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  2. RAILWAY BRIDGES CATCH FIRE

    Another large bush fire broke out to-day, this time to the north-east of the town. It burnt with great fury amongst the timber and undergrowth. The fire spread in two ...

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  3. A.N.A. EXHIBITION.

    As already announced, the A.N.A. Exhibition of Australian .Manufactures, which has become an annual affair of the greatest industrial importance, will be opened at ...

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  4. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A man named Charles Collide, 40 years of age, who was engaged in assisting to build a new co-operative bread factory at Richmond, fell from a scaffold 15 feet high and ...

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  5. Advertising

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  6. THE HOSPITAL SITE.

    An informal discussion took place at a meeting of the State Cabinet yesterday on the suggestion first made by a correspondent of "The Age," and warmly seconded ...

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  7. THE DELIGHTFUL CHARGE.

    The welcome cool change which reached Melbourne about 9 p.m. on Monday, after sundry exasperating stoppages on the way became more pronounced yesterday ...

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  8. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 words
  9. DANGEROUS PRACTICAL JOKE.

    A practical joke was played on a man named Charles Thompson. At the suggestion of a companion, James Smith, he applied a match to some powder, which ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. DISCUSSION BY HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.

    There was nothing on the notice paper at yesterday's meeting of the Melbourne Hospital committee concerning the proposed change of site, but an informal ...

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  11. MINING FATALITY.

    David Gray, a well-known miner in this district, who was severely injured by a fall of earth in a claim worked by him in the old ground on the Avoca lead, died ...

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  12. SLEEPING IN THE OPEN.

    While Mr. Joseph J. Fitzmaurice and his family were sleeping out on the front verandah of his house in Nolan-street on Saturday night, several young men ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.

    Evidently something in the nature of a hitch has occurred in connection with the agreement made last week by the Victorian and South Australian Governments under ...

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  14. THE FAILING WATER SUPPLY.

    Figures showing the consumption of water on Monday were supplied by the Metropolitan Board yesterday. The amount used was 52,482,000 gallons. Last Thursday ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. THROWN FROM A BUGGY.

    Mrs. R. Heard, of Napier-street, Black Hill, Ballarat East, received severe injuries to-day through being thrown from a buggy. ...

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  16. ACCIDENT TO A DOCTOR.

    Dr. Eakins had a narrow escape from serious injury on Tuesday. He was driving along Anstruther-street when the swingle bar broke, and in attempting to pull up the ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. THE ESCAPE OF WATER NEAR GREENSBOROUGH.

    The chairman of the board, Mr. W. J. Carre Riddell, stated last evening that an officer who had been sent to investigate the statements made in "The Age" as to ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--The conference should, in my opinion, have discussed the boundary question only, under the guidance of lawyers and surveyors, and no one else. ...

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  19. GOLD DIGGER FOUND DEAD.

    A man named David Davidson, 80 years of age, residing alone in a hut near the Great Western Reservoir, was found dead close to his residence on Monday ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. STATE FOREST ON FIRE.

    A fire broke out about 12 miles north of Pitfield this morning, and subsequently blocked all traffic between Ballarat and the southern townships. The outbreak ...

    Article : 463 words
  21. AFTERMATH OF THE HEAT WAVE.

    An unusually large number of offenders were charged at the various metropolitan police courts yesterday with minor offences, arising in most cases through over-indulgence in alcohol during ...

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  22. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Three men, named Hancock, Land and Cameron, were carting wheat to Antwerp, and camped on the Wimmera River for dinner. Cameron foil asleep under a tall ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. DISCUSSED BY WILLIAMSTOWN COUNCIL.

    A letter from the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, read at last night's meeting of the Williamstown council, asked that special ...

    Article : 338 words
  24. FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  25. TRAMWAY FATALITY.

    An inquest in connection with the death of John Edward Kelly, the victim of the tram fatality, was concluded to-day. The evidence showed that the driver of the ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. CASES OF SUNSTROKE.

    Miss Hutchings, who is visiting Willaura from Portland, was sunstruck yesterday, and was brought into the Ararat Hospital last night. ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. FALL FROM A LOFT.

    Last evening a young man named M'Leod, engaged on the Waranga Channel works, went to sleep in the left of Mr. Small's stable, and during the night got ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. A WILD ALLEGATION.

    At the Eaglehawk police court on Tuesday a young man named Henry Welch, a resident of View-street, Bendigo, was proceeded against by Alfred Thos. Bowen for ...

    Article : 438 words
  29. WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  30. FARMERS HARVESTING AT NIGHT.

    Owing to the severe heat during the last few days the farmers in the district have been doing their harvesting at night. ...

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  31. THROWN FROM A VEHICLE.

    An elderly lady named Mrs. Josephs was sitting in a vehicle in Victoria-street today when the horse took fright and bolted. The vehicle collided with a tree, and Mrs. ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. THE CHANGE IN THE COUNTRY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 361 words
  33. TRAINS AS INCENDIARIES.

    Consideration was given by the State Cabinet yesterday to an appeal from property owners in the Trawalla district for a settlement of their claims for damages ...

    Article : 298 words
  34. COMMONWEALTH METEOROLOGY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 words
  35. ENTANGLED IN A HORSE RAKE.

