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  2. PERSONAL.

    The Mayoress of Subiaco (Mrs. Chesters) will be at home on her usual day, Tuesday next. She is desirous of forming a ladies' committee to help the Subiaco Library ...

    Article : 533 words
  3. FREMANTLE MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

    Following on last Friday's special meeting of the Fremantle Municipal Council, at which consideration was given to a letter received from Mr. J. J. Holmes in which the ...

    Article : 710 words
  4. COTTESLOE DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY.

    Some days ago in an issue of the "Government Gazette" the authorities announced a determination to proceed with the laying on the southern side of the river of a ...

    Article : 2,190 words
  5. NEW RAILWAYS.

    The delay in taking over the Bridgetown-Manjinup railway by the Railway Department has been causing much dissatisfaction. Last week Mr. Layman, M.L.A., failing to ...

    Article : 334 words
  6. STATE POLITICS.

    Mr. Sidney J. Hosken, a farmer of Northampton, has defintely announced himself as a candidate for the Greenough seat in opposition to the Attorney-General (Mr. ...

    Article : 851 words
  7. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The Woods-Williamson Company opened to a good audience on Saturday night with "A Woman's Sin," a dramatisation by Miss Maud Williamson of Hall Caine's ...

    Article : 3,056 words
  8. GERALDTON QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The Geraldton Quarter Sessions were concluded late yesterday afternoon. Michael McKean an ex-railway porter, who on Thursday was acquitted on a charge of ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA.

    A continuance of strong south-west winds and heavy seas were reported along the coast yesterday, but while the conditions were not so severe as previously they were ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. SHOOTING ACCIDENT AT NEW NORCIA.

    On Saturday evening the Perth police received a wire from Mr. Lannigan, J.P., of New Norcia, to the effect that a youth had reported to him that he had accidentally ...

    Article : 354 words
  11. THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY.

    The determination of the Coal Mining Industry Board for the State, exclusive of the south-eastern division, has been approved. It is provided that before there shall be any ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. THE CLIMATE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 613 words
  13. TASMANIAN POLITICS.

    The election for Wilmot to fill the vacancy in the House of Assembly, caused by the retirement of Mr. Hope, M.H.A., was held last week. The three candidates were all ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. A FATAL SHELTER.

    William Rowe, aged 58 years, while driving from his home to Wal Wal station yesterday morning, was forced to take shelter under a tree during a violent storm. The ...

    Article : 129 words
  15. STORM IN MELBOURNE.

    The State Meteorologist, questioned to-night regarding the unusually severe storm which passed over Melbourne early this morning, said the average speed of the wind ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. GOLDFIELDS BISHOPRIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  17. FREE WORKERS' UNION.

    An excellent beginning has been made with the movement initiated during the agricultural implement trade strike to establish a free workers' union. It was proposed at ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. ADELAIDE DRIVERS' STRIKE.

    The strike of Graves and Co.'s drivers, which occurred on Tuesday because of the arrest of one of their number for the non-payment of a Police Court fine, was settled ...

    Article : 97 words
  19. THEFT FROM A CONSTABLE.

    Property is still being lost by the police force. Constable Dooley, of the Little Bourke-street station, is lamenting the disappearance of a dark tweed overcoat with ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. PERSISTENT BURGLARS.

    Burglars broke into the Coolac railway station last night. They blasted open the safe, but got only £3 18s. They also broke into a general store, but decamped when the ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. A STORMY VOYAGE.

    One of the greatest sufferers by the recent storm was the steamer Leura, which arrived to-day from Newcastle. When the Leura passed Wilson's Promontory she ran into a ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. COUNTRY.

    In the Moora Licensing Court on Friday, before Messrs. Dowley, R.M., and Clinch, J.P., Mrs. Terry, of Three Springs, the holder of a wine and beer licence, applied ...

    Article : 271 words
  23. MOOLTAN SMALL-POX PATIENTS.

    Jockey Henry Butters, who was quarantined from the Mooltan, was released on Saturday. ...

    Article : 23 words
  24. VICTORIA.

    The first inter-State conference of the gas employees of Australia is being held in Melbourne. A new constitution has been drafted to suit the requirements of the ...

    Article : 145 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has decided to let the law take its course in the case of the Maori youth Tahi Kaka, who was sentenced to death at Auckland for the murder of a gum ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. THEFT OF TOWELS.

    Two young men named David James Davies and Mortimer Hare, who were arrested in the train at Geraldton and charged with the larceny of two towels valued at 1s. ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

    Steady rain set in last night. Up to the present 83 points have been registered. ...

    Article : 28 words
  28. FIRE IN JOINERY WORKS.

    A fire broke out in Mr. W. Brooks's joinery works at the Malvern railway station yesterday afternoon, and resulted in the destruction of about £2,000 worth of property. ...

    Article : 110 words
  29. WATER RATES.

    Sir,—I was summoned by the Goldfields Water Supply for £2 10s. for water rates, being the owner of a block of land at West Guildford, where neither pipes nor water ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The weather was exceptionally wintry to-day. Snow has fallen on the highlands, and it is snowing fairly generally along the tablelands. ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 439 words
  32. SLEEPERS AWAKENED.

    Sir,—Residents and especially sleepers out in the west end of Perth are very much annoyed at the unnecessary amount of noise and blowing off of steam made by engines ...

    Article : 59 words
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