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  2. INTER-STATE NEWS BY SUBMARINE CABLE, COPYRIGHT (FROM OUT SPECIAL). VICTORIA.

    The steamer Coogee, which, arrived from Launceston at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, had a most exciting passage, and was ten hours late in arriving. ...

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  3. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    It is expected that the report of the commissioner appointed to inquire into gold-stealing (Mr. Barker) will be presented to Parliament next week. ...

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  4. TIMBER TRADE DISPUTE.

    The steamer Kyarra, which left for the Eastern States to-day, had on board a number of mill bands, some with wives and families, there being over 100 ...

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  5. FEDERAL POLLING DAY.

    The Minister of Home Affairs stated on Saturday that the polling day for general elections could not be absolutely fixed until preparations now being made ...

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  6. ROAD TRUSTS.

    A meeting of the trust was hold on the 11th instant, all the members being present. Trustee Wardlaw reported that the ...

    Article : 191 words
  7. SHEARERS' DEMANDS.

    Trouble is being experienced in procuring men for shearing. At the Dunrobin Estate only six men turned up. They were offered 18s. 6d. per 100, but wanted ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. THE CRICKET SEASON.

    The cricket season opened yesterday afternoon. The weather conditions were unfavourable, and the wickets were soft. For the first time in the history ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Further evidence was taken by the Parliamentary Select Committee concerning the weight of bags of grain. It was stated, on behalf of maize growers, that ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. DEATH OF A CYCLIST.

    Two cyclists collided on Queen's Bridge on Saturday afternoon. One Thomas Skurry, sustained concussion of the brain and serious internal injuries, ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. A BOY DROWNED.

    A lad named Monk was riding after cattle near Cobden, and attempted to cross a creek which was considerably swollen by recent rains. The horse was ...

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  12. SOUTH MACQUARIE.

    The trust met on Monday, 8th inst. All the members were present. The Chairman reported that a tender had been accepted for breaking 150 ...

    Article : 158 words
  13. PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ROWING RACE.

    The final of the sixth, annual 8-oared contest between the Victorian public schools was decided yesterday afternoon on the Barwon River, and resulted in a ...

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  14. Y.M.C.A. FUNDS.

    In connection with the Y.M.C.A. golden campaign, £10,000 of the £15,000 required is now in sight. The actual receipts up to last night were £,[?]00. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. SUICIDE.

    Andrew Tobin, 35, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat with a razor, on a vacant allotment in the city. He had been drinking heavily ...

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  16. BABY WITH TWO HEADS.

    At the Water Police Court this morning it was stated that, acting on a search warrant issued at the instigation of Sub-Inspector Spence, Senior- Constable ...

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  17. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The services of Mr. Mackay, who last season was the greatest run-getter in Australia, is to be lost to New South Wales cricket. Mr. Mackey has ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. A SPRING MEDICINE.

    It is well to remember that at this season of all others the human system needs to be toned up, and put in thorough, condition to withstand the ...

    Article : 181 words
  19. ALLEGED CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.

    A supposed case of concealment of birth has been reported to the police at Dalgety. A few days ago it was stated that an infant had been thrown ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. ROBBING CHRIST CHURCH.

    At the quarter sessions to-day, Philip Henry Evans was convicted of having stolen £205, the property of the churchwardens of Christ Church, Sydney, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. REDUCED RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

    Some time ago the Railway Commissioners promised, in view of the favourable state of the finances, to consider the the matter of making reductions in ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. CREDIT VERSUS CASH BETTING.

    A deputation of leading bookmakers who do not do cash business, interviewed the Attorney-General (Hon. C. G. Wade) yesterday, and took exception to ...

    Article : 181 words
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  24. ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT BROKEN HILL.

    At Tuesday's meeting the council decided to borrow £6,000 for street lighting purposes. The council owns an electric lighting plant, which will be given as ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS ON PACIFIC ISLANDS.

    The steamer Navua, which arrived this morning from the islands brings news that the seismograph in the Observatory at Apia, Samoa, recorded a disturbance ...

    Article : 118 words
  26. BETTING OVER THE BORDER.

    At Albury yesterday bookmakers did business on the Victorian side of the Murray. Letters were taken across the bridge free of charge in buggies, and ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    A consignment of statuary for the exhibition secured by Sir Joseph Ward when in Rome, is being unpacked. So far as is known, all the statues are ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. MURDERS IN PACIFIC ISLES.

    The Queensland steamer Titus brings news of a murder at the Island of Nononti, in the Gilbert group, a native having hacked a woman to death with ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. [From Melbourne Papers.] VICTORIA.

    The members of the committee of the Ararat Hospital are exercised in mind regarding the operation of the Gambling Suppression Bill, now before the ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. QUEENSLAND.

    A terrible accident occurred at the Mount Morgan Company's lime works at Marmora, this afternoon. Two miners, named Hanlon and Cunningham, were ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. "SMOKING PROHIBITED."

    Mr. W. T. Dimsey, well known as a total abstainer and anti-smoker, observed two years ago Mr. Tait, chairman of the Railway Commissioners, smoking on the ...

    Article : 361 words
  32. COAL FOR CHINA.

    Mr. Jones, the Queensland Commissioner in the East, had a lengthy interview at Shanghai with Sir John Jewell Jordan, the British Minister, then ...

    Article : 132 words
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