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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  3. QUEEN'S SIGNAL AND THANKSGIVING HYMN.

    The Telegraph department and the military authorities are making all the necessary arrangements for the reception and transmission of the signal which is expected ...

    Article : 277 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT.

    Mr. R. M'Gregor, M.L.A., addressed a large meeting of his constituents at the town-hall, Ballarat East, on Thursday, the mayor (Councillor M'Keo) presiding. The ...

    Article : 121 words
  5. DESTRUCTION OF STATE FORESTS.

    The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the condition of Victorian state forests and timber reserves held its first meeting at Parliament-house yesterday, the ...

    Article : 1,838 words
  6. RAILWAY CAR LIGHTING.

    The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways met at Parliament-house yesterday for the purpose of determining for the present the question of railway carriage ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  7. THE DROUGHT.

    The continued drought in this district is causing great distress. A great number of cattle have been trucked away by rail, and during the last few days farmers have found ...

    Article : 366 words
  8. FEEDING THE POOR.

    Arrangements for carrying out the distribution of goods to be allotted to South Melbourne for the entertainment of the poor of the district on Monday next have ...

    Article : 442 words
  9. CASTLEMAINE.

    A special meeting of the Castlemaine Borough Council was held on Thursday night, when Doctor Woolley was unanimously elected health officer in succession ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. THE SIGNAL FROM LONDON.

    Sir,—Will you permit me to suggest that immediatly on arrival of the signal from London of Her Majesty's arrival at the steps of St. Paul's, the Mayor of Melbourne ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE IN ENGLAND.

    The butter market has been verj quiet this week, and the demand for colonial becomes smaller every day. Prices, however, have been fairly well maintained, and 90/ ...

    Article : 752 words
  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Executive to-day appointed a commission to consider the project of carrying an elevated railway through the city. It consists of Mr. Presse, the Minister of ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. EARLY CLOSING FOR THE WEEK.

    Sir,—Will you kindly allow me, in the interests of the suburban shop assistants, to make a Jubilee suggestion which I consider worth while carrying into effect? Seeing ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. GEELONG.

    On Tuesday afternoon the dead body of a farmer, named Frederick Savage, was found lying on the bank of the River Leigh at Inverleigh, and about a quarter ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    At the City Police Court this morning, before Mr. Dwyer, P.M., and Mr. W. Webb, J.P., Alfred Joseph Spargo, pyrites burner; John George Stanfield, accountant; ...

    Article : 428 words
  16. TASMANIA.

    The National Bank of Tasmania held its half-yearly meeting at Launceston to-day. The balance-sheet showed a net profit of £5,588. A dividend of 5 per cent. was ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. STREET LIGHTS OUT!

    Sir,—S[?]ce it must be the desire of everyone that the elaborate illuminations should be seen in their full splendour. I would suggest that the City Council should refrain ...

    Article : 139 words
  18. THE FRUIT EXPORT TRADE.

    At last meeting of the Horsham and Wimmera District Fruit-growers' Association it was stated that one firm had recently lost 7/ each on 2,000 cases of apples, through ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Lyne asked the Acting Premier whether it was the intention of the Government to submit to the House the desirability of ...

    Article : 292 words
  20. MILITARY BALL AT RICHMOND.

    The Richmond Company of the Metropolitan Infantry Brigade have arranged to celebrate the Queen's long reign by a charity ball at the Orderly-room, ...

    Article : 47 words
  21. M. MUSIN'S CONCERT COMPANY.

    M. Musin, the eminent violinist, and the artists association with him, were welcomed yesterday evening in the Town-hall by an appreciative and demonstrative audience, ...

    Article : 1,023 words
  22. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    CUDGEWA.—The directors of the Cudgewa Dairy Company held their usual monthly meeting on Tuesday, when steps were taken to erect another ...

    Article : 1,615 words
  23. HOLIDAYS FOR WARDERS AND ASYLUM ATTENDANTS.

    It has been decidee by the Government to give as many warders of gaols and attendants at lunatic asylums as can be spared from duty holidays on the 22nd and ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATION.

    There will be a demonstration of children attending the Sunday-schools in the Exhibition-building on the 25th just, and it has been arranged by the Government ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. SUBURBAN CELEBRATIONS.

    The children attending the Caulfield and Rosstown state schools will be entertained at the Caulfield racecourse on Thursday next. The children will assemble at their ...

    Article : 201 words
  26. LAND LEGISLATION.

