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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  3. A WELCOME CHANGE. FALL OF 27 DEGREES.

    According to the official weather forecast the cool change which at 2 o' clock yesterday afternoon tempered the sweltering heat of midday will continue for some time. All ...

    Article : 188 words
  4. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. SUICIDE AT ST. KILDA.

    George Ormiston, 28 years of age, a resident of High-street, St. Kilda, and owner of a jewellery business in Elizabeth-street, city, committed suicide yesterday morning. ...

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  5. THE STEAMER KAIPARA.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday.— At the inquiry as to the accident to the steamer Kaipara to-day, Captain D[?]der was recalled, and questioned by the Court. ...

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  6. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    Professor T. S. Hart, of the geological staff of the Ballarat School of Mines, spent portion of his Christmas and New Year vacation on the Powlett River coalfield. He ...

    Article : 310 words
  7. THE COAL STRIKE. COMPULSORY BOARD.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The compulsory board appointed under the Industrial Disputes Act to inquire into the northern raining industry, resumed its sittings at ...

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  8. SENTENCES CONDEMNED.

    BENDIGO, Wednesday.—The Bendigo Trades and Labour Council to-night carried a resolution expressing disgust at the action of the Wade Government in securing the ...

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  9. OAKLEIGH BRICKWORKS CLOSED.

    Owing to the want of coal, the Oakleigh Brickworks, employing about 60 men, have been closed down for the present. The works have been carried on with a reduced ...

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  10. DRIVER KILLED.

    John Bush, 51 years of age, a carter, employed by John Sharp and Sons, timber merchants, was crushed to death yesterday in Vauxhall-road, Canterbury, by the wheels ...

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  11. IN THE POLICE COURTS. BARRICADING BARGAIN-HUNTERS.

    A case under the Shops and Factories Act, of interest to drapers, was dealt with by Messrs. Evans, Collins, and Tait, J.P.'s, at the Colling, wood Court on Tuesday. Inspector Hall proceeded ...

    Article : 243 words
  12. GENERAL NEWS.

    It has been decided by the board of management of the Heidelberg Scots Church to recommend that a manse be built. Several large donations towards the object have ...

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  13. HEAT IN THE COUNTRY.

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  14. THE DUCK SEASON. POLICEMAN V. EARLY SHOOTERS.

    BENDIGO, Tuesday.—One of the leading marksmen in the Bendigo Rifle Club is Constable Braysher. He went to the Tang Tang Swamp, near Dingee, for the opening ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. WHARF LABOURERS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The trouble with the wharf labourers continued to-day, and it is difficult to understand the attitude of the unionists. They worked on the P. and ...

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  16. HEAT APOPLEXY.

    EGERTON, Wednesday.—Whilst employed at Mr. J. W. Glover's cyanide works, at Egerton, yesterday, an elderly man named Watkin Bates received a ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. BOY DROWNED.

    A drowning accident has been reported from Canterbury by Constable Nolan. Reginald Brindle, 12 years of age, with his brother and several other boys, went ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    Hector Aitkens a shunter at the railway station, had a narrow escape from death on Wednesday. He fell between the rails, and the cow-catcher of a pilot engine pinned ...

    Article : 207 words
  19. CHANGING HIS COSTUME.

    A youth named Henry Duncan waa charged at the Richmont Court yesterday with having behaved in an indecent manner. Constable West stated that be saw Duncan in a nude state on the ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. A SAFE RETREAT.

    BENDIGO, Tuesday.—Soon after the opening of the duck season a number of wild ducks and a black swan, evidently fugitives from the northern swamps, settled ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. SUNSTRUCK MAN FALLS ON AXE.

    A young fellow named Pegg, residing at Heidelberg, was driving on a load of wood yesterday, when he was sunstruck, and on collapsing fell on to the blade of an axe ...

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  22. BREACH OF GAME LAWS.

    KYABRAM, Wednesday.—At the local police court to-day Alfred Henry Simmonds, of the Rodney Hotel, Echuca, and Thomas Barr, of Boileau, were charged by ...

