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  2. KATIE'S FLITTING.

    When Paddy Fitzpatrick's old horse was foaled "Graisy Billy's" General Establishment was called the"Shebeen," and his only son, Jerry, went to the National School with ...

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  3. TIMBER YARD STRIKE.

    A difficulty has arisen between certain timber yard employes of Messrs. John Sharp and Sons and the firm. Some time ago, at a conference ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At the city court on Friday a youth named Frank Smith was fined 20, with 26 costs, for assaulting Harry Britton, a railway employe. During the hearing of ...

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  5. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The net value of the New South Wales portion of the estate of Alexander Sloane, of Mulwala, who died in Melbourne on 12th October, 1907, has been sworn not to ...

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  6. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A old and respected citizen, Mr. John Tulloch, died yesterday, aged 91 years. Deceased, who for some years was employed by the Government in the collection of ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. AMUSEMENTS.

    At the Theatre Royal to-night Les Cloches de Corneville, Planquettes chef d'oeuvre, will be presented by the National Opera Company, the principals in which ...

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  8. QUEENSLAND.

    The Home Secretary states that his recent inspection showed the quarantine station on Peel island, Moreton Bay, to be a suitable site for an inebriates institution. ...

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  9. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH.

    On Wednesday night Mrs. Sipton, aged 75 years, who lived by herself at Gunbower, was burnt to death. It seems that the old lady had gone to bed on ...

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  10. FOUND DEAD IN BED.

    William Lyall, son of Mr. Jas. Lyall, coach proprietor, was found dead in bed on Thursday morning. Death was due to heart failure. ...

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Wangara Leedme Estate, at Cowell, was sold to-day. Three hundred persons were present, and over 16,000 acres were sold, averaging 46 per acre. ...

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  12. TWO BOYS DROWNED.

    Two boys, aged 8 years and 10 years respectively, sons of Mr. James Bennett, of Knowsley, were drowned in the creek not far from the house. After school they ...

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  13. ADELAIDE, Friday.

    A young man, who had been acting in a peculiar manner, was charged at the Adelaide police court to-day with being of unsound mind. A constable said he saw ...

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  14. TIMBER STACKERS' UNION.

    At the meeting of the Trades Hall Council last night Mr. Hamilton, of the Timber Stackers' Union, reported that there was a strike in that brunch of labor. The ...

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  15. FATAL INJURIES.

    An elderly widow named Mary Hanafin, residing at Glebe, died during the night from the effects of a fall. She had driven round the city in a van to view the ...

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  16. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Though polling day for the general elections has been fixed for 11th September, the date for the north-western electorates has been extended by special Gazette ...

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  17. TIMBER WORKERS' WAGES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A conference of delegates from the timber workers' unions was held at Perth today to consider the position regarding the agreement made by the mill owners ...

    Article : 92 words
  18. CRUSHED BY A LIFT.

    A young man named Frank Hale, aged twenty years, an employe of Edwards, Danlop and Co., who resided at Prospect-street, Paddington, was stepping into a lift at his ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. BENDIGO.

    The city council has been notified by the Secretary for Lands that the request for the reservation of the Phoenix dam and surrounding land at the While Hills as ...

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  20. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.

    Mr. Heers, station master at Nambor, was run over by a train, and his leg had to be amputated. ...

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  21. AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

    The agricultural conference yesterday carried resolutions affirming that all stallions should he subject to Government inspection and licence, and that if necessary a tax ...

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  22. SUGAR CANE FIRE.

    A destructive cane fire broke out at Windermere, near Bundaberg, resulting in the total destruction of a considerable tonnage of unfrosted cane. A man named ...

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  23. BREWERY SECRETARY SHOOTS HIMSELF.

    A sensational attempt at suicide was made by William Pike, secretary of the Swan Brewery Company, a little after midnight on Wednesday. Pike had been so moody ...

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  24. DEPOSITS OF PHOSPHATES.

    Mr. Goeckzel, the geologist sent by the Government to inspect and make expert mental workings in the phosphatic deposits in the Moora River, states that he has ...

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  25. DESERT RAILWAY SURVEY.

    Mr. Muir, inspecting surveyor of the Public Works department, who has been on an inspection trip in connection with the survey of the transcontinental railway ...

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  26. PUBLIC SERVICE CLASSIFICATION.

    The Public Service Commissioner to-day issued the scale of salaries, and classification for the general division of the Public Service. The clerical division had ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. MAN'S NOSE CUT OPEN.

    Mr. C. E. Barton, contractor, was walking along Dart's avenue on Wednesday night, and he fell over a heap of stone which was being used for building purposes. ...

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  28. INCREASED CAMEL RATES.

    The people in the Pilbarra district are up in arms against the combine of Afghans to raise the camel freights between Port Hedland and Marble Bar. A railway has ...

    Article : 101 words
  29. FOUND DEAD E. A. LANE.

