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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  3. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    An infant, 17 months old, named William Smith, was so severely sealded by falling into a copper filled with boiling water at his parents' residence, Albert-street, Footscray, ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    An elderly man, who gave the name of Arthur Coleridge, appeared in the Town Court on Saturday to answer to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly. ...

    Article : 346 words
  5. HEAVY STORMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 277 words
  6. LOSSES BY DROUGHT.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Australian Investment Company, the chairman of directors (Mr. G. T. Rait) said that drought in Riverina had entailed a ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. HARVEST PROSPECTS.

    HORSHAM, Friday.—Crops in the Wimmera are well forward, and it is possible to gauge with fair accuracy what the harvest will be. Not since 1903 has the ...

    Article : 467 words
  8. MONEY IN PIGS.

    Figures relating to the pig-breeding industry show that the number of pigs is steadily declining, not only in Victoria, but in all the Australian states and in New ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  9. ORIENT MAIL SERVICE.

    The Otway, the second of the now 12,000ton steamers which are being built to the order of the Orient Steam Navigation Company for the Australian mail service, was ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    Yesterday afternoon a maid-servant named Elsie Smith, about 16 years of age, employed by Captain Masters, Gibson-road, Sandringham, went into a paddock at the rear of ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The following prices represent the lowest and highest range of values on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and from them the middle prices may be computed: ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. DIED IN HIS WAGGON.

    Walter Knight, 79 years of age, a resident of Ballarat, came to Melbourne a few days ago with a horse and waggon to dispose of hams and bacon, in which he was a dealer. ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. STORM WATER IN SHOPS.

    BALLARAT, Saturday.—This afternoon over an inch of rain fell in half an hour, and it is considered that quite half of that quantity came down in 10 minutes. The ...

    Article : 538 words
  14. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    A well-known character named Alfred Richardson was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by the City Bench on Saturday on a charge of vagrancy. ...

    Article : 331 words
  15. HORSE BREAKS RIDER'S KNEE-CAP.

    Jan Kohlman, a music-hall comedian, was leading a horse along Lord-street, Richmond, when it tossed its head and struck Mr. Kohlman's knee. He was taken by ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    The following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...

    Article : 551 words
  17. GENERAL NEWS.

    Owing to the fact that there was rain on Saturday morning and that the chance of fine weather later on did not appear favourable, it was decided to postpone to ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  18. WHARF LABOURER INJURED.

    George Baker, 44 years of age, 211 Roden-street, West Melbourne, while working in the hold of the Wodonga, fell over a case and broke his leg. He was admitted for ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—During a thunderstorm at Braidwood yesterday afternoon John Allen, a well-known resident of the district, was struck dead by lightning while ...

    Article : 28 words
  20. A HARBOUR TRAGEDY.

    WELLINGTON, Saturday. — Thoma[?] Wallace, who is supposed to have relations in Newcastle (N.S.W.), was found dead in the harbour this morning. ...

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  21. GAYNDAH MURDER.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.—The Gayndah murder case was continued to-day. Evidence was given by Mrs. Bucholz as to hearing someone come in the bank by the ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. CHILD FALLS FROM TRAIN.

    PYRAMID HILL, Saturday.—A little girl, named Hill, of Macorna, 4½ years old, fell out of a train through the carriage door swinging open near Raywood. ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    On Saturday Plainclothes- Constable Gleeson arrested a man named Thomas Musgrove, who was wanted for the theft of a bicycle, valued at £15, from Victor ...

    Article : 157 words
  24. KILLED BY FALLING BALE.

    WANGARATTA, Saturday.—A remarkable combination of circumstance's contributed to a fatal accident to a boy named Sydney Gale, aged 11 years, son of Walter ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. FALL AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO, Sunday. — A thunderstorm passed over the city on Sunday, after midday, and in about an hour and a half 149 Points were registered. Beyond the ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. CASTLEMAINE.

    Constable Lockhart, who has been stationed at Guildford for five years, has been promoted to the rank of senior-constable, and transferred to St. Kilda. Prior to his ...

    Article : 313 words
  27. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  28. NEW CALEDONIA.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) was asked to-day what he thought of the movement which has been revived in New Caledonia for ...

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  29. IN A DUST-STORM.

    ST. ARNAUD, Saturday.—During the recent duststorm Mr. W. E. Trollope, of Swanwater West, had the roof blown off his kitchen and verandah. It was carried in pieces a quarter of a mile away. ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. BUGGY OVERTURNED.

