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  2. VICTORIA.

    At a meeting of the Political Labor Council last night a motion was passed expressing sympathy with Mr. Songster, M.L.A., who was recently expelled front the Port Melbourne labor ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    QUEANBEYAN, Sunday.--The Federal Parliamentarians have inspected the Dalgetty site, and have camped here for the Sunday. Everybody in Bombala declared that the road ...

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  4. AT NEWTOWN.

    The political talk of the past week in Newtown has centred on the probable conduct of its member regarding State reform, especially as to a reduction of the members of the Assembly. "Well,"' said Mr. Smith, in reply to a ...

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  5. NEWCASTLE.

    The attendance at the Newcastle show on Saturday was very much larger than on the opening day--Friday. On the former occasion £315 were taken at the gates in shillings and ...

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  6. THE WORKS MINISTER IN THE COUNTRY.

    Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, and the Parliamentary party that accompanied him to Wyulong returned to Sydney yesterday morning. ...

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  7. ELECTRIC TRAM COLLISION.

    A sensational collision between two electric trams occurred on Saturday evening at the corner of Codrington-street and Newtown-road. Fortunately no loss of life resulted, but it is known ...

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  8. SUFFOCATED IN HIS BEDROOM.

    Mr. John J. Hoogklimmer, manager of the Continental Import and Export Company, was found dead at his lodgings in South Melbourne tonight. Deceased, who was a native of Holland, ...

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  9. ANOTHER TAIL-SHAFT TROUBLE.

    Another tail shaft trouble was reported yesterday, when the steamer Oswestry Grange, bound from Durban to Sydney, signalled at Wilson's Promontory for instructions. The captain ...

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  10. MR. BROUGHTON AND REDUCTION OF MEMBERS.

    Sir,--I notice Mr. Broughton's name is second on your list who you say are pledged to an all-round reduction of members. Perhaps you will be good enough to give an extract of Mr. ...

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  11. ASHFIELD.

    The electors of Ashfield will be afforded an opportunity of expressing an opinion on the question of State reform on Tuesday evening next. The Mayor (Alderman Broughton) has arranged ...

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  12. COST OF A CATHEDRAL.

    What was practically the final meeting of the building committee of St. Patrick's Cathedral was held to-night. The report showed that since 1890 £67,000 has been spent on the building, ...

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  13. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    Meetings in connection with the movement in favor of local government are being held at nearly all district centres, the votes taken always showing a large majority in favor of the ...

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  14. FLOTSAM IN THE STRAITS.

    The captain of the steamer Easby, from Newcastle, reported on arrival last night that after rounding Wilson's Promontory he saw a number of bales of hay floating in the sea. It is quite ...

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  15. THE BURGLAR AND THE JEWELLER.

    An impudent robbery from a jeweller's shop in Fitzroy was carried out very early yesterday morning. The miscreant, who is missing with £50 worth of rings, brooches, and watches, ...

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  16. CITIZENS' COMMITTEE.

    In the list of gentlemen appointed at Friday nights meeting to lay the resolutions passed before the Premier, the name "E. J. Kidman" should have read "E. J. Redman." ...

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  17. MOSMAN IN SYMPATHY.

    At the last meeting of the Mosman Council a communication was received from the Katoomba Council in reference to the local government agitation, asking for co-operation. ...

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  18. A CONSCIENTIOUS BURGLAR.

    A resident of Richmond, upon returning to his home to-night, after being absent for a day, found on the doorstep a parcel containing some of his own clothes, and his wife's gold watch ...

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  19. JOINT ACTION IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS.

    It has been resolved fly a meeting of the Mayors of the municipalities of the northern suburbs to hold a mass meeting of representatives of the whole district in furtherance of the agitation for ...

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  20. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--If Mr. John See is in favor of the reduction of members to 94, as he says he is, why he wasting time by not bringing forward,a bill. It is evident that although he thinks the country ...

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  21. MURDER ALLEGED.

    An old man named Valentine Persse was committed for trial by the coroner's jury at Woods' Point yesterday on a charge of murdering a woman named Mary Ann Dillinger. Deceased, ...

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  22. AT THE THEATRES.

