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  2. STATE ELECTIONS.

    The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has issued a writ for the return of a member to fill the Polwarth seat, left vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. G. ...

    Article : 55 words
  3. PRICES OF COMMODITIES.

    Though the Federal price fixing authority does not contemplate increasing the retail price of milk, which is 5½d. a quart, an effort is to be made to bring the producers ...

    Article : 421 words
  4. INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.

    In the Arbitration Court yesterday Mr. Justice Powers delivered his proposed award in the plaint of the Federated Carters and Drivers' Union against ...

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  5. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    The Director-General of Recruiting left Melbourne yesterday for New South Wales. He intends to speak at a meeting in Sydney to-day. His visit to New ...

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  6. GENERAL NEWS.

    Notwithstanding the fact that many roads in the Bright district were badly damaged and several bridges were washed away by the recent heavy rainfall, the road ...

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  7. THE WHEAT "POOL."

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  8. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

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  9. SHIP BUILDING IN AUSTRALIA.

    Favorable reports continue to be received regarding the attitude of the unions towards the ship-building proposals of the Federal Government. Several of the unions ...

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  10. LABOR SELECTIONS.

    BALLARAT.—The Political Labor Council has received nominations for selection as follows in the Labor interest in connection with the next State Parliamentary ...

    Article : 104 words
  11. MARRIED MEN'S OFFER.

    The offer to enlist for active service made by two married men (as announced in yesterday's issue), provided they were each given £10 to liquidate some of their ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. Legislative Council.

    Nominations of candidates for the seat for the East Yarra province of the Legislative Council, left vacant by the death of Mr. R. Beckett, closed yesterday. There ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    In spite of the generally unfavorable aspect of the chart as regards rain, some falls occurred even within the areas of highest pressure. One of these falls covered ...

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  14. COUNTRY NEWS

    In the city court on Tuesday William Reece, licensee of the Bunch of Grapes Hotel, was fined £5 on a charge of having the bar door open during prohibited hours. ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. A WANING RESPONSE.

    Owing mainly to a greatly decreased number of enlistments in New South Wales, the enrolments recorded in the Commonwealth last week fell 66 below the ...

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  16. WHEAT STORAGE.

    The preparation of the Victorian Wheat Storage Bill, to carry out the scheme of storage agreed on by the Federal and State Ministers, has been entrusted to the1 ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. CR. RUSSELL AT HAWTHORN.

    Cr. P. J. Russell, mayor of Hawthorn, who is contesting the East Yarra province seat in the Legislative Council, addressed a meeting in the Hawthorn town ...

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  18. GEELONG.

    Geelong city council on Tuesday refused the application of Geelong Harbor Trust for permission to slaughter at the Corio Quay. The local butchers objected because ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. SULPHATE OF AMMONIA.

    Sulphate of ammonia has been proclaimed a necessary commodity for the purposes of the War Precautions (Prices) Regulations. ...

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  20. YESTERDAY'S BAROMETER (Connected.)

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  21. QUEENSLAND SUGAR.

    BRISBANE.—The Premier addressed a meeting of sugar growers at Mackay on Monday night. Mr. Ryan said the people had already begun to learn from the ...

    Article : 232 words
  22. FORECASTS.

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  23. MR. HUGHES "GOING AHEAD."

    SYDNEY.—The Prime Minister had a long interview on Tuesday with Mr. King Salter, the general manager of the Cockatoo naval dock yard, in connection with the ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. CASTLEMIAINE.

    Rev. E. Taylor, who is leaving Australia to take up mission work in Madagascar, for the London Missionary Society, was on Monday night farewelled by the members ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. TOWN HALL ENLISTMENTS.

    At the Melbourne Town Hall recruiting depot yesterday 21 volunteers from the metropolitan area and 7 from country portions of the State were examined. The ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. ECHUCA.

    The mayor of Ballarat city (C. W. D. Hill) has been nominated by Echuca borough council for the vacancy on the Country Fire Brigades Board caused by ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. THE "ONE WOMAN ONE RECRUIT" LEAGUE

    An appeal is made to all women throughout the State to join the above league, which is officially recognised by the State Recruiting Committee. The only ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

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  29. THE DETERMINATION OF BRITAIN

    AUCKLAND.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Massey, and Sir Joseph Ward were accorded an enthusiastic civic reception at the town hall on their return from England. ...

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  30. MAJOR PLANETS.—June 27.

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  31. DIVIDEND OF SIXPENCE.

    SYDNEY.—Mr. Grahame (Minister of Agriculture) stated on Tuesday that the payment of 6d. per bushel on 1915-16 wheat certificates would be made by the banks ...

    Article : 153 words
  32. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 368 words
  33. Proposed Fruit Cannery at Shepparton

    SHEPPARTON.—Mr. Cattanach, chairman of the Water Commission, and Dr. Cameron, Director of Agriculture, accompanied by Messrs. Dowrick and Carmody (chief Inspector of orchards), held ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

    SYDNEY.—In his address to the annual conference of dairy factory managers on Tuesday Mr. Stanley, the president, said that the price-fixing commissioner had ...

    Article : 129 words
  35. SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.

    SYDNEY.—The New South Wales Cabinet on Tuesday discussed the question of supplementing the pensions of wounded soldiers. In his policy speech at Gundagai ...

