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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    On Saturday afternoon Mr. F. Sheehan, a Coghills Creek district farmer, reported to Senior-constable Robinson that a quantity of clothing, valued at 33/, had been stolen ...

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  4. SYDNEY PUSH OUTRAGE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Larrikinism was rampant for a time in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Friday night. Opposite the Vicloria Barracks there is a fish shop, kept by ...

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  5. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. RAILWAY CROSSING FATALITY.

    SHEPPARTON, Saturday.—Mr. Read Murphy, the district coroner, this afternoon, at the court-house, oponed an inquiry into the accident at the HIgh-street ...

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  6. MR. KEIR HARDIE.

    The Bijou Theatre was clouded last evening when Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., delivered a farewell address. During the course of the lecture one lady, overcome by the heat, ...

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  7. PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS.

    At the Melbourne Hospital a number of heat apoplexy patients have been admitted. John O'Sullivan, 65 years of age, labourer, living at 289 Victoria-street, Abbotsford, ...

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  8. COUNTRY CASES.

    GEELONG, Sunday.—To-day was the hottest day of the season, the shade registration reaching 111½ decrees. The weather was so oppressive that large numbers of people slept on beaches and out of ...

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  9. MUNICIPAL SUBSIDY.

    PAKENHAM, Saturday.—At the council meeting to-day word was received from the Government that one quarter of the subsidy had been passed. This caused a long ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. WORKMEN PROSTRATED.

    'An instance of the intensity of the heat on Friday is furnished in the fact that a water supply gang employed in connecting up the new main to improve the supply of ...

    Article : 58 words
  11. IN THE BAY.

    A smoko haze of even greater density than that which prevailed on Friday hung like a pall over Hobson's Bay on Saturday. The an was again oppressively warm, whilst the ...

    Article : 318 words
  12. WEIGHT OF CORNSACKS.

    WODONGA, Saturday.—The Towong Shire Council has decided to support the Shire of Rodney movement to oppose the reduction of the weight in cornsacks from ...

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  13. POSTAL DELIVERIES.

    Sir,—Kindly allow ino to suggest that the residents of Melbourne and other large city suburbs forego then mid-day delivery during ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. THE WEATHER. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA FOR JAN. [?].

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  15. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    The Bendigo Mining Managers' Association will hold their annual banquet on February 15. At the meeting of the association on Saturday night it was decided to ...

    Article : 471 words
  16. TENTS FOR SLEEPING.

    Sir,—That a stuffy bedroom should be put up with, wherein to court sleep, with the mercury so high, is beyound my comprehension. For some five or six months I have ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. QUEENSLAND.

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  18. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  19. SEXTON'S HEAVY TASK.

    'A remarkable situation has arisen at the Melbourne General Cemetery in connection with the burials which are to take place to-day. The city's daily mortality has leapt up ...

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  20. BABY KILLED.

    An inquest was held by the coroner (Dr. Cole) on Saturday on the body of Vera May Rowans, aged 3 years, who was run over by a tramear at North Carlton on ...

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  21. VICTORIAN EXPORTS.

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  22. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRE.

    MOUNT GAMBIER, Sunday.—Following on the disastrous fires of last week, a conflagration occurred at Glenburnie to-day. The fire broke out this ...

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  23. RACEHORSES AFFECTED.

    A number of the horses engaged at the Moonee Valley races on Saturday suffered in consequence of the extreme heat. After the Hurdle Race, Mr. E. F. J. Bordeaux ...

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  24. CLOSING OF STATE SCHOOLS.

    In view of the prevailing hot weather, the Minister of Education (Mr. Sachse) desires that state school teachers will exercise wise discretion in the resumption and ...

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  25. BUILDING TRADES.

    The annual picnic of the united building trades' employes at Mornington on Saturday was largely attended. A pleasant run was made down the bay on the Hygein. The ...

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  26. THE CHURCHES.

    The attemdamce at the city and suburban churches was materially affected yesterday by the sweltering heat. In most churches the congregations were in below the ...

