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  2. THE MEASLES OUTBREAK.

    The case of the steamer Irishman has drawn attention to a curious question of quarantine. In the first conferences of the health and quarantine officers and the ...

    Article : 640 words
  3. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Holman) commented to-day on the protest that is being organised by the Liberal party against the State Government's refusal to ...

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  4. WORK AND WAGES

    The dispute on the question of day work in the bakery trade was further considered at a conference of the Master Bakers' Association and the Operative Bakers' ...

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  5. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Insomnia seems to have been the cause of the suicide of William Edmund Knaggs, 35, a tyre tester, who died in the Alfred Hospital on 3rd inst. ...

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  6. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The Ballarat Water Commission has notified the local municipalities that owing to the prevailing drought the outlook at the reservoirs has become very serious, and ...

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  7. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

    [?] Rain. [?]Thunderstorm. Wind.-Light--Moderate--Fresh--Strong Breeze--Fresh Gate--. R. Rout. M.Moderate.S.Smooth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. WINCHMAN'S FATAL INJURY.

    Lancelot Slamon (62), a watchman, lately living at Station-street, Port Melbourne, whose right leg was injured through being caught on a wire rope while ...

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  9. HAIR DRESSERS' STRIKE.

    The trouble in the hair dressing trade underwent a new development yesterday when the president (Mr. Grosse) and the secretary (Mr. Duncan) of the Employes' ...

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  10. FOUND DROWNED AT ST. KILDA.

    At a coronial inquiry yesterday concerning the death of James Renton, (31), a hackney carriage driver, whose body was found near the water's edge at Beacons ...

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  11. BENDIGO.

    The action which has been instituted by Mrs. James, widow of a farmer, residing at Kamarooka, against the Marong shire council for the recovery of £3000 ...

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  12. A LACKADAISICAL STORM.

    The long expected and eagerly desired rain storm, which the meteorologists have been watching for since the end of last week, seems to have gone on strike. It ...

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  13. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The now high pressure arm that was shown on Wednesday's chart just overlap, ping the western coast of the continent made considerable progress eastward ...

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  14. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR.

    A boy, aged six, named Reginald Coon, son of Mr. Alfred Coon, was running across Smith-street, Colling wood, in the vicinity of his parents' ...

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  15. FUEL AND FODDER TRADES.

    At the meeting of the Fuel and Fodder Trades Employes' Union on Wednesday evening complaints wore made regarding the delay of the fuel and fodder section ...

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  16. PRICE OF BREAD.

    The price of bread has gone up in Sydney, where it is now 3½d. for the 2 lb, loaf, or 7d. for the 4-lb loaf, and Melbourne is almost sure to fall into line in the course ...

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  17. GEELONG.

    A man named Lewis Cook, who lived alone off Corio-street, was found dead in the house on Thursday. He was lying face downward on the floor. He was last seen ...

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  18. PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE.

    A little boy of 6 years named Archie Barnes, son of A. W. Barnes, selector, residing near Rosberry, whilst playing with a dynamite cartridge yesterday, exploded it ...

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  19. BENDIGO MINERS' GRIEVANCES.

    The fortnightly meeting of the committee of the local branch of the Miners' Association was held at the Trades Hall tonight, Mr. W. Harris, vice-president, ...

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  20. MALLEE WATER SUPPLY.

    Several tanks in the mallee country on which settlers depend for their water supply have had their capacity reduced by s[?]tation. Directions have been given by the Water Commission for a ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. THE RAILWAYS.

    Within the last ton years the goods and live, stock traffic of the Railway department has increased by over 1,000,000 tons. In 1002 it produced a revenue of £1,719,462, ...

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  22. PILFERING FROM WHARFS.

    No finality has been reached yet by the patrol committee of the Melbourne Harbor Trust in its deliberations regarding the prevention of wharf pillage. A meeting ...

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  23. CASTLEMAINE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  24. YESTERDAY'S BAROMETER (Corrected)

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  25. DOES A BREAD RING EXIST?

    At the Labor Council meeting to-night Mr. W. L. Duncan (Clerks' Union) drew attention to the rise in the price of bread. He claimed that a bread ring existed, and ...

    Article : 278 words
  26. MARINE STORES BOARD.

    A deputation of marine store dealers on 31st January last pointed out to the Minister of Labor that under the Marine Stores Act they could not open their shops ...

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  27. FORECASTS.

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  28. SOME EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT.

    Stock trains conveying sheep and cattle are running almost' daily on the northeastern line, from the northern parts and Riverina, owing to the continued drought ...

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  29. ACTION BY MINISTER OF HEALTH.

    The Minister of Health said yesterday that he considered that the difficulty experienced in dealing with the Irishman's passengers was a serious matter, and he ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. WONTHAGGI.

    The secretary of the local Traders' Association has received from the Premier, through Mr. Downward, M.L.A., a letter, in the following terms:--"In reference to ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. THE QUARANTINED IMMIGRANTS.

