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  2. THE RAILWAYS. POWLETT COAL.

    The statement of the commissioners as to the excellent quality of Powlett coal is endorsed by the drivers and firmen. For locomotive purposes one of the drivers ...

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  3. GREGORY MEMORIAL HALL.

    The corner-stone of what will be a substantial and commodious building and distinct acquisition to the parish of All Saints, East St. Kilda, was laid on Saturday ...

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  4. HOUDINI.

    "If I might be allowed to coin a word,I would call myself an escapologist," said Houdini, the handcuff king, who arrived in Melbourne yesterday to appear at the ...

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  5. A.N.A. EXHIBITION. SUCCESSFUL BALLOON ASCENT.

    The public were drawn in thousands to the A.N.A. Exhibition on Saturday afternoon, when the management provided as a special attraction a balloon ascent, with a ...

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  6. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    Mr. Morrish, produce merchant, of Kingston, having promised to donate £2 for each £1 collected in aid of the renovation fund of the local Anglican Church, Mrs. ...

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  7. QUEEN'S HEAD STAMPS.

    Apparently the misinterpretation by British officials of the position as regards "Queen's head" stamps has not yet ceased. A complaint was received last month from ...

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  8. LABOUR NEWS. NOTES BY "UNIONIST."

    The first annual picnic of the Municipal Employees' Association was held during last week at Mentone. A large programme of sports was gone through, including a ...

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  9. THE GOAL STRIKE. IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The aggregate meeting on the south coast yesterday was attended by over 2,000 miners, and an important decision was arrived at, whereby it ...

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  10. BARRIER MINES.

    BROKEN HILL, Sunday,—Both the Broken Hill North mine and the Junction North mine have purchased fresh supplies of coal, and will be able to continue ...

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  11. OIL FUEL.

    BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—The experiments with oil fuel on the Zinc Corporation are at present confined to one B. and W. boiler, but short tests made have proved ...

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  12. RUSHWORTH TO KNOWSLEY.

    BENDIGO, Sunday.—Delegates from the Progress, Mine Owners, and Miners' associations met on Saturday to arrange for evidence to the Railways Standing Committee on the proposed ...

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  13. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. SEEN IN THE RIVER.

    While Mr. Henry Humphreys, residing at No. 5 Greenwood-street, Abbotsford, was walking across the footbridge over the Yarra at the foot of Church-street, ...

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  14. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    The Mining Managers' Association will inform the Eaglehawk Australian Natives' Association that they always had used, and always would use, their best endeavours to ...

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  15. LAND AND PROPERTY SALES. METROPOLITAN.

    Mr. R. W. E. Hooke, auctioneer, of Hawthorn, reports a large attendance at the auction sale on Saturday of freehold properties in estate of late George M'Goun. Ten houses were offered, and of ...

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  16. A. M. A. CONTRIBUTIONS.

    BENDIGO, Saturday.—Mr. J. R. Little, general secretary of the A.M.A., has received the following additional contributions to be Newcastle coal strike fund:— ...

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  17. STABBED IN THE STREET.

    HOBART, Sunday.—A serious affray occurred early on Saturday morning in Georgestreet. Launceston, where Constable Herbert was stabbed by an Italian named ...

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  18. FARM LANDS.

    Mr. W. S. Keast and Messrs. Martin Cussen and Co., report having sold by auction, on account of the executors of the late Mr. Niblet, farm, containing 320 acres 24 perches, at Mooroopna West, ...

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  19. GOULBURN VALEY LAND SALES.

    Martin Cussen and Co. report having sold, since the middle of January, the following properties:— On account Mr. E. C. Douglas, 160 acres, Taripta; on account Fred. Young, 143 races, Shepparton; ...

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  20. FOUND DROWNED.

    The body of a man, subsequently identified as James Garton Cameron, was found on Saturday washed up on the beach neal the yacht club pier, Middle Brighton. The ...

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  21. NAVAL AND MILITARY.

    BALLARAT, Sunday.—Chief-gunner White, of the Commonwealth naval forces, visited the city on Saturday, and inspected the Ballarat Naval Cadets, on whose behalf ...

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  22. INSOMNIA AND SUICIDE.

    he death of George Ormiston, a jeweller, aged 27, who had lived with his mother at 100 High-street, St. Kilda, and had carried on business at 138 Elizabeth-street, ...

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  23. POSTAL WORKS.

    The following tenders have been accepted for postal contracts in Victoria:— Repairs, Camperdown-Darlington telegraph line, Ezra Chappel, Castlemaine, £167 ...

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  24. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    For the month of January the value of the exports from Corio Bay was £69,232. The imports reached a value of £11,088, or £5,900 less than for January of 1909. Duty ...

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  25. SALE OF "COOLART."

    MORNINGTON, Saturday.—Dalgety and Co., stock and station agents, Melbourne, have sold privately Mr. T. S. Armstrong's "Coolart" sheep station at Bittern. Mr. Fairbairn, M.H.R., has ...

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  26. PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT.

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Several meetings have been held throughout the district during the past two days by various branches of the Colliery Enginedrivers' ...

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  27. TITLES OFFICE INQUIRES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I notice in "The Argus" of yesterday a paragraph referring to the "small charge" imposed by the Attorney-General for every inquiry by letter at the Titles ...

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  28. YOUNG MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE.

    A young man named Thomas Johnston, painter, in the employ of Mr. A. T. Hinton, coachbuilder, of Izett-street, Prahran, has disappeared, and all efforts to discover his ...

