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  2. GIPPSLAND CO-OPERATIVE CO.

    A meeting of the shareholders in the Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Selling Company Limited was held at Scott's Hotel yesterday afternoon. Mr. James ...

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  3. MELBOURNE MARKETS.

    The following are the ruling prices:—Pork, 7d. to 10d. per lb.; mutton (forequarters), 2d. to 3½d. do.; do. (hindquarters0, 4d. to 5d. do.; do. (chops), 6d. to 7d. do.; lamb, 2/ to 5/ per quarter; beef, ...

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  4. SETTLING THE WILDS. CLAIMS OF SOUTH GIPPSLAND.

    An impressive story of the serious plight of a large body of settlers in the neighbourhood of Foster, South Gippsland, was told to the Acting Minister for Public Works ...

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  5. PEOPLING THE LAND. SELECTION AT TEMPLESTOWE.

    After a delay of nearly 18 months the Lands department has at last given a favourable reply to the request of the Templestowe Shire Council that portion of the large ...

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  6. LABOUR NEWS. CARTERS' WAGES BOARD.

    Over a hundred and fifty employers of carters crowded the board-room of the Lands office yesterday afternoon as a deputation to the Acting Premier and Minister ...

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  7. TIMBER-YARD CLERKS.

    Complaint was made to the Acting Premier (Mr. Watt) by a deputation from the Victorian Clerks' Union that some employers in the timber trade were not ...

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  8. MATCH-WORKERS' UNION.

    The application for registration of the Australian Match Workers' Union came on for hearing before the registrar of the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday. Mr. ...

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  9. ESTATE PURCHASED.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. M'Kenzie) announced yesterday that the Closer Settlement Board had completed the purchase of the Deepdene Estate, of 2,000 acres, situated ...

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  10. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    It seems likely that the newly-formed Victorian Railways Union will become a very strong body of employees. At present it is composed of the Amalgamated Society ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND'S WORK.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The annual meeting and luncheon of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce were held to-day on board the steamer Lucinda. ...

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  12. COUNTRY STOCK MARKETS.

    ALBURY (May 30).——Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report:—"Yarded 6,951 fat and store sheep, 90 hrad of fat cattle, 70 head of store cattle, 22 pigs. Fat Sheep—Best crossbred wethers, 15/3 to 16/7; good ...

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  13. SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    It was stated at the meeting of the Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employees' Union on Tuesday evening that what was believed to be the first application for a ...

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  14. CHILTERN AREAS.

    CHILTERN, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Chiltern branch of the Australian Natives' Association last night, Mr. J. Hyland expressed indignation at the ...

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  15. BARRIER WAGES AGREEMENT.

    BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The Carpenters' Society and the Boilermakers' Society have both signed the four and a half years' wages agreement. The Trades and Trades' ...

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  16. FRUIT EXPORT.

    Further advices respecting the fruit shipped in the R.M.S. Orsova have been received from the Agent-General by the chief fruit inspector of the Agricultural ...

    Article : 334 words
  17. MALLEE BLOCKS.

    OUYES, Tuesday.—The land board appointed to hear evidence in respect of Mallee land recently made available arrived on Sunday morning. The board consisted of ...

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  18. LAKES CHANNEL.

    The channel in the vicinity of Bullock Island, at the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, according to a deputation from the shipping companies which interviewed the ...

    Article : 192 words
  19. THE RAILWAYS. SUBURBAN LINES.

    The evidence which the Railways Standing Committee took yesterday in connection with the inquiry it is making into the suburban railway system, was given by Sir ...

    Article : 488 words
  20. CHAIRMEN OF WAGES BOARDS.

    The following appointments of chairmen of wages boards were made on Monday by the State Executive Council:— Mining Enginedrivers' Board.—Mr. H. H. Harris, ...

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  21. ROADS AND BRIDGES.

    The Acting Minister for Public Works yesterday received several deputations from country municipalities which sought financial assistance for various works. ...

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  22. SHIRT TRADE BOARD.

    The following have been appointed to constitute the new wages board for the shirt trade:— Employers.—Agnes Crawford, Ellen Eckersall, H. ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. KYNETON SHIRE.

    The Kyneton Shire asked for grants of £500 for James and Gleeds' lanes, and £250 for the common boundary road between Glenlyon and Kyneton Shire at Little ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. HIGH PRICE FOR HAIR-CUT.

    SYDNEY. Wednesday.—The scale of increased charges recently agreed upon by city and suburban hairdressers will not take effect from June 1, as was intended. The ...

    Article : 73 words
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  26. BEECHWORTH AND DIMBOOLA.

    A Beechworth deputation asked for a grant of £200 towards the reconstruction of a bridge over the sludge channel leading to the Ovens River, and for sheet piling ...

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  27. TAILORS' WAGES.

    Sir.—In the article on the clothing trade in "The Argus" on Tuesday it is stated that the minimum piecework rates prescribed by the wages board have been exceeded in ...

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  28. NARRACAN SHIRE.

    Representatives of the Narracan Shire asked that a sum of £200 voted by the Government for M'Donald's Track be granted free of the condition that the shire council ...

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  29. BETTER ROADS.

    The Acting Minister for Public Works (Mr. Edgar) explained yesterday that the report to be prepared by an officer of the public service on the improvement of the ...

    Article : 222 words
  30. TICKE WINDOW CROWDS.

    In order to prevent as far as possible crushing at the ticket offices of the Flinders-street railway station, representations were made to the Railway Commissioners ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. CASUAL LABOURERS.

    Casual labourers employed on the railways are displaying a spirit of restlessness. Their ordinary rate of pay is 7/ a day, but there is a general contention that it should ...

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  32. HOBART TO HUON.

    HOBART, Wednesday.—The Acting Promier (Mr. Hean) communicated in March with the South Australian Government for the purpose of obtaining expert advice ...

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  33. FLOOD PREVENTION.

    RUSHWORTH, Wednesday.—Mr. Graham, Minister of Water Supply, accompanied by Mr. Elwood Mead, chairman of the Water Commission, and Mr. Cussen, ...

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  34. OVERCROWDED.

    Sir,—I notice in your issue of to-day the buoyant nature of the railway returns, and wonder when the commissioners will provide more accommodation for the travelling ...

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  35. MARVEL LOCH SETTLEMENT.

    SOUTHERN CROSS (W.A.), Sunday.— Harry Glance, secretary of the Miners' Union, yesterday visited Marvel Loch, and conferred with the mine managers, the ...

    Article : 97 words
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