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  2. HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.

    Representatives of the metropolitan charities formed a deputation to the Acting Premier yesterday relative to his proposal to standardise hospital supplies, with a ...

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  3. WORK AND WAGES.

    A deputation of livery stable employes was introduced yesterday to Mr. Watt, the Acting Premier, by Mr. Beazley M.L.A, The employes urged the necessity ...

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  4. " FRAUDULENT PRED[?]ERENCE."

    Reserved judgment on two insolvency applications, presenting peculiar features, in connection with the estate of Sydney Rupert Black, of Carrum, merchant and ...

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  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A report was received in Ballarat on Wednesday that foxes were playing havoc among the lambs in the Carngham district. Scares of valuable lambs have been lately ...

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  6. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    At Collingwood yesterday George West, laborer, who lived at Lwigridge-street, fell down the stairs at his home and broke his neck. West's son found his Father ...

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  7. PAY OF OUR SOLDIERS.

    Dissatisfaction of all arms of the permanent military forces was expressed by a representative deputation which yesterday asked the Acting Minister of Defence for ...

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  8. THE COAL VEND.

    The coal vend prosecutions were continued to-day, when the cross-examination of W. Brennan, secretary of the Colliery Employes' Federation, by Mr. Knox, K.C., ...

    Article : 324 words
  9. SOCIETY OF FREE WORKERS.

    Increased interest is daily being manifested among various sections of the working community in the new Society of Free Workers. Inquiries for particulars and ...

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  10. RESCUE OF HORSES FROM THE POUND.

    At the Maldon police court on Monday before Mr. A. Barlow, P.M.,and honor,ire magistrates, Walter Charles, a well known" farmer, of Bradford, was charged, on the ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. SUICIDE OF RAILWAY PENSIONER.

    Shortly before 6 a.m. on Tuesday a youthful baker's carter, named Charles Ham was on his way to work, proceeding along Droop-street, Footscray, when on a vacant ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. OLD MAN ASSAULTED

    Mr. Samuel Williams, sen., a well known resident of Brimim, was the victim of a cowardly assault last evening. It. is said he caught a man damaging his fencing. ...

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  13. BURNT TO DEATH.

    Mabel Mania Johnson, aged 22 years, living with her widowed mother on a farm at Sheep Hills, was burnt to death this morning. During the absence of Mrs. ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. WIRE WORKERS' WAGES.

    The Wire Workers' Board has forwarded an amended determination to the Minister. The general effect is to increase wages. Wire workers are to receive £2 ...

    Article : 129 words
  15. BUTTER FACTORY CLOSES.

    The Poowong Butter Factory Company which has been in existance for the past nieteen years caused poreation on monday last. The Korumburra factory had ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. BENDIGO.

    The divorce suit brought by AV. T. Stevens against Mb wife, Selina Ann Stevens, and joining AV. 11. Thomas as co-respondent, in which the jury had on the ...

    Article : 418 words
  17. PAPUAN NATIVES.

    Mr, L. L. Bell, chief inspector of the Department of Native Affairs in Papua, who accompanied Mr. Standford, Smith's recent expedition, lectured on his ...

    Article : 344 words
  18. A FOOLISH PERFORMANCE.

    A young lad named Herbert Sturgess, aged 14, spent a portion of Saturday in the difficult operation of trying to kick a football while standing on the bare back ...

    Article : 101 words
  19. LABOR SUPPLY COMMISSION.

    The Master Builders' Association decided not to be represented on the royal commission of labor supply. The Minister of Labor expressed surprise at the attitude ...

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  20. RIVERINA NEWS.

    The Balranald Pastures Protection Board brought prosecutions against Martin Thomas Byrne, Duncan Campbell M'lnnes and Tames Blackwood Turner, at the police ...

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  21. OPERATIVE PLUMBERS SOCIETY.

    At the meeting of the Operative Plumbers' Society on Tuesday evening a resolution was passed emphatically protesting against the action of the Metropolitan ...

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  22. A MINER KILLED.

    A serious accident occurred at the Burnt Greek Dredging Company's works, at Bromley, to one of the workmen named James Strain Peart. He was about to fire ...

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  23. AN ESSENTIAL FORMALITY NEGLECTED.