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  27. CYCLISTS INJURED.

    On Saturday afternoon Mr. Albert Grice was cycling in Budge-road, Richmond, when he collided with a van of Messrs. Hoadley and Co., jam-makers. The cyclist was ...

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  28. RABBIT DESTRUCTION. OREGON DISEASE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—According to Professor Starr Jordan, of the Leland Stanford University, the Oregon rabbit disease will not be helpful to Australia. A New South ...

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  29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I would like to suggestm in view of the present intense and trying heat, that the Education department suspend the reopening of the state schools for a few days ...

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  30. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    On Saturday the carpenters of Geelong held their annual picnic at Barwon Heads, to which place they were conveyed in drags. The employes at Donaghy's rope-works also ...

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  31. CRICKETER SUSTAINS CONCUSSION.

    While Frederick Boyd, 31 years of age, who lives at 61 Peel-street, West Melbourne, was playing with the Carlton Druids in a cricket match against the Port Melbourne ...

    Article : 70 words
  32. CASTLEMAINE.

    Mr. T. D. Armstrong, who for the past 10 years has been sheriff's officer at Castlemaine, died on Friday night, aged 72 years. At the police court on Saturday morning ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. TELEPHONE EXAMINATIONS.

    Sir,—I quite agree with your correspondent "Justice," in "The Argus" of to-day. It seems unfair that those young ladies who have qualified by examination for the ...

    Article : 136 words
  34. HEAT RECORDS.

    The maximum heat registered in other capitals on Saturday was:— Perth (W.A.), 70deg.: Adelaide (S.A.), 11[?]deg,; Brisbane (Q.), 80deg; Sydney (N.S.W.),92 deg. ...

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  35. DROWNED WHILE BATHING.

    MURTOA, Friday.—A party, consisting of Misses Daisy Frauenfelder, Eva Sheridan, Silva Cram, Nina Sawyer, and Master B. Cram, left Murtoa this morning for a ...

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  36. BATHING AT NIGHT.

    The principal recreation of the citizens of Melbourne and suburbs on Saturday and Sunday was bathing. At one period, at one of the baths during Saturday afternoon, ...

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  37. COUNTRY RECORDS.

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  38. HAMILTON.

    The telegraph line to Melbourne is interrupted almost daily. The trouble occurs near Lake Bolac, and is caused chiefly through some persons throwing twisted ...

    Article : 163 words
  39. POLICE AND POLITICS.

    Restriction imposed upon members of the police force as regards participation in politics have been defined afresh in a new regulation, passed at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 215 words
  40. THE DANYSZ MICROBE.

    WAGGA, Saturday.—A largely-attended meeting of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association to-day considered the proposal to have ...

    Article : 228 words
  41. MELBOURNE MARKETS.

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  42. WEATHER NOTES.

    Saturday was another very unpleasant day, from a temperature point of view, the reading at the bureau-grounds reaching 101deg. at about 1.20 p.m. This was, however, 5deg. less than on the Friday, ...

    Article : 398 words
  43. BATHER INJURED.

    On Saturday a boy named George Stevens, residing at 3 Ford-street, Footscray, was bathing in the Saltwater River, near the racecourse. In diving he collided with a ...

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  44. HOUSE-BREAKING AND LARCENY.

    DANDENONG, Sunday.—On Friday Mr. T. A. Twyford, state school teacher, Clyde, and his family were absent from their home during the day, and when they ...

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  45. YOUNG- WOMAN'S SUICIDE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A young woman named Rose Adams, who resided with her parents at Burwood, took "Rough on Rats" yesterday morning. Miss Adams had been ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Saturday.—At a fruit growers' meeting on Friday it was decided to export to England and Germany 421,000 cases of apples by 23 steamers, commencing in the ...

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  47. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.— The Ormuz has left with 19,718 boxes of butter for oversea ports. This is a record shipment from Brisbane. ...

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  48. SLEEPING OUT.

    Verandahs, lawns, gardens—these were the bedrooms on Saturday night. Fathers from the evening stroll, mothers from the week-end shopping, returned late at night ...

