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  2. VICTORIA MARKET.

    About 150 producers who use the Victoria market, together with meridiem of Parliament, filled the office of the Minister of Lands yesterday to ...

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  3. MORE FINE DAYS.

    Yesterday's weather was fine generally, although at times cloudy, with misty rain. A fresh wind blew from the north-west, and the thermometer did not rise above ...

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  4. UNEMPLOYMENT WORKS.

    When the second reading debate on the Unemployment Relief Works Bill was resumed in the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Eager notified his intention to ...

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  5. THE GOODE INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. C. J. Goode, Chief Transport Commissioner, was fur-ther examined to-day before the royal commission which is inquiring into his ...

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  6. MELBOURNE ART.

    Among tho most interesting suggestions made in connection with the celebration of the centenary of Melbourne is one proposed by Miss Stephanie Taylor in a letter ...

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  7. STATE FINANCES.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Acting Brenner moved the second reading of the Country Roads Board Fund Bill, the purpose of winch is to transfer ...

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  8. VICTORIAN TOBACCO.

    Chiefly because the action of the Federal Government in lowering the import duty on tobacco and raising the excise has eliminated a number of small ...

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  9. ENTERTAINMENTS TAX.

    When the Entertainment Tax Bill again came before the Legislative Assembly in committee Inst night, the Acting Premier said the Government could not accept an ...

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  10. WORK IN LIEU OF SUSTENANCE.

    The scheme of the Government, under which provision is made for councils to employ men in lieu of sustenance, was the subject of discussion before the ...

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  11. FLOOD AT ROCHESTER.

    ROCHESTER, Monday. -- The Campaspe River overflowod its bonks at Rochester to-day, and low-lying parts of the town are Hooded. The Northern ...

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  12. Inundations at Echuca.

    ECHUCA, Tuesday. -- There was a considerable rise in the Campaspe River at Echuca this evening, and some low-lying areas were inundated. Stock owners on ...

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  13. State School Isolated.

    BENDIGO, Tuesday. -- As a result of the overflowing of Bendigo Creek at Epsom, a large tract of surrounding country was Hooded. The water broke ...

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  14. Labor Council Refuses Scheme

    Letters from the Trades Hall Council central unemployment committee were read at the meeting of Richmond council nil Monday night protesting against the ...

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  15. Flood Waters Receding at Benalla.

    BENALLA, Tuesday. -- To-day was fine, and there was an apprcciable drop in the Broken River. The water, which covered the gardens and show grounds last night, ...

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  16. City Council Officials Reticent.

    Officials of the City Council were tell cent when asked to comment on the allegations made by a deputation of market gardeners to the Minister yesterday that ...

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  17. Little Damage at Euroa.

    EUROA, Tuesday. -- The flood waters, which wore so high yesterday and threat ened damage, have subsided appreciably. The footbridges are again passable. ...

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  18. LIFE AT CANBERRA.

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Notwithstanding opposition by the Canberra Advisory Council the Commonwealth Government has decided to call public tenders for the ...

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  19. Swallows Frozen.

    PORT FAIRY, Tuesday. -- During the recent severe frosts an unusual occurrence was reported in the Yambuk district; At a resident's home two ...

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  20. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN ARTIST.

    Artists and art lovers will learn with regret of the death of Reginald Ward Sturgess, the well-known water colorist, which took place at his residence, The Esplanade, ...

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  21. GLEN WAVERLEY RATE SUMMONSES.

    Ratepayers' Association Inst night to consider their position in regard to taxation in respect of the Glen Waverley railway. Mr. Vinton Smith, M.L.A., said Mr. ...

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  22. THE ROAD-FUND RAID.

    When the proposal of the Government for the diversion of £150,000 from the Country Roads Board fund to general revenue was under discussion at the ...

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  23. A.L.P. EXCLUSIONS.

    Referring yesterday to the legal aspect of the position relating to the "exclusion" of mem hers from the Victorian Labor party, the president (Mr. D. Cameron) ...

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  24. CITY COUNCIL'S RELIEF WORKS.

    The major unemployment relief programme of the City Council -- the construction of city roads involving the expenditure of £17,500 -- which was designed ...

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  25. TASMANIAN FRUIT BOARD

    HOBART, Tuesday. -- A motion protesting against the expenses of the fruit growers' representative 16 the Ottawa Conference being met from the ...

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  26. THE EXPELLED MEMBERS.

    SPARGO CREEK, Tuesday. -- Prominent Labor supporters are of the opinion that after Mr. Hogan returi's to Victoria the ex-Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), who ...

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  27. PARTY DISSENSION.

    It is not going to be all plain sailing for the Government to got through Parliament its proposal to transfer £150.000 from the Country Roads Board fund. This ...

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  28. MEN WHO REFUSE WORK.

    The Minister in charge of sustenance (Mr. Chandler) has asked local relief committee at Bungaree to investigate the report made at the Bungaree council ...

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  29. HAWTHORN-BRIDGE.

    Details of the bill providing for the allocation amongst metropolitan municipalities of the cost of the reconstruction of Hawthorn-bridge, which connects ...

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  30. NEW GUINEA AIR SERVICE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Judgment was delivered by the High Court to-day in an appeal against the decision of Mr, Justice Gore, of the central court of Papua, in ...

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  31. A TOBACCO ROBBERY.

    Before Judge Macindoc in the Court of General Sessions yesterday Alexander Edward Balloch, 22 years, plasterer, of Mordiation Leslie Gorden Milne, 25 years ...

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  32. MEETING AT BALLARAT.

    BALLARAT. Tuesday. -- There was a disappointing attendance at the public meeting called by the mayor (Cr. J. Harrison) at the city hall to-night, in ...

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  33. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

    In reply to a communication convening a resolution of the council that had no objection to street meetings provided they were not contrary to law and older, ...

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  34. VICTORIA ST. BRIDGE.

    Correspondence from the Department of Public Works, stating that in the reconstruction of the bridge over the Yarra at Victoria-street the total expenditure to ...

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  35. RIVER FERRIES.

    Residents near the River Yarra, in the vicinity of the Anderson-street and Puntroad bridges, are not particularly well served in the way of public transport to the ...

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  36. HEADACHE POWDERS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The police are inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs, Dorothy Thorne, 33 years, of Mosman. who collapsed after ...

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  37. JOCKEY'S LIFE DISQUALIFICATION.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- The [?] qualification imposed on the jockey A. E. Pearce in 1911 by the Bay of Pleuty Jockey Club for interfering with the [?] ...

    Article : 66 words
  38. NEW PIER FOR HOBART.

    HOBART, Tuesday. -- The Hobart Marine Board to-day decided in call for ten-ders for the erection of a cancrete pier 500 feet long, which is estimated to cost ...

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  39. Boot Dealers' Wages.

    The amended determination of the Shops Hoard No. I (boot dealers), which comes into force on the 11th inst., provides redactions of from 1 to 2 per week ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. University Labor Club's Magazine.

    The second number of the University Labor Club's magazine "Proletariat" has been published. The number contains all article by Professor John Anderson, of ...

    Article : 36 words
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