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  2. OVERLAPPING CHARITIES.

    The reasons upon which the committee of management of the Melbourne Hospital based its proposal to establish special department in the institution for the ...

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  3. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    An At Homo to meet her Excellency the Countess of Dudley was given at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by the Lady Mayoress. Mrs. Burston. The majority of ...

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  4. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A fatal accident occurred yesterday at Liberty Flat, between Taradale and Malmsbury. A youth named John M'Cracken, in company with a young man named ...

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  5. THE CADET MATINEE.

    Her Majesty's Theatre presented a unique sight yesterday afternoon when, on the invitation of the management, close on 1800 cadets were packed into its huge ...

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  6. SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.

    A great deal of dissatisfaction exists amongst the shopkeepers of Prahran-- especially amongst the smaller traders--at the change of the weekly half holiday from ...

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  7. CAN WE BUILD WAR VESSELS?

    A party comprising the chief president, Mr. A. A. Peverell, and the board of directors of the Australian Natives' Association visited Williamstown yesterday. The ...

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  8. ELECTRIC LIGHT IN SUNBURY.

    By the simple process of operating a lever on a switchboard the' Premier, Mr. Murray, last night illuminated the whole of Sunbury with electric light. The ...

    Article : 550 words
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  10. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  11. MAN'S NECK BROKEN.

    A man named Patrick Sheehan was caught in the belting of the machinery at Hannan's Consols mine this morning and was killed instantly. He was dragged ...

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  12. ESTATE AGENTS IN FAVOR.

    At the instance of land and estate agents in the metropolitan area, the Shopkeepers' Saturday Half Holiday Association convened a meeting of agents and auctioneers ...

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  13. A BOY INJURED.

    On Monday a lad named Ernest Williams fell from a building frame in the shire reserve and sustained very painful injuries to his head. His condition is serious. ...

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  14. BURNING FATALITY.

    All old lady named Mrs. Johansen, of Swan Reach, met with a dreadful accident on Monday from the effects of which she died in the hospital early this morning. ...

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  15. WEATHER NOTES.

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  16. ETHICS OF FOOTBALL.

    The case of James Cowell, who had made certain charges against the St. Kilda club, came up at a meeting of the permit and umpire committee of the League last night on an ...

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  17. A CELLARMAN'S SUICIDE.

    The Wangunyan police received word yesterday that a man named peterson, cellarman at All saints vineyard, had committed suicide. With his family he retired early ...

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  18. ALLEGED FRAUDS.

    Septimus Walter Smith, a South African journalist, was again before the Water Police Court to-day charged on warrant with fraud at Capetown, South Africa. ...

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  19. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

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  20. A PLUMBER ELECTROCUTED.

    A young man named Thomas Burnett was electrocuted this evening in Hunterstreet. He was in the employ of a plumbing firm, and was engaged in cleaning out ...

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  21. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    Mr. Crouch gave notice of the following motion in the House of Representatives yesterday:-- That in the opinion of this House the ...

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  22. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

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  23. LIBEL ACTION.

    At the Christchurch court W. T. Stringer, K.C., Crown Prosecutor, obtained a verdict for £2000 damages against Mr. Norton's newspaper "Truth" for libel. ...

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  24. LOCAL OPTION IN THE WEST.

    Last session the Government passed a temporary measure providing that no new liquor licences should be issued until Parliament had dealt with the licensing laws. ...

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  25. BUTCHERS EMPLOYES OBJECT.

    At a largely attended meeting of the Federated Butchers' Employes' Union on Tuesday night the following motion was carried unanimously:-- ...

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  26. NATIONAL DEFENCE AGAINST DISEASE.

    Sir,--In your issue of 25th, under the initials "J.S.," appears one of the most selfish and heartless epistles it has ever been my lot to read. Has "J.S." risen ...

    Article : 314 words
  27. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

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  28. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

    LILLYDALE.--The opening meet of the Yarra Glen and Lillydale Hunt Club took place on Wednesday afternoon at the kennels. There was a fair muster of followers. The throw off was ...

    Article : 203 words
  29. CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS.

