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  2. AMUSEMENTS.

    For the opening week of the new year the programme at the Opera House contains a number of especially interesting and entertaining "turns." Some of them ...

    Article : 239 words
  3. PAPUAN EXPLORATIONS.

    It is only now that the full truth about the explorations conducted in Papua by the administrator, Mr. Staniforth Smith, is finding the light. The point was raised ...

    Article : 755 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    About £6000 has been received at the sub- trasury at Ballarat in connection with the renewal of publicans licences. During the rush for licences in the forenoon a ...

    Article : 546 words
  5. WORK AND WAGES.

    The enactment of Industrial legislation during recent years has led to an increase of unionism, and in no period has that in crease been more marked than in the year ...

    Article : 1,251 words
  6. LONDON NOTES.

    In connection with the proposed electrification of the Melbourne railways, it is interesting to note that the direct current ("third rail") system of traction has ...

    Article : 1,676 words
  7. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 483 words
  8. CHAMPION SCULLER ATTACKED.

    Richard Arnst, the champion sculler, is at present in a private hospital at Manly suffering from the effects of a brutal attack made upon him by some drunken brawlers. ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT CONCERT.

    Mr. John M' Cermack's popular ballad concert this evening at the Exhibition Building is already an assured success. The famous Irish tenor will sing English, Irish ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. BOWLING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 473 words
  11. M' VEA- LANGFORD BOXING CONTEST

    The concert hall of the Exhibition was almost filled in Saturday night, when pictures of the M'Vea- Langford boxing match in Sydney were shown. The biography ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  12. ARMED BURGLARS IN SYDNEY.

    Armed burglars are becoming a menace to peaceful householders, as recently several such gentry have been met with. The police have several men under surveillance ...

    Article : 308 words
  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—In reference to certain statements appearing in your issue of to-day regarding an alleged "remarkable position in the hair dressing trade," the statements ...

    Article : 362 words
  14. MAIN ROADS AND WHEEL TAX.

    Sir,—The description, construction and maintenance of main roads are now under discussion and serious consideration by the Ministry and the various local governing ...

    Article : 467 words
  15. BENDIGO.

    According to returns prepared by Inspector J. E. M'Coll, who recently succeeded Mr. W. Abraham as Government mining inspector for the Bendigo district, ...

    Article : 383 words
  16. AIKMAN TROPHY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  17. SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS.

    The annual distribution of prizes took place in the Prahran town held on Tuesday evening, 19th inst. The mayor of Prahran (Cr. H. A. Austin Embling) presided. An entertainment was, given by ...

    Article : 494 words
  18. WOOL SORTING.

    Sir:—As one of those who have attended the Working Men's College with a view of learning this profession, I wish to endorse the remarks of your correspondent ...

    Article : 276 words
  19. WIN FOR VICTORIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  20. WHARF LABORERS' WAGES.

    About a fortnight ago a ballot of the members of the Melbourne Wharf Laborers' Union was taken on the question of increased wages and it was then decided ...

    Article : 620 words
  21. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    Rifle clubs in the metropolitan area are taking things easy during the Christmas and New Year time. Trophy competitions have for the time being ceased, and members are devoting themselves ...

    Article : 566 words
  22. GEELONG.

    Though bookings at the local railway station was brisk on Saturday, receipts were slightly lower than those for the corresponding date of last year, the total ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—Your article re shire councils and the roads question is to the point, is just and its censure of the various bodies concerned is not one bit too severe, but I am ...

    Article : 344 words
  24. DEAF AND DUMB CONGRESS.

    The serious business of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Association's annual congress having been satisfactorily concluded, about 60 delegates and members Were ...

    Article : 488 words
  25. CASTLEMAINE.

    The indeterminate sentenced prisoners in the local reformatory gaol were last night addressed by Mr. W. Groom, of the Melbourne Excelsior Homo, who gave them ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. WARRNAMBOOL.

    It is estimated that there have been considerably over 1500 tourists visiting Warrnambool during the holiday season. The number of arrivals by train from all parts ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. THE POLICE COURTS.

    Thomas Callaghan, of Blackwood, and David Spencer, of Leongatha, came to Melbourne for Christmas. Following their usual bent, they alternated the pleasures of sightseeing with drinking, ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. FINED FOR ASSAULTING A SCHOOL BOY.

    The police magistrate inflicted a severe fine on a man named Thomas Dawson for violently assaulting a school boy during a public performance at the picture gardens. ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. THE HAIR DRESSING TRADE.

    In accordance with a resolution passed by the Australian Hair Dressers' and Wig Makers' Association, the public will be called upon by members of that ...

    Article : 743 words
  30. WHEAT CROP COMPETITION.

    Mr. W. H. Halpin, secretary of the Beaufort Agricultural Society, has just received from Mr. Smith, chief field officer of the Department of Agriculture, the result of ...

    Article : 110 words
  31. JUVENILE HOUSEBREAKERS.

    The arrest by Plain Clothes Constable Koectsveld on Friday last of two lads of 12—whose names are now on the charge list of the Children's Court— has thrown light upon a succession of suburban ...

    Article : 318 words
  32. CRIPPLE FINED FOR ASSAULT.

    Henry Harvey, aged 18, who laid had one leg amputated, appeared at Richmond court on Saturday to answer a charge of assault upon John Uoleman licensee of the Station Hotel, ...

    Article : 283 words
  33. CHARGE OF RECEIVING.

    A young man named Horace Rupert Rill was arrested at South Melbourne on Friday by Detective Mulfahey, on a charge of feloniously receiving between 18th September and 2nd October a ...

    Article : 84 words
  34. UNFINANCIAL UNION MEMBERS.

    In accordance with a resolution carried at its last half yearly meeting, the Melbourne Wharf Laborers' Union has decided that all unfinancial members shall, after to-day, ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. SYDNEY CITY FINANCES.

    The city council's finances for the year show the substantial surplus of £20,392. ...

    Article : 24 words
  36. FIRES.

    BALLARAT:—On Saturday night an eight- roomed dwelling in Clyde- lane. Ballarat North, owned and occupied by Henry Brittain, a railway employe, was destroyed ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. A BALACLAVA BURGLARY.

    Charles Callander and James Callander, compostors, were charged at St. Kilda on Friday with having in company broken into the dwelling house of George Dorn, and stolen therefrom a gold ...

    Article : 220 words
  38. INFANT'S BODY FOUND IN LAGOON.

    A gruesome discovery was made in the Wollandry Lagoon, a sheet of water running through the centre of the town. Some school children were making a target of a ...

    Article : 93 words
  39. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    BEECHWORTH:- The Milawa Dairy Co. reports its returns for November as very good. It received 278,835 gallons of milk, manufactured 53 tons butter, 40% tons of which were consigned ...

    Article : 468 words
  40. FUEL AND FODDER TRADES' UNION.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Fuel and Fodder Trades Union on Thursday evening, Some dissatisfaction was expressed in regard to an adverts decision by Mr. Rord Murphy, P.M., ...

    Article : 322 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 19 words
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