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  2. The Weather.

    The Weather Office on Wednesday issued the following report Average annual rainfall for 65 years, 4.634 points. ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. Railway Commissioner.

    The term of appointment of the present Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Charles Evans, C.M.G.) will expire in October next, and there is considerable ...

    Article : 314 words
  4. Air Raids on Germany.

    A message from Geneva states that Friday's air raid on Coblenz, during a fog, seriously damaged the station, and two bridges across the Rhino and ...

    Article : 88 words
  5. THE WAR.

    Mr. G. H. Perris, the. "Daily Chronicle" correspondent on the French front, reports that the balance of forces on the west front now is ...

    Article : 108 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 99 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 117 words
  8. Meet Miss Toluene.

    "Have you ever met little Miss Tolueae? She is a member of the famous and prolific coal tar family, of origin is the gasworks. Although as ...

    Article : 626 words
  9. "Defiance of the Law."

    At Wednesday's meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce.-- Mr. W. J. Tunley praised the action of Mr. A. C. Elphinstone, M.L.A., in ...

    Article : 353 words
  10. Counter Revolution.

    The newspapers accept with some reserve the Bolshevik, statement that the counter-revolution has been suppressed, pointing out that tho cause ...

    Article : 244 words
  11. Overland Passengers.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  12. TELEGRAMS.

    The inquiry into the cost of cloth[?] a drapery manager defined profiteering as a 40 per cent profit on the cost of the [?]ods. Women, it was stated, were buying smaller ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. Price of Maize.

    The unwarranted advance in the price of maize, to which reference was made in the "Telegraph" last week, continues unabated. The highest ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. School-Grounds Supervisor

    In regard to the appointment of Mr. H. G. M'Minn. ex-M.L.A., as supervisor of school grounds,. the Minister for Public Instruction (Hon. H. F. Hardacre) draws ...

    Article : 573 words
  15. AEROPLANE GAME HUNTING.

    Hunting wild game from an aeroplane is a sport which appears to be in a fair way to become popular with the Americans. The hilly country near Rosco ...

    Article : 271 words
  16. Shire of Yeerongpilly.

    Cr. J. Greer (chairman) presided over a meeting of the Yeerongpilly shire Council held on Tuesday afternoon. The Woodridge P.A. wrote asking for ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. VICTORIA.

    Probate amounting to £21,349. was paid yesterday on £237,428, representing the estate of the late Mr. Samuel William Gibson, of Kew, and of Foy and Gibson ...

    Article : 117 words
  18. Ordered Down.

    The absence on Wednesday of the brave show of Red cross hags from business houses in the city caused much surprise, especially as the organisers of Red Cross ...

    Article : 255 words
  19. Bombs on Warships.

    The Admiralty announces that naval aircraft between Thursday and Sunday dropped six tons of bombs, on Zeebrugge and the docks at Ostend ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. RAISING VEGETABLE SEEDS.

    An authority on the subject of raising vegetable seeds in a recent paper said that it was very necessary for a gardener to secure good seed, as that was the ...

    Article : 503 words
  21. Victorian Parliament.

    Parliament was opened yesterday by the Governor (Sir Arthur Stanley). In the Assembly the address in reply debate was adjourned till Tuesday. ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. Sandgate Races.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 457 words
  23. TRACTOR PLOUGHING.

    Perhaps the most important factor upon which the rate of ploughing depends is the speed at which the tractor travels; the greater the speed the greater the ...

    Article : 534 words
  24. Illegal Possession of Meat

    Before Mr. H. L. Archdall, C.P.M., in the City Police Court on Wednesday, James M'Millan (40, clerk) pleaded guilty to a charge that on 9th July, he had in ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. Tributes to Anzacs.

    The New York newspapers give great prominence, and their principal cross-page headlines to the advance of the Anzacs on the Somme, and the ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. Copra Hulk Ablaze.

    A cargo of about 500 tons of copra caught fire last night aboard the shore hulk Gleaner, which was moored at Sheehy's wharf, Gore Bay. The hulk ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. Personal Notes.