    Alexander Chisholm, 19 years of age, was working a horse rake on his father's property at Uranquinty, when one of the team became restless, and in endeavoring to ...

    Article : 81 words
  36. CONFERENCE OF MINERS.

    A special meeting of the Bendigo branch of the A.M.A. was held at the Trades Hall to-night for tho purpose of deciding what business should be put forward by the ...

    Article : 268 words
  37. OTHER FIRES IN WESTERN DISTRICT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 650 words
  38. A STOCKMAN'S SAD END.

    Norseman reports the death of Thomas Fowler, employed at the Fraser Range Station, who was sent out on a bicycle to look for a horse. As he did not return a search ...

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  39. FURTHER TROUBLE IN COAL MINES.

    The Rix's Creek miners came out this morning after working one week under the new conditions. It will be remembered that the miners struck at the end of last ...

    Article : 303 words
  40. "HEAT STROKE."

    During the six successive days of excessive heat which preceded yesterday 58 patients passed through the Melbourne Hospital suffering from heat stroke. Of ...

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  41. STRANGE DOUBLE FATALITY.

    Near the Black Ranges on Monday afternoon a woman named Mrs. Brown and a boarded out child, two years of age, met their death. Mrs. Brown, who was a ...

    Article : 126 words
  42. BROKEN HILL WATER WORKS.

    When addressing a meeting of ratepayers last night, Alderman Polinghorne stated that two reports as to the doings of the Umberumberka Water Trust had been ...

    Article : 222 words
  43. ACCIDENT TO BROKEN HILL EXPRESS.

    The Broken Hill express met with an accident this morning during its progress across the points at Tarlee station. A railway official allowed the points to open, ...

    Article : 217 words
  44. FURTHER CASES AT THE MORGUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  45. WORK AND WAGES.

    The Minister of Labor has received an amended determination from the chairman of the Brush Makers' Board, Mr. H. T. Gomm. Several alterations are made in the ...

    Article : 90 words
  46. COINING PLANT SEIZED.

    An investigation made yesterday by Detectives Sainsbury and Ashton may have an important bearing upon the origin of a quantity of base coin which is now in ...

    Article : 209 words
  47. RAIN IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

    Our correspondents in the country report that rain has fallen as follows:--Ararat, Coleraine, 35 points; Dunkeld, 12; Hamilton, 15; Portland, heavy; Stawell, 4 points; ...

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  48. WEATHER IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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  49. FLOUR BOARD.

    Mr. C. F. Young has resigned his position as an employes' representative on the Flour Trade Board. The Minister of Labor will be glad to receive the names and ...

    Article : 42 words
  50. AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS.

    Sir,--The mission hall in Crown-street, Richmond, which you report as being totally destroyed by fire yesterday, belonged to the Melbourne City Mission, and was ...

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  51. SALE OF AN ESTATE ON THE BARWON.

    Messrs. Dennys, Lascelles, Austin and Co. (in conjunction with Strachan, Murray and Shannon Pty. Ltd. and J. G. Johnstone and Co.) report the sale for Mr. ...

    Article : 73 words
  52. CASES AT THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.

    A man whose name was not known to those about him, but who was working on the tram line at the corner of Gertrude and Brunswick streets yesterday, died very ...

    Article : 115 words
  53. TREATMENT OF NATIVES.

    At the Canning commission inquiry to- day, Carr Boyd, explorer, who said he had been brought to give evidence on compulsion, deposed that he had had seventeen ...

    Article : 227 words
  54. A TOURISTS' TRACK.

    A contract has been let by the Public Works department to clear a track to connect the Loch Valley-road with the War burton-Walhalla track, when tourists will ...

    Article : 47 words
  55. THE NEWCASTLE FIRE.

    The ruins of Messrs. David Cohen and Co.'s warehouse are still smouldering, despite the fact that tons of water have been played on the debris. The dwarfed walls ...

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  56. HEAT CONTINUES IN RIVERINA.

    To-day was again very hot. During the past nine days the maximum heat averaged over 110 each day. Half the population has been sleeping in the open air for the ...

    Article : 78 words
  57. TWO ESCAPED LUNATICS.

    The lunatic, David Kerr, who escaped from Kew Asylum on Monday, was found wondering in Bay-street, Port Melbourne, yesterday afternoon by Constable Taylor, ...

    Article : 164 words
  58. FLOUR MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE.

    The Avenel flour mill, the property of Mr. John Pratt, was burnt to the ground yesterday at 3 p.m. It is believed that the mill was insured, but the amount is not ...

    Article : 40 words
  59. MANY DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY.

    Mary Carey, a single woman, aged 45, residing at 178 Kerford-road, Albert Park, died at midnight on Monday. Deceased, who kept house for her nephew and niece, ...

    Article : 689 words
  60. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  61. FIRES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Serious grass fires are raging near Hawkes Bay. Rush fires covering 40 miles of bush have reached alarming proportions. Much damage was done near Eketahpna. Settlers ...

    Article : 51 words
  62. LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

    DUNEDIN.--Arrived, January 21.--Aotea, from Newcastle. BLUFF.--Sailed, January 21.--Waihora, for Newcastle. ...

    Article : 52 words
  63. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Robert Nicholas, of Mansfield, butcher, Filed at Benalla. ...

    Article : 10 words
  64. Advertising

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  65. Advertising

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