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  2. THE RAILWAYS.

    Though the new service on the Sydney line will not come into operation for some time the details are receiving attention. It is practically certain that the extra fast ...

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  3. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

    In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day the president, Mr. Justice O'Connor, said it as quite a mistake to suppose that there was any decision of the Hight Court which ...

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  4. COMMONWEALTH YEAR BOOK.

    The long promised first volume of the "Commonwealth Year Book," which is to carry on in an improved and expanded form the long series of statistical year ...

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  5. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    The training operations in connection with the Light Horse camp at Lancefield Junction were continued to-day. Shortly after 9 o'clock the two brigades moved out ...

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  6. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    The number of students who have entered the University this year is greatly in excess of that of 1906, which was itself larger than the record of any previous year. ...

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  7. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Late yesterday afternoon Doris Marriott, aged four, was fatally burned at her parents residence, Little Leveson-strcet, North Melbourne. She was playing near ...

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  8. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The half yearly report of Tooth and Co. Ltd., brewers, adopted at the meeting today, showed that the net profit, including balance brought forward, totalled £67,843. ...

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  9. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Country Fire Brigades Board off Tuesday inspected the stations in Ballarat and suburbs. Everything was found in excellent order. ...

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  10. Advertising

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  11. RIVERINA NEWS.

    The large stacks of wheat recently accumulated at various railway stations in Riverina are now diminishing. The latest return gives the following totals:--Henry, ...

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  12. BENDIGO.

    The question of the liability of a married woman was the subject of argument in the city court, on Tuesday, when J. P. Carolin sued Wm. Johnson and his wife for the ...

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  13. BALLARAT MINING TROUBLE.

    The Ballarat Mine Owners Association will meet to-morrow evening to consider the renewed application of the Miners' Society for a conference in respect to the trouble ...

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  14. THE WEATHER.

    The weather yesterday in the metropolis was remarkable for heavy winds, cold atmosphere, and in the evening a series of rain squalls. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. light ...

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  15. LIGHTING OF THE FORTS.

    A report on the question of more efficiently lighting the interior of the forts and improving the searchlight operations has been presented to the Minister of ...

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  16. TIMBER TRADES STRIKE.

    The timber strike relief committee to-day banked nearly £150, being the amount of subscriptions received during the last 24 hours. With regard to the statement that ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. GEELONG.

    Right Rev. Monsignor M'Kenna, who has been on holiday for the benefit of his health, returned to Geelong on Tuesday evening, and was welcomed home and are ...

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  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Large mobs of cattle are being despatched from the Victoria Downs and Wave Hill stations to Queensland. Altogether 10,000 are said already to have started, and other ...

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  19. RAILWAY EMPLOYEE'S LUCKY ESCAPE.

    A railway employee named William Johnson had a very narrow escape from serious injury yesterday. He was in the railway yard at Spencer-street at noon, ...

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  20. WHISKY AT CAMP.

    The Minister of Defence has ordered a thorough investigation into the charge made in a letter, signed "Fair Play," published in "The Age" yesterday, stating that ...

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  21. GEELONG RAILWAY GRIEVANCES.

    The town council has decided to ask the Railway Commissioners to alter the route of the excursion train which at present runs once a month from Melbourne to ...

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  22. WARRNAMBOOL.

    The scheme for establishing municipal employment agencies, as first proposed by the Age, and afterwards taken up by the Municipal Association, has been ...

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  23. AUSTRALIAN ANTHROPOLOGY.

    Some months ago the Government of Tasmania initiated an interceding movement in the State schools with the object of accumulating anthropological data ...

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  24. WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    The Public Works department opened tenders to-day for the construction of the Coolgardie-Widgic Mooltha section of the Norseman railway. The tender of the ...

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  25. NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Mines, Mr. H. Gregory, who is touring the north-western parts of the State, made some interesting remarks at Port Hedland on Sunday in reply to a ...

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  26. RAIN IN VICTORIA.

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  27. THE ZEEHAN SMELTERS.

    Smelting was resumed at the Tasmanian Smelting Company's works to-day without the slightest opposition from the strikers. Plenty of local labor offered without the ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. DANDENONG CORPORATION YARDS.