    At the sitting of the Municipal Appeal Court yesterday the police magistrate complained that the court had not been advertised, an oversight which stopped him ...

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  24. COOLIE LABOR FOR SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

    The tramp steamer Sutlej. hound from Calcutta to Fiji, called at Cairns to-day. She has 800 coolies inboard for the Islands. ...

    Article : 29 words
  25. CANE CUTTERS' STRIKE.

    The cane cutters oil strike at Ayr are still firm. The strikers assert that they will insist on their demands being granted, and that it is likely they will present an ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. OLD MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

    James White, an old resident of this neighborhood, whilst returning home from delivering a load of charcoal, fell from his cart about half 'a mile from Merino. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. HOTELKEEPER FINED.

    At the police court yesterday Georg: Morison, licensee of the Balranald Hotel was fined £2 and costs for permitting men to play with dice in his hotel. ...

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  28. HANDLING THE HARVEST.

    The number of hags of wheat at present standing on Victorian country stations is shown by the figures compiled for tile Railway department to he 1,600,021. Up till now as many as 7,021,450 ...

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  29. DRAGGING FOR A BODY.

    Dragging operations were continued yesterday by the police for the recovery of the body of Mr. Charles Rerden, who was drowned en Monday in the flood waters of ...

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  30. LETTERPRESS MACHINISTS' AWARD

    The Arbitration Court award for letterpress machinists (printing offices) provides fur a minimum of £3 5. for a week of 43 bourn day work and 44 hours night ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. AMUSEMENTS.

    In lieu of the usual reminder in the shape of a lengthy oratorio that art is long and life is short, the Philharmonic Society, at the concert in the Town Hall ...

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  32. THE FEEBLE MINDED.

    Hie training of feeble-minded children in Victoria is at lust to be systematically undertaken by the State as the outcome of inquiries made by d special committee of ...

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  33. FARMER FOUND DROWNED

    The body of Mr. John Law, a well-known farmer of South Morang, was found in a water hole on his fawn at South Morang on Sunday. At a magisterial inquiry a ...

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  34. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR.

    A crowd of 15,000 people assembled in Martin-place this morning when the Sheffield Choir bade farewell in song to Sydney from a temporary stand erected ...

    Article : 151 words
  35. POSTAL EARLY CLOSING.

    A method of relieving the general inconvenience being experienced in country towns by the early postal closing has been hit upon by an ingenious resident of ...

    Article : 409 words
  36. GEELONG.

    The polled are searching for a man who, under the name of "A. K. Johnson," is alleged to have passed a valueless cheque for £3 on Mr. Pettit, a local timber merchant, a few days ago. The man referred ...

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  37. SCARCITY OF LABOR.

    In respect to the dearth of skilled artisans, the president of the chamber of manufactures has written to the Acting Premier stating that the chamber has not ...

    Article : 159 words
  38. MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED.

    An accident having a fatal result happened yesterday to Robert Vincent, aged 20, a farmer, of Lillicur. Vincent left his home at midday for Maryborough, but was ...

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  39. NEEDS OF DUNMUNKLE SHIRE.

    A deputation from the Dunnumlde shire, introduced by Mr. Hutchinson, M.L.A., on Tuesday applied to the Acting Minister of Public Works for m grants towards the repair of damages done by ...

    Article : 121 words
  40. THE BUTCHERING TRADE.

    A statement was made at the meeting of the Butchers' Employes' Union on Tuesday evening that from time to. time numerous complaints had been made that employers ...

    Article : 279 words
  41. YEA AND BROADFORD REQUIREMENTS.

    The Acting Minister of Public Works was yesterday interviewed by a deputation from the Yea shire, accompanied by Messrs. Cookson and Argyle, M's.L.A., which asked for a pound for ...

    Article : 173 words
  42. DROWNED IN A GREEK.

    The body of Andrew Miller, who had been missing from his home since Sunday night was on Monday afternoon found in Cudgee Creek, midway between the town ...

    Article : 107 words
  43. AMERICAN MEAT TRUST.

    A letter, has been received here from an American union warning unionists in this country of the danger of the meat industry coming under the control of a ...

    Article : 149 words
  44. METAL POLISHERS AT NEWPORT SHOPS.

