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  2. MURDER OF MARY DEAN.

    The Coroner (Mr. D. Grant) yesterday commenced an inquiry into the death of Mary Denn, 25 years, school, teacher, whose body was found terribly mutilated ...

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  3. BASIC WAGE.

    Little importance is placed by the trade union movement in Melbourne on the decision of a conference of Federal unions in Sydney to recommend to the ...

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  4. SHEARERS' STRIKE.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--A message from Winton states that the shearers who left the train at Prairie in the early hours of Wednesday morning and were transferred ...

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  5. A MIDNIGHT ATTACK.

    GEELONG, Thursday.--Late on Wednesday night Mr. J. O. d'Helin, a Geelong business man, went to Corio Club, of which he is a member, to collect some ...

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  6. FEDERAL SEATS.

    Until members of the Federal Parliament reassemble at Canberra it will be difficult to judge what attitude the majority of them will assume towards ...

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  7. ROAD FATALITIES IN 1930.

    The annual report of the City Coroner (Mr. D. Grant) up till 31st December last was issued by the Crown Law department yesterday. The Coroner's previous ...

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  8. UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.

    Referring to the unemployment relief work under the State unemployment relief scheme, the secretary of the Trades Hall central unemployment relief ...

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  9. REDISTRIBUTION PLANS.

    A marked increase of population in the present division of Batman, represented by the Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan) has necessitated a realignment of ...

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  10. CARNIVAL AT NORTH BRUNSWICK

    Tho Brunswick sporting bodies, under the direction of Mr. W. Ferguson, continued yesterday in North Brunswick the carnival which recently in central ...

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  11. ORMOND MURDER.

    There were no further developments in the Ormond murder case yesterday. Throughout the day police exports at head quarters awaited the appearance of ...

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  12. BROADMEADOWS DISCUSSION.

    A letter was received by Broadmeadows council yesterday from Mr. Smith, secretary of the local branch of the unemployed, asking that the Government be ...

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  13. WHISKY PRICES.

    It was decided at a large meeting of the Licensed Victuallers, Association and the Victorian Hotelkeeprs Association and the Licensed Grocers Association, at ...

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  14. MORE APPLICATIONS LODGED.

    Applications were lodged in the Arbitration Court yesterday, calling upon the Foreman, Storemen and Packers' Union, the Federated Liquor and Allied Trades' ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN INVENTOR.

    To mark the success of a purely Australian, industry and launch the enterprise on ex-Australian markets, the directors of the Gay Sprinkler Agency Company ...

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  16. Will Corangamite be Eliminated ?

    STAWELL, Thursday.--Mr. Crouch, M.P., has advised, the Stawell borough council to defer its protest regarding the elimination of the Corangamite electorate ...

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  17. RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The president of the United Graziers' Association stated to-day that applications for shearing employment were still being received, and ...

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    Although the plan of redistribution recommended by the electoral commissioners has yet to be considered by Parliament, and at this stage cannot be regarded as final, the now boundaries proposed are of great interest to electors. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. GOVERNMENT'S OFFER TO COUNCILS.

    At a special meeting of Collingwood council consideration was given to the offer of the Government to grant £2 for each £1 provided by the council, to be ...

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  20. ATTEMPT TO ROB A BANK

    PERTH, Thursday.--Edward Los Brown, 23 years, who, under the name of Reginald Thompson, was arrested, after a sensational attempt had been made to rob the ...

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  21. SHOP ASSISTANTS' UNION.

    At the annual conference of the Victorian-Tasmanian branch of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employes' Union just concluded at the Trades Hall, ...

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  22. WORKERS INTIMIDATED.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--On arriving at Moorindoo Station, near Surat, at dawn this morning nine car loads of strikers broke into the wool shed and attacked ...

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  23. SAVED FROM DROWNING

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Koith Wicks McColl, aged 15 years, of Semaphore, jumped into deep water while fully clothed and rescued a boy named Douglas Neil, ...

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  24. HORSE TRAINER'S LIABILITIES.

    At Mordialloc court yesterday Mr. Noonan, P.M., was called upon to decide a knotty problem as to the ownership of furniture in the home of A. Foulsham, of ...

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  25. FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS.

    An informative address on the treatment of tuberculosis was given by, Dr. H. Watson, of Heatherton Sanatorium, at the weekly meeting of the Trades Hall ...

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  26. POISON IN PORRIDGE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Detectives last night arrested James Rixon (55 years), a grazier, of Milton, and charged him with having attempted to murder John James ...

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  27. COOL CHANGE TO-DAY.

    Another hot day--a hot north wind blowing with characteristic gustiness, the sun shining from a cloudless shy--made Melbourne folk yesterday begin to think ...

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  28. A.W.U. DEBATE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Delegates at the A.W.U. convention to-day were outspoken against the attempts to cause a general strike of shearers in Queensland, and ...

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  29. THE DUCK SEASON.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Chiet Secretary's department:--"In reply to your representations in ...