    The local shire council has carried a resolution in favor of inviting competitive plans for the proposed new market yards in the Grange Estate, to accommodate 1000 head ...

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  29. CAN OUR SOLDIERS SHOOT?

    Colonel Stanley, Chief of Ordnance, has in preparation a return showing the extent of the efficiency of the artillery in big gun and field gun firing practice. It is ...

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  30. FELL FROM A TELEGRAPH POLE.

    A young man named Ivor Brown, telegraph line repairer, fell from a pole at Drysdale to-day. A tree broke the fall, but Brown sustained fracture of the upper ...

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  31. THEATRICAL BUILDING DISPUTE.

    The dispute between T. G. Molloy and F. Liebe in connection with the latter's bill for extras in connection with the construction of His Majesty's Theatre, was ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. EXCISE TARIFF ACT.

    A number of Applications for orders for exemption have been lodged with the Registrar of the Commonwealth Court of Arbitration, on behalf of manufacturers of ...

    Article : 313 words
  33. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--The question has been asked can our soldiers shoot, and according to the splendid article written in your issue of to-day, I must as a rifleman offer you my best ...

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  34. ACCIDENT TO A LOCOMOTIVE.

    An accident happened to the engine of to-day's passenger train, which caused a delay of nearly half an hour at this station. With the assistance of the men ...

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  35. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    A report was circulated yesterday that a number of immigrants had arrived by the steamer Marathon, and that there were no Government officers to take charge of ...

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  36. SHEEP DESTROYED BY DOGS.

    Mr. R. Smith, auctioneer, left 50 sheep in his yards after his sale on Saturday. During the night 42 of them were worried to death by dogs. Mr. J. Kelsall on ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN IRON.

    Pig iron is now being produced at the Lithgow works, and five or six tons of the metal were ran on to the pig bed to-day. At an informal gathering Mr. Sandford ...

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  38. DAMAGE BY A BULL.

    A bull which gored a horse to death at Bangerang was impounded. Later on about 40 bullocks were placed in the pound with the bull. During the night the ...

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  39. MURTOA-HOPETOUN SERVICE.

    A well attended public meeting was held here to consider the proposed alteration of trains on the Murtoa-Hopetoun line. Cr. J. Ferguson occupied the chair. ...

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  40. SNOW AT CORDON.

    GORDON.--The weather is very cold, and a slight fall of snow occurred about midday. This is the first for the year. The rainfall on Tuesday was 25 points, and for the month [?] ...

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  41. THE NEW DRY DOCK.

    A conference, consisting of the Port Melbourne council and the Parliamentary member for the district (Mr. G. Sangster) was held at the Port Melbourne town hall last evening for the ...

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  42. EXODUS OF FARMERS.

    There has been a steady exodus of farmers from this district lately. The latest to leave are Messrs. A. Fregon and Jas. Baylis, of Tongio, bound for Queensland. ...

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  43. FIRES.

    BALLARAT.--A six-roomed dwelling in Talbot-street, Ballarat West, occupied by Mr. Frank Gwyn, a dealer, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The house and ...

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  44. SNOW IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    ADBURY.--A fail of snow is reported from Mount Kosciusko. ...

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  45. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY.--The following are the official records of rainfall for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on Tuesday:--Adelong, 6 points; Araluen, 9; Baraba, 20; Bendemeer, 33; Bingara, 39; ...

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  46. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    H.M.S. Pyramus left the harbor to-day bound for Port Darwin. Her trip to the Northern Territory is in connection with the visit of the Governor-General and tbe ...

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  47. HIGH PRICE OF LAND.

    Land in the Warrayure district has greatly increased in value. Mrs. H. Kruger has sold a farm of 222 acres to Mr. Noske at £11 5 per acre. This farm was sold ...

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  48. STATE INCOME TAX.

    Mr. Lilley and Mr. Drake applied on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth this morning to the High Court, comprising the Chief Justice. Sir Samuel ...

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  49. AUSTRALIAN CIGARS AND IMPORTED LABELS.

    Sir,--The question raised in your issue of Saturday as to why Australian cigar manufacturers do not get all their labels from Australian printers should carry its own ...

