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  2. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The price of bread has been so often referred to in the "Herald" and other journals that it is time, to reply. In your issue of this morning Mr. Kerr makes statements which ...

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  3. STATE ELECTIONS.

    The Belmore Labour League met last evening. It was an adjourned meeting from Thursday, when Alderman English was selected. Since that meeting the executive of ...

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  4. NEWCASTLE.

    Since the Newcastle City Council erected its electric power station, and took over the supplying of electricity to the city and the lighting of the streets, a large sum has had ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    Plans have been prepared for a water supply scheme for the new State township of Wonthaggi, in Powlett coal field. It is estimated that the scheme will cost £60,000. ...

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  6. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Belated reports state that the body of Donald Innes, who apparently died from want of water, was found 31 miles south of Gascoyne River, in the Murchison district. W. ...

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  7. SHIPPING.

    Manuka, s, 4505 tons, Captain R. Neville, from Wellington, N.Z. Passengers—Mesdames Anderdon and infant, Hazlett and child, Barr, Campbell, Rowe, Todd, Stacey, Peterson and infant, Tripp, Crocker, Midlane, ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  9. A GANG OF THIEVES.

    Jewellery valued at £400 was stolen from Mr. Fredk. Ledger's shop at Yarrawonga early on Saturday morning. It is considered that an organised gang is making raids in ...

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  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—In Mr. Kerr's letter of yesterday he states that about 25 years ago the price of top brands of flour was £14 per ton, and bread 3½d per loaf. On looking back in my books I find ...

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  11. STRIKE OF BOYS.

    A novel strike is proceeding amongst the boys employed in the packing department of E. S. Wigg and Son, printers, stationers, and booksellers. The trouble started through ...

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  12. MADAME CALVE'S CONCERT.

    The Calve concert on Saturday was the best of the season so far. The Town Hall was full. The three artists—Madame Calve, Signor Gasparri, and M. Pintel—were in their best ...

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  13. PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.

    In regard to the decision of the Perth Board of Health that steps should be taken by the Government to prevent persons suffering from tuberculosis landing in the State, the ...

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  14. DAMAGES FOR INJURIES.

    An action was brought in the District Court to-day, before Judge Fitzhardinge, in which George Gill sued Hawkins, Ltd., for £100 damages for injuries sustained through a ...

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  15. UNION SECRETARY IN TROUBLE.

    Ernest Martin, formerly secretary of the Federated Marine Stewards and Pantrymen's Association of Australasia, pleaded guilty at the General Sessions to-day to a charge of ...

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  16. VICTORIAN SENATE ELECTIONS.

    The Federal Electoral Officer for Victoria (Mr. Farrar) has informed Sir Robert Best that he cannot accede to his request to have an the Senate ...

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  17. NEW CITY COURT.

    The Minister for Public Works [?]as accepted the tender of Swanston Bros. for the erection of the new City Court on the site of the existing court buildings, at a cost of £17,593. ...

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  18. FIRE AT ESPERANCE.

    The Pier Hotel, at Esperance, was destroyed by fire on Friday morning. It was insured for £11,000. In a report on the milk supply, the town ...

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  19. MUNICIPAL RATING CASE.

    A municipal appeal, the Resumed Properties Department versus the Newcastle City Council, in which it was sought to fix the unimproved value of land occupied by the ...

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  20. TYPHOID OUTBREAK.

    Three more cases of typhoid fever were reported to-day. This brings the total up to 115 cases, out of which there have been three deaths. ...

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  21. DEPARTURES.—May 3.

    Peshawur, s, for London, via Capetown and ports. Westralia. s, for Hobart. Moonta, s, for Cairns, via ports. Orvieto, R.M.S., for Brisbane. ...

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  22. APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION.

    A seaman, named Thomas Harold Hay Austin, appealed to the District Court to-day against a conviction imposed on him some time ago on a charge of assaulting Captain ...

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  23. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,057 words
  24. EXPENSIVE WATER SCHEME.

    The committee of the conference convened by the Premier for the purpose of determining the best means of improving the water supply for use in the extinction of fires in the ...

    Article : 149 words
  25. HOBART LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The Legislative Council elections were held to-day in the three constituencies of Hobart, Gordon, West Coast, and South Esk, and the North-east districts. Mr. M'Cracken had been ...

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  26. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—May 4.

    Van Heemskerk, s, for Batavia, via ports; Tasmanic, s, for Dunkirk, Antwerp, and Hull; Maheno, s, for Auckland and other New Zealand ports; Krina, s, for Gosford. Woy Woy, and Brisbane Water; Nerong, s, for ...

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  27. CLEARANCES,—May 3.