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  30. Park for Port Melbourne.

    A proposal by South Melbourne council that the reclaimed "lagoon" area, extending from Liardet-street to the sea at Port Melbourne, and close to the boundary ...

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  31. SYDNEY MUNICIPAL MARKETS.

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  32. COLLINGWOOD DISCUSSION.

    A special meeting of Collingwood council trailed to consider what action should be taken in connection with the decision of the Arbitration Court that the basic ...

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  33. GENERAL RAINS IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Rain fell in all divisions of the State except Maranon and the south-west during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day. It was scattered inland, but ...

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  34. ACTION AGAINST DETECTIVES.

    Several weeks ago an action was commenced in the Supreme Court by Edward James Wilson, of Essex-road, Surrey Hills, claiming £1500 as damages from ...

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  35. TOOHEY AND WIMPOLE.

    The hearing of evidence on charges preferred, against Walter John Toohoy, solicitor, and Horace George Wimpole, solicitor, after their examination in the ...

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  36. Workshop Established at Kew.

    An innovation to give tho unemployed a practical opportunity of helping themselves, has been introduced at Kew, where the council has banded over the band ...

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  37. INFERIOR MILK.

    At Oakleigh court yesterday May Newport and Arthur. Wastell, trading as Newport and Wastell, wholesale dairymen, Dandenon-road, Clayton, were charged ...

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  38. LAW COURTS CONGESTION

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Attorney-General (Mr. Lysaght) stilted he proposed, under a bill to be submitted at the earliest ...

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  39. Distress Among, Returned Soldiers.

    At the last meeting of the council of the Sailors' and Soldiers' bathers' Association consideration was given to the falling off in membership of the branches. ...

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  40. PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.

    Sir,--Quito a lot has been said of late about reviving the gold-mining industry. There is no doubt that Australian is te[?] with mineral wealth awaiting the ...

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  41. COMMUNISTS AT DARWIN.

    DARWIN, Thursday.--Latest reports are that Constable Reid is still seriously ill, and McNab is improving slightly. One of the Communists at the hospital is ...

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  42. "BALANCE THE BUDGETS."

    The crisis which menaces the Federal Labor Government has led to notable activity in the ranks of the Young Nationalists, which, taking time by the ...

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  43. BURGLAR-PROOF WINDOWS

    An ingenious steel device, the product of the workshop of a Richmond engineer, promises to effectively counter the activities of thieves responsible for scores of ...

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  44. A RUDE AWAKENING.

    Creeping stealthily into the yard of a house in Louth Melbourne at 6.20 a.m. yesterday Senior Detective A. L. Lee and Plain-clothes Constables Piggott and ...

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  45. RATEPAYERS IN ARREARS

    The southern section of Broadmeadows has undergone a great change in recent years. Brown areas, formerly devoted to tillage or grazing, have been purchased ...

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  46. Forestry Work Terminates.

    BENDIGO, Thursday.--The Bendigo office of the State Forest Commission has received instructions that no more men are to be engaged under the Relief Act ...

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  47. NEW SOUTH WALES JUDGES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Under the terms of the new Arbitration Bill, which to-day received the attention of Cabinet, Justices Cantor and Street, of the Industrial ...

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  48. "PUGILIST AND PREACHER"

    After listening patiently to the voluble protests of Edward Saville, a colored man, who was charged in the City Court yesterday with having used indecent ...

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  49. Relief Work at Bendigo.

    BENDIGO, Thursday.--In a report to the city council on Thursday the city engineer, Mr. O. Flight, slated that a further batch of 30 men had been started ...

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  50. THE LIQUOR TRADE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The inter-State conference of licensed victuallers to-day expressed objection to wholesale liquor firms engaging in trade direct with the ...

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  51. Assisting Prospectors.

    BENDIGO, Thursday.--Disappointment was expressed to-day, by Mr. Cook, M.L.A., at the small amount recommended by the Unemployed Works Board ...

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  52. UNCONSCIOUS ON ROADWAY.

    An unknown young man, believed to be a visitor to the district, was found lying unconscious on the Burwood-road at Fern Tree Gully yesterday. The man, ...

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  53. PRICE OF MUTTON.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The London mutton market has taken a further considerable drop as the result of big shipments from Argentine, and the selling of ...

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  54. SWIMMER IN DIFFICULTIES.

    While standing on the beach at Middle Park, near Mills-street, last night, Miss Dorothy Curtain, a daughter of Cr. J. J. Curtain, of Harold-street, Middle Park. ...

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  55. Distress at Kyabram.

    KYABRAM, Thursday.--Over 100 of the local unemployed met to consider the question of unemployed relief. Several speakers urged that ...

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  56. FOUND DEAD IN LODGING HOUSE.

    George Webb Bully Jacobs, about 30 years, was found dead in a room at a lodging house in Mellwrick-street, Windsor, yesterday afternoon. The body was ...

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