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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  3. COMMODITIES.

    For some weeks the Prices of Goods Board has been making an investigation into the meat question. A report was presented to the State. Ministry yesterday ...

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  4. NATIONAL FUNDS

    A further sum of £55/17/6 was received yesterday in response to "The Argua" special appeal for funds for starving Belgium, and the total now stands at £01,058/4/2. ...

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  5. BOOTS FOR SOLDIERS

    The statement that inferior boots, had been passed by the Government inspectors and supplied to the Australian troops was again referred to in the Senate yesterday. ...

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  6. FIXING WAGES.

    The Minister for Labour (Sr Alexander Peacock) has given authority for the Engineers' Wages Board to consider the question of wages. Last April the ...

    Article : 526 words
  7. CEASE PARTY WARFARE.

    At a fully-attended meeting of the Central Council of Employers of Australia, presided over by Mr. George Fairbairn, yesterday, the following resolutions were ...

    Article : 523 words
  8. PURPLE CROSS SERVICE.

    The hon, secretary of the Brighton District Band (Mr. H. J. Thomas) has made arrangements for the coal-pit pony "Kiss [?]ass" to pay a visit to Brighton during the coming week, on Thursday, Friday, ...

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  9. BUTTER, BRAN, AND POLLARD

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Higher prices for butter bran, and pollard will come into operation in this State to-morrow According to the proclamations approved of ...

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  10. CONVERSION OF BEN TILLETT.

    Sir,—The bold British Labour agitator, Ben Tillett—to whom the workmen of Great Britain owe so much of their power—has learnt by personal observation at the front ...

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  11. MOTOR AMBULANCES.

    The Agent-General for Victoria in London (Sir Peter McBride) has handed over to the War Office four motor ambulances. Two of them, presented by the Victorian ...

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  12. MAKING SHRAPNEL.

    Taking a casing of a service 18[?]b.shrapnel shell for a pattern, Mr. Gray, of the firm of Gray Bros., made a duplicate at the firm's Williamstown shops ...

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  13. MR. KIRBY'S CONCERT.

    Mr. Walter Kirby called at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, and handed to Lady Stanley a cheque for £300, part proceeds of his recent sacred concert, held in the King's Theatre, in aid of the ...

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  14. TRIPLETS AID BELGIANS.

    HEALESVILLE, Thursday.—As a result of the patriotism of Mrs. Ross in displaying her triplets to the public view, the sum of £2/3/0 has been raised for the Belgian Fund. The total amount ...

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  15. MONEY FROM AUSTRALIA.

    The Agent-General for Victoria in London (Sir Peter McBride) has handed over to the Belgian Relief Committee the sum of £24,700, which was raised in Victoria for ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Messrs. Ronaldson Brothers and Tippett, of the Austral Engineering Works, have secured a contract for supplying seven of their 10-horse power engines for work on the transcontinental railway. ...

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  17. VARIOUS EFFORTS.

    A bazaar, in aid of the Australian wounded soldiers (organised by Mrs. and Misses Whithourn), is to be held at the Clayton Tennis Hall, Clayton, to-day, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Pearce, wife of the ...

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  18. INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

    At a meeting of the Board of Management of the Operative Bakers' Society, the question of making another attempt to secure the day baking of bread in Victoria ...

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  19. A CANDID COMMENT.

    Sir.—It is with feelings of utter disgust that I read the decision of the officials of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers to insist on their demands of an increase in pay of 1/6 ...

    Article : 156 words
  20. SUGAR SUPPLIES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—As attention has been directed to the present consumption of sugar, tho Colonial Sugar-Refining Company Limited supply the following particulars of ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. "THE ARGUS" SPECIAL APPEAL.

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  22. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Working Man," in your issue of today, says that "No Labourite can join the People's Party, or any other liberal organisation." The fact remains, however, that ...

    Article : 268 words
  23. FODDER EXPORTS.

    Sir,—Notwithstanding the adnormally high price and the scarcity of fodder in this State, and the fact that, in order to minintise the great shortage which exists, the ...

    Article : 200 words
  24. WAITING FOR OFFERS.

    Sir,—The Minister for Defence stated in the Senate on Thursday "that up to the present time no firm had submitted a detinite offer to make shells, either for the ...

    Article : 156 words
  25. BOILER MAKERS.

    Trouble is brewing between the Boilermakers' Union and the Melbourne Harbour Trust, over what the union regards as the strong partiality being displayed by the ...

    Article : 233 words
  26. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    At the Bendigo Supreme Court on Friday a young man named Angus Marston, who was a hairdresser at Chillingollah, was sentenced to six months' impriso[?]ment on a charge of having assaulted a girl ...

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  27. MINERS' ASSOCIATION.

    BALLARAT, Friday.—A meeting of the Victorian executive council of the Federated Mining Employees' Association was held to-day. The president (Mr. T. ...

    Article : 462 words
  28. LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL.

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  29. REV. HENRY WORRALL.

    A writ was issued in the Supreme Court by Mr. L. Waxman, acting for Mr. Alfred Alexander Farthing, M.L.A., of Gipps street, East Melbourne, yesterday, against ...

    Article : 128 words
  30. INCREASE OF MINISTERS.

    Sir,—I see it is suggested that an extra Federial Minister be appointed, and that the remuneration of the Cabinet be increased from £12,000 to £14,000 per annum. ...

    Article : 197 words
  31. STATE COAL HINE DISPUTE.

