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  2. LATE SPORTING NEWS.

    The V.R.C. received very satisfactory entries yesterday for the general events of the forthcoming autumn carnival at Flemington. The handicaps and 2-year-old events ...

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  3. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The public works committee of the Collingwood council field an inquiry yesterday into the charges made by Cr. Amount at the council meeting a week ago respecting the evasion of the minimum ...

    Article : 213 words
  4. EMPIRE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 words
  5. COMMENTS ON THE POSITION.

    Major-General Lyttelton, who commands the Fourth Brigade, which seems to have advanced the furthest towards the Boer Position, after having carried the ...

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  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The only further development in regard to the murder of the lad, Maefarlane, at Grafton is that a boy named Murphy, who is retained by the police, has given a ...

    Article : 233 words
  7. THIRD QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    The Lieutenant-Governor has received the following cable from Mr. Chamberlain:-- "Her Majesty's Government learn with much pleasure of the proposed increase of ...

    Article : 32 words
  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mrs. Marcus Clarke, widow of the late Marcus Clarke, the Australian novelist, returned from England in company with her daughter, by the R.M.S