    Article : 153 words
  36. Protection from Floods.

    MOOROOPNA.—Since the recent flooding of Mooroopna the residents have taken prompt measures to safeguard the town from a repetition of the disaster. A considerable sum has been ...

    Article : 155 words
  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

    PERTH.—The political situation is much mixed Mr. Lefroy, who has undertaken to form a National Government, expects that a meeting of Nationalist members of the ...

    Article : 158 words
  38. AN ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKER.

    As the result of observations made by the police Detectives Napthine, Lee, Mulfahey, Olholm and Clapham visited a house in Drummond-street, Carlton, yesterday, ...

    Article : 478 words
  39. STOCKS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON.—Inquiries do not confirm the statement made at the Sydney Butter Conference that New Zealand butter is being offered for export to Australia ...

    Article : 162 words
  40. Destruction of Timber.

    KYNETON.—At Metcalf shire council on Tuesday Cr. Pritchard said that some valuable timber along the main road at Harcourt was being destroyed wholesale, and that the practice was ...

    Article : 101 words
  41. CONTROL Of METALS.

    SYDNEY.—The Prime Minister on Tuesday received a deputation representing members of the Metal Exchange. The interview was held in private, and Mr. ...

    Article : 96 words
  42. Riverina News.

    COROWA.—Privates Spencer and Seymour, who were recently invalided home, were welcomed at a social evening by the district branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association. ...

    Article : 194 words
  43. STRANGE BIGAMY CASE.

    SYDNEY.—Before Judge Docker, at the Darlinghurst Sessions on Tuesday, Wm. Henry Thomas, 27, ship's steward, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy. ...

    Article : 296 words
  44. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
  45. TELEPHONISTS' CLAIMS.

    Mr. Justice Powers, in the Arbitration Court, yesterday, announced his final award in the plaint brought by the Commonwealth General Division Telephone Officers' ...

    Article : 201 words
  46. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 449 words
  47. BATTLE FIELD "RELICS."

    BENDIGO.—The inquest concerning the death of Leonard Alderson Edwards, a young married man, who died in the hospital from wounds caused by the explosion ...

    Article : 397 words
  48. ECONOMY IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY.—On the grounds of economy, the Government has decided to suspend operations at the State coal mine at Lithgow, and to give the employes a fortnight's ...

    Article : 52 words
  49. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    KORUMBURRA.—Mr. Frederick Wheeler, J.P., a local chemist, dropped dead in his pharmacy whilst polishing the counter on Tuesday morning. He was talking to another man, when he fell and ...

    Article : 68 words
  50. Railway to Corack East.

    A deputation representing the Corack East Railway League waited on the Minister of Railways yesterday to ask that the question of granting railway communication to Corack East be ...

    Article : 186 words
  51. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Rates received by Camberwell council to 18th June totalled £20,188, leaving a balance unpaid of £1741. Arrears of rates amounting to £51 were also settled, a ...

    Article : 340 words
  52. STATE ECONOMIES.

    A deputation consisting of representatives of Stawell borough council, and accompanied by Mr. Toutcher, M.L.A., and Mr. Brown, M.L.C., yesterday waited on ...

    Article : 291 words
  53. STOPPAGES IN MINES.

    SYDNEY.—A special conference was commenced at Bulli on Tuesday by Judge Edmunds relative to a dispute between the Colliery Mechanics' Union and the ...

    Article : 263 words
  54. Child Drowned In a Cellar.

    WANGARATTA.—A child named Thomas Beach, a grandson of Mr. William Beach, of Edi, was accidentally drowned on Tuesday. He opened the door of a cellar, in which there was 5 feet of ...

    Article : 67 words
  55. A Returning Soldier's Sudden Death.

    PERTH.—A soldier named W. G. Ferry, whose home is at Footscray, V., was found dead early on Tuesday morning in a railway carriage at Fremantle. Ferry and a companion visited ...

    Article : 87 words
  56. LAW LIST—THIS DAY.

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  57. THE CHERNIAVSKY CONCERTS.

    There was another large audience at last night's Cherniavsky concert in the Auditorium. The programme commenced with Schubert's fine Trio in Ballat (op. 99) for ...

    Article : 187 words
  58. Advertising

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  59. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
  60. SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    SYDNEY.—The State Government has offered "Granbrook," the former residence of the State Governor, to the Federal Government for use as a residence for the ...

    Article : 69 words
  61. Child Severely Burned.

    ROCHESTER.—While sitting by the fire on Monitor evening, the little daughter of Mr. Jas. Aitken, of Rochester East, was severely burnt through her flannelette dress catching fire. She ...

    Article : 100 words
  62. Philharmonic Society's Concert.

    Melbourne Philharmonic Society will give a choral and orchestral concert in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next, under the conductorship of Mr. Alherto Zelman. Miss Jessie Masson ...

    Article : 89 words
  63. Advertising

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  64. Advertising

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  65. FUEL AND FODDER BOARD.

    Mr. R. Barnes has been appointed a representative of employes on the Fuel and Fodder Wages Board, in place of Mr. W. G. Kemp, removed owing to his absence from the State. ...

    Article : 38 words
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