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  2. LIGHTING THE CITY.

    At the meeting of the public works committee of the City Council on Tuesday it was decided that a memorandum prepared by the Town Clerk on the question of ...

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  3. BENDIGO CREEK.

    A conference of delegates from the five municipalities into listed in the reclamation of Bendigo Creek, in order to cope with the sludge nuisance in Huntly shire, which ...

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  4. SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

    The Royal Agricultural show was officially opened to-day by the State Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland). The weather was beautifully fine. The council of the ...

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  5. PREVENTING UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Representatives of the Liberal Workers' Institute waited on the Minister of Public Works yesterday, and urged that the Ministry's work for the prevention of ...

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  6. POULTRY PLUCKERS.

    The anticipated strike of poultry pluckers began in real earnest yesterday. About seven firms are affected, and it is estimated that over 80 men ceased work. The firms ...

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  7. WORK AND WAGES.

    A federal log of wages and conditions has been served by the Federated Hotel and Caterers' Employes' Union on employers in Victoria and South Australia. The log ...

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  8. NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

    At the annual meeting of the Victorian Institute of Engineens, held a st evening at the institute rooms, Swanston-street, the president, Mr. John Monash, delivered has ...

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  9. TRANSPORTING "BLACK" CHAFF.

    No trouble was expected in connection with the transit of chaff over the first section of the Wagga to Humula railway. Inquiries elicit the information that, although ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. ENFORCED UNIONISM.

    An attempt to enforce compulsory unionism in the building trade has resulted in a strike of 40 carpenter? employed at Miliars' Karri and Jarrah Company. Three ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. FILTER WORKERS' CLAIMS CONCEDED.

    Recently the men employed on Perth sewerage filter beds struck because the Minuter of Works. Mr Johnson, refused to raise their pay to 10 a day, offering 96. ...

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  12. STONE CUTTERS' WAGES.

    A curious position has arisen in the Stone Cutters' Wages Boars, and an amended determination has been issued without the approval of the employers representatives. ...

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  13. TILE WORKERS.

    The Victorian Tile and Mosaic Workers' Association is desirous of having a wages board stablished for the trade, and a deputation waited on Mr. Murphy, Chic[?] ...

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  14. IRON WORKERS WANTED.

    According to correspondence between the State Ministry and the firm of Thompson and Company Proprietary Ltd. of C[?]mane, a his been found ...

    Article : 613 words
  15. MIDNIGHT TRAIN OUTRAGE.

    On 21st January a sensation was caused by a brutal a [?]auit on Minnie Thomas, a married woman, in the midnight train between Perth and Fremantle. With her ...

    Article : 358 words
  16. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT BOARD.

    An objection has been lodged to the representative of en[?] nominated by the Minister of Labor for the Agricultural Implements Wages Board, and an ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. TIMBER WORKERS.

    Amalgamation proposals of a far-reaching character are to be considered at the annual conference of the Timber Workers' Union to be held in Sydney next ...

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  18. ATTITUDE OF EMPLOYERS.

    Mr. C. E. Eldridge, president of the Matter Mason's Association, said yesterday that the employers were astounded at the de[?]sion of the Minister of Labo[?] to gazette ...

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  19. IMPORTED CONSUMPTIVES.

    Further [?] shows the neglect of the immigration anther[?] to be been greater than at first supp[?]ed, and the state the at of the auth[?] published ...

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  20. MOUNT MACEDON ROAD.

    Mr. Robertson, M.L.A., yesterday introduced to the Minister of Public Works a deputation from the Gisborne shire council and Macedon residents regarding ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. QUARRYMEN'S BOARD.

    The Minister of Laten has received from Mr. J. Blair, chairman of the q[?]ty wages beard the [?]ended determination, which cones into force on 1st May. The working ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. "BALANCING."

    A unique pros[?]ction under the G[?] Act took place in the city police court [?] Wednesday before Mr. Goldsmiths. P.M. when Joseph M'Cormack was charged ...

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  23. TYPHOID IN KEW ASYLUM.

    Alter Attention was drawn in ''The Age" to the out[?] of typhoid in the Kew Asylum, and the manner in which [?] was disposed of, the Health department. ...

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  24. CONFECTIONERS WAGES BOARD.

    Mr. N. Moote, P.M., has [?] to the Minister of La[?] the [?]ended deter[?]stion of the confection [?] wages board, which [?] into force on 7th May. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. ALLEGED CHEQUE FORGERY.

    A [?] of alleged forgery and uttering, involving a substantial sum, was brought under the notice of the Criminal Investigation branch ...

    Article : 239 words
  26. HOUSES WASHED INTO SEA.

    Heavy rain, a gale and rough sea caused much damage at Hokitika. At one point the sea a increased 70 feet. Nearly all the houses in Revell-street and portion of an ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. COUNTRY BUTCHERS.

    Yesterday master butchers of Ballarat waited on Mr. Murphy, Chief Inspector of Factories, in the absence of the Minister of Lai[?] (Sir Alexander Pe[?]ok), and ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

    An action for the return of £[?]0 and the cancellation of a partnership agreement was dealt with in the County Court yesterday by Judge Moule. ...

    Article : 303 words
  29. TEMPORARILY PARALYSED.

    The shock of being temporarily p[?]lysed was yesterday sustained by Samuel Gration, a City Council employe, who [?] at 431 Hoddle-street, Abbotsford. Gration ...

    Article : 167 words
  30. PIANOFORTE RECITAL.

    Last night at the Athenæum Hall a pianoforte recital was given by four pupils of Herr Eduard Scharf—"advanced pupils," the programme had it, and certainly not ...

    Article : 306 words
  31. THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

    Sir,—Your remarks in to-day's issue concerning the above are most pertinent, and the long-suffering public will, I am sure, fervently hope that some good may ...

    Article : 298 words
  32. MEAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYES.

    At the [?] of the Meat [?]adustry Employes' Union on Tuesday eve[?]g, Mr. F. Pittard pre[?]ding, [?] were received from members in vation[?] parts of ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    Cecil Hohman Jackson, 35, residing with his father, who keeps a poultry farm at Grange-road, Alphington committed suicide in a determined manner yesterday at ...

    Article : 170 words
  34. JUMBUNNA AND AUSTRAL MINES.

    Meats. Murphy, Mathieson and Cook have approached the directors of the Jumbunna mine in connection with the trouble at Jumbunna, and have made a proposal ...

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  35. CLERKS' WAGES BOARD.

    Sir,—Mr. Thomas Hogg, of Messrs. Miller and Co., Little Collins-street, an employers' re-presentative on the Commercial Clerks' Wages Board since March, 1912. ...

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  36. PROSPECTING FOR PETROLEUM.

    A first at bitumen and petroleum was made recently by Mr. H. Jafirey on the Nu[?]bor P[?], north of the head of the Great Australian Bight. About 80,000 square miles of these [?] ...

    Article : 77 words
  37. TELEPHONE FROM BRISBANE TO SYDNEY.

    The chamber of commerce to-day appointed a deputation to wait on the Deputy Postmater-General to urge the opening of direct telephone lines between ...

    Article : 39 words
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