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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  3. ITEMS OF INTEREST

    An animated discussion took place at the meeting of the New South Wales Labour Ca[?]cus yesterday over the attitude of the Government towards Germans employed in ...

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  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Delegates to the Methodist Synod were entertained on Wednesday at lunch[?]on by the Ballarat East and West circuit officials. The Rev. A. Madsen, who presided, said that of upwards of 2,000 ...

    Article : 195 words
  5. AMERICAN SHIPS SEIZED.

    A protest against the seizure of the American steamer Hocking by a British warship, which carried her with a prize crew to Halifax, has been lodged with the State ...

    Article : 230 words
  6. THE GROWTH OF BORROWING

    A review of the financial position of the Commonwealth and of the various States makes it clear why the States' representatives now in Melbourne find it difficult to ...

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  7. MENINGITIS.

    Three new cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis occurred in the metropolitan area yesterday, and one death was reported. At the Melbourne Hospital the following ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. MEN FOR THE ARMY.

    There was a slight improvement in the number of men accepted yesterday for active service with the Australian-Imperial Force, but there was also an additional ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. WHEAT FREIGHTS.

    Mr. Pigott (N.S.W.) directed the attention of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), in the House of Representatives yesterday to the announcement that the ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. STATE MINISTRY'S POSITION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr.A.A. Billson moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the action of the Ministry in regard to the spread of ...

    Article : 880 words
  11. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    Mr. J. Ellis, who for some time occupied the position of deputy chief officer of the Country Fire Brigades Board, a position he was compelled to relinquish owing to ill-health, died at his ...

    Article : 170 words
  12. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    The Geelong and District War Funds Board on Wednesday cabled £1,000 towards the relief of the Belgians. This brings the total made available to £12,7[?]0. Since the outbreak of the war over ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. Germany and Peace.

    The New York and Geneva correspondents of the "Daily Chronicle" alike declare that Germany is making the first steps towards peace through His Holiness the Pope and ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. WORKERS FOR FARMERS.

    Sir,—Farmers in the northern districts are finding great difficulty in getting skilled hands to help to gather in the crops in the coming harvest; and, as many good men ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    In reply to Senator McKissock (V.), who asked in the Senator yesterday if in view of the apparent slowness in recruiting the question of reducing the standard ...

    Article : 476 words
  16. GASTLEMAINE.

    At the synod of the Castlemaine and Maryborough Methodist district on Wednesday morning, the following were advanced one year on their probation:—Revs. F. C. Boundy. A. Geddes, S. ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. CAUCUS DIFFERENCES.

    A further stage was reached yesterday in the differences arising out of the changes lately made in the Federal Ministry, when the Caucus displaced Mr. Archibald from ...

    Article : 847 words
  18. Imperial Conference.

    Commenting upon the statement that the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Massey) and the Treasurer of the Dominion (Sir Joseph Ward) are going to ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. WATER RATES OBJECTED TO.

    DONALD, Wednesday.— Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed by landowners along the route of the Donald-Corack-Wycheproof channel at the rate imposed upon them by the Water ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. British Recruiting.

    Lord Derby, who is in charge of the British recruiting movement, has decided that any man who marries after the date on which registration of the manhood of the ...

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  21. SEASON'S PROSPECTS.

    OUYEN, Wednesday.—Some district farmers will begin stripping Bunyip wheat next week. The crops are looking well, and are expected to yield well up to the average. ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. SLY GROG-SELLING.

    At the South Melbourne Court yesterday, Mr. S.J. Goldsmith, [?].M., presiding, Roderick Melvor, of 17 Thistl[?]thwaite street, was presented on two charges of having sold liquor without a license. ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. Australian Meat.

    In reply to Mr. Will Thorne (Labour), in the House of Commons, the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Runciman) said that the Board of Trade would not ...

    Article : 65 words
  24. CHARGE OF CATTLE STEALING.

    FERNTREE GULLY, Wednesday.—At the Police Court, before Mr. [?]ohen, P.M., and Dr. Simpson, J.P., to-day. Douglas Weston Hilder and Wil[?]am Birkett Hird, both of Gembrook, were ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. MINING REPORTS.

    Carpathia, N.S.W., 30th.—No. 4 Shaft: S. drive off S. winze to 10ft., in kaolin [?]re 6ft. wide, exposing high milling values. New roasting furnace charged for first time, October 26. ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. Shipping Problems.

    The British Press Bureau issues a statement that the Board of Trade denies that the Government is contemplating requisitioning the whole of the British mercantile ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. FISHERMEN'S BEND CAMP.

    The Rev. W. Mckie, of Holy Trinity, Port Melbourne, desires to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt from the following of games, &c., for the use of the men in the instructional camp at ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. HORSE LOST IN FLOOD WATERS.

    BUNYIP, Wednesday.—Whilst returning from Bunyip to Yannathan in a buggy, Mr. Charles McDonald had an alarming experience. The flood waters, through the recent rains, covered the road ...

    Article : 956 words
  29. German Fiendishness.

    In Belgium an architect named Brackelman has just been executed. Before the sentence of death was carried out his sister, who was a nun, applied for permission to ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. SHELL BODIES.

    The Federal Munitions Committee held a meeting yesterday. The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) outlined what had already been done in regard to the ...

    Article : 250 words
  31. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    STAWELL, Thursday.—A fire took place at the Roman Catholic School this morning, but fortunately was not attended with any damage of importance. Some children were playing with ...

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  32. Liquor Control in London.

    As a result of the action of the British Cabinet in proclaiming London a war area, and prohibiting the practice of treating within that area, drunkenness in the city ...

    Article : 39 words
  33. CLOTHING FACTORY CASES.

    The bacteriological examination made in consequence of two cases of meningitis having occurred at the Commonwealth Clothing Factory has shown that a few ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. LAW NOTICES.—(This Day.)

    At 10 O'Clock.—In re Continental [?] and [?] Rubber Company. COMM[?]EALTH COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. ...

    Article : 308 words
  35. HELPING THE FARMER.

    Yesterday almost the whole of the time of the conference was occupied with the question of assisting to finance farmers in overcoming the difficulties that are ...

    Article : 478 words
  36. German Soldiers Executed.

    Advices from Antwerp report that 30 German soldiers, who had refused to go to the Champagne front, have been executed. ...

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  37. UNITED STATES METAL.

    The "Metal Bulletin," under date of September 21, reports that the output of copper in the United States is on a record basis, but there seem to be undercurrents at work ...

    Article : 427 words
  38. PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDED.

    In a leaflet issued by the medical departmental committee it is pointed out that immunity from the highly infections disease of cerebro-spinal meningitis depends on the ...

    Article : 118 words
  39. THE REFERENDUM.

    CULCAIRN, Wednesday.—Mr. John Garland, M.L.C., addressed a meeting. In opposition to the Referendum proposals. He appealed against the division into parties ...

    Article : 96 words
  40. FOREIGN INQUIRIES.

    PERTH, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. Scaddan) stated to-day that a foreign Government had approached him, with a view to purchasing a big lot of wheat, and that ...

    Article : 33 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The States of New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania took a vote yesterday on the question whether the franchise should be extended to women. The referendum ...

    Article : 127 words
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  43. POLICE NEWS.

    A returned soldier named Charles West has reported to the Fitzroy police that at about 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when leaving a house in Young street, he was set upon by four men, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  44. A NEW SONG.

    Sir,—As "Tipperary" has been so much in evidence, it has occurred to me the following news in a letter from a friend on leave from the front in France may be of interest ...

    Article : 147 words
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