Lands to-day, and asked that a village settlement be established in that district. It was stated that owing to the slackness of ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. AMUSEMENTS.

    The last eight performances of tho musical extravaganza, Morocco Bound, which has proved so popular at the Princess's Theatre, are now announced, as the management have arranged ...

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  16. PICKETS FINED FOR LOITERING.

    What was regarded as a test case as to the right of men to stand about in the public shoots came on for hearing in the City Court yesterday, when two young men, named John Driscoll ...

    Article : 146 words
  17. A PECULIAR POSITION.

    A special meeting of the miners' delegate board was held at Newcastle to-day to consider the present unsatisfactory condition of the coal trade. The closing of the Sea and Back ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. A COUNTRY TOWN STREET FRACAS.

    At the local police court this afternoon, G. Bond, J.P., and Sunday school superintendent, aud T. S. Wright, editor of the Casterton News, were charged with insulting behavior in a ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. THE BALLARAT BOOT MAKERS' STRIKE.

    The ballot of the Boot Makers' Union of Ballarat in respect to the proposal of the employers that the log or statement system be abolished, and a wages scale substituted, was announced ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. DEATH IN A THEATRE.

    An awfully sudden death occurred in the Lyceum Theatre to-night. Shortly after 8 o'clock Alex. Brodie, aged 65, the big drummer of the orchestra, while engaged playing in the ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. A CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH.

    The football match Constabulary v. Postmen, played recently on the Eastern Oval in aid of the charities, and in which the Melbourne police hand assisted, has given a clear profit of ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. THE SYDNEY PRINTING STRIKE.

    The Master Printers Association has issued notice to members affected by the strike that arrangements have been made by which the vacancies which still exist can be filled. ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. CHINESE AND THE REGISTRATION OF FIRMS ACT.

    At the Carlton court yesterday, a Chinese named Ah Fook was prosecuted for non-compliance with the provisions of the Registration of Firms Statute 1892. Detective Duncan, ...

    Article : 356 words
  24. THE ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT AT WERRIBEE.

    Alexander M'Kenzie, the man who was arrested last Thursday on a charge of alleged criminal assault on a girl named Feras, aged 10 ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. PUBLIC MEETING.

    A meeting was held at tho Collins-street Congregational Church in the evening, at which Mr. Willmott presided. The proceedings were devoted of public interest, being devoted to the ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. SHOT BY A BURGLAR.

    Thomas Heavey, the watchman shot by a burglar on Saturday night, has taken a tarn for the worse. Inflammation of the lungs has set in, and his position is critical. His dying ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. BEECHWORTH, WEDNESDAY.

    Thomas Patterson, the Crimean veteran, who fell down a shaft at Red Hill last Friday, died in the hospital to-day. John Sherritt, father of Aaron Sherritt who ...

    Article : 434 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Reports from Wagra indicate that a further rise in the Murray may be anticipated during the next two days. The Railway Commissioners have intimated ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONS.

    As the general secretary of the Australian Board of Missions, the Rev. C. Bice is thoroughly acquainted with the history of the missions established by the Church of England ...

    Article : 287 words
  30. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE QUEENS-BRIDGE.

    The question of the maintenance of the Queen's-bridge has apparently been at length settled. The Melbourne council and the South Melbourne council are to share the burden of its ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    A seaman named Edward Thompson, employed on Aplin, Brown and Co.'s lighter, Lalla Rookh, at Townsville, is missing. He was assisting to lighter the steamer Chingtu in the ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. A BOY FOUND BROWNED.

    Shortly before 8 o'clock last night a report was made to the police at Collingwood, by Mr. Thomas Dunn, of Graham-street, Clifton Hill, that the body of a boy was floating in the Yarra, ...

    Article : 113 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S Austral arrived this morning, and her English mails for the eastern colonies left by the express this afternoon for Melbourne. ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. RETRENCHMENT IN CRIME.

    Sir,--The sensible and well considered letter in this morning's Age was read by me, and I feel sure by many other heartbroken and sorrowing wives and mothers, with the deepest interest ...

    Article : 365 words
  35. FINANCES OF SOUTH MELBOURNE.

    The consideration of the estimates for the current financial year and the question of providing against the deficiency of nearly £8000, the apparent difference between the balance ...

    Article : 486 words
  36. TASMANIA.

    Archbishop Murphy was presented with an address at St. Francis Xavier's Seminary, Launceston, to-day, on the occasion of completing his forty-eighth episcopal year. ...

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  37. SERICULTURE.

    Sir,--I was rather disappointed on Friday evening at the meeting of the Sericultural Association, to which I was invited by a member of the society, to hear a paper read on the ...

    Article : 138 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    At a meeting of shareholders in the Bank of New Zealand to-day the deed of settlement was approved. Mr. Robt. Martin, editor of the Napier ...

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  39. THE CASE OF MRS. AMBLER.

    Sir,--I am pleased to read the appeal of your correspondent, John G. Davies, on behalf of the widow and children of Llewellyn Ambler, it being a most deserving case. We have ...

    Article : 176 words
  40. SLUICE RS AND THE COLIBAN WATER SUPPLY.

    A deputation from the sluicers at Barker's Creek, Castlemaine, was introduced to the Minister of Water Supply yesterday by Sir James Patterson and Mr. Williams, in regard ...

    Article : 153 words
  41. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.

    While digging in a sandpit in the Moonee Ponds reserve on Saturday Thomas Chard, a laborer, unearthed a portion of a human skeleton, consisting of shin bones, leg bones and a ...

    Article : 143 words
  42. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    John Hamilton, of King-street, Melbourne, butcher. Causes of insolvency: Losses through bad debts and being sold off under a writ of f[?] Liabilities, £301 5s.; assets, 10s.; deficiency ...

    Article : 226 words
  43. WANTED, NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS.

    Sir,--As there is every probability of the present Government adopting the narrow gauge system I should like to bring under the notice of the Minister of Railways, through the ...

    Article : 183 words
  44. ANOMALIES IN THE BOOT TRADE.

    Sir,--It may serve a useful purpose to look into the real cause of the present strike in the boot trade. It is undisputed that colonial makers are quite able to produce any class of goods ...

    Article : 225 words
  45. COAL AND GAS.

    SIR,--During the great labor strike the Metropolitan Gas Company had the sympathetic support of the public. The price of gas was then lower than at present. Soon after the strike ...

    Article : 210 words
  46. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    EXAMINATION FOR COMMISSION IN THE BRITISH ARMY.--Geometrical Drawing.--Passed : No. 555. NOTICES. CLINICAL SURGERY.--The clinical examination ...

    Article : 97 words
  47. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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  48. Advertising

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  49. Advertising

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