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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The annual report of the Ballarat branch of the A.M.A. has been issued, and will be submitted to the general meeting of members to be held on Saturday next. ...

    Article : 495 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    Wm. Ball, 21, a sergeant in the permanent artillery, late to-night attempted to mount a tram just outside the barrack gates, Oxford-street, and fell between the cars. He was cut ...

    Article : 48 words
  4. THE RECENT FLOOD.

    Now that the river fans resumed something like its ordinary level and all the excitement of the flood season has passed away, people are setting to work to estimate the cost of putting ...

    Article : 2,154 words
  5. IMPORTANT WILL CASE.

    The hearing of the M'Meckan will case was commenced in the First Civil Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice and a jury of 12. The plaintiff, John Jackson Addison M'Meckan, ...

    Article : 1,636 words
  6. PARLIAMENTS OF AUSTRALASIA.

    Parliament met at 10.30 to-day to hear the Governor's speech. There was a very large attendance of members. The speech was practically a recapitulation of that delivered at the ...

    Article : 2,140 words
  7. THE SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

    The following correspondence has been handed to the press in connection with the shearing difficulty:-- Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australia, ...

    Article : 453 words
  8. THE FLOODS IN THE COUNTRY.

    This morning the Baala Creek overflowed its banks, swamping Melville-street at the south end and rendering traffic on foot between South Numurkah and the main portions of the town ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. QUEENSLAND.

    A party of 10 miners have applied for a coal licence near the railway, 37 miles from Cook- town. The coal crops out in an area of two square miles. ...

    Article : 159 words
  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    An impudent burglary was committed last night, when the premises of Julius Rasch, jeweller, of Pirie-street, were entered and jewellery to the value of £200 and between £20 ...

    Article : 258 words
  11. THE STATE OF THE MURRAY.

    The river, which is now between 13 and 14 feet, continues to rise, and all the adjacent country is flooded. The water is within a few inches of entering some residences on the banks. ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. THE OPPOSITION.

    Mr. Frank Farnell, the Government whip, has resigned his position for private business reasons. The Opposition party held two caucus meetings to-day, A general feeling was ...

    Article : 103 words
  13. RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 534 words
  14. THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Lachlan river is in high flood. Forbes wires to-night that the river is now all round the town, which is only approachable by boats. People have been using boats all night in ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. POLICE ASSISTANCE SENT TO BOURKE.

    The Inspector-General of Police having received a request from the authorities at Bourke for the police to be reinforced, with a view to possible trouble in connection with the ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. THE LOCAL OPTION PARTY.

    A meeting of the Parliamentary local option party was hold to-night. Mr. Alfred Allen was elected secretary and matters relating to the action of the party fully discussed. Another ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. AMUSEMENTS.

    Mr. Ernest Hutchoson, the young Australian pianist, will give two concerts at the Town Hall on Saturday and Monday evenings. The programme for the first of these was alluded to ...

    Article : 324 words
  18. THE LABOR PARTY.

    The labor party have elected a committee of five to choose a leader. ...

    Article : 19 words
  19. NO PROBABILITY OF A SETTLEMENT.

    All probability of a settlement of the shearing dispute is at an end here, the leaders of the Shearers' Union haying notified that the men refuse to accede to freedom of contract. ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. TASMANIA.

    The report of the half yearly meeting of the Commercial Bank this day showed a net profit of £15,726 14s. 9d., and a dividend of 20 per cent per annum was declared, with a bonus of ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A motion of want of confidence in the Government was tabled by Mr. Holder this afternoon, in the form--"That this House is not satisfied with the present Government." His speech was ...

    Article : 285 words
  22. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--Kindly allow me a short space in the columns of your paper to give my account of what took place in rescuing flooded inhabitants of Tivoli-road and vicinity previous to the ...

    Article : 341 words
  23. GETTING READY FOR WORK AT ALBURY.

    A meeting of the local branch of the Pastoralists' Union was hold this afternoon. The attendance was interfered with owing to the floods. The meeting was called principally to ...

    Article : 252 words
  24. DEPRESSION IN TRADE.

    During the last month or so a depression quite unprecedented in the history of the colony has existed in the timber and saw milling trade, and several of the largest timber merchants ...

    Article : 955 words
  25. CONVALESCENT AID SOCIETY FOR MEN.

    The annual meeting of the Melbourne Convalescent Aid Society for Men was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon; Mr. H. Gyles Tuner occupying the chair. ...

    Article : 354 words
  26. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

    Last night a fire at Manly destroyed a general store and the dwelling house of Alderman Sullivan. Sullivan's family occupied the upper story of the building, and the fire, once ...

    Article : 123 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government disapprove of the Railway Commissioners Repeal Bill introduced by private members, because the system has not been fully tested. ...

    Article : 54 words
  28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--One fact which I noticed during the flood at Queen's-bridge seems to me to point to gross incompetence on the part of the engineers who superintended the construction of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  29. VICTORIAN EMPLOYERS' UNION.

    The executive of the Victorian Employers' Union held their usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday evening, at their rooms, 37 Queen-street. Mr. Henry Dodds, president, occupied ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. CONDAH SWAMP LAND.

    The second section of the land reclaimed from Condah Swamp, comprising 33 allotments, varying from 11 acres to 50, altogether about 1200 acres, was submitted to public competition in the ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

    Active efforts are being made to promote the University extension movement, to which reference has been made in these columns. The gentlemen moving in the matter include several of ...

    Article : 394 words
  32. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--While sitting over a good fire lost night rending The Age, the subject of the awful distress and misery caused by the flood of Saturday and Sunday last came under discussion, and the ...

    Article : 162 words
  33. CASE OF ARSON.

    Timothy Ryan was yesterday morning committed by the Brunawick bench for trial at the next sitting of the Criminal Court, on the 17th of August, on a charge of arson. The offence ...

    Article : 113 words
  34. DENILIQUIN PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 652 words
  35. MINING MEETINGS.

    The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mining Company No Liability, Walhalls, was held on Monday afternoon, in the board room, at the Olderfleet-buildings, ...

    Article : 224 words
  36. PUBLIC MEETING AT PRAHRAN.

    A meeting was held last night in the Prahran town hall, to consider the best means of giving relief to the sufferers by the late floods. The mayor of Prahram, Cr. Thos. Ellis, occupied the ...

    Article : 591 words
  37. DROWNED IN THE FLOOD.

    An inquest was held at the Grand View Hotel, Brunswick, yesterday afternoon, by the district coroner, Mr. Candler, on the body of William Buckley Johnston, who was drowned ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. THE MELBOURNE PROPRIETARY SILVER MINING COMPANY.

    An adjourned first half yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Melbourne Proprietary Silver Mining Company No Liability was held at the offices of the company, Prell's-bulidings, yesterday ...

    Article : 173 words
  39. TEE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 253 words
  40. VICTORIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    The council of the Victorian Rifle Association met last night at the Port Phillip Club Hotel and transacted a considerable amount of business. It was decided that the intercolonial ...

    Article : 319 words
  41. STAR-BOWKETT SOCIETY.

    A ballot in connection with the Northern District Star-Bowkett Building Society was held in the Royal Hall, Footscray, on Tuesday evening, when there was a very large attendance of shareholders. ...

    Article : 130 words
  42. THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.

    The twenty-ninth annual report of the committee of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution was presented to a meeting of subscribers at the Town Hall yesterday. The report showed that the ...

    Article : 148 words
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  45. INTESTATE ESTATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  46. Advertising

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