    ARARAT, Friday.—A buggy, in which Mr. and Mrs. James Owen, of Jackson's Creek, were driving, was overturned yesterday, on the Port Fairy road. Both ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — A large portion of New South Wales experienced rain on Friday. It was general, and fairly heavy in the northern half, with the exception ...

    Article : 407 words
  32. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    NARANDERA, Sunday.—The foundation-stone of St. Mel's Roman Catholic Church was laid and blessed to-day by Bishop Gullagher, of Goulburn, There ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. PRIVATE ADVICES.

    The following private advices have been received:- By Dalgety and Company Limited:—"Basils, light—The market is unchanged. Leather—The ...

    Article : 58 words
  34. FALL DOWN CLIFFS.

    CASTLEMAINE, Friday.—A sensational incident occurred at Turpin Falls, at East Metcalfe, on the occasion of the Presbyterian Sunday-school picnic there on ...

    Article : 124 words
  35. FRUIT PACKING.

    The Department of Agriculture has recently been urged to recommend the introduction of legislation for the prevention of fraud in the packing of fruit for sale. The ...

    Article : 216 words
  36. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—At a representative temperance meeting in the Albert-hall, on Saturday evening to welcome home from abroad four prominent members of the ...

    Article : 382 words
  37. ADELAIDE SPORTING NOTES

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Bobadil mare Boastful changed hands of Saturday, when E. Simms sold her to W. L. Watkins for 350 guineas, and 50 guineas out of her ...

    Article : 227 words
  38. WARRNAMBOOL.

    It is anticipated that the net piofits of the carnival in aid of the local hospital will amount to £500. Fine hauls of breem are being taken in ...

    Article : 109 words
  39. CAUGHT IN BELTING.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday. — Simon Harold Kaye, aged 18 years, essayed to put a belt on a set of shafting on Saturday morning, when his arm got caught in the revolving ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. FIRE AND FLANNELETTE.

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday. — A shocking burning fatality happened at Kalgoorlie yesterday morning, when the son of Mr. R. G. C. Shaw, of Kalgoorlie, the town treasurer, ...

    Article : 128 words
  41. HAMILTON.

    The Lands department has agreed to the reservation of certain lands fronting Lake Linlithgow, which the progress association purpose planting with trees, and making a ...

    Article : 168 words
  42. MURDERS IN THE ISLANDS.

    SADNEY, Sunday. —The island steamer Malaita brought news that the punitive expedition from H.M.S. Prometheus, which landed at Santo to investigate the massacre ...

    Article : 149 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 251 words
  44. SEVERE STORM.

    ALBURY, Sunday. — The heaviest rainstorm known here for years occurred at about half-past 5 p.m. yesterday. The rain poured in torrents, 104 points being ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. DEATH AT SEA.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The ketch Wheatsheaf, which arrived at Byron Bay from the Islands yesterday, had on board the body of a seaman named Mason, who, it ...

    Article : 45 words
  46. WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

    The Premier (Sir Thomas Bent) has received from Miss Vida Goldstein, president of the Women's Political Association of Victoria, a copy of the following ...

    Article : 207 words
  47. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday—The cages are now running to 1,550ft in the KALGOORLIE, and driving on the lode has been resumed at that point. The west crosscut at 1,450ft. is now out 70ft., while ...

    Article : 229 words
  48. SHEEP SALES.

    LISMORE, Friday.—Dalgety and Co. Ltd. offered for sale here to-day about 33,000 sheep, and sold over 32,000 at prices in advance of any "off shears" sale held ...

    Article : 937 words
  49. OFFICIAL REPORT.

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  50. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.— The Scottish fishermen will begin operations this week in South Australian waters. Although their settlement of Kangaroo Island will not ...

    Article : 122 words
  51. YOUNG MAN MISSING.

    The absence from his home at 216 Rouse-street, Port Melbourne, of a young man named Hebert Bish is causing his friends a good deal of anxiety. The missing man ...

    Article : 162 words
  52. FIGHTER FINED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. —Arthur Nash establisbed a reputation for himself as a hard hitter at Carcoar. He fought four different men one after the other, and knocked them ...

    Article : 158 words
  53. LAND SALES.

    Messrs. Young Bros. report the following sales of land effected during last week, amounting to 2,001 acrss, for the sum of £10,314. Account Charles Farmers, Nhill, 950 acres, at £5/17/6 per ...

    Article : 92 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 55 words
  55. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON. Sunday.—Armstrong, a gaoler in the Terrace Gaol, Wellington, was stabbed in the neck with a chisel by a convict named Norman. Armstrong is in a ...

    Article : 42 words
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