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  29. WIMMERA AND WESTERN DISTRICT LAND SALES.

    Messrs. Young Bros., Horsham, Nhill, and Hamilton report having sold from 1st January to present date a total of 13,282 acres, for the sum of £77,528, and during last week they also sold the ...

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  30. CASTLEMAINE.

    Mr. J. H. Cook, who has been engaged at the local railway station for the past 16 years as parcels clerk, has received notice of his transfer to Spencer-street. ...

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  31. WARRNAMBOOL.

    Dr. Adey has been appointed resident medical officer at the hospital on the recommendation of the Medical Students' Society. ...

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  32. HEYTESBURY FOREST LAND.

    Referring to the visit he paid last week to the Heytesbury Forest, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said on Saturday that he was satisfied that before the ...

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  33. Advertising

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  34. DONATION OF £2,000.

    The Miners' Federation received word to-day that a draft of £1,000 had been received in Sydney from the English coalminers towards the relief funds. The ...

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  35. CLERK SHOOTS HIMSELF.

    At the Morgue on Saturday the coroner (Dr. Cole) held an inquest touching the death of James Leopold Jones, a elerk, aged 20, who for the past twelve months had ...

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  36. MOORABOOL WATER SCHEME.

    BUNGAREE, Saturday.—The auxiliary to the Gong Gong, known as the modified Moorabool water scheme, is being vigorously pushed ahead in order to complete ...

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  37. COKE-BREAKING AT NEWPORT.

    Some 18 months ago the coke-breaker at the Newport Workshops was dismantled to make room for other machinery. It has not been re-erected, and the blacksmiths (of ...

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  38. THE RAILWAY OUTRAGE.

    The culvert on the Aberdale railway line, near Neath, which was blown up on Friday morning, has been repaired, and a full train service is now being run. Mr. A. F. ...

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  39. GRASS FIRES.

    DOOKIE, Saturday.—A fire started to-day on the road near Cashel, and burned through Michael Ryan's stubble and grass. I ...

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  40. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    Excessively heavy demands were made upon the State Labour Bureau in January by men in need of employment, but this is a usual condition of the first month of the ...

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  41. UNIONIST INTERESTS.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister of Works (Mr. Lee), speaking at Balmain yesterday, said that as far as he was concerned he was prepared to go to the extreme length ...

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  42. FATAL SEQUEL.

    ST. ARNAUD, Saturday.—A Chinese named Ah Goon, who was admitted to the hospital on Monday from Donald suffering from injuries received through being dragged ...

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  43. THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

    "Aladdin," with its brilliant colour, fine dressing, and catchy songs, still pursues the paths of success at Her Majesty's Theatre, the audiences filling the house as well as they did during the ...

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  44. KICKING GUN.

    WILLAURA, Saturday.—At Stavely yesterday Mr. T. Mitchell, farmer, was out shootinig, when the gun kicked with such force is to fracture his collarbone. Mr. ...

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  45. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Permit me to correct the statement in the paragraph in "The Argus" reporting the result of the deputation from the country law institutes that waited on the ...

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  46. HORSEMAN KILLED.

    SALE, Sunday.—On Saturday morning at about half-past 5 o'clock the dead body of William Meldrum was found in Maealisterstreet fearfully mutilated. The man, who ...

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  47. A M.A. CONFERENCE.

    BENDIGO, Saturday.—The annual conference of the A.M.A. of Victoria and Tasmania is to be opened on Tuesday, February 22, at Ararat. Several important ...

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  48. A.N.A. AND MEDICAL FEES.

    Sir,—"Benefit Member" in "The Argus" of Saturday misses the whole point of the correspondence. We maintain that the A.N.A. is a political organisation, kept alive ...

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  49. RECMMISSIONING COLLIERS.

    Should the southern miners resume work to-day, as is anticipated, a number of colliers which have been lying idle since the strike began will be recommissioned at the ...

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  50. AN INFANT'S DEATH.

    BENALLA, Sunday.—In connection with the finding of the body of a male child in the river on Thursday morning, Constable Henderson this morning arrested ...

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  51. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—We are hearing a deal about the injustice done to the doctors, but what about the chemists? The doctor receives 14/6 per member per year and the chemist 7/6. The ...

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  52. WESTERN RAILWAY MEN.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The Cabinet has decided to refuse approval to the recent resolution of the Railway Officers' Association to affiliate with the Railway Workers' ...

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  53. DIVE TO DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. James Kelman Thomson, a commercial broker, was killed yesterday at the Bondi Baths. He dived off a springboard into 6½ft. of water. His ...

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  54. COAL FROM NEWCASTLE.

    Coal is apparently still procurable in Newcastle, despite the strike. The well-known collier Glaucus, which arrived here last night, is said to have shipped 1,100 tons of coal at ...

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  55. CLOTHING BURNT OFF.

    HAY, Sunday.—A fearful burning accident occurred yesterday afternoon to Edith Ray, employed as a domestic servant by Mr. Parkhill, the sheriff's officer. Mr. ...

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  56. BATTERED AND ROBBED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Chinese at Mittagong was brutally assaulted on Friday, and lies in the hospital in a serious condition. He was employed at the local ...

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  57. POTTERY WORKS CLOSED.

    The City Brick-works, of Hawthorn, which have also kil[?]s at Elizabeth-street, Malvern, have been able hitherto to keep going with Victorian coal, although the ...

    Article : 76 words
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