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  2. THE WEATHER. OFFICIAL REPORT.

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  3. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. FATAL SNAKEBITE.

    PYRAMID HILL, Monday.—William Phillips, of Mitiamo, 28 years of age, was bitten by a tiger snake on Friday. He was apparently recovering, when he collapsed ...

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  4. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS

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  5. PRAHRAN MAYORALTY.

    Councillor F. T. S. Dobson, the mayorelect for the city of Prahran for six months, being the unexpired term of office of the ex-mayor, Coucillor Upton, was ...

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  6. A DIRECTORS' "DUEL."

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Lewis Litton, aged 61, and Hugh Miller, aged 68, two of the directors of the Emu Gravel Company, came to blows on the corner of Martin-place ...

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  7. SERIOUS BUSH FIRES. SOUTH GIPPSLAND OUTBREAKS.

    FOSTER, Monday.—On Friday a big fire started on the racecourse, and Jones's paddock, on the south side of the railway line, was swept. Mr. H. Pile lost a stack of hay, ...

    Article : 333 words
  8. WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.

    A committee appointed by the unemployed, who assembled to the number of several hundreds in the vicinity of the state public offices on Friday, again waited on the ...

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  9. HORSES FOR INDIA.

    In answer to inquiries made by direction of the Minister for Customs (Mr. Austin Chapman), the assistant comptrollergeneral (Mr. Lockyer) has received a ...

    Article : 342 words
  10. EASTER CAMPS.

    The State commandant (Colonel Stanley) has arranged the programme of work for the troops taking part in the Easter encampment. Owing to the failure of the ...

    Article : 528 words
  11. SNAKE BITE.

    WAGGA (N.S.W.), Sunday.—A teacher at the Carabol public school was bitten on the finger by a snake. He was reading in the schoolroom, and the reptile was ...

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  12. HOTELKEEPER HASTENS HIS DEATH.

    WARRACKNABEAL, Monday.—Isaac Stevens, the hotelkeeper who took chlorodyne and then attempted to hang himself on Friday last, died yesterday, and was ...

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  13. FOUND DROWNED.

    WANGARATTA, Monday.—The body of Elsie Woodberry, an unmarried woman 22 years of age, who disappeared on Wednesday night, was discovered yesterday ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND.

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  15. WEATHER NOTES.

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  16. PROBATE JURISDICTION.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A somewhat important judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice Street in the Probate jurisdiction to-day bearing upon the rights in this state ...

    Article : 393 words
  17. CRICKETER'S HEAD CUT.

    RIDDELL, Monday.—Mr. Richard Raftis, proprietor of the Riddell's Creek Hotel, was playing cricket on Saturday, and was wearing a helmet, in the rim of which was sewn ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. PRIVATE ADVICES.

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  19. OUTBREAK IN THE GRAMPIANS.

    ARARAT, Monday.—The largest bush fires ever seen on the Grampians have been burning for over a week, devastating miles of forest. The fires are in an almost ...

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  20. SYDNEY'S PRIDE.

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Mr. Oakes (honorary Minister), speaking at the opening of the Bondi Surf and Social Club-rooms on Saturday, said that the establishment of ...

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  21. SHOT IN THE LEG.

    ALBURY, Monday. — Charles Lampitt, aged 13, accompanied by another lad, was shooting rabbits with a pea-rifle, and had laid the rifle on the ground. His companion ...

    Article : 191 words
  22. OTHER FIRES.

    YARRAGON, Monday.—Bush fires have been burning in parts of this district since Wednesday, when one broke out to the east of the town, and destroyed a lot of valuable ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. WORK AND WAGES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The special Mining Court at Newcastle has again been paralysed. When the Court met this morning counsel for the proprietors mentioned that ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. THE STRANDED- MARANOA.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—The shipping inspector (captain Forrester) commenced an inquiry this morning into the stranding of the steamer Maranoa, on Chapman Island, ...

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  25. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  26. MELBOURNE TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY.

    There was a good attendance last night at the annual meeting of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society, held in the Temperancehall. Mr. Ma[?]ger, M.H.R., president, ...

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  27. SYNOPSIS.

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  28. WOMAN SCAVENGER.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—At a meeting of the Paddington Coucnil to-night, a motion was submitted in favour of scavenging work being done by day labour. The mover said ...