    Moonta, s, 2246 tons, Captain Joliffe, for Cairns, via ports. Peshawur, s, 7634 tons, Captain Lockstone, for London, via ports. ...

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  28. PASTORALISTS AND SHEARERS.

    A review of the agreement existing between the pastoralists' associations on the one hand and the Australian Workers' Union on the other is to be made at a conference of ...

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  29. THE ISLAND HURRICANE.

    The steamer Tambo, of Burns, Philp, and Co.'s fleet of island steamers, which arrived at Port Via on the 24th ult., from a visit to the southern islands of the New ...

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  30. STATE ELECTIONS.

    A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Owen Gilbert, M.L.A., was held last night in order to organise the campaign for the coming State elections. Mr. Gilbert delivered an ...

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  31. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—May 3.

    Rakanoa, s, for London, via ports: Riverina, s, for Fremantle, via ports, St. Louis, s, for Noumea; Maitai, s, for Wellington; Manuka, R.M.S., for Vancouver, via ports; Ottensen, s, for Hamburg, via ports; ...

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  32. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA STEAMERS.

    Persia, R.M.S. (P. and O. Company) left Colombo on Sunday morning last for Fremantle, en route from London to Sydney. Orsova, R.M.S. (Orient S.N. Company), arrived at ...

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  33. STEWARDS AND PANTRYMEN.

    Sitting as president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. Mr. Justice Higgins to-day continued the hearing of the case brought before the Court by the ...

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  34. CEMETERIES IN THE CITY.

    At a meeting of the Newcastle City Council, a resolution was moved by Alderman Gibson, —"That, in the opinion of this council, the time has arrived when the unused cemeteries ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    The returns for the first quarter of this year show the exports £8,859,657, and the imports £3,911,797. The exports for the first quarter of last year totalled £7,031,134, and ...

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  36. VAN HEEMSKERK, FOR BATAVIA.

    The Royal Dutch Packet Company's steamer Van Heemskerk, will be despatched from Sydney to-day for Batavia, via the usual ports of call. Her passengers are: ...

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  37. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    The award of the wages board, which investigated the working conditions of cab-drivers, has been issued. It provides for an increase in the pay of taxi drivers and drivers of horse-drawn cabs. Renters of cabs are ...

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  38. DIVIDED LABOUR.

    A meeting of the Darling Harbour Political Labour League was held last night in the Mechanics' Institute, Miller's Point. Mr. James Brock, president, occupied the chair, ...

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  39. COAL-TRIMMER SENTENCED.

    Joseph Walker, a coal-trimmer on the Mooraki, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for stealing £120 worth of jewellery and other property, belonging to a saloon ...

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  40. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR.

    The proposal to secure the creation of a harbour trust or board to administer the affairs of the port of Newcastle is still receiving the attention of the Newcastle Chamber of ...

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  41. FINES FOR STREET BETTING.

    Two men were fined £50 cnch at Napier for street betting. ...

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  42. SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    The Southern Collieries Wages Board sat at Helensburgh to-day. F. Mawson, cross-examined by Mr. Broomfield, stated that coal filled by fork was the ...

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  43. THE OPHIR AT FREMANTLE.

    The Orient S. N. Company's R.M.S. Ophir, from London, bound to Sydney, arrived here at 6 o'clock this morning, and sailed again at 4.45 this afternoon for Adelaide. Her passengers are: ...

    Article : 127 words
  44. BUTTER EXPORTS.

    The dairying season, which is now drawing to a close, has been exceptionally abundant. The exports, up to the sailing of the Ionic on April 21, were, compared with the ...

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  45. COUNTESS OF RANFURLY INQUIRY.

    The papers, log, and the chart showing the exact position of the spot where the auxiliary schooner Countess of Ranfurly came to grief, near the Isle of New Caledonia, were received by the Department of ...

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  46. CROWN LAW OFFICE.

    Mr. Leonard Reid, assistant at the Crown Law Office, has resigned from the department, having been appointed a stipendiary magistrate. The Minister for Justice (Mr. Findlay) ...

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  47. ROCKCHOPPERS JOIN P.L.L.

    The Rockchoppers and Sewer Miners' Union decided by a large majority vote to a[?]liate with the P.L.L. "Our reason," said the president later on, "was to help get our comrades—Bowling and the ...

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  48. THE COMMAND OF THE MERIMBULA.

    Captain Walker, the commodore of the fleet of the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company, Limited, who has just retired after a long seafaring career, has been succeeded in the command of the Merimbula ...

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  49. WOOD AND COAL YARD LABOURERS.

    The claims to be submitted to the wages board constitued to deal with the industry of the wood and coal yard labourers, who recently formed a union, include a 48-hour week, starting at 6 a.m. daily, with two ...

