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  2. FEDERAL QUARANTINE.

    Late experiences point to the necessity of the adoption of uniformity in the law and practice of quarantine throughout the Commonwealth. This view was taken by the ...

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  3. THE ENGRAVERS.

    There are only 60 employes in this trade, but the board's determinations have caused a considerable amount of dissatisfaction, especially among those connected with the ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    One of the most discreditable exhibitions ever witnessed here in connection with a football match was that which marked the close of the play in the match between ...

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  5. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    The friends of Mr. W. H. Croker, the well-known solicitor, are urging that he should allow himself to be put in nomination for the vacancy for Melbourne in the Legislative ...

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  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The unusual sight of a tramcar on fire was witnessed yesterday afternoon at the corner of Newtown-road and the Broadway. The fire originated under the floor of the car, ...

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  7. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    On Saturday morning the Minister for Lands (Mr. Duggan), the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Morrissey), Sir J. M'Intyre and Mr. J. Cullen, accompanied by Mr. Brown, ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Hergott reports that the Birdsville mall, which should have reached Hergott at noon on 22nd June, did not arrive until 28th June. The driver states that the country is under ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. MELBOURNE EAST.

    At a meeting of prominent electors of East Melbourne hurriedly convened on Saturday in the Temperance Hall by Mr. Andrew Agnew, who presided, it was resolved to ...

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  10. BEDRIDDEN WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

    A fatal fire occurred at Jamberoo, near Kiama, early this morning, Miss Sabina Hukins being the victim. Deceased, who had been an invalid for many years and ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. EASTERN GOULBURN IRRIGATION SCHEME.

    A very largely attended meeting was held here on Saturday afternoon in connection with the proposed Eastern Goulburn irrigation scheme. The president of the shire, Cr. ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Quinlan has decided not to stand for the position of mayor. It is expected that Mr. S. H. Parker will have a walk over. Early on Saturday afternoon the police ...

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  13. CHASED BY DEVILS.

    The driver of the coach from Grafton to Glen Innes reports a peculiar incident. When nearing Grafton early yesterday morning a well known resident of the town, who ...

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  14. A PRESBYTERIAN CONGRESS.

    An important gathering of Presbyterians will be held in Sydney on 23rd July, in connection with the federation of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia. ...

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  15. THE NORTHERN PROVINCE VACANCY.

    A number of citizens and prominent public men interviewed Mr. J. Colin, J.P., on Saturday, and requested him to stand for the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. LAKE LONSDALE WATER SCHEME.

    At the last shire council meeting a circular was received from the Karkarooc shire asking co-operation in having the Eversley water scheme constructed in conjunction ...

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  17. TASMANIA.

    A railway guard has been suspended pending departmental inquiry into a charge of improper conduct at Kempton preferred against him by a female. ...

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  18. MOE DRAINAGE SCHEME CONDEMNED.

    A large and representative meeting of Moe Swamp settlers was held on Thursday evening to consider the scheme of further drainage proposed by the Government. The ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    Alexander M'Lean, who has confessed to the murder of three members of the Martin family, at East Eyreton, is only 23 years of ago. He comes from Ballarat, Victoria. ...

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  20. THE IRON WORKERS' STRIKE.

    The State Minister for Works has authorised the Government docks to be placed at the disposal of the strikers in the iron trade to carry out work on their own account, and ...

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  21. VOTERS DISFRANCHISED.

    Much indigation and disappointment were caused to the residents of Kaneira and the surrounding districts on election day, when they went to the polling booth to record ...

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  22. SHIRE OF MOORABBIN.

    A public meeting of ratepayers of the west and south ridings of the Moorabbin shire, convened by the president (Mr. Bent) was held in the parochial hall, Sandringham, on Friday evening, to discuss ...

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  23. A NEW LIFEBOAT.

    Mr. W. C. Foy, the patentee of the model of an improved lifeboat, on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of nautical men, gave a lengthy ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. BENDIGO.

    A man named John Delaney was charged before the city bench on Saturday with having stolen a gold watch and chain from the residence of Mr. Ralph Brown in ...

    Article : 690 words
  25. LABOR DEMONSTRATION IN SYDNEY.

    About 2000 people attended the Labor demonstration in the Domain this afternoon. The meeting was called to express sympathy with the strikers in the iron trade, and also ...

    Article : 335 words
  26. A RAILWAY MOTOR CAR.

    The Thompson railway motor car was tried here on Friday on the Lancefield to Kilmore line. The many curves and steep grades on the line provided a fairly good ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. C. Counsell, one of the candidates for Broken Hill, delivered his first address last night. About 50 persons attended, but the meeting was a farce. Mr. J. Thomas, M.P., ...

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  28. A CHILD DROWNED.

    A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday at Sailor's Falls, by Mr. Barkas,. J.P., touching the death of a little girl, 20 months old, named Esther Maud Watts. The little ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. SPEECH BY MR. SEE.

    The State Premier, speaking at Grantville last night, alluded to the criticism of the purchase of the State yacht, and said that soon after the Government purchased it ...

    Article : 169 words
  30. THE WEATHER.

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  31. THE TOLLS SYSTEM CONDEMNED.

    The Government proposal to reintroduce the tolls system on main roads was strongly condemned at the Charlton shire council meeting on Friday. Messrs. Smale, Cossar, ...

    Article : 245 words
  32. Advertising

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  33. WORK AT BROKEN HILL.

    Regarding the reports circulated in the cities that 2000 men are out of work at Broken Hill, inquiries show that the unemployed only number between 400 and 500, ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 words
  35. THE RAILWAY CROSSING FATALITY.

    An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. J. W. Graham, J.P., and a jury of five, concerning the Bungarce railway collision, which resulted in the death of John ...

    Article : 541 words
  36. THE MINIMUM WAGE.

    Sir,--The Factories Act was introduced into Parliament primarily as an act to put down sweating, and to accomplish this it is acknowledged that some such ...

    Article : 595 words
  37. A MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

    A young Englishman named R. Oldroyd, a boundary rider on Mooloomoon Station, was found banging to the side pole of a tent near Shingle Hut on Sunday, 23rd ...

    Article : 441 words
  38. OBSERVATORY REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 240 words
  39. NEW SOUTH WALES SHEEP BREEDERS.

    The annual general meeting of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association was held on Saturday, Mr. G. H. Cox, M.L.C. (president) in the chair. There ...

    Article : 302 words
  40. CLOSING SEVEN HOTELS.

    A licensing court, consisting of deputy Judge Johnston (chairman) and Messrs. Burrowes and Rowan, P.M.'s, was opened on Thursday, to determine which seven of ...

    Article : 140 words
  41. MURRAY, MURRUMBIDGEE, OVENS, BARWON, NAMOI AND GOULBURN RIVERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  42. GEELONG.

    Senior Constable Bunker on Saturday evening arrested a young man named Charles Grant on a charge of cattle stealing at South Geelong. ...

    Article : 304 words
  43. A SHOCKING CHARGE.

    At the Cobden police court on Friday an aged man, named Ephraim Heywood, of Carpendeit, was charged with a criminal offence against his daughter, aged fourteen. ...

    Article : 106 words
  44. SWEATING OF CLERKS.

    Sir,--If "Anti-Sweater," your correspondent of the 26th inst., is honestly desirous of mitigating the sweating evil, he will be shown a method of doing so by communicating ...

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  45. THE V.R.C. GRAND NATIONALS.

    Sir,--This meeting is almost on us again and I presume they will continue to give us five races, start at 1 o'clock, with an interval of an hour and a half for luncheon, and ...

    Article : 195 words
  46. AN OLD CHARGE.

    At the local court on Saturday Alexander Girvan, of Myrtle Creek, was charged with unlawful intimacy with Margaret Isabella Pattison in September, 1896. The girl, who ...

    Article : 102 words
  47. VITRIOL THROWING IN FITZROY.

    The excitement which prevailed some weeks ago among ladies having occasion to walk to and from Fitzroy, owing to the destruction of dresses by sulphuric acid being thrown or sprinkled upon ...

    Article : 144 words
  48. SHEEP DOG TRIALS

    The sheep show closed on Saturday. The day was fine, and there was a [?]r attendance. The sheep dog trials pr[?] d highly interesting. The competing dog[?] mbering ...

    Article : 85 words
  49. QUEENSLAND.

    Two men, named Samuel Jarrett and Richard Francomb, were out shooting this morning in Broadwater scrub. Both men fired at a wallaby. Jarrett, who was a few ...

    Article : 106 words
  50. THE LIBEL ON THE KING.

    Mr. E. Cameron, M.L.A., visited Portland on Saturday, and made arrangements for addressing the electors on Thursday night on the expulsion from Parliament of Mr. ...

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  51. DEATH FROM BURNING.

    An old identity, named J. Noonan, a bootmaker, was discovered in a mass of flame, outside the kitchen door of the house he had been staying in, about 12 o'clock ...

    Article : 2,046 words
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