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  2. THE FRINGE OF THE MALLEE.

    WYCHEPROOF.—When the Victorian railway system was first extended into the Wimmera and mallee districts it was considered that 12 to 15 miles was not an ...

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  3. LONDON POLICE STRIKE.

    The strike of London policemen, which commenced at midnight on Thursday, developed rapidly on Friday, and by Saturday 12,000 men were on strike. Practically ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The new mayor of the city (Cr. Hollway), with the council and officers, and accompanied by the mayor and councillors of Ballarat East, attended a civic service ...

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  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    A return prepared by the military authorities at base records gives the total Australian casualties reported by cable to date as 274,315. This total includes deceased, ...

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  6. STATE REVENUES.

    During August there was a falling off in the net revenue of the State of £64,331 as compared with the game mouth of 1917. The excess of revenue in July over the ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) and the Secretary of the Navy department (Mr. Macandie) will leave Melbourne to-day for Sydney. ...

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  8. LABOR AND THE WAR.

    At a complimentary luncheon to Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who is visiting England and the Allied countries, Mr. ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. BOLSHEVIK LEADER WOUNDED.

    A Russian official message, received by wireless, states that on Friday, as the result of an attempt on his life at Moscow, M. Lenin, the Bolshevik Prime Minister, ...

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  10. BENDIGO.

    The committee appointed to carry out the movement for raising Bendigo's quota of £100,000 towards the Seventh War Loan has entered on its duties, and the ...

    Article : 275 words
  11. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY.—The State returns for the month of August show an increase of £434,119 over the corresponding period of last year. For the two months of July ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. Labor and the War.

    An address on Peace and War was given at the Bijou Theatre, Bourke-street, last night to a large audience by Mr. Scullin, the president of the Australian Labor ...

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  13. Labor's Peace Principles.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., leader of the British Labor party, addressing the Labor Conference at Birmingham, admitted that he had gone too far in his ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. FLOATING MINES.

    A few hints as to the methods of dealing with floating or stranded mines were supplied on Saturday by the Acting Minister for the Navy. He stated that the greatest ...

    Article : 292 words
  15. ECHUCA.

    For the third time in succession the half yearly meeting of the Echuca Co-operative Butter Factory Co. Ltd. lapsed on Friday for want of a quorum. The shareholders ...

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  16. Gunshot Wounds on a Horse.

    [?] Davidson, Balmattum [?] NEAR Euroa, was at the police court on Friday committed for trial on a charge of wounding a horse, the property of Patrick Reynolds. ...

    Article : 666 words
  17. EMPIRE PRESS CONFERENCE.

    Lord Burnham, principal proprietor of the "Daily Telegraph," presided at the Empire Press Union conference on Friday with the Australian, New Zealand and ...

    Article : 441 words
  18. Queensland Upper House.

    BRISBANE.—Further reference was made on Saturday by the Premier, Mr. Ryan, to the situation created by the refusal of the Legislative Council to pass the ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. Western Australian Politics.

    PERTH.—A motion of censure which Mr. Mitchell, for years Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the Wilson Government, will move in the Legislative Assembly on ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. AMERICA'S PURPOSE.

    President Wilson announce that America's solemn purpose is a decisive victory of arms, and it is her deliberate. purpose to devote the larger part of the ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. Ship Building.

    At the next meeting of the Trades Hall Council a motion will be submitted for the holding of a special call of that body to rescind all resolutions carried by the ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. Engineers' Strike.

    The conference between the representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the iron and steel section of the chamber of manufactures was resumed ...

    Article : 128 words
  23. GERMAN-MADE GOODS.

    M. B. Alexander, vice-President of the Allied Industries Board, is leaving for England to submit a plan to Viscount Furness and the French ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. DARING FRENCH AIRMAN.

    The mystery of the disappearance of the famous French airman Vedrines since early in the war has been solved by an announcement in "Le Petit Journal" that he is ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. Flooded Areas at Rochester.

    ROCHESTER.—A personal inspection of the condition of the land in the flooded areas on Thursday seemed to impress Mr. Clarke, Minister of Railways, a great deal ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. No Employment for Strikers In N.S.W.

    SYDNEY.—The New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures has issued an appeal to local employers to refuse to employ any of the Victorian engineers who are now ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Otto Scheller, 19, a clerk, was committed for trial in Sydney on Friday on a charge of stealing £320, the property of Langley Bros. Ltd., his employers ...

    Article : 435 words
  28. South African Wool.

    General Eustin, head of the Government sheep division, in a statement on the wool question to a meeting of prominent breeders at Bloemfontein stated that the ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. ATTACK ON PACIFISTS.

    Soldiers and sailors broke up a meeting addressed by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., at Plumstead, a suburb of London. Mr. Macdonald was forced to flee after ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. FIGHT WITH A SEA LEOPARD.

    HOBART.—Whilst near the jetty at Cemetery Point, Newtown, on Saturday evening. Constable Williams saw a sea leopard on the beach. He tackled it with ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  32. LAW LIST—THIS DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 259 words
  33. APPEAL FOR A YOUNG ENGLISH GIRL.

    Sir,—Would you allow me to seek assistance for a young English girl, in the following circumstances. Attracted by advertisement of the Emigration Bureau ...

    Article : 293 words
  34. Prohibition in America.

    The Senate voted in favor of national prohibition as a war measure, to take effect from 1st July, 1019. ...

    Article : 27 words
  35. BELGIANS' DARING ESCAPE.

    A few days ago thirty Belgians, armed with rifles and revolvers, rushed the electrified wire barrier on the Dutch frontier during the night. Two escapers cut the ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. GENERAL CABLES.

    It is understood that the British Government will shortly appoint a commission or committee to inquire into the gold production. Lord Incheape's name is ...

    Article : 140 words
  37. Metropolitan Tramways.

    ST. ARNAUD.—At a meeting of representatives of the various branches of the Victorian Farmers' Union in the Kara Kara electorate it was unanimously ...

    Article : 103 words
  38. Massacre of Christians.

    Cablegrams from the United States Minister in Persia say that 40,000 Christian refugees from Uremia, in north-west Persia, have arrived at Hamadan, in Persia. ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. ENGINE DERAILED.

    The derailment of an engine and tender attached to the 6.50 a.m. down Box Hill train on Saturday led to confusion and inconvenience for several hours on the ...

    Article : 164 words
  40. Sequel to Conspiracy Case.

    It is officially announced that the King has degraded Sir Joseph Jonas from the degree of knight bachelor. [Sir Joseph Jonas was a Rhineland ...

    Article : 113 words
  41. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 words
  42. ANGLICAN CHURCH AND EDUCATION.

    Archbishop Clarke on Saturday, when speaking at the laying of the foundation stone of a new memorial hall for St. Jude's Church, Alphington, referred to the work ...

    Article : 98 words
  43. MR. HUGHES AT THE GRAND FLEET.

    Mr. Hughes's tour of Scotland concluded with a visit to the Grand Fleet. He lunched with Admiral Sir David Beutty aboard the flagship, and afterwards inspected various ...

    Article : 49 words
  44. TROUT FISHING.

    STAWELL.—At the annuel meeting of the Anglens Club it [?] to open Victoria Park Lake for Wednesday. ...

    Article : 30 words
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