    Article : 101 words
  29. ILLNESS ON STEAMERS.

    Two mail steamers, which arrived in the port of Melbourne yesterday, received special attention at the hands of the health officers, owing to cases of illness, suspicious ...

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  30. REALISTIC DREAM.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A sensational incident occurred on the Wallcrawang-Mudgee line last night. A young man, who was sleeping in a first-class carriage, suddenly ...

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  31. CLOSER SETTLEMENT. A DAYLESFORD ESTATE.

    DAYLESFORD, Monday.—Mr. H. Ross on Saturday sold by auction the farm lands of Messrs. D'Alton Bros., comprising 40 acres, near the Daylesford railway station. ...

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  32. SIZE OF CORNSACKS.

    One of the matters to which attention was directed at yesterday's meeting of the state Cabinet was the fixing of the standard size fro cornsacks, referred to by an ...

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  33. THE RAINFALL.

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  34. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    The following players have been selected to represent Victoria in the match against Tasmania, commencing on the Melbourne Cricket-ground on Friday next, 28th, at ...

    Article : 98 words
  35. ESTATES NEAR ALBURY.

    ALBURY, Monthly.—At the meeting of the Closer Settlement League to-night it was decided to suggest that the following estates be brought under the notice of the southern ...

    Article : 83 words
  36. FORESTRY.

    WAGGA, Sunday.—At the State Forestry Commission sittings at Wagga a number of witnesses were examined having practical knowledge, and from them was elicited the ...

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  37. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Cyclists' Union championship meeting has had to be postponed for the fourth time, owing to the wet weather. An effort will be made to hold ...

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  38. NEW SOUTH WALES.

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  39. MELBOUIRNE WATER SUPPLY. RESERVOIR STILL FALLING.

    Eacg dat the urgent need of rain becomes more and more manifest in the condition of the Yan Yean reservoir. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the water was down to ...

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  40. WEIGHT OF CONTENTS.

    The question of the weight of wheat that can be carried in the new standard cornsack has been raised in Sydney, and a desire is expressed in Melbourne that the ...

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  41. GRIEVANCES AT RESTDOWN.

    ROCHESTER, Monday.—There was a large attendance at the public meeting at the Shire-hall on Saturday evening. Mr. D. Bourke, who presided said that ...

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  42. STEAMER AND BARGE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—The Howard Smith Co.'s steamer Bombala collided with the dredge barge Dolphin in the river, in the vicinity of Pinkenba, to-day. The barge ...

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  43. THEFT AT CYCLORAMA.

    Just as the boxing match between Williams and Nelson was about to commence at the Cyclorama yesterday evening John W. M'Namara, who had been engaged by the ...

    Article : 419 words
  44. COMMENTS AT COLLINGWOOD.

    The best means of increasing the water supply of Melbourne was discussed at the meeting of the Collingwood Council last evening. ...

    Article : 236 words
  45. THE BARRIER.

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—John Hocking, one of the victims of the South Broken Hill tragedy, is doing well in the hospital. The bullet which entered his jaw has been ...

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  46. QUALITY OF BAGS.

    Amongst the suggestions made to the Government before the issue of the proclamation fixing the new standard were that, instead of defining the dimensions, &c., of ...

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  47. THE RAILWAYS. WILLIAMSTOWN SERVICE.

    Last night, at the Footseray Council a letter was read from the Williamstown Council stating that Councillors M'Neilage and M'Donald had been elected as delegates to a conference between ...

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  48. STATE GOVERNORS.

    Sir,—The voices of "Cut the Painter" party have been hushed for some years; ever since, in fact, the foolish persons of which it was composed discovered that it is ...

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  49. YARRAM RAILWAY LEAGUE.

    SALE, Monday.—At a meeting of the Sale branch of the Yarram Railway League representations were made by the league at Yarram requesting that Sale should become the central league ...

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  50. FLOODS AT NEWCASTLE.

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  51. LADIES IN SMOKING COMPARTMENTS.

    Sir,—A railway regulation gives to the officials, authority to demand full adult fare from persons travelling in a smoking compartment. One wonders why this power is ...

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  52. FIRE AT BROKEN HILL.

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A fire early this morning destroyed a four-roomed house and a cool drink shop at Radway Town. occupied by Mr. Thomas Goss, and owned ...

