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  2. MELBOURNE MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 966 words
  3. RIFLE NOTES.

    For some time Major Boam, secretary for rifle clubs, has been in indifferent health. He has been granted two months' leave of absence from official duties. ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    A Melbourne syndicate recently purchased four of the steamers which have been running on Lake Wendource for removal to Melbourne. Three of the vessels ...

    Article : 267 words
  5. MR. HARRY RICKARDS.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Mr. Harry Rickards returned from a six months' trip to Great Britain by the R.M.S. India, which arrived at Largs Bay on Saturday. In the ...

    Article : 533 words
  6. THREE MEN DROWNED.

    PERTH, Sunday. — Three men, named Gavin M'Callum, aged 19, single; Stewart Harris, aged 24, single; and Frederick Patterson, aged 35, married, were drowned in ...

    Article : 223 words
  7. FIRE AT WEST-MELBOURNE.

    Strained as were the resources of the brigade on Saturday night, there was another call to be made on them. At 27 minutes past 11 o'clock, while the blaze in ...

    Article : 457 words
  8. TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES.

    If reforms in the telegraph and telephone service are to be brought about preliminary inquiry must not overlook what is known as the outdoor work of both branches. The ...

    Article : 2,207 words
  9. WORK AND WAGES. EMPLOYES IN TEA WAREHOUSES.

    A mass meeting of employes in tea warehouses was held at the Trades-hall on Saturday evening for the purpose of forming a union. Mr. J. Hyman presided, and ...

    Article : 199 words
  10. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The police made a successful raid yesterday afternoon on a Chinese gaming-house in Goulbourn street, and found fan-tan in full swing. ...

    Article : 384 words
  11. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    At the monthly meeting of the Bendigo Vine and Fruitgrowing Association on Saturday, Mr. H. Keek (president) in the chair, a discussion took place on the ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. THE COLLIERY TROUBLE. TRIBUNAL APPOINTED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The special tribunal to deal with the matters in dispute between the northern colliery owners and the miners will consist of Judge Heydon, Mr. H. S. ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    For the month of November goods were imported to Geelong reaching a value of £27,319, bringing the total for the eleven months of the year to £268,152. The ...

    Article : 176 words
  14. GLASS-BOTTLE MAKERS.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Delegates from the Amalgamated Glass-bottle Makers' Society recently visited Melbourne, and found that the employes there were being paid better ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. CASUALITIES AND FATALITIES. SICKNESS AND SUICIDE.

    The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hubert R. Dixon, who was found in a dying state on Monday evening in the railway reserve near ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday. —Matters are now comparatively quiet in political circles. It is generally anticipated that polling will take place during the last week in January ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. ELECTRIC CUTTERS IN COLLIERIES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—An interim report has been received by the Minister of Mines from the special committee appointed to inquire into the dispute respecting the ...

    Article : 386 words
  18. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The revenue for November last was £253,420, as against £264,427 for November, 1906. The expenditure was £239,275, against £310,473 for the ...

    Article : 154 words
  19. HAMILTON.

    A new steel fire-bell tower 75ft. high has been erected. Mr. Cheyne, the local postmaster, has had a sudden seizure of illness, and has ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. RIVERINA NEWS.

    TOCUMWAL, Saturday.£At an inquiry held at Barooga Hotel to-day before the coroner, Mr. F. W. Garstang. Thomas John Allan was committed for trial for ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. INFANT'S DEATH.

    The death has been reported to the coroner of the infant child of Martha M'Grath, a married woman, residing with her husband at 708 Sydney-road, Brunswick. ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 945 words
  23. MR. ELWOOD MEAD ON TOUR.

    ROCHESTER, Sunday. — Mr. Elwood Mead, chairman of the Water Commission, accompanied by Mr. Stuart Murray, engineer in chief: Mr. Dethbridge, deputy ...

    Article : 220 words
  24. LOW PRICE OF METALS.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—It is reported on good authority that the Tasmanian Copper Company's Blinman mines will be closed down at an early date, in consequenc of the ...

    Article : 85 words
  25. ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

    The Caledonian Society held its annual gathering in honour of St. Andrew's Day in the Masome-hall on Saturday evening. The celebration took the form of a Haggis ...

    Article : 423 words
  26. VERY SUDDEN DEATH.

    WODONGA, Saturday.—Mr. J. Rowan, the coroner, on Saturday resumed the magisterial inquiry concerning the death of Michael Francis Cronin, mining manager, ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The steamer Oscar 11. arrived at Port Adelaide yesterday with a cargo of timber from Japan. This is said to be the first shipment of ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. SUICIDE OF A STATION HAND.

    GRANYA, Saturday.—James Herdsman, a labourer at Collin's Burrowye Station, who had been drinking heavily lately, shot himself with a pea-rifle. He left the station ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. STUCK UP BY GRASSHOPPERS.

    KILMORE, Sunday.—A goods train between Pyalong and High Camp was stuck up on Friday afternoon on a steep bank by grasshoppers, which covered the rails, ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. SEARCHING MINERS. INCIDENT AT A MINE.

    BENDIGO, Saturday.—To use the words of a miner, "the first shot" in connection with the trouble between the Virginia Company and their employes over the searching ...

    Article : 254 words
  31. QUARTERMASTER'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The quartermaster of the R.M.S. Oroya, named Charles Emmerson, was found outside an hotel in Loftus-street, in the vicinity of Circular ...

    Article : 131 words
  32. THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.

    LONDON, Nov. 1.—This week the market is de[?] and depressed. Everybody is suffering from cold feet. Everything is too dear— tops, wool, coals, labour, rates, and, above all, ...

    Article : 1,155 words
  33. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN BONES.

    DAYLESFORD, Saturday.—James Danstan and Thomas Caddy, miners, who had taken a tribute from the Daylesford Gold Mines Limited, to-day commenced cleaning ...

    Article : 212 words
  34. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The Sandy Bay golf links, with their fine new putting greens, have been opened for play. The Government have refused to take any ...

    Article : 242 words
  35. KILLED BY A BUCKET.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Three men were working in a shaft at the 210ft. at the Paringa mine, Callington, when the rope broke. A heavy bucket fell, and struck ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

    A revival of the favourite Irish drama, "Arrahna-Pogue" brought Mr. Andrew Mack's successful season, at the Princess's Theatre, to a close on Saturday evening. In his delineation of the ...

    Article : 825 words
  37. KILLED IN THE HAY FIELD.

    DIMBOOLA, Friday.— Yesterday a young married man named Walter Smith was carting hay at Gerang. While he was on top of a load a sheaf fell on the horses' backs. ...

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  38. POLICE STATION BURNT.

    STAWELL, Sunday.—The police station at Glenorchy was burnt to the ground on Saturday evening. The station was in charge of Constable Sergeant. Shortly after 6 ...

    Article : 153 words
  39. ALLEGED GOLD STEALING.

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday.—The special constables appointed to suppress gold stealing on the fields have lost no time getting to work. Yesterday morning Constables ...

    Article : 177 words
  40. THE RAILWAYS.

    CASTLEMAINE, Saturday. On August 9 a man named George Gaynes was fined £5 for travelling in a railway carriage without a ticket. The warrant of distress being returned unsatisfied, he was ...

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  41. THE HOSPITAL SITE.

    Sir,—As a citizen of Melbourne I beg to protest against the time-wasting tactics of the City Council, as exemplified by the Lord Mayor's complaint published in the "The ...

    Article : 362 words
  42. ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKING.

    On Saturday evening Detectives Bannon, Howard and Murray arrested two men, Herbert Clarke, alias Thomas Edgar Jobling, 18 years of age, hawker, and Richard ...

    Article : 430 words
  43. WOOL SALES.

    The Australian Mortgage, land, and Finance Company Limited will hold their usual weekly wool sale at the B[?], Collins-street, on Tuesday next, at 3 p.m., when they will submit a catalogue of ...

    Article : 601 words
  44. "ARMY" IN THE STREETS.

    SALE, Sunday. —"Captain" Greene and "Lieutenant" Dennis, both female officers of the Salvation Army, sent to carry on work here in place of "Captains" Egan and ...

    Article : 287 words
  45. COBURG ELECTION.

    The Coburg extraordin v election, to fill the vacancy caused by the re[?]ment of Councillor A. Voice, will take place on Wednesday next. The two candidate who will go to the poll are ...

    Article : 122 words
  46. COUNTRY STOCK MARKETS.

    BENDIGO, Nov. 28. Mr. F. A. Hill reports:— "221 pigs penned. Supply was below requirements, and prices slightly in advance last week. Porkers[?] Firm demanded existed throughout, and prices ...

    Article : 115 words
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