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  2. VICTORIANS IN CAMP.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--With the arrival from Ballarat to-day of D Squadron of the A.C.H., numbering 114, the total in camp at Langwarrin is now 412. Lieutenant-Colonel Irving is being ...

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  3. THE DAY-LABOR SYSTEM.

    The State Minister for Works denies, in reference to what has been said on the subject of relief works, that he has at any time undertaken a single work for the mere sake of providing ...

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  4. THE PLAGUE

    No plague cases were reported yesterday, this being the third clear day in succession, the last case having been reported on Friday. The report from the Coast Hospital last night ...

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  5. THE COUNTRY.

    COBAR, Monday.--The scarcity of water has reached a stage that unless some arrangements are made whereby the Railway Commissioners will haul for the mine the latter must close. The ...

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  6. SERIOUS STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The Newcastle Coal- trimmers' Union struck work this afternoon, and, as a result, the whole of the mining industry of the district has been practically brought to a ...

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  7. SOUTH AUSTRALIANS WELCOMED HOME.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A magnificent reception was accorded the returned troops to-day. As the men marched to the Town-hall the streets were so crowded that traffic was blocked. The ...

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  8. THE CITY HEALTH COMMITTEE.

    The health committee of the City Council met yesterday afternoon. Alderman Sam Smith, M.L.A., presided. A letter was received from Mr. Catlett, the ...

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  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government has thrown open for selection 140,000 acres of agricultural land, with a rainfall of 20 inches, in the Port Lincoln district, in blocks ranging from 1000 to 5000 acres. ...

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  10. THE EMPIRE LEAGUE PETITION.

    MURRUMBURRAH, Monday.—The constitution of the British Empire League of Australia, with a subscription list for intending members, was laid before the council at the last meeting. The ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. PERISHED IN THE DESERT.

    A telegram from the stationmaster at Port Darwin states that the body of Hehir, the European who accompanied the lost mailman, Stibe, has been found, about a mile and a half from ...

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  12. MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASES.

    The City Coroner to-day opened an inquiry into what appears to be a serious and mysterious poisoning case. A number of guests were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bagot, of ...

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  13. ALLEGED REFUSAL OF BAIL.

    GUNNEDAH, Monday.--At to-night's council meeting, it was unanimously decided to send a telegram to the member for the district respecting the arrest of William Kelly on a charge ...

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  14. ABSENT TRUSTEES OF RESERVES.

    LAWSON, Monday.--The residents of Lawson have for some time been moving the Department of Lauds to supersede non-resident trustees by appointing local men. The following decision ...

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  15. RETURNED TROOPS.

    The troopship Custodian, a fine stamp of vessel of 9214 tons, arrived in Port Jackson last evening from Capetown via Albany and Melbourne, with a number of returned troops on board. She ...

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  16. ADMINISTRATION OF THE CUSTOMS ACT.

    A deputation from the Agents and Importers' Association of South Australia waited on some of the Federal representatives, who were in Adelaide to-day, to bring before them suggestions ...

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  17. WYALONG MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

    WYALONG, Monday.--The Royal Commission of inquiry into municipal matters was resumed to-day, when Messrs. J. J. Crowley, of the "Wyalong Star" newspaper, Black, postmaster, C. S. ...

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  18. SPECIAL HEALTH COURT.

    There was another large batch of prosecutions in the special health division of the Central Police Court yesterday, Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., presiding. On informations laid by ...

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  19. THE DRAYTON GRANGE.

    A telegram was received in Sydney yesterday stating that the troopship Drayton Grange with New Zealand troops for South Africa, arrived at Albany (W.A.) on Sunday, and continued her ...

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  20. THE TROOPSHIP ST. ANDREW.

    The troopship St. Andrew, from Capetown via Albany and Melbourne, received orders to proceed to Brisbane, and land her return troops, and she-passed Sydney Heads early yesterday morning ...

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  21. THE DOBSON DIVORCE BILL.

    GOULBURN, Monday.--Canon Kingsmill, of St. Nicholas', preached yesterday on the subject of divorce, in relation to Senator Dobson's Bill. A close examination of the measure, he said, ...