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  53. SUNBURY WATER SUPPLY.

    Mr. Thomas Shortill writes urging that the water supply for Mount Macedon should be dealt with in a manner which makes allowance for the variations due to the ...

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  54. JEPARIT TRAGEDY.

    JEPARIT, Monday.—The coroner's inquest on the body of John Joseph Tilley was held in the Court-house to-day, Mr. Edward Harrison presiding. Sub-inspector ...

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  55. HEYTESBURY GRASS LANDS.

    Last week it was announced in "The Argus" that a number of farmers had proposed to form a strong syndicate to develop the 150,000 acres of grass tree land ...

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  56. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—It is stated that Dr. Maxwell, the Queensland sugar expert, will probably be appointed expert to the Federal Agricultural Bureau. ...

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  57. THE PEOPLE'S FOOD. ADULTERATED MILK.

    At the Prahran Court yesterday, before Messrs. Kent (chairman). Phipps, and hyslop, J.P.'s, Isabella Mackey, of 66 Commercial-road, was charged, on the information of Henry Rider, city inspector, ...

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  58. BREWERS' ENGINEDRIVERS.

    Sir,—A report appeared in "The Argus" of Saturday regarding a statement made by Mr. D. Stephen, president of the Certificated Enginedrivers' Association, at the ...

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  59. BOXING.

    An interesting match, in which Williams had a little the better of it all through, and finally knocked his opponent out in the twentieth round, took place at the Cyclorama yesterday evening ...

    Article : 419 words
  60. BATMAN'S TREATY.

    Sir,—In the attractive article on "Batman's Treaty," the remark is made:— "Times without number this assertion of our historians (that Batman's treaty with ...

    Article : 377 words
  61. HEAVY FALL AT BROKEN HILL.

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  62. ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS.

    A special meeting of the members of the Victorian division of the Society of Accountants and Auditors of England, to discuss and decide upon the policy of the division in relation to other ...

    Article : 353 words
  63. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.—The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. L. O'Loughlin) and the chief inspector of fruit (Mr. Quinn) left Adelaide to-day to attend the conference in ...

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  64. FRUIT AND FLIES.

    At the Prahran Court yesterday 11 hawkers were fined 10/ and another 5/, with one guinea costs in each case, for having failed to protest the fruit, they were selling from dust and [?]ies. ...

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  65. MAIL SERVICE AFFECTED.

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  66. CHAUFFEURS' FURIOUS DRIVING.

    Frederick Galbraith, chauffeur to Dr. Reid, of Toorak, was charged in the District Court yesterday with having negligently driven a motor-car along St. Kilda road on February 5. ...

    Article : 59 words
  67. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Monday.—The R.M.S. Britannia took for London this afternoon 30 bars of silver, valned at £4,252, and for Colombo, from the Commercial Bank, 50,000 ...

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  68. THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT.

    Sir,—The pregnant little letter of "Malvern" in Friday's issue on the religious spirit hits the bull's-eye. The official heads of the Catholic Church are delightfully ...

    Article : 204 words
  69. QUEENSLAND.

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  70. MR. JUDKINS AND MR. DILLON.

    Sir,—I have completed arrangements for my reply to Mr. Dillon, and engaged the Temperance-hall, Russell-street, for Friday night, the 28th inst., as advertised in your ...

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  71. CASE DISMISSED.

    A similar charge was preferred against Clive Smith, chauffcur to Dr. Keogh, of Kew. It was stated that on February 8 defendant drove across the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets ...

    Article : 222 words
  72. LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

    THE BLUFF.—Arrived.—Feb. 24—[?]rak[?] from Melbourne. Sailed.—Feb. 24—Maheno, for Melbourne. ...

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  73. INCOME TAX PROSECUTIONS.

    George Dickason, coachbuilder and undertaker, of Bridge-road, Richmond, was charged at the local court yesterday, before Messrs. Nathan and A[?]ber, J.P.'s, with having neglected to supply the ...

    Article : 115 words
  74. ESSENDON AND NORTH MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS.

    Councillor Co[?]e moved, at the E[?]don Town Council meeting last night, that the matter of securing junction of the E[?]don dectric tramway and the North Melbourne cable tramway be ...

    Article : 101 words
  75. Advertising

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