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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  3. MINING AT BALLARAT.

    BALLARAT, Friday.—From what at one time threatened to be the closing days of the Star of the East mine a new hope for the Sebastopol Plateau has [?]prung. Mining along the line is still ...

    Article : 1,400 words
  4. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. FALL FROM A TRUCK.

    Patrick M'Geeton, 32 years of age, who resides at Park-street, South Melbourne, was fixing a tarpaulin covering over a truck at the Spencer-street railway station ...

    Article : 56 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    Art teachers' exhibitions are commencing, amongst the first held being that of Miss Myrtle Lawrence in No. 5 flat of Peterson's-buildings, Flinders-lane west. ...

    Article : 485 words
  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Water Summons Court this morning A[?] Way was proceeded against by Customs Inspector Donohue upon information alleging that ...

    Article : 268 words
  7. PITIFUL CASE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A pathetic scene occurred at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when Grace Rose Sutcliffe, aged 18 years, was presented on several charges of ...

    Article : 378 words
  8. MINING AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO, Friday.—Several deputations waited upon the Minister of Mines (Mr. P. M'Bride)[?] at the Hotel Shamrock this morning in connection with mining ...

    Article : 1,806 words
  9. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    LONDON, Jan. 1.—The Government's old-age pension scheme comes into operation to-day. Under the new law every pensioner must be 70 years of age, and must ...

    Article : 755 words
  10. THE RAILWAYS. CLASSIFICATION SCHEME.

    Having obtained the suspension of the standing orders at the meeting of the Trades-hall Council held last evening, Mr. M. J. Maccabe (Engineers' Society) ...

    Article : 334 words
  11. BOY KILLED BY FALLING TREE.

    MOE, Friday.—About 11 o'clock this morning a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gulley, of Hill End, was killed by a falling sapling. The sapling was felled by deceased's ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. SENIOR-CONSTABLE'S SUICIDE.

    SYDNEY, Friday. — Senior constable John M'Elroy, who for the past three months has been stationed at Tingha, committed suicide by shooting this morning. ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. THE WEATHER. OFFICIAL REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 563 words
  14. CRUSHED BY A HORSE.

    TRENTHAM, Friday.—This morning at Lyonville Marco Marcelli, wood merchant, was severely crushed about the body owing to his horse becoming frightened at a ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE.—The receipts from the Brisbane tramways for January this year were £15,358, against £14,335 last year, an increase of £1,023. ...

    Article : 176 words
  16. BUGGY ACCIDENT.

    WARRACKNABEAL, Thursday.— Messrs. D. Campbell and J. J. Craig were driving in the neighbourhood of Lah yesterday, behind a pair of frisky colts, when ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. TUNSTALL STATION.

    Disappointment has been felt by the residents at Tunstal!, on the Ringwood line, that a man had not been placed in charge of that station, and it has been said that the commissioners ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. CHILD POISONED.

    MAFFRA, Friday.—A little girl 21 months old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Geoghegan, of Maffra, whilst playing about this morning, rummaged in a drawer, ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. A PROHIBITED BOOK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Dean Phelan must not think that by an avalanche of words and confusion of issues he can cloud the question which has been raised, and with which he has ...

    Article : 671 words
  20. A TRAVELLER'S FARE.

    Before Dr. Cole and Messrs Long and Snipe, J.P.'s, at the Caulfield Court yesterday, Stephen Bricker of Rosstown-road, Rosstown, was charged with having travelled without a ticket entitling ...

    Article : 189 words
  21. SUICIDE BY HANGING.

    HORSHAM, Friday.—John France, aged 65, was found hanging by the neck from a rafter in the roof of the kitchen at his house in Wilson-street. The discovery was ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Friday.—Polling in connection with the Murray election, brought about by the death of Mr. M'Larty, took place yesterday[?] Mr. W. J. George, a former ...

    Article : 194 words
  23. PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION.

    An excellent and very interesting collection of photography pure and simple, and in its latest endeavour to follow in the paths of art, will be opened to-day at the ...

    Article : 505 words
  24. WHEAT TRAFFIC.

    HORSHAM, Friday.—Wheat carting is still in progress in this and immediately surrounding districts. The demand for trucks is so great that all the available rolling-stock has been sent to the ...

    Article : 134 words
  25. BRIGHTON GAS COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Brighton Gas Company was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. M. Hyndman (chairman of directors) presiding. ...

    Article : 226 words
  26. ACCIDENTAL OBSTRUCTION.

    SHEPPARTON, Friday.—The down train on Thursday night passed over an obstruction when going over the Hayes-street crossing. The train officials reported to the Stationmaster at ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.—Advices from Manawatu state that a serious spread of contagious mammitis has occurred among the dairy herds of that country and ...

    Article : 46 words
  28. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    A meeting (one of a series) was held on vacant land in Burwood-road, Glenferrie, last night, to protest against the continuance of legal proceedings by the Hawthorn Council against the Auburn ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  29. PORTLAND SERVICE.