    Signor Sutto, of the Pathe Freres cinematograph firm, with Which the Federal Government has made a contract for films illustrative of Australian life, passed ...

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  30. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

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  31. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  32. SOUTH MELBOURNE MARKET.

    At last night's meeting of the South Melbourne city council it was decided, on the recommendation of the public works committee, to in future hold the local market on Wednesdays and Fridays ...

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  33. ALLEGED POISONING.

    Mr. Charles Edwards, licensee of the Corrimal Family Hotel, after drinking a glass of ginger ale at lunch yesterday, became very ill. A doctor administered an ...

    Article : 86 words
  34. FOOTBALL.

    Umpires for Saturday next, 29th May:--Williamstown v. Footscray, at Williamstown; field, Villain; boundary, Harris and Chaffers; goal, Appleby and Duke. Northcote v. Essendon, at Croxion Park; ...

    Article : 159 words
  35. PENGUIN RELIEF FUND.

    The relief fund in aid of the relatives of those who perished in the wreck of the steamer Penguin some few months ago has now reached over £6000. ...

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  36. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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  37. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--If anything were lacking to emphasise the wisdom and the magnificent humanity of the proposal made in your issue of last Saturday to nationalise the ...

    Article : 538 words
  38. LATE MINING NEWS.

    ST. ARNAUD.--At the Lord Nelson mine the rise from the 2085 feet level has been holed through to the winze from the 1930 feet level. An air connection will thus be given to the two ...

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  39. A SOLICITOR STRUCK OFF.

    Walter John Dent, solicitor, was struck off the rolls this morning by the Full Court. Respondent pleaded guilty at Forbes Quarter Sessions in November last ...

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  40. HOODLUMS AT WEST FOOTSCRAY.

    A deputation of residents and the mayor and councillors of Footscray, introduced to the Premier in his capacity of Chief Secretary by Mr. Warde, M.L.A., yesterday urged the desirability of ...

    Article : 243 words
  41. COUNTRY FOOTBALL.

    MOE.--Central West Gippsland Association.-- Moe 0.8 heat Drouin 3.5; Yarragon 7.10 beat Thorpdale 5.8. ...

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  42. BILLIARDS.

    The professional tournament was continued at Alcock's parlor last night, the players being A. Sheppard (receives 205) and W. Shaddock (receives 245). The result was--Shaddock, 800; Sheppard ...

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  43. A QUESTION OF COURTESY.

    The Geelong branch of the Political Labor Council recently wrote to Mr. F. Tate, Director of Education, inviting him to deliver a lecture in Geelong on Technical ...

    Article : 134 words
  44. INTER-UNIVERSITY TENNIS.

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  45. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Sir,--I have been waiting for months to get land in the Fumina district, but for some mysterious reason it is withheld from occupation by the bone and sinew of our ...

    Article : 315 words
  46. THE INCREASE OF LUNACY.

    Sir,--Noticing a movement on the part of the Board of Public Health to restrict the treatment of mental cases in private hospitals, one is driven, in view of the facts ...

    Article : 117 words
  47. ABOLITION OF STATE GOVERNORS.

    A discussion took place at the meeting of the Woodend branch of the A.N.A. on the question of the abolition of the office of State Governor. The following resolution ...

    Article : 90 words
  48. POLITICAL LABOR COUNCIL METHODS.

    Sir,--In your issue of the 22nd Mr. Hume Cook, M.P., makes a statement that at a meeting of the Brunswick Branch of the P.L.C. held some time ago a resolution ...

    Article : 134 words
  49. A THRIFTY NIGHT WATCHMAN.

    A night watchman in the employ of the Union Steamship Co., named Bendiks Olsen, aged 72, was found dead on the floor of the company's office, South Wharf ...

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  50. SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

    The annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon and presided over by the Lord Mayor. The annual report of the ...

    Article : 203 words
  51. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

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  52. HACKNEY SHOOTING CASE.

    Henry Viant, aged 45, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of shooting Alice Keith on 17th May at Hackney, bail being allowed in two sureties of £2000. ...

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