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  2. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    A visist was paid to Ballarat on Monday by Mr. Hamilton Wickes, British trade commissioner, who spent the day inspecting the leading industrial establishments of the ...

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  3. THE UNFINISHED MATCH. SPECIAL INVESTIGATION.

    The abrupt termination of the football match between Yarraville and Port Melbourne on Saturday, as described in "The Argus," was the subject of consideration at ...

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  4. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Liberals will face election day on Friday with a strong hope. Labour sympathisersay too that they are supremely confident, but it is a ...

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  5. LAND FOR SETTLEMENT. MEN FROM OVERSEAS.

    The turn of the tide of immigration towards Australia is filling the steamers trading between Europe and the Commonwealth to overflowing[?] and complaints are ...

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  6. POSTAL SORTERS.

    The conference of delegates of postal sorters' associations in the various States was concluded yesterday morning. Senntor Needham (W.A.) presided. A letter was ...

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  7. LABOUR NEWS. NOTES BY UNIONIST.

    The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' annual report for the year ending September, 1910, has just been issued. The report is very comprehensive, and deals ...

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  8. LIMITATION OF APPRENTICES.

    Comprehended in the item "correspondence" before last evening's meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures were, as the president (Mr. T. Hogg) announced, six ...

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  9. PRINTERS' WAGES BOARD.

    The election to select representatives of the employers to sit on the printers' wages board will be held on October 28. Nominations close on October 20. Nomination ...

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  10. FARM AND HOME.

    PERTH, Monday.—Applications for farm labourers and domestic servants still greatly exceed the 'supply. ...

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  11. TANNERS AND CURRIERS.

    PERTH Monday.—The tanners and curriers, wonse wages were recently fixed by the Arbitration Court at £2/12/6 a week, have resolved to give a week's notice and ...

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  12. AREAS AVAILABLE.

    The acting Minister for Lands (Mr. James Cameron) yesterday made the following statement:—"The Closer Settlement Board has set apart 119 irrigable allotments ...

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  13. SELECTING LABOUR CANDIDATES.

    RUTHERGLEN, Friday.—At a conference of delegates of the Labour leagues in the electorate of Wangaratta, held at Wangaratta, it was decided to invite ...

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  14. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    The City Bench on Monday committed Thomas Truscott for trial, on a charge of perjury, in connection with a recent licensing case. ...

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  15. WIRE-WORKERS' DISPUTE.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—In connection with the strike of wire workers, the proprietor (Mr. C. Rutherford) is taking matters quietly. In addition to himself, four ...

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  16. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    Alderman Philpott was, at the quarterly meeting of the Town Council on Monday, appointed mayor-elect of the town of Geelong, in succession to Alderman H. A. ...

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  17. COLLIERS' AGREEMENT.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.—The Westport and Granity coal miners, who are not registered under the Arbitration Act, have made an agreement with the owners ...

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  18. KILLINGWORTH ESTATE.

    YEA, Monday.—Advices have been received lo the effect that the Closer Settlement Bonrd regards the Killingworth Estate as unsuitable for its purposes, and has ...

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  19. £1 A DAY FOR BUILDERS.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The revival in the building trade has disclosed a scarcity of competent workmen, and as much as £1 per day is being offered in country centres ...

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  20. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTTT, Monday.—The Upper Chapman railway, built in connection with the Government's policy of settling people on the land, was opened on Saturday by the ...

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  21. WORKING IN LUNCH HOUR.

    GEELONG, Saturday.—At a meeting of the Geelong woollen mill operatives this evening it was reported that two female weavers were in the habit of working ...

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  22. RURAL WORKERS.

    During the forthcoming harvest the Rural Workers' Union intend to carry on active organisation work, which will extend throughout Victoria, New South ...

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  23. BROKEN HILL MINERS.

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The Amalgamated Miners' Association met again yesterday in camera, and decided upon an amended wages agreement, to be placed ...

