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  2. INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

    PERTH, Thursday.—The Interstate Commission sat again to-day, at the request of the under secretary for Public works, and heard the evidence of the manager of ...

    Article : 214 words
  3. PARLIAMENTARY HONOUR.

    The select committee of the Legislative Council presented its report yesterday upon certain statements by Mr. Rees, M.L.C., in the Legislative ...

    Article : 494 words
  4. BRICK-MAKING- INDUSTRY.

    That a combine exists in the brickmaking industry's that its operations are beneficial rather than harmful to the public, and those employed by the companies; that ...

    Article : 506 words
  5. FINDING EMPLOYMENT.

    With the object of giving relief to the unemoployed the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Hagelthron) is having as much public work put in hand as is possible. In a ...

    Article : 654 words
  6. VERMIN DESTRUCTION.

    For the last financial year of the Vermin Destruction department of the State a sum of £44,207 was expended, as follows:—Inspectors' salaries, £15,887/4/2; wages and ...

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  7. RECRUITING IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Sept. 15.—You have heard by cable of the magnificent response to the nation's call to arms. within a month half a million men have joined the colours. This ...

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  8. COUPONS IN TRADE.

    An appeal in a case under the Trading Stamps Act was determined by the High Court (the Cheif Justice, Mr. Justice Isaacs, and Mr. Justice Powers) yesterday. In ...

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  9. COUNTRY ROADS BOARD.

    The Country Roads Board, at its meeting yesterday, accepted the following tenders for carrying out the following road works: ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. THE MENDICANT PROBLEM.

    Sir,—A paragraph in a recent issue of "The Argus" drew attention to the exploitation of young children by beggers, and referred specifically to a case in which two ...

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  11. NELSON'S WHISTLE.

    The above photograph of Kelson's whistle. which was used by him at Traflagar, is reproduced by the courtesy of Mrs. rosalie Richmond, of Conventry street. South Melbourne. The whistle was given to Dr. Osmond by Nelson, and was by him bequeathed to his son, the late Mr. Osmond, M.L.C., whose niece, Mrs. Richmond, now possesses it. The whistle is inscribed, "Horation Nelson, 1801." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. OF PECULIAR INTEREST AT PRESENT.—THE DARDANELLES.

    In view of the enigmatical conduct of the Turkish Government, a upon it by Germany. the Dardanelles is at attracting special to the Dardanelles from Egean Sea, with Kum Kaleh, the Castil Tomb of Partroclus, or the Tomb of Ajax, at the north end of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  13. WASTED GRASS.

    Sir,—The abundance of wild oats, millk thistle, &c., growing at the sides of the railways, if cut down railway employees, would furnish food for starving stock for ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. TOO FEW POLICE.

    Complaints of insufficient police protection for Essendon were the subject of a deputation yesterday by the mayor (Councillor Goldsworthy, and councillors to the cheif ...

    Article : 384 words
  15. CRIMINAL COURT.

    In the Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Hood, Patrick John McNamara, about 50 years of age, surgical bootmaker, Smi[?] street, Collingwood, was presened on a charge of ...

    Article : 120 words
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  17. FREEHOLD ASSETS COMPANY.

    The following report is supplied:- The general meeting was held yesterday, with Mr. Baillien, M.L.C., in the chair. The chairmen said that it was the statutory ...

    Article : 176 words
  18. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    The shopkeepers of Sandringham held a meeting on Monday evening to consider their position under the Shops and Factories Act Amendment Bill, now before Parliament, particularly in regard to the ...

    Article : 219 words
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  20. BRITISH AND RUSSIAN FLAGS.

    Sir,—Your paragraph with reference to the Russian flag under heading "In the Papers" appearing in "The Argus" of last Saturday reminds one of the Russian Union ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. ONE OF THE LIEGE FORTS AFTER BEING BOMBARDED BY THE GERMAN II-INCH GUNS.

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