    Article : 161 words
  50. FLOODS DISASTER RELIEF.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  51. INTERSTATE COAL VIEWER.

    When the Powlett River coalfields were opened up at the time of the recent coal strike in New South Wales the Victorian railway coal viewer in Newc[?]stle, Mr. A. Fraser, ...

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  52. SAILING VESSELS DUE.

    The following sailing vessels are now due at Sydney:- Alpena, 4-mstd sch, from Puget Sound, 53 days. Drrmmuir, 4-mstd bq, from Hastings Mills, 81 days. ...

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  53. BILLIARDS.

    The match F. Weiss v F. Smith was continued yesterday afternoon and evening at Heiron and Smith's Billiard Parlour, 216 Castlereagh-street. The game is 16,000 up, for £50 a side, Smith receiving 3000 ...

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  54. THE MAILS.

    South Australia.—Overland, 5.30 p.m. Victoria.—Overland, 5.30 and 8 p.m. Queensland.—Overland, 3.45 p.m. Auckland, etc., N.Z. (direct).—Maheno, 1 p.m. ...

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  55. NORTHERN MINING BOARD.

    For over a week the Northern Mining Board, of which Judge Scholes is chairman, has been sitting in consultation with representatives of both the proprietors and the ...

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  56. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following telegrams were received yesterday respecting the conditions of the various bar harbours:- Cape Hawke, bar 6ft 9in at high water; Camden Haven Heads, bar 6ft 8in, rise of tide 3ft; Ballina, ...

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  57. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

    Baron Eldon, s, at London, from Melbourne Feb. 19. Counsellor, s, at London, from Adelaide March 3. Wakanui, s, at London, from Wellington, N.Z., March 14. ...

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  58. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    The operations of the Salvation Army in Australia and New Zealand are reviewed in a report issued to-day. Advances, it is shown, have been made in many directions, especially ...

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  59. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    THURSDAY ISLAND (2000m).—Dep: May 3, Warrego, s, for Brisbane. GOODE ISLAND (2000m).—Passed: May 1, Katanga, s, bound west. ...

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  60. TROUBLE AT VALE OF CLYWDD.

    The dissatisfaction with a portion of the Wages Board award in reference to the Vale of Clywdd colliery culminated on Monday. The fillers behind the coal-cutting machines ...

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  61. CASUALTIES.

    This morning Tom Golding, second son of Mr. W. B. Golding, of Eugle, was chasing a horse when, in making a jump, he landed on a stump, which pierced the calf of his leg, ...

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  62. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    BLUFF (1107m).—Arr: May 3, Baron Balfour, s, from Christmas Island. ...

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  63. Advertising

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    Advertising : 238 words
  64. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.

    The revenue collected at the Customs-house, Newcastle, for the month ended April, 1910, was as follows:—Pilotage, £1447 8s 9d; harbour and light rates, £1461 3s; removals, ...

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  65. THE CALVE CONCERT SEASON.

    Mme. Emma Calve, admittedly one of the few great dramatic singers of the European stage, continues to excite admiration and enthusiasm in Melbourne, where Messrs. J. and N. ...

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  66. NEW CALEDONIA SHIPPING.

    Biessard, French bq, 2254 tons, was despatched from Tchio on April 25 for Glasgow, with 3450 tons of nickel ore. Bonneveine, French bq, 1905 tons, was fixed to leave ...

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  67. ROBERTS v CAMPBELL.

    The match of 18,000 up, between Roberts and Campbell, was continued to-day. The feature of the afternoon session was a fine break of 293 by Roberts. In the evening he made breaks of 208, 136, and 111. ...

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  68. YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD.

    A young woman, named Dorrington, was missed from her home between Woolbrook and Bendemeer. The body subsequently was found in the river near Tara station. ...

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  69. COAL AND OTHER EXPORTS.

    The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house yesterday:—Drayton Grange, str, for Avonmouth, Liverpool, and Manchester, via N.Z. ports, with 250 tons ...

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  70. Advertising

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  71. END OF A UNION LINER.

    After a long and useful career the Union S.S. Company's steamer Mahinapua completed her final voyage on arrival at Sydney last night from Hobart, and will end her days in ...

    Article : 128 words
  72. Advertising

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  73. A CUT THROAT.

    This forenoon a well-known resident, Mr. Edward Burton, aged about 50, was discovered in a room of his residence dond, with his throat cut. Burton, who was married, had been in ...

    Article : 75 words
  74. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    All the evidence collected in Australia with regard to the seaworthiness of the missing steamer Waratah has been forwarded by the Customs authorities to the Board of Trade in ...

    Article : 70 words
  75. Advertising

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    Advertising : 48 words
  76. Advertising

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    Advertising : 31 words
  77. Advertising

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