    Mr. and Mrs. A. Allison, Turin street, West End, have received a cablegram from base records office, Melbourne, that their son, Private W. H. (Ken) Allison, has ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. Level Crossing Tragedy.

    At the crossing at Kyabram, the midday train for Melbourne crashed into a motor car, smashing it and killing the driver, William Hanson, and injuring two ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. Outrage in Ireland.

    Fifty masked and armed men attacked constables, who were driving to Coolea, County Cook. They unharnessed the horse, and throw the ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. Sale of Pine Logs.

    Hoop pine ranks as one of the choicest pine timbers in the world. That its worth is being increasingly recognised is evidenced by the results of a sale held at ...

    Article : 133 words
  31. PROFITS OF SPINNING WHEELS.

    An inquiry is being made by the Department of Repatriation into the use of spinning wheels for the raising of money on patriotic gala days. Already the ...

    Article : 92 words
  32. VICTORIAN RAILWAY REVENUE.

    For the financial year just ended, the Victorian railways earned £647,787 more than in the previous year, consequent upon the increase in freights and fares ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED.

    Father Piggot, of Riverview College, notifies that beginning at 8.34 o'clock on Monday night, his seismograph recorded what was apparently a severe ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. Influenza Spreads.

    The influenza epidemic last week caused 27 deaths in Bolfast and 24 in Sunderland. The disease is spreading rapidly in Dublin, where many of the ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. HIST.

    The night was dark; the road was deserted. A solitary figure slipped from shadow to shadow along the tree-lined pathway. Suddenly ho stopped; a sound ...

    Article : 102 words
  36. CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS.

    The Minister controlling shipbuilding (Mr. Poynton) is about to conclude contracts for the building of eight additional steel shi[?] of 5,000 ...

    Article : 256 words
  37. STORM IN HOBSON'S BAY.

    The storm which prevailed along the Victorian coast on Monday increased to a gale yesterday. References to high seas and fierce squalls ...

    Article : 52 words
  38. GAOL BREAKERS' COMMITTED.

    Feldman and O'Halloran, the notorious Fremantle burglars and gaol escapees, have been committed for trial for their last and sensational attempt to break out ...

    Article : 158 words
  39. TWO BOYS RUN AWAY.

    "We cleared out and wore looking for work," two young boys, aged respectively 12 and 13 years, are reported to have told Constable A. Malone, when he ...

    Article : 142 words
  40. 690 RECRUITS LAST WEEK.

    MELBOURNE, July 10. During the week ended Saturday, 600 men enlisted in the Commonwealth, an ...

    Article : 70 words
  41. VICTORIAN PUBLIC SERVICE.

    It is indicated in a return presented to Parliament last night that there are 7,127 officers In the Victorian public service, and their salaries absorb ...

    Article : 32 words
  42. £21,000,000 in War Bonds

    The sales of war bonds last week reached the sum of £21,000,000. ...

    Article : 20 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 91 words
  44. FOR THE TRAMWAYS RED CROSS.

    The musical and elocutionary recital, at the Lyceum Theatre next Wednesday evening, arranged by Messrs. Leon and Charles Bar[?]r. In aid of the Tramways branch of the Red ...

    Article : 159 words
  45. 3,000 Girl Harvesters.

    Three thousand girls from training colleges and universities left London yesterday to assist in harvesting the flax crop. ...

    Article : 112 words
  46. REPATRIATION AGREEMENT.

    The Defence Department has received instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the Turkish Government had ratified the agreement for the ...

    Article : 116 words
  47. INFERIOR WHEAT.

    At a meeting of members of the Victoria Mill Owners' Association, the quality of much of the 1916-17 wheat now being supplied to millers was declared to ...

    Article : 79 words
  48. NO RED FLAG.

    Although nearly two weeks have gone since the Trades Hall council decided to fly the red flag, that standard has not appeared over the hall. This is said to ...

    Article : 82 words
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