    PORTLAND, Friday.—At the borough council meeting on Wednesday night, at the request of the Shopkeepers Association, the council decided to co-operate with other towns in the Western ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. DANGEROUS CROSSING.

    GEELONG, Friday.—Mention was made at the South Barwon Shire Council to-night of the fatal accident at the Marshalltown level-crossing last week. Councillor H. F. Richardson stated that the ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. THE TASMANIAN CABLE.

    FLINDERS, Friday.—After a long hawser had been brought ashore this morning in readiness for hauling the second cable from the cable steamer Chiswick to the ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. SUMMER FROSTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
  33. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  34. WEST AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    PERTH, Friday.—During a discussion on the Agricultural Bank vote in the Legislative Assembly last evening, Mr. Collier drew attention to the increase, and said that he ...

    Article : 209 words
  35. ROLLING MALLEE SCRUB.

    Following upon the recent workshop trial of a traction-engine, constructed for use on the Heytesbury Forest reclamation works, the engineer for Agriculture (Mr. ...

    Article : 283 words
  36. THE DUCK SEASON.

    HAMILTON, Friday. — The opening of the duck season has been disappointing to shooters, as birds are unusually scarce in most parts of the district. The only good ...

    Article : 60 words
  37. LATE SPORTTNG NEWS. BAIRNSDALE RACING CLUB.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 words
  38. BILLIARDS.

    The game between Harry Gray and E. J. Campbell, 8,000 up level, for £50, was continued yesterday in Alcock's Billiard-hall, Elizabeth-street. A marked improvement in the play was noticeable ...

    Article : 195 words
  39. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    CLUNES, Feb. 2.—The annual meeting of the Clunes and District Butter factory Company was held last week. The directors' report stated that owing to the dry season, and loss of stock, the ...

    Article : 183 words
  40. THE GHOST STORY.

    Sir,—In "The Argus" to-day, "L.A." makes it plain that he has no great respect for any kind of ghost, even if he does not go to the length of declaring his belief that ...

    Article : 186 words
  41. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Mr. O. R. Snowball, in his address at the Protestant picnic, mentioned that two books have been prohibited by the Federal Government from coming into ...

    Article : 142 words
  42. GENERAL SESSIONS.

    At the General Sessions this week the following cases were dealt with:— Katie Ryan was charged with having on December 3 unlawfully wounded Ethel Aspinall. She ...

    Article : 669 words
  43. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

    The annual meeting of the Victorian Auxiliaries Union of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held on Wednesday, at the society's rooms, 313 Little Collins-street. The president (Mr. Robert ...

    Article : 269 words
  44. DON'T SUFFER WITH SCIATICA.

    Sciatica is Neuralgia of the Sciatic Nerve. Sharp, darting twinges of pain, like redhot needles, in the legs, from the thigh downwards. The treatment should be the ...

    Article : 525 words
  45. POLO.

    GEELONG, Friday.—This afternoon a polo match was played upon Osborne-house grounds between Camperdown and Geelong teams. The visitors failed in their accuracy in shooting for goal, ...

    Article : 82 words
  46. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    BEULAH, Thursday.—While shopping here to-day Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Saunders, of Brentwood, were informed that their homestead had been burnt to the ground during their absence. ...

    Article : 616 words
  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I quite agree with Mr. Hodges in "The Argus" to-day. Does Mr. Snowball think he is advancing the cause of Protestantism by such bitterness as he indulges ...

    Article : 199 words
  48. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

    LISMORE, Feb. 4.—Thrashing is now finished in this district, and ploughing is in full swing. On Berry-bank Estate 1,280 acres of oats have given a return of 54,200 bushels, 42 bushels per acre; ...

    Article : 260 words
  49. FLEMINGTON RUNNING-GROUNDS.

    The programme submitted by the Olympic Athletic Club at Flemington attracted a large and appreciative audience list evening, the various items in both pedestrian and boxing branches ...

    Article : 182 words
  50. ID THE WORK.

    You can't grow strong by merely exercising. You must have food, and that food must be the kind you can digest ind assimilate. ...

    Article : 290 words
  51. UNDELIVERED TELEGRAM.

    Sir,—A paragraph in "The Argus" attracted my attention a short time ago, to the fleet that a telegram despatched by Mr. Thomas, P.M.G., to Mr. Nulty, Broken Hill, ...

    Article : 233 words
  52. PIGEON SHOOTING.

    Members of the Melbourne Gun Club mustered in good numbers at the club's ground, North Brighton, yesterday, when the leading attraction was the first competition for the Blue Rock Purse ...

    Article : 137 words
  53. Advertising

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    Advertising : 103 words
  54. ORNAMENTS FOR PRESENTS.

    The largest collection of beautiful Glass and China Ornaments, suitable for presents, is shown in the Collins-street room, 125ft. long, and the Bourke-street room, 150ft. long, Book Arcade. ...

    Article : 69 words
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