    Sir,--We desire to bring before public notice the conditions under which the metal polishers are employed at Newport workshops. Metal polishing under the best ...

    Article : 373 words
  45. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    The body of John Weatherall, formerly well, known as a bookmaker 30 years ago in all the Australian State was found in the River Torrens early yesterday. It ...

    Article : 59 words
  46. FOREST ROADS.

    The president of Colac shire (Cr. Ramsay) yesterday applied to the Acting Minister of Public Works for assistance in the construction of forest roads. Mr. Edgar raid the Cabinet had declined ...

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  47. WARRNAMBOOL.

    The police are investigating a rather serious robbery which has been committed at the local municipal museum Two valuable ancient pistols, and a revolver were ...

    Article : 192 words
  48. FARMER'S SPINE INJURED.

    Gustay Lippman, a fanner, of Woodside, died in the Adelaide hospital this afternoon from a fracture of the spine received in an accident yesterday. ...

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  49. A QUESTION OF RESPONSE BILITY

    Tim question of whether a person at the time of the commission of an offence was accountable for his actions was railed in an appeal which came before Acting Judge Gurner in the Court ...

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  50. PEARLING CUTTER FOUNDERED.

    The pearling cutter Thistle, owned by Thomas Black, foundered near Useless Inlet, Shark Bay, on Monday. Three Malays were aboard. One smaw ashore, but the ...

    Article : 40 words
  51. ENGINE DRIVERS AND FIREMEN.

    An agreement to extend over a period of three years has been arrived at between the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association and the Great Cobar ...

    Article : 261 words
  52. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    The conference of the Co-operative Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of New South Wales continued its sittings to-day; Mr. J. P. Kenny presiding. ...

    Article : 102 words
  53. A DESPONDENT FATHER.

    Thomas Large, aged 55, committed suicide to-day by banging, file bad been despondent ever since his son took his own like some months back by drowning, ...

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  54. REPERTORY THEATRE.

    Arrangements are now practically completed for the inaugural performances in connection with the Melbourne Repertory Theatre, at the Turn Verein Hall. On ...

    Article : 302 words
  55. WONTHAGGI.

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  56. TRAMWAYS CONTROL

    At the meeting of the Fort Melbourne branch A.N.A. on Tuesday" night discussion took place in regard to the future control of the. tramways and the adoption of ...

    Article : 213 words
  57. COMPLAINT BY PASSENGERS.

    Ninety third class passengers by R.M.S.. Zealandia on the last trip from Sydney to Vancouver have entered strongly worded protest against detentions on the ship ...

    Article : 69 words
  58. Advertising

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  59. FIRE AT ROCKHAMPTON.

    Early on Tuesday' O'Reilly's Hotel, at the corner of William and Alma streets, Rockhampton, was completely destroyed. The police were the first to discover the ...

    Article : 139 words
  60. EXPLOSION CAUSES FIRE.

    A fire occurred fit the paint works, Lower Hawkesbury, and completely destroyed' a building grinding a grinding mill and machinery, valued at over £1000. ...

    Article : 54 words
  61. WILLVNGA SLATE QUARRIES.

    The Government Geologist, in a report on Wiliunga slate quarries now in the hands of Melbourne owners, states that the supply is practically inexhaustible, ...

    Article : 62 words
  62. SADDLERY BOARD.

    An amended determination has been received by the Minister of Labor from the Saddlery Board: It is based to a large extent on the resolutions carried at the ...

    Article : 115 words
  63. OPIUM SMOKING DEN RAIDED.

    Ah Sim, a Chinse had been arrested by Sergea[?] Corby at Campaspe West, was before the police court yesterday on a charge of[?]avmg opium in his ...

    Article : 90 words
  64. PUBLIC TENDERS.

    The following are successful tenderers for contracts with the Public Works department:--Clearing and farming 40 chains Bullumwaal-Taberabbera road, from eight miles to eight miles ...

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  65. UNSUCCESSFUL OPPOSITION TO A LOAN.

    A poll took place to-day in connection with the objection lodged by the South tiding ratepayers against the Borung shire floating a Joan of £41000 for metalling the ...

    Article : 140 words
  66. Advertising

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    Advertising : 194 words
  67. Advertising

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