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  24. THE RAILWAYS. PROMOTION OF OFFICERS.

    Mr. Robert Kellway, at present occupying the posilion of special officer, has been appointed supervisor of weighing in place of Mr. J. Conlan, who has been promoted ...

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  25. HAMILTON.

    The All Nations' Fair, which was organised to liquidate the debt on the grand-stand at the recreation reserve and the fence around the Botanical-gardens, realised a net ...

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  26. ARRIVALS BY GERMAN VESSEL.

    PERTH, Monday.—The German mail steamer Seydlitz, which arrived at Fremantle from Bremerhaven this morning, brought out a large contingent of immigrants ...

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  27. CUP AND SHOW TRAFFIC.

    A protest is to be made by the City Council to the Railways Commissioners against the curtailment of the means of travelling to and from Kensington and ...

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  28. KERANG BRANCH.

    Officers have been elected as follows to the Kerang branch of the Political Labour Council:—President, Mr. J. J. Kirby; vicepresidents, Messrs. F. Chenoweth and T. ...

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  29. SHEARERS' STRIKE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—A strike of shearers has occurred at Thylungra. The men are refusing to work until better machinery is installed. This is being done ...

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  30. THE PROSPEROUS MALLEE.

    LASCELLfS, Monday.—New buildings are springing up in all directions, and the town will soon have water supply laid on, Mr. Laseclles having given £100 towards ...

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  31. ORGANISATION AT COLAC.

    A report from Mr. R. Duncan, secretary of the Hairdressers' and Wigmakers' Employees, on a visit he made to Colac recently was given to the Trades-hall Council on ...

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  32. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. SCAFFOLDING FALLS.

    While a number of workmen were working upon a scaffolding yesterday morning at the new premises of Messrs. Love and Lewis, Bridge-road, Richmond, one end of ...

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  33. SUNSHINE SERVICE.

    The Braybrook Shire Council recently asked the Railway department to provide a train between 12 and 1 o'clock. In reply to that communication the department yesterday wrote to the council, ...

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  34. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE.

    BRIGHT, Monday.—After daily searches for the last 10 days a party of Boy Scouts and civilians, under the direction of Seniorconstable Priest, yesterday discovered the ...

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  35. FORTUNE'S FAVOURITE.

    INGLEWOOD, Monday.—While working in some old ground at Kingower on Saturday a miner named Wilson unearthed a nugget weighing 11oz. The piece had been missed ...

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  36. PLASTERERS' WAGES.

    A claim has been made by the Plasterers' Union for an advance in wages. They now receive 1/4 an hour for 48 hours' work, or £3/4/ a week. This rate was fixed by Mr. ...

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  37. MUNICIPAL AMALGAMATION. DISCUSSED AT PRAHRAN.

    At its meeting on Monday the Prahran Council received a circular communication from the Collingwood Council asking for the appointment of two delegates to attend a ...

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  38. MISCONDUCT ON A STATION.

    At the Prahran Court on Monday, before Mr. Phipps (chairman), Major Clipperton, and Mr. Curwen-Walker, J.P.'s, John Hazel, of 24 Clarastreet, South Yarra, was charged, on the ...

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  39. WOMAN FALLS FROM TRAIN.

    Mrs. Bruce was admitted to the Williamstown Hospital by Dr. Fetherstonhaugh on Sunday night, suffering from shock, as the result of a fall from a train. When the 10 ...

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  40. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The rates collected in the town of Brighton for the year ended September 30 represented 99.5 per cent. of the total amount due. The year 1910-1911 begins with a total amount outstanding of £144 ...

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  41. LIVE STOCK IN VICTORIA.

    The Government statist (Mr. A. M. Laughton) has prepared a return of live stock, classified according to sizes of holdings of privately-owned land and Crown ...

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  42. TICKET PROSECUTIONS.

    James Steele, of 187 Williams-road, Hawksburn, was, at the Prahran Court, on Monday, fined 10/, with 5/ costs, for hating travelled between Melbourne and Hawksburn without a ticket on August ...