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  23. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    While William Fraser, a driver, was driving along Nicholson-street, East Brunswick, on Wednesday, one of the horses reared and kicked Fraser in the knee-cap, ...

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  24. THE CHEQUE AND THE CHANGE.

    Henry Irwin, a labourer, was charged at the South Melbourne Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Morrison, P.M., with the larceny of £1/2/9 in money, the property of Eulalie Hodgens. Mr. ...

    Article : 254 words
  25. OFFICIAL REPORT.

    Forecast by the Commonwealth meteorologist (Mr. H. A. Hunt) Wednesday, 9 p.m.:— "Cool to moderate temperatures in southern districts, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    The Ballarat East and Ballarat City Councils have accepted an invitation to visit Geelong on Wednesday, February 16, to play a cricket match at Barwon Heads ...

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  27. FIRE EXTINGUISHER EXPLODES.

    William White, aged 26, a resident of Seddon, met with an accident on Tuesday afternoon. A fire had broken out in a house in Yarraville, and he rushed to get ...

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  28. WARNAMBOOL.

    At a special horse sale held at the Corporation-yards on Tuesday, draught horses brought from £30 to £15, light draughts from £12 to £25, and yonng brood draught ...

    Article : 128 words
  29. THE £100 FINES.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The police to-day received the warrant for the-arrest of Daniel Rees, one of the 13 delegates convicted in the Industrial Court on a ...

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  30. SHEPHERD FOUND DEAD.

    RAINBOW, Tuesday.—Whilst a young man named Oscar Merritt was driving through the scrub, about a mile and a half past the Pigie dam, yesterday, he noticed ...

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  31. LAND AND PROPERTY SALES. SALE OF THE SARAH SANDS.

    Messrs. Crisp, Woods, and Co., Brunswick, who submitted to auction on December 16 that old landmark, the Sarah Sands Hotel, with seven shops adjoining, when the property was passed in at ...

    Article : 70 words
  32. ATTACK ON A POLICEMAN.

    Three brothers named respectively Edward, Thomas, and Matthew Stafford were yesterday, at the Kew Court, charged with having unlawfully assaulted Constable Elligett in the execution of his ...

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  33. GRASS FIRES.

    DOOKIE, Tuesday.—A fire started at Cassel, a mile from Dookie, at the foot of the Major Ranges, at 3 o'clock to-day. It quickly spread to Mr. Troy's stubble land, ...

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  34. IMPORTANT LAND SALES.

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  35. CHILD ATTACKED BY SHEEPDOG.

    REEDY CREEK, Wednesday.—Raymond Johnson, six years of age, the youngest son of Mr. F. R. Johnson, was worried by a large sheepdog late on Sunday evening. ...

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  36. SOUTHERN WAGES BOARD.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Further evidence was given before the Southern Wages Board to-day by Mr. D. A. W. Robertson, the manager of the ...

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  37. JUSTICE'S REMARKS OBJECTED TO.

    At the meeting of the Kew Council on the 1st inst. some comments were made by councillors respeeting remarks made by Mr. 'Philpott, J.P., at the Kew Court recently upon their method of ...

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  38. NEGLECTED INJURY CAUSES DEATH.

    MOUNT GAMBIER, Wednesday.—William MacKenzie, a resident of Dartmoor, came to Mount Gambier for medical treatment. His foot had been chafed by his ...

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  39. ST. JOHN'S FOOTSCRAY.

    St. john's Church of England, Footscray, held its annual meeting on Wednesday in the lecturehall Pickett-street. The Rev. J. T. Baglin occupied the chair. The secretary's report and ...

    Article : 109 words
  40. THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The trial of Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Albert Burns, Amram Lewis, and Andrew Gray on a charge of conspiracy in connection with ...

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  41. SUNBURY WATER SUPPLY.

    SUNBURY.—For several seasons past there has been trouble between the Sunbury Water Trust and the residents of Riddell concerning the delivery of ...

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  42. THE COAL LUMPERS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Indication was given to-day that the coal-lumpers are either tired of idleness, or desire to be in a position to resume work as soon as ...