    During the week representatives of the local branch of the A.C.M.A. held a conference with Mr. Broome, general manager of the State coal mine, and asked him to ...

    Article : 102 words
  32. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    Percy Baxter, owner of the Strand tailering establishment, Malop street, for having an excess number of improvers in his employ, and paying a lower rate to an improver than specified ...

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  33. WOMEN POLICE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The appointment of two women police is announced. Mr. Block, the Chief Secretary, states that the aim is to keep young children off the streets, ...

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  34. GENERAL NEWS.

    What promises to be a very interesting series of lectures on Russian writers will be begun on Monday by Madame Grebin, at the Austral Salon. She will consider ...

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  35. NEWPORT EXPERIMENTS.

    "Experiments at Newport are still in progress." said the Minister for Railways (Mr. Mackinnon) yesterday. "We shall have something more definite to report in the ...

    Article : 81 words
  36. SICK OF CLASS LEGISLATION.

    Sir,—When I read this morning that touching appeal in Mr. Kenneth T. Henderson's letter, I felt (with probably many other of your subscribers who have lost ...

    Article : 359 words
  37. CASTLEMAINE.

    The Borough Council on Thursday evening considered tenders for lighting the town. For many years the contract has been secured by the Castlemaine Gas Company, but on this occasion the ...

    Article : 349 words
  38. DUPLICATING INQUIRIES.

    It is thought by some members of the State Parliament, seeing that the Cabinet has decided that a Supreme Court judge sitting as a Royal commission shall be ...

    Article : 202 words
  39. THE RAILWAYS.

    Since the proposal was made to give the Brennan break of gauge device a trial at Tocumwal, a number of inventors have brought rival devices under the notice of ...

    Article : 203 words
  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ACTION.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—The Premier (Mr. Vaughan) intimated to-day that the South Australian Government had, in conjunction with other States, made an offer to assist ...

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  41. PATRIOTIC FUND.

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  42. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

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  43. UNIONISTS FOR THE FRONT.

    Sir,—I see to-day that the Society of Amalgamated Engineers require that no non-unionist shall be employed in making munitions of war. Would it not, therefore, ...

    Article : 88 words
  44. JAPANESE WARSHIPS.

    There was a large response to the invitations issued bs the Rear-Admiral Chisaka the captains, and officers of the Imperal Japanese Training Squadron to an At ...

    Article : 209 words
  45. THE CASE REVIEWED.

    All the facts in connection with this matter are contained in a report in the hands of Senator Pearce, and if he were frank on the question senators would not be left in ...

    Article : 500 words
  46. LADY MAYORESS'S PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.

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  47. Classified Advertising

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  48. KILLING YOUNG STOCK.

    Sir,—Mr. Austin, M.L.C., says to-day, "I will admit that if anybody were likely to buy suddenly and secretary for the purpose of killing or for exportation a large ...

    Article : 235 words
  49. LADY STANLEY'S WOUNDED SOLDIERS' APPEAL.

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  50. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Mary Philips Irwin of Garton street, Prince's Hill. North Carlton, widow. Causes of insolvency—Sickness, and income from her interest in her father's estate ...

    Article : 92 words
  51. UNIONS AND EMPIRE.

    Sir,—"R.L." has struck the right note in his letter, as published in The Argus" of this morning, under the above heading. This is no time for unionists or others to ...

    Article : 304 words
  52. BRIGHT—EVERTON SERVICE.

    BRIGHT, Friday.—The Bright Progress Association is strongly protesting against any alteration in the time[?] table of the running of the train between Bright and Everton on Tuesdays. For years ...

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  53. BRITISH RED CROSS FUND.

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  54. PUBLIC WORKS.

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  55. ENTERTAINMENTS.

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  56. THE ADMIRAL'S THANKS.

    Sir,—Now that the visit of our squadron to Melbourne is drawing to an end, I take the liberty of asking you, through your columns, to convey to the citizens of ...

    Article : 127 words
  57. MAN STABBED.

    Excitement was occasioned in Surry place, off Spring street, yesterday evening by a stabbing affray, in which Robert Leslie Wilson, about 40 years of age, ...

    Article : 193 words
  58. WHEAT AND FLOUR.

    The work of taking a census of the wheat and flour in the State is no light task. The Prices of Goods Board is sending out to different parts of the State 40,000 forms, and ...

    Article : 191 words
  59. CRIMINAL COURT.

    The sittings of the Criminal Court were continued yesterday, before Mr. Justice Hood. Mr. Woinarsk[?], K.C., prosecuted for the Crown. NOT GUILTY. ...

    Article : 234 words
  60. "THE ARGUS" LIST.

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  61. SYDNEY SHEEP SHOW.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney Sheep Show, which will be the 21st annual show of the association, will be held from June 30 to July 3. The secretary states that a ...

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  62. JUMBLE SHOP.

    The last days of the Belgian Jumble Shop, Commence House, Flinders street, are announced. The sale will continue on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons next week, and until June 28, ...

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  63. TO THE EDITOR FOR THE ARGUS.

    Sir.—Judging from the excellent letter of "R.L." to-day, the writer does not seem to know a movement such as he suggests has been begun by Mr. Arthur J. Day, Toorak ...

    Article : 131 words
  64. COMMONWEALTH BUTTON FUND.

    July 2 having been fixed upon as "Button Day," everyone desirous of helping this movements, especially Red Cross Society secretaries or presidents throughout Victoria, are asked to forward ...

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