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  22. FATAL FALL FROM A WILLOW-TREE.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--On Saturday afternoon a lad named Walter Birchall, aged 15, residing at Montifiores, went to the Bell River for the purpose of cutting willows to feed some cattle, ...

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  23. DEATH WHILE BEING WELCOMED HOME.

    Trooper Nicholls, who returned with the Manchester Merchant, was informed on landing that his mother was seriously ill at Two Wells. He left immediately, and on mooting his mother the ...

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  24. THE ANTI-WAR LEAGUE PETITION.

    A short discussion arose out of the reception of the Empire League's circular by the Burwood Council last night. The Mayor (Alderman Sheppard) expressed the ...

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  25. IN PRAISE OF WAGES BOARDS.

    Mr. F. G. Tudor, M.H.R., who has been visiting Adelaide, left for Melbourne to-day. In the course of an interview, he stated that he was satisfied that both employers and employees had benefited ...

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  26. THE CRUSADE AGAINST DIRT.

    At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, D.S.M., Joseph Robinson (21), drayman, was fined £1, or seven days' imprisonment, for placing rubbish on a public place ...

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  27. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT MORT'S DOCK.

    About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon three workmen at Mort's Dock and Engineering Company's works, Balmain, narrowly escaped being scalded to death with molten metal. ...

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  28. NEWCASTLE.

    It now transpires that the German steamer Essen, from Hamburg via Melbourne, which is now discharging between 250 and 300 tons of general cargo at Newcastle, will load a cargo of ...

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  29. THREE CASES IN BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The plague is still with us, and appears now to be more prevalent than at any previous stage. There fresh cases were reported to-day, all the patients being residents ...

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  30. FATAL CASE AT AUCKLAND.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--Virtue, the wharf-laborer who is believed to have contracted plague through handling cargo from an infected port, died to-day. ...

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  31. BISLEY RIFLE TEAM.

    Following on the decision of the N.R.A. of N.S.W. to co-operate with the other Slates in raising the requisite amount for sending a rifle team to Bisley, a number of members of the ...

    Article : 484 words
  32. MEETING OF THE TRIMMERS.

    A special general meeting of the Coal Trimmers' Union was held to-night, at Surreyville-hall. Mr. F. White, president of the union, was in the chair for a portion of the time, and later ...

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  33. BOOKS TO BURN.

    "What kind of books should be burned to-day ?" was the subject of a discourse by Rev. Dr. Fordyce, at the Point Piper-road Congregational Church, on Sunday. The literature the Ephesians ...

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  34. CANNIBALISM IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--A telegram has been received by the Commissioner of Police from Ingham, reporting a terrible case of cannibalism. Aborigines are numerous in the district, and it ...

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  35. CASUALTIES.

    Fred. Burtenshaw (23), carter, residing at 20 Marion-street, Pyrmont, was thrown from a cart on the Pyrmont Bridge yesterday afternoon. As a result he received some internal injury, and ...

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  36. TRADES AND LABOR.

    At last night's meeting of the Trolly and Draymen's Union, it was decided that the necessary steps should be taken to register the agreement under which members of the union ...

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  37. A TRAM ACCIDENT.

    John O'Sullivan, living in Denham-street, Randwick, was injured by a tram on Sunday evening near Moore Park, and treated at the Sydney Hospital for injuries to his head and one of his feet. ...

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  38. SCALDED TO DEATH.

    Late on Sunday night an infant named James Gryce died at the Children's Hospital, Glebe Point, from scalds received a few days previously at the residence of his parents in Park-street, ...

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  39. HAWKESBURY RIVER TRIPS.

    To-morrow oombined rail and steamer tickets will be issued to the Hawkesbury River by trains leaving Sydney at 9.5 a.m. and Milson's Point at 8.50 a.m. At Hawkesbury River the steamer ...

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  40. COTTON GROWN AT ASHFIELD.

    Mr. John Mills, of Ashfield, waited upon the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. John Kidd, yesterday, with samples of Sea Island cotton, grown by him on a small plot of land at Ashfield. The ...

    Article : 70 words
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