    A well-attended meeting was held here to-day to advocate a perpetual tenure of Crawn leaseholds, both as regards present and future occupants. Mr. W. H. Disher ...

    Article : 177 words
  27. THE INDIAN FAMINE.

    The secretary of the Church Missionary Association desires to acknowledge the following contribution for the Indian Famine Relief Fund:—Messrs, Griffiths Bros., ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. HOW DISEASE IS SPREAD.

    Sir,—I see there is some talk of the necessity of inspecting fowls, [?]st they be the means of disseminating diphtheria. I should like to give my experience on the ...

    Article : 318 words
  29. QUEENSLAND.

    In an action to-day, in which the Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia Limited sought to obtain from the Queensland Investment, Land, and ...

    Article : 208 words
  30. CELEBRATION IN THE COUNTRY.

    The Avoca Shire Council at its last meeting donated various sums to the local charities as special jubilee gifts, the institutions benefiting thereby being the Avoca Ladies' ...

    Article : 2,250 words
  31. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    Arthur Stevenson, Wm. Cawthorne, and W. G. Barton were each fined 40/ and 6/ costs at the Praham Court yesterday for not having their children vaccinated. ...

    Article : 209 words
  32. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.

    A representative meeting of persons interested in the sugar beet industry was held here last night, Messrs. J. C. Ritchic, Goldie, and Powell, from Port Fairy, being ...

    Article : 245 words
  33. MR. BALFOUR ON PROTECTION.

    Sir,—The remarks of Mr. Balfour, the Conservative leader of the House of Commons, in reply to Sir Howard Vincent's request for a protective duty of 10 per cent. ...

    Article : 452 words
  34. THE COLLINGWOOD DISPENSARY

    Sir,—I noticed with pleasure in "The Argus" a few days ago a letter from the secretary of the Charity Organisation Society to the effect that the Collingwood ...

    Article : 148 words
  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Colonel Gordon, the military commandant, has been granted six months' leave of absence, and will leave Melbourne on July 1 by Da[?]sens for England. ...

    Article : 252 words
  36. THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER ON TOUR.

    Mr. Mathieson (chariman), Mr. Norman (engineer for existing lines), and Mr. Fitzpatrick (traffic manager) arrived here by special train from Healesville this ...

    Article : 358 words
  37. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 204 words
  38. CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Will you kindly accept the best thanks of this society for the leader in this morning's issue of your paper concerning the cases of cruelty to children, and ...

    Article : 171 words
  39. OTHER COLONIES.

    A new issue of Jubilee stamps of three denominations of 1d., 2d., and 2½d. will be issued on Jubilee Day, and will supersede the stamps of that denomination now in ...

    Article : 131 words
  40. PINK PILLS PROSECUTIONS.

    Sir.—I beg space to reply to R. B. Bridge, whose letter appears to-day. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and a knowledge of a part of an act only almost always leads ...

    Article : 364 words
  41. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    SOMERVILLE, June 17.—The drought prevailing in the northern districts is affecting the nurserymen here, as large orders for young fruit [?] have had to be concelled, owing to the growers not ...

    Article : 173 words
  42. CYCLING.

    A bicycle road race from Wangaratta to Tarrawing[?] and return (a distance of 21 miles) was held yesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the Wangaratta Cycling Club. There were 10 ...

    Article : 166 words
  43. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Would you kindly permit me to state through the medium of year paper, that the [?] of the child-torture recently convicted at Richmond, and referred to in ...

    Article : 207 words
  44. NEW ROAD TO OMEO.

    Two loads of machinery for the Highland Chief mine arrived yesterday at Sheep Station Creek, its destination. The one load contained the boiler, which, with the ...

    Article : 216 words
  45. THE SYDNEY MEMORIAL.

    The amount actually received by the committee of the proposed consumptive hospital is over £5,000, and a great many of the collecting cards are still out. ...

    Article : 41 words
  46. GOVERNMENT ACTION IN ADELAIDE.

    In the House of Assembly to-day the Treasurer announced that all regular employes of the Government, whether on the fixed or the temporary list, would receive ...

    Article : 271 words
  47. FREEMASONRY.

    At the St. George Masonle Lodge, No. 1[?], [?] [?]olly, the installaton of officers for the ensuing term took place on June 14. There was a good attendance, including a number of visitors. The ...

    Article : 149 words
  48. FOOD FOR THE MIND.

    The retail, wholesale, half-price, and secondhand departments of Cole's Book Arcade, Melbourne, contain the largest and most varied assortment of books, we believe, in any trading ...

    Article : 37 words
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