    Sir,--The various church immigration agencies are very anxious that the immigrants of the steamer Irishman while in quarantine should be kept supplied with ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. ROSSTOWN RAILWAY.

    A petition, signed by 6000 residents of Elsternwick, Garden Yale, O[?]nond and surrounding districts has been prepared to petition the Railway Commissioners to ...

    Article : 98 words
  33. INDEPENDENT WORKERS' FEDERATION.

    At the monthly meeting of the Independent Workers' Industrial Council on Wednesday, Mr. J. T. Packer reviewed in an official report the progress of the ...

    Article : 220 words
  34. SUCCESSFUL ASPARAGUS FARM.

    That land on the Kooweerup Swamp can be turned to more profitable account than growing potatoes has been demonstrated by Mr. Roxborough, who, although a busy ...

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  35. FEDERATED LABOR.

    The policy and principles of the New Zealand Federation of Labor have now, according to the national organiser of that body (Mr. R. Semple), spread in Australia. ...

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  36. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

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  37. THORNBURY BRICK WORKS.

    A largely attended public meeting was held in the Thornbury public hall last night to protest further against the establishment of brick works at Thornbury. Cr. ...

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  38. MAJOR PLANETS.--May 10.

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  39. TOCUMWAL TO FINLEY LINE.

    A deputation waited on the Minister for Works to-day respecting the construction of a railway line from Tocumwal to Finley. ...

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  40. EXTENSIVE LOSSES IN SYDNEY.

    The large business firms of Sydney are in a state of uneasiness owing to extensive shipping robberies. The greatest precautions are taken, but goods disappear with ...

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  41. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

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  42. TRADES HALL COUNCIL.

    Mr. P. J. Brandt (Batters) moved at the meeting of the Trades Hall Council yesterday evening that a committee of seven be appointed to make a thorough ...

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  43. COUNTER LUNCH QUESTION.

    Mr. J. R. Snowball, organising secretary of the United Hotelkeepers' Association, stales that the question of the abolition of counter lunches and whether the prices of ...

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  44. FIRES.

    KILMORE.--It is somewhat remarkable to have to record a bush fire in the month of May, but one broke out on Wednesday afternoon on the property of Mr. M. J. ...

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  45. THE LADIES' TOTE.

    At the annual meeting of Tattersall s Club to-night, Mr. H. W. Varley, in seconding the motion for the adoption of the report, urged that the committee ...

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  46. THE SEPARATOR INDUSTRY.

    Sir,--Before coming to Australia I was under the impression that high wages were paid in the engineering trade. I am a fitter, and have a knowledge of separators. ...

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  47. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    At a late hour lust evening the Trades Hail Council received a deputation of four unemployed, who came to offer a contradiction of statements made in "The Age" as ...

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  48. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR MELBOURNE.

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  49. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  50. MISSING FROM A TRAVELLER'S BUGGY.

    On 25th April T. H. Yuel, a traveller, employed by Messrs. Levy Bros., warehousemen, of Lonsdale-street, left his horse and buggy at the corner Collins end Elizabeth streets while he ...

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  51. TRADESMEN FALL OUT.

    Before Messrs. Showers, Grigg and S[?]adden. J's.P., at the Fitzroy court yesterday, Walter William Mercer, plumber, proceeded against Charles Stuart Thorburn, carpenter, for assault on 28th ...

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  52. GIRL FATALLY BURNED.

    A little girl named Dorothy Alary Catherine Lovell, aged 9, daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. Richard Lovell, of Lower Longley, was burned to death in ...

    Article : 137 words
  53. HOTEL AND CATERERS' EMPLOYES.

    There was very little, if any, change yesterday in the position arising out of the employers' demands for boarding-in charges against those employes affected by ...

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  54. INFANT'S BODY AT PUMPING STATION.

    Recently at a meeting held to discuss a proposition to establish a new foundling hospital, some comment was made on the subject of bod[?] of infants being found at the pumping station at ...

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  55. BOUND AND GAGGED.

    Just about dark yesterday evening, the attention of Mrs. Myers, of Loch-street, St. Kilda, was attracted to what appeared to be the inert form of a woman lying on the verandah of a house ...

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  56. LOW LIST.-- THIS DAY.

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  57. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--The dissatisfaction being displayed by some of the employes re the determination of the hotelkeepers and caterers in charging 15 per week for board and lodging ...

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  58. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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  59. EMPIRE DAY.

    In response to the circulars sent out by the Education department asking what stops were being taken to provide for the proper celebration of Empire day, the mayor of Brighton on Monday ...

    Article : 93 words
  60. UNION SHIPPING COMPANY.

    WELLINGTON.--The Union Shipping Company has declared an interim dividend of 9½d per snare. ...

    Article : 147 words
  61. Advertising

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  62. OBSERVANCE AT KEW.

    Arrangements have been completed by the Kew council for the observance of Empire day. In the morning there will be a muster of school children and cadets in front of the town hall ...

    Article : 98 words
  63. Advertising

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