    "Twelfth Night," as produced at Her Majesty s last night, was a marked success. Shakespeare's delightful comedy was excellently rendered by Miss Janet Waldorf and her supporters, and ...

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  23. COUNTRY.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--Public meetings hold at Wallsend and Plattsburg, and presided over by the Mayors of the respective municipalities, have carried motions requesting the Government to ...

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  24. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    The ship Luzon arrived at Newcastle from Manila on Saturday. She will load a cargo of coal and then return to the Philippines. Vessels which cleared at the Custom-house on ...

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  25. EXPORT OF COAL.

    From Newcastle to places beyond the State there were exported last week 69,093 tons of coal. The quantities for the several markets were. respectively as follow:--Chili, 22,194 tons; ...

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  26. SEARCHING A MINER.

    The action brought by an Eaglehawk miner against the manager of the Clarence mine, Bendigo, and Detective Wilson for alleged wrongful detention and assault in September last was ...

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  27. MR. WISE'S FALSE LOGIC.

    Sir,--In your issue of to-day Mr. Wise seeks, in half-a-dozen lines, to explain away his inconsistent utterances on the subject of the referendum. He writes: "I drew a clear and (may I ...

    Article : 186 words
  28. FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE.

    Mr. D. C. M'Lachlan, who has been appointed the Federal Civil Service Commissioner, was entertained on Saturday evening at a farewell banquet, the State Premier (Mr. J. See) ...

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  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government has appointed Mr. O'Loughlin, late Commissioner for Crown Lands, to the position of Government Whip. In football on Saturday, West Torrens, 9 goals ...

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  30. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DEFENCE.

    Sir,--The letters appearing in your issue of the 15th inst, on the above subject will, I am sure, appeal very strongly to those readers who have the welfare of Australia at heart. As pointed ...

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  31. COMMUNICATION WITH NEW CALEDONIA.

    At the meeting of the Noumea General Council on April 23, a long discussion took place respecting a proposed agreement with the Union Commerciale and Caledonian Navigation Company. ...

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  32. QUEENSLAND.

    The Director of Sugar Experiment Stations, Dr. Maxwell, has returned to Brisbane from the north, and leaves at once for Melbourne on business connected with the regulations dealing with ...

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  33. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--I accept your challenge to publicly face, my constituents as a straight-out opponent of reduction of members, and I call upon youth assist me in giving the greatest publicity to the ...

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  34. SENSATIONAL FIGHT IN A DRAY.

    GOULBURN, Saturday.--At the police court to-day Alexander Dallas and Edward Horsfield, two young men, wore charged with assaulting Charles Cornwell with intent to steal. ...

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  35. MILITARY.

    FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH REGIMENTS. The general annual inspection of the Fifth (Scottish Rifles), Sixth (Australian Rifles), and the Seventh regiments (St. George's Rifles) was ...

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  36. STORMY EXPERIENCE.

    A rather sensational experience in a gale in the Southern Ocean fell to the lot of the barque chipperkyle, which arrived here on Saturday night from Liverpool. The barque was 103 days ...

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  37. ST. GEORGE'S (ENGLISH) RIFLES.

    The non-commissioned officers of the 7th Infantry Regiment (St. George's Rifles) held their annual smoke concert at the Grand Hotel, George-street, on Saturday night. ...

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  38. YANCO GLEN WATER SCHEME.

    BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The applications of Messrs. R. W. English and F. G. Mitchell, on behalf of the Yanco Glen Water Supply Company, for sites for the proposed reservoir and pumping ...

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  39. THE RIVAL SHEARERS' UNIONS.

    The fight for supremacy between the Machine Shearers and Shed Employees' Union and the Australian Workers' Union is being conducted with considerable vigor. The initial steps were ...

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  40. BAZAAR AT BURWOOD.

    The bazaar which wan opened at the Burwood School of Arts on Wednesday, in aid of St, Mary's Church, Concord, has proven a success beyond anticipation. Up to Friday night a sum ...

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  41. POLITICS IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Peacock returned to Melbourne yesterday full of satisfaction with the business done at the Premiers' Conference in Sydney. ...

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