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  2. NAVIGATION COMMISSION.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Navigation Commission were shown over the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Victoria this morning, and subsequently examined Robert ...

    Article : 347 words
  3. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. SAILOR KILLED.

    When the four-masted barque Loch Broom was within a few hours' sail of Port Phillip on Monday last, a sailor, named William Miller, fell from aloft, and, ...

    Article : 82 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    Mr. W. Whidburn gave Dickens' Christmas Carol as a recital in St. Patrick's Hall on Tuesday evening. The entertainment took place under the auspices of the ...

    Article : 497 words
  5. FALL IN A SEWERAGE SHAFT.

    Arthur Williams, 27 years of age, a resident of Nicholson-street, Fitzory, fell 10ft. whilst working in a sewerage shaft in Johnston-street, and sustained fractured ribs ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. WARRNAMBOOL.

    Grasshoppers are to be seen in myriads in the Lake Gillear district, and the farmers are being advised to try the recipe received by the shire secretary from Mildura, where ...

    Article : 289 words
  7. PLUMBER INJURED.

    ROCHESTER, Tuesday.—Mr. P. Fitzgerald, plumber and tinsmith, of this town, met with a rather severe accident on Tuesday morning. He was engaged putting in ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. BOY'S PRESENCE OF MIND.

    COLAC, Tuesday.—A sensational boating accident occurred on Lake Cornagamite, at Wool Wool, on Saturday, when a groom on the estate would have lost his life but for ...

    Article : 138 words
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  10. PIERCED BY A SPLINTER.

    CASTLEMAINE, Tuesday.—A fireman, named Arthur Metherall, while at practice on Monday night, met with a painful accident. He was sliding down a ladder when ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. WINE LICENSES.

    SHEPPARTON, Tuesday.—At the annual Licensing Court to-day, before Messrs. Morrison, Rowan, and Beavan, P.M.'s, Ephraim Taylor applied for a colonial wine ...

    Article : 169 words
  12. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    Joseph Lamb, enginedriver, aged 42 years, was arrested on Tuesday by Detective Sergeant Wilson on a charge of stealing amalgam to the value of ...

    Article : 812 words
  13. DEATH FROM HEAT APOPLEXY.

    BENALLA, Tuesday.—The very sudden death occurred on Monday night, of Mr. John Ferguson, a well-known district identity. He was working on a winnower in ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. CHILDREN THROWN FROM A BUGGY.

    HORSHAM, Tuesday.—Yesterday afternoon Mrs. David Prior was driving to Brimpaen in a buggy, accompanied by two small children, and, when near the M'Kenzie ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

    DAYLESFORD, Tuesday.—At the County Court to-day, before Judge Gaunt, James Connell, carter, sued the Victorian Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £200 ...

    Article : 146 words
  16. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    ARARAT, Tuesday.—A man named Thomas Shortis was bitten by a brown snake at Crowlands on Saturday. He was crossing a wire fence when a large brown ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. BOLTING HORSE.

    RUTHERGLEN, Tuesday.—On Monday, whilst Mrs. Bodger, of Gooramadda, with a lady friend and two children, were driving in Audley-street, the horse took fright at a ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. FALL FROM A TREE.

    ARARAT, Tuesday.—An old man named Alexander Bennett fell last week whilst picking cherries, and sustained serious injuries to the right shoulder and hip. He ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. SWIMMING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A man named Charles Andersen, aged 33 years, while shrimp fishing attempted to swim Ross Creek, Townsville, with a drag-net, on ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. CHRISTMAS APPEALS.

    Sir,—We are instructed by the executive of this organisation to appeal for funds in aid of its objects in the carrying out of which during 46 years so much has been ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. VERMIN SUPPRESSION.

    NHILL, Tuesday.—A conference, convened by the Western Vermin Board was held in the shire-hall. Nhill on Saturday afternoon, to discuss the question of vermin ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A boy named Wilson left home at Allora to bring in cows. The horse returned riderless, and on a search being made the boy's dead body was found. ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. LOST IN THE SNOW.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—The dead bodies of the two musterers, named Stackal and Rainey, who were lost in a snowstorm at Kaikoura, Marlborough, were found ...

    Article : 33 words
  24. A SWAGMAN'S CARELESSNESS.

    MOE, Tuesday.—A swagman nearly met with a tragic end yesterday afternoon. He camped in close proximity to the "Advocate" office, at which spot he arrived in ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Patrick Molloy, late of Yandolt, farmer, who died on November 2, under a will, dated September 21. 1899, left estate valued for probate at £3,189, including realty £2,700 and personalty £399, to ...

    Article : 399 words
  26. THEFT OF AN EMPTY SAFE.

    A decadent poet might wax pathetic over the disappointment which awaited a gang of safe-robbers who, after clever planning, expeditions action, and laborious work with ...

    Article : 482 words
  27. TRAIN DELAYED BY GRUBS.

    KOROIT, Tuesday.—Grubs have been very bad in some parts of the district. One day towards the end of last week the early train from Port Fairy had difficulty in ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. A DEFUNCT BOARD.

    ARARAT, Monday.—The Ararat and Stawell District Mining Board practically passed out of existence to-day, when it held its usual monthly meeting. The board was ...

    Article : 3,312 words
  29. GEELONG.

    For the theft of a ladder and iron, the property of Mr. Hayward of Newtown, a man named Clifford was on Tuesday awarded three days' imprisonment, without the ...

    Article : 624 words
  30. SET FIRE TO A SHED.

    A lad named John Council, aged 15 years, was charged at the Hawthorn Court yesterday with setting fire to a store-room, the property of Mr. George West Heley, draper, of Burwood-road, on ...

    Article : 417 words
  31. THE KETCH JEERA.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The ketch Jeera, Captain Robertson, which ran ashore recently, arrived at Cooktown from New Guinea to-day. The vessel was six days ...

    Article : 131 words
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