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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT.

    On Monday, subsequent to the meeting of the city council, councillors visited Lake Wendource in a body, and after an inspection decided to take immediate action ...

    Article : 254 words
  3. POSTAL PECULATIONS AT COBURG.

    Thomas Richard Stephens, telegraph messenger, who was arrested by Detectives White and M'Williams at the Coburg Postoffice on Wednesday evening last, was ...

    Article : 278 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 7,524 words
  5. ESSENDON STREET-LIGHTING.

    At the Essendon Council meeting on Monday there was a lone discussion on a motion to call tenders for the lighting, extinguishing, and repair of the town lamps. There was a recommendation ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. BOARD OF WORKS.

    At the meeting of the Essendon Town Council on Monday evening Councillor Cowan was unanimously appointed to represent the council on the Metropolitan Board of Works. ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. MUNICIPAL STATISTICS.

    Councillor Mountain moved, in the Essendon Town Council, that a conference of municipal councils interested be called to consider the increasing demands of the Government upon ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. BENDIGO.

    A petition praying for remission of a portion of the sentence of 18 months imprisonment inflicted upon John Lethlean for obtaining money by means of false ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. MILK LICENSES.

    It was decided at the meeting of the Port Melbourne Council on Monday night that an application he made to the Supreme Court for an order to review the decision of the local justices ...

    Article : 94 words
  10. CRIMINAL COURT,

    Joseph Watts, who on the previous day pleaded guilty to stealing from a dwelling-house, with seven prior convictions, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with ...

    Article : 319 words
  11. POSTING SHIPPING NEWS.

    Councillor Bain proposed, at the Port Melbourne Council meeting on Monday night, that the Postmaster-General be written to, asking him to have the shipping intelligence posted at the ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. CASTLEMAINE.

    A few months ago the Government voted £1,000 towards clearing a portion of Barker's Creek between its junction with Forest Creek and the Woollen Mills. The ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. A DRAINAGE DISPUTE.

    For some time past the Port Melbourne Council have been in communication with the Railway department in reference to the underground drainage at the North Port station. This is first gathered ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. THE WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD RAILWAY.

    The arbitration proceedings in connection with the acquisition of lands required for the narrow-gauge railway from Wangaratta to Whitfield have ...

    Article : 272 words
  15. PROPOSED PARK AT NORTH CAMBERWELL.

    A communication was received at the Boroondar[?] council last night from Messrs. Flint and others, on behalf of residents of North Camberwell, suggesting that the council should apply to the ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE. WATER FOR MOORABBIN SHIRE.

    A suggestion from the Dandenong Works Trust that an expert engineer should report on teh best means of supplying the townships of South Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, and Mordialloc with ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. A LOAN FOR BOROONDARA.

    At the Boroondara Council meeting last night Councillor Beckett moved "that arrangements be made to raise a shire loan for various permanent works, and that a special meeting be held to ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. CHINESE VOTERS.

    At the last meeting of the Moorabbin Council Councillor Burgess said that in view of some comment passed at a previous meeting on the legality of Chinese voting at elections, he had made ...

    Article : 177 words
  19. CHARGE OF CATTLE-STEALING.

    A young man named (George Jeffrey was arrested on Monday on a charge of cattle-stealing. He was on his way from Monea to Baddaginnie when Constable Hunt ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. THE SANDRINGHAM TRAIN SERVICE.

    In reply to the request of the Moorabbin Council that a protest should be made against the new train time-table, a letter was received at the last meeting of that council from the town clerk ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. THE KEELY MOTOR,

    John Worrall Keely died in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, and now Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, the rich widow whose faith in his alleged discovery of a new force led her to ...

    Article : 547 words
  22. PTOMAINE-POISONING.

    A man named George Thompson, whilst travelling from Kyneton to Maldon on Saturday with a waggon-load of merchandise, camped at Castlemaine. He was ...

    Article : 140 words
  23. WOMEN AS COUNCILLORS.

    The circular of the Prahran Women's Franchise League asking the Moorabbin Council to support an amendment of the Local Government Act to enable women to act as municipal councillors ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. SANITARY MATTERS AT SANDRINGHAM.

    At the last meeting of the Moorabbin Council a lengthy report, containing many recommendations for sanitary reform at Sandringham, was presented by a committee consisting of the south and ...

    Article : 343 words
  25. BUSH FIRES.

    At about 7 o'clock this evening a fire broke out near the railway line about two miles from Hamilton, one the Dunkeld-road. it is supposed to have been started by ...

    Article : 4,214 words
  26. CHANNELLING PRIVATE STREETS.

    Councillor Storey moved at the meeting of the Moorabbin Council on Monday night that the engineer prepare an estimate of cost of channelling some 20 private streets at Sandringham. He ...

    Article : 314 words
  27. SHOP-LIFTING.

    A cottage in Garfield-street, North Richmond, was raided yesterday morning by the police, and the occupants, a woman named Minnie Rushen and a man named ...

    Article : 263 words
  28. AN UNHAPPY FAMILY.

    A young man named John James Goldsmith, who was last week committed for trial for attempting to commit suicide, was yesterday charged by Thomas Dunstan, ...

    Article : 237 words
  29. COLLECTING THE SEWERAGE RATE.

    At the Malvern Council on Monday night a letter was received from the Metropolitan Board of Works asking the council if it had any objection to the 1d. s[?]werage rate in the shire being ...

    Article : 187 words
  30. INSPECTION OF MALVERN DAIRY CATTLE

    A letter was read at the last meeting of the Malvern Council form Mr. G. Pentland, the chief inspector of stock, submitting the report of Mr. T. Irwin, inspector of stock. Mr. Irwin said that ...

    Article : 181 words
  31. WESTERNPORT BAY STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    A meeting of the Westernport Bay and Flinders Steamship Company was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. P. Platt (chairman of directors) in the chair. At a previous ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. WOMEN AS COUNCILLORS.

    The Preston Shire Council, sitting in committee, recently considered the application of the Prahran Women's Franchise League for their support in securing the amendment of the Local ...

    Article : 111 words
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