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  43. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fatal railway accident occurred in the Goulburn railway yards this morning, the victim being Archibald Jones, a son of ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday,—At Port Pirie on Friday a Chinese working on the steamer Strathlyon disappeared, and his where abouts have so far not been ascertained. It ...

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  45. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    At the meeting of the northcote Town Council on Tuesday evening the recommendations of the Municipal Conference in regard to the Government proposals for the permanent improvement of ...

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  46. RIVER GAUGING.

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  47. COAL FOR THE RAILWAYS.

    By the arrival here yesterday from Calcutta of the steamer Baron Fairlie, the coal stocks of the Victorian Railways Commissioners have been increased by 5,100 tons. ...

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  48. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    EGERTON, Wednesday.— A fire occurred at the homestead of Mr. Barnes, of Mount Doran, south of Egerton, the alarm being raised during the progress of a cricket match. Fortunately it ...

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  49. BOY BATHER DROWNED.

    DUNOLLY, Wednesday.—Yesterday evening Leslie Pryor, aged 11, eldest son of Mr. E. Pryor, was swimming, when it is supposed he was seized with a fit and fell ...

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  50. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.

    PERTH, Wednesday.—Thomas Crumpston was fined £10 at tbc City Court to-day for being in unlawful possession of opium valued at £10. ...

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  51. THE RAILWAYS. SCARCITY OF WOOD TRUCKS.

    SEYMOUR, Tuesday.—Woodmillers in the town are complaining bitterly that they cannot secure enough trucks to supply their wood orders. Each mill can do with about three trucks a day, but for ...

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  52. NEW SOUTH WALES. THE BARRIER.

    BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A fire this morning destroyed two small houses in Crystal-street, opposite Sayer's Hotel, and damaged buildings owned by Mr. ...

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  53. ELECTRIC LIGHT SCHEME.

    CHARLTON.—An enthusiastic meeting was held at the shire-hall in furtherance of the scheme to establish the electric light in the town. It is proposed to form a ...

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  54. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of the Seamen's Union, at the Trades-hall last night, was attended by Messrs. Cameron and Peters, representatives of the ...

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  55. ANGRY TRUST MEMBER.

    STAWELL, Wednesday.—At the monthly meeting of the Rupanyup-Marnoo Railway Trust on Tuesday, Councillor Glencross stated that the committee had agreed to pay £200 for fencing along ...

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  56. CITY RECORDS.

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  57. THE RIVERINA.

    ALBURY, Tuesday.—At the police court to-day Charles Franklin Getter, aged 13, who came from Melbourne a few months ago as chauffeur to a local stock agent, was ...

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  58. HIGH PRICE OF LAND.

    ST. ARNAUD, Wednesday.—Large numbers of farmers are selling out to go to New South Wales and Queensland, and new people are coming in to take their ...

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  59. Advertising

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  60. Advertising

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  61. IMPORTED COAL.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Applications continue to come in to the Government for coal, mostly from manufacturers, who require comparatively small quantities to ...

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  62. AN APPEAL.

    Sir,—We would like to bring under the notice of your charitable readers the sad case of the window and family of the late Mr.Beard, of Clyde-street, St. Kilda who, ...

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  63. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTONS, Wednesday,—The Minister of Justice (Dr. Findlay) wants the chief inspector of police re-appointed from the Dominion in place of a man being ...

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  64. PRIVATE ADVICES.

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  65. GRASSHOPPERS AND IBIS.

    GORDON, Tuesday.—Grasshoppers are doing a great deal of harm to the glass. Thousands of ibis, which have not been seen here for some years, have made their ...

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  66. ACTION BY SHIP'S DOCTOR.

    PERTH, Wednesday.—The continued delay at Fremantle of the Lund liner Commonwealth, caused by a fire in her bunkers, led to an interesting action in the ...

    Article : 198 words
  67. WOMEN'S HOSPITAL.

    The Lady Mayoress is calling a meeting of ladies and gentlemen who are willing to help her in forming a Melbourne stall in connection with the Women's Hospital ...

    Article : 122 words
  68. Advertising

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