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  43. HOTEL AND CATERERS' EMPLOYEES.

    At a general meeting of members of the above association, held on the 9th inst., a resolution as follows was adopted:—"That this association strongly approves of the ...

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  44. CHURCH-STREET BRIDGE.

    At the Prahran Council meeting last evening Councillor embling, chairman of the finance committee, moved— "That the necessary steps be taken, under ...

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  45. DISCUSSION BY RICHMOND COUNCIL.

    The disorderly scenes that occurred during the progress of the football match between the Port Melbourne and Yarraville Juniors at the Richmond City-reserve on ...

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  46. UNDERMANNED STATION.

    MINYIP, Monday.—At a meeting of the Progress Committee Dr. Spring called attention to the undermanning of the Minvip railway station. He said that the stationmaster and a porter had to ...

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  47. MINER CRUSHED TO DEATH.

    QUEENSTOWN, Monday.—Percy Dent, aged 30 years, an employed at the Lyell mine, was killed this afternoon. He and his mate were working on the No. 3 bench, ...

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  48. THE TITLE "MISTER."

    POWLETT, Monday.—Mr. J. M'Nab, president of the Daly's mine branch of the Victorian Coal-miners' Association, was entertained by a number of the employees ...

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  49. FORMS OF INDENTURE.

    The forms of indenture drawn up by the Painters' Wages Board and the Carriage Board have been approved of by the Minister for Labour (Mr. Murray). They must, ...

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  50. COAL SKIP STRIKES MINER.

    POWLETT, Monday.—A young man named Frederick Christic, who was employed at the No. 3 brace at the State coal mine, at Powlett, met with a serious ...

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  51. POLITICAL LABOUR COUNCIL.

    'At the fortnightly meeting of the North Carlton branch of the Political Labour Council, the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing half-year:—President, Mr. ...

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  52. SEAMAN FALLS INTO HOLD.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—A seaman named Frank Clark met with a fatal accident on the stennior Anglo-Bolivian to-day, when climbing from the hold to the deck. He ...

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  53. COLLINGWOOD PROPOSAL.

    A communication from the Collingwood Council was read at the meeting of the Melbourne City Council yesterday, in regard to municipal amalgamation. It was stated that ...

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  54. INCOME TAX PROSECUTION.

    At the Richmond Court on Monday, Richard D. Johnston, a partner in the Cremorne Nursery Company, was charged with having failed to furnish a return of his ...

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  56. LEFT CAR IN MOTION.

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—An inquest was held to-day upon the body of Thomas Fitzpatrick, 21 years of age, who died from injuries received in a tram accident on ...

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  57. STAGE EMPLOYEES' UNION.

    A satisfactory financial statement was presented at the quarterly meeting of the Stage Employees' Union, held on Sunday. The receipts were stated to have been £147/7/9. ...

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  58. DIVORCE AND RE-MARRIAGE.

    SHEPPARTON, Monday.—Preaching in St. Augustine's Church of England, Shepparton, on Sunday, the rector, the Rev. N. D. Herring, asked, "Did you ever realise that ...

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  59. FOUND BY THE ROADSIDE.

    FRANKSTON, Monday.—A man, named James Walsh, was found on the back Dand[?]nong-road on Sunday afternoon, having evidently been thrown out of a cart. He was ...

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  60. FISH MANURE WORKS.

    KOBART, Monday.—It is reported that a company has been floated in Melbourne for the purpose of establishing a fish manure works near Hobart. North-west ...

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  61. KILLED BY TRAIN.

    BRISBANE, Monday.—News has been received that a lenglhsman named John Enright was cut to pieces by being run over by a train between Corinda and Oxley this ...

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  64. PASTRYCOOKS.

    A communication was received at the meeting of the Pastrycooks' and Biscuitmakers' Union on Saturday night from Ballarat, in which it was intimated that a move ...

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