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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    To-day's issue of "The Age" consists of 10 pages. The supplement contains an interesting collection of matter, including a report of the proceedings at yesterday's ...

    Article : 4,936 words
  3. THE GREAT HEAT WAVE.

    The archives of the Observatory record no previous occasion on which the sun has beaten down in such relentless persistency as it has done since the close of last week. ...

    Article : 747 words
  4. THE CHINESE QUESTION.

    Reports from Shanghai state that the 10,000 troops which Russia is sending to the Far East are intended to be stationed at Port Arthur, which is now in the ...

    Article : 79 words
  5. OVERLAND LINE DOWN.

    Owing to a breakdown on the overland line the bulk of our cable messages has been delayed, no messages of yesterday's date having reached us. From Mr. Wm. Croft, ...

    Article : 83 words
  6. THE BUSH FIRES.

    Alarm seized the residents of Warragul this afternoon, when the fire bell warned the people that the bush fires had encroached on the township. On the eastern side ...

    Article : 697 words
  7. A FREE RIDE FOR ROBBERS.

    A most impudent daylight robbery was committed early this morning on the open highway running alongside the North-Eastern line of railway between Craigieburn ...

    Article : 734 words
  8. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

    The following are to-day's forecasts:--VICTORIA (6 p.m.).--By Mr. Baracchi: Continued hot weather, with light E. to N. winds; smooth sea. ...

    Article : 331 words
  9. THE TRADE OF CHINA.

    The political outlook in Europe and the Far East is again cloudy. Possibilities of trouble in connection with Crete are re-referred to in the above cables, whilst ...

    Article : 477 words
  10. A WOMAN AND SEVEN CHILDREN MADE DESTITUTE.

    Thunderstorms passed hero on Saturday and Sunday evenings, and a little rain fell, but made no appreciable difference in the hot weather. Bush fires are getting as bad ...

    Article : 254 words
  11. LEONGATHA LABOR SETTLEMENT PRACTICALLY DESTROYED.

    The fires here are raging with uncontrollable fury over the whole district; 200 acres of scrub, owned by Marks Bros., situated at the rear of the labor colony, 1 mile from the ...

    Article : 481 words
  12. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:--Weather Chart, Tuesday, 1st February, at 9 a.m.--High atmospheric pressure (30.2 inches) still lies ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. THE INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.

    Further particulars as to the disaster which overtook General Westmacott's column, in the Shim Cannar gorge, on the north-western frontier of ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. THE ESSENDON COUNCIL AND ITS SURVEYOR.

    Some time back a member of the Essendon council made a statement that certain contracts had not been carried according to the specifications drawn up by the ...

    Article : 263 words
  15. EXCITING TRAIN INCIDENT.

    An exciting incident occurred on the Neerim branch line. Its route coming into Warragul lies through the belt of timber which had been burning so fiercely all ...

    Article : 567 words
  16. A THOUSAND OUNCE NUGGET.

    It was reported to-day that two miners find unearthed a 1000-oz. nugget in the alluvial near Bayley's, at Coolgardie. The gold has been lodged in a bank at Perth. ...

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  17. A DESCENT UPON ST. KILDA.

    What there was of a sea breeze was painfully little. But down they swarmed in thousands after sunset, carrying the heat and dust of the city with them to exchange ...

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  18. DISPUTED CUSTOMS SEIZURE.

    Nearly two months ago the customs officers seized a shipment of chairs and woollen goods consigned to Messrs. Jules Renard and Co., importers, Little Flinders-street. ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. JUMBUNNA IN DANGER.

    Mr. G. W. Mitchell, chairman of the water trust, has just received the following wire from Jumbunna:--"Use all efforts to send water; several houses burnt; all the ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. THE UGANDA REBELLION.

    The rebellion of the Soudanese troops enlisted by Major Macdonald for his expedition through Uganda to the White Nile, was of a more serious character than was at ...

    Article : 90 words
  21. A LETTER BOX THIEF.

    Sharp punishment was meted out to a man named Henry Shirley Brooke, who pleaded guilty before Judge Casey at the Melbourne General Sessions yesterday to several charges of larceny of letters. The ...

    Article : 317 words
  22. PATHETIC AND STARTLING INCIDENTS.

    The majority of the residents of Jumbunna have got their household goods stacked in the streets for safety, but the main township has not yet been attacked. ...

    Article : 390 words
  23. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    The R.M.S. China (M. de Horne, commander) arrived from Colombo at 4.30 p.m. Passengers in saloon:--For Albany--Messrs. Sellom, Davies, North and wife, Stone, Miss ...

    Article : 188 words
  24. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CRETE.

    The Kaiser's opposition to the appointment of Prince George, second son of the King of Greece, as the Governor of Crete under the autonomy scheme, has been ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Robert Constley, of Coleraine, rabbit trapper. Cause of insolvency: Want of employment. Liabilities, £70 3s. 2d.; assets, £1; deficiency, £69 3s. 2d. Filed at Hamilton. Mr. Giles, assignee. ...

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  26. LAW LIST.--THIS DAY.

    FULL COURT.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Hodges, at 10.30.)--In the matter of Spensley and others and the Stamps Act 1892, Sandhurst Pioneer ...

    Article : 167 words
  27. THE BRIGHTON WATER SUPPLY.

    Cr. Cheeseman drew attention, at the meeting of the Brighton council on Monday night, to the miserable pressure of water which they were now getting. In some places it was scarcely possible ...

    Article : 197 words
  28. THE ACCIDENT TO DR. FINCH NOYES.

    Dr. Finch Noyes, who sustained a fracture of the skull by a fall from a horse whilst playing polo at Moonee Valley on Saturday, had slightly improved yesterday. Sir Thomas ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. A GERMAN DUEL.

    A Berlin telegram reports that Count William Bismarck, second son of the ex-German Chancellor, has fought a duel with Privy Councillor Maubasch. The latter ...

    Article : 34 words
  30. DROUIN MENACED.

    At the present time the town is threatened with devastation by fire from every point of the compass the fire being in the tall dry timber which surrounds the town. From ...

    Article : 376 words
  31. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Received by Messrs. Dalgety and Company Limited:--London, 28th January.--Frozen meat is in poor demand. Prime crossbred mutton is weaker, and ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY.

    At a meeting of the Flemington and Kensington council last night, the Under-Secretary forwarded a petition from the tobacconists and hair dressers of the borough asking for a regulation to be made ...

    Article : 60 words
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  35. KORUMBURRA SURROUNDED BY FIRES.

    The appearnce of the bush fires to-day is appalling. In every direction around the township they are blazing fiercely, numbers Of farms and homesteads being in imminent ...

    Article : 102 words
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