    John Finney, boot maker, an old resident of the town, was found dead in Popp's-lane. He had apparently fallen out of a vehicle on his way home. ...

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  30. A JOCKEY INJURED.

    A jockey named Hugh Withers, aged nineteen, was exercising the pony Adair at Victoria Park racecourse this morning, and was thrown through the pony ...

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  31. GEELONG.

    At a meeting of the Geelong Water Trust on Friday evening the tender of Messrs. John Danks and Co. was accepted for the supply of 25 tons of 4 inch pipes, the price ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    Flour has made a decided drop. It is now quoted at £9, which is a fall of 30 per ton. ...

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  33. NHILL, Friday.

    On Wednesday night, when Dr. Shanasy, of Nhill, was paying a call in the Dimboola shire, his buggy struck a gutter, 3 feet deep, which had been made to receive a ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. INDIGNANT JUDGES.

    The case of Spencer v. the Registrar of Titles, for the assessment of damages against the Crown for erroneously giving a purchase title to a Perth city block which ...

    Article : 150 words
  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    The annual report of the Hospitals and Charitable Aid department shows that the expenditure last year on hospitals was £210,780, charitable aid £104,416. These ...

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  36. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

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  37. CASTLEMAINE.

    At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. E. D. Williams and Dr. Woolley, J's.P., a girl named Ethel May Bray was charged with abandoning her newly born ...

    Article : 114 words
  38. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    The Government, through the Closer Settlement Board, has purchased the following properties, close to Shepparton:-770 acres, from Mr. H. R. Gillett, "Warenda" ...

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  39. AMAZING " WILD WEST" EXPLOIT.

    An outrage savoring of the Wild West, rather than of one of the busiest eastern cities, was perpetrated last month in the very heart of Boston. A barroom in which ...

    Article : 139 words
  40. WATER SUPPLY TENDERS

    Tenders have been received by the Water Supply department for the construction of portion of the Rodney channel, between the minor outlet of the Waranga reservoir und the Bray channel. The work ...

    Article : 104 words
  41. ILLEGAL FISHING.

    The fisheries inspector, Mr. J. H. Rowson, in consequence of the numerous complaints made, has been giving some attention to the rivers in this district. After ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. OH HUNTING.

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  43. HIGH PRICES FOR MEAT.

    The charge of conspiracy against the committee of the Retail Butchers' Association, brought by J. D. Sketchley on account of tho stoppage of his meat supplies ...

    Article : 160 words
  44. MAGISTRATE AND SENIOR CONSTABLE.

    A breezy altercation took place on Friday at the police court. After the shire election on Thursday Senior Constable Lillis arrested a man for creating a disturbance ...

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  45. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    There are some enthusiastic volunteers among the A Company, Victorian Rangers. One member walks in nine miles each week to attend drill, and walks back to ...

    Article : 68 words
  46. ROCHESTER STOCK SALE.

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  47. NEW OIL SYNDICATE.

    A wealthy syndicate, including representatives of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, has been formed to compete with the American oil trust in Europe. The new ...

    Article : 54 words
  48. COUNTRY FOOTBALL.

    NEWSTED.-In the Hastie competition, Joyce's Creek beat Muckleford, and won the competition. They lost only one game during the season; Muckleford lest 2; Campbelltown, 4; whilst Sandon ...

    Article : 38 words
  49. SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.

    At the annual meeting of the chamber of commerce held at the Beehive Exchange to-night, a resolution was carried to the effect that it was inadvisable for ...

    Article : 117 words
  50. COURSING.

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  51. THE MACAULAY FUND.

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  52. A MOTOR CAR BURNED.

    When Mr. William Solly, of 77 Albion-street, West Brunswick, went to diagnose some defect in his motor car last night he took a lighted candle with him, and as ...

    Article : 133 words
  53. RAILWAY REVENUE.

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  54. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    James Michael Gaynor, Ruchworth, laborer Causes of insolvency: Want of remunerative employment, high price of horse feed, death of stock and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £83 116: ...

    Article : 79 words
  55. TREATMENT OF CADETS.

    Sir,-As an onlooker, I beg to state that the letter of "Cadet Supporter" in to-day's issue represents a much magnified view of a trifling inconvenience, one that is not ...

    Article : 73 words
  56. FIRES.

    ARARAT.-Messrs, Loates Brothers tenants of Yalla-Poona Estate, sustained serious loss on Wednesday, when their buildings and machinery, &c., were ...

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  57. THE HOUSING QUESTION.

    In pursuance of the policy of remodelling the city, the Fitzroy council lust evening adopted a recommendation of the health committee to declare two more houses unfit ...

    Article : 75 words
  58. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    BROADFORD.-The annual balance meet of the Broadford Daily Company shows a very satisfactory state of affairs for the year ended 30th June. 1908. In ...

    Article : 1,516 words
  59. Advertising

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  61. Advertising

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