    Article : 260 words
  50. STATE REVENUES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 308 words
  51. LICENCES REDUCTION BOARD.

    Although the Cabinet spent some hours yesterday in considering the applications for the positions on the Licences Reduction Board, no definite result was reached. ...

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  52. BAY FERRY SERVICE.

    After much delay it was announced yesterday that the negotiations for renewal of the ferry service between Port Melbourne and Williamstown in ...

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  53. ROYAL VICTORIAN LIEDER-TAFEL.

    Owing to the tempestuous rain storms which prevailed yesterday evening, the attendance at the concert given in the Town Hall by the above society was far less than ...

    Article : 542 words
  54. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  55. HOTELKEEPER'S DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.

    The aims and objects of the newly formed Victorian Hotelkeepers' Defence Association were explained at a meeting of hotelkeepers held at the New Lincoln Inn Hotel, ...

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  56. AMUSEMENTS.

    Miss Tittell Bruno's farewell season of revivals at Her Majesty's Theatre is affording attractive fare to theatre goers. Dorothy Vernon will form the bill for three more nights. On Saturday next ...

    Article : 290 words
  57. OBSERVATORY REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 368 words
  58. GRAND OPERA.

    Rossini's Barber of Seville again brought together a big house at the Princess's Theatre last night, when the whimsicalities of Herr Greder as Dr. Bartolo, the ...

    Article : 283 words
  59. ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT.

    The Collingwood bench, Messrs. Johns (mayor), Cornfoot, Levens, Rain and Tait, J's.P., were occupied pearly the whole of yesterday in the investigation of a charge of alleged indecent assault ...

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  60. THE HIGHER CRITICISM DENOUNCED.

    Is the Higher Criticism a Destructive Force to Christianity? was the subject of a lecture delivered by the Rev. John Urquhart last night, in the Collins-street ...

    Article : 456 words
  61. NEW SOUTH WALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  62. FEDERAL SERVANTS' DEFENCE FUND.

    The legal opposition of the Commonwealth civil servants' to the prosecutions by State Governments for the non-payment of income tax is being financed by ...

    Article : 156 words
  63. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 words
  64. MADAME TERESA CARRENO.

    Madame Carreno, who is under engagement to Herr Benno Scherck to made a flying tour through Australia and New Zealand en route for America, is acknowledged by ...

    Article : 213 words
  65. THEFTS OF GELIGNITE.

    Since a lad named Harry Jenson sought the opinion of Mr. J. Digby, chemist, of Swan-street, Richmond, as to the nature of a piece of "composition sausage" a companion had given him on ...

    Article : 357 words
  66. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  67. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    As the Wellington province is a by-election the poll will on Friday next close at 5 p.m. instead of 7 p.m., which would have been the case had the contest not been an ...

    Article : 195 words
  68. THE SWEATING OF CLERKS.

    Sir.--In reference to the report of the Victorian Employers' Federation in "The Age" of to-day. referring to its letter to the Accountants and Clerks' Association, ...

    Article : 236 words
  69. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    William Edward Ellis, of Little Graham street, Albert Park, painter Causes of insolvency: Losses on contracts, sickness of self and family, want of capital, and pressure of creditors. ...

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  70. LATE MINING NEWS.

    CASTLEMAINE.--The Specimen Gully Hydraulic Sluicing Co., who are working ground at Barker's Creek, cleaned up on Monday night a paddock of 1½ acre for 328 oz. gold. The ...

    Article : 68 words
  71. LAW LIST.--(THIS DAY.)

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  72. LICENSING REFORM MOVEMENT.

    Sir,--Will you please permit me to say that I have never disputed nor contradicted any of the facts which Mr. Ewen sets out, nor stated anything to the ...

    Article : 147 words
  73. SUICIDE IN A LOOSE BOX.

    The City Coroner (Mr. Candler) yesterday inquired into the death of John Burn, aged 66, whose body was found by his son on Monday last hanging in a loose box in the yard of his ...

    Article : 87 words
  74. Advertising

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  75. Advertising

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  76. Advertising

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  77. Advertising

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