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  49. DRIVER'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. —William Ticehurst was bringing in a heavy load of wheat to Grenfell yesterday when he leaned over to put on a brake, and, over-balancing, fell in ...

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  50. MR. TREGEAR AND THE TRADES-HALL.

    Sir,—Mr. L. Cohen, of the Trades-hall, having found a mare's nest last Friday night, proceeded to form it board of experts to investigate it. The "inqiiny" is ...

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  51. PORTLAND HEATH LANDS.

    The Government agricultural expert (Mr. F.E. Lee) returned to Melbourne on Saturday from a visit of inspection to the experimental plot of heath land at Portland. ...

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  52. SAILOR DROWNED.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—During the voyage of the barque Formosa, which arrived at Port Pirie last Wednesday, J. Mapor, a native of Belfast, while attending to the ...

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  53. GANGERS LEAVE WORK.

    ROCHESTER, Saturday. — Yesterday several of the gangs on the Waranga channel struck work is the heat was too great for both men and horses. A number of ...

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  54. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY Sunday.—Bacteriological examination of blood from cows which died on the selection of a farmer named Cant at Hillsborough, in the West Maitland ...

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  55. THE RAILWAYS.

    At the Richmond Court on Saturday last, Ray Dunbar and James Tredinning were charged with having travelled first-class on the railway with second-class tickets on November 28, between ...

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  56. SUMMER SCHOOL.

    HEALESVILLE, Sunday.—The summer school programme was continued on Saturday morning the Bishop of Bendigo presiding and assisted by Canon Sadlier, M.A. ...

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  57. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—Two accidents occurred on the Government tram service to-night, one having fatal results. R. Shields, an old man who got under a ...

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  58. BUSH EIRES.

    YARRAGON, Saturday. —Bush fires are raging in various parts of the district. The town this morning was enveloped in a cloud of smoke. So dense was it that the ...

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  59. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    BEECHWORTH, Saturday.—At 3 a.m, to-day a fire occurred in Finch-street, when a two-roomed house, occupied by Thomas Wilton, a retired public servant, was totally destroyed, with its contents. ...

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  60. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The shade temperature to-day was 110.9deg. This is the seventh consecutive day of over 100deg. in the shade, and the fifth over 110deg. The ...

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  61. OTHER ACCIDENT'S.

    At the Western Recreation Reserve, Footscray during the progress of a cricket match between the local team and an eleven from Hawthorn, on Saturday. Frank Summons, a member of the Footscray ...

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  62. FIRES AT MOUNT LYELL.

    QUEENSTOWN (TAS), Sunday.—The intense heat prevailing has caused bush fires. Last night and to-day the town was completely enveloped by dense smoke. ...

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  63. TWICE BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    WANGARATTA, Saturday.—Mrs. Hart, wife of Mr. Richard Hart was twice bitten by a snake in a pecular manner on Friday afternoon. To escape the heat she was ...

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  64. POULTRY SUCCUMB.

    Information has reached the Government poultry expert (Mr. E. C. V. Hawkins) showing that there has recently been appalling mortality among poultry, in ...

    Article : 222 words
  65. CRICKET IN ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—District cricket was resumed on Saturday, but the terrific heat was against good displays. Adelaide continued their innings from 219 for six wickets, and finished at ...

    Article : 174 words
  66. COUNTRY STOCK MARKETS.

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  67. GIPPSLAND TOURISTS' RESORT.

    SALE, Sunday.—Some time ago a deputation waited on the Preimet to ask for a grant of £1,000 for a tourists' resort fund towards improving the road between Sale ...

    Article : 113 words
  68. Advertising

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  69. RIVERINA.

    ALBURY, Sunday. — It has been reported to the police that the residence of Mr. Wilson, Bonegilla-street, was entered by a burglar last night. The thief, ...

    Article : 41 words
  70. FOOD AND DRINK.

    Sir,—"The Argus" deserves praise for the splendid article in Saturday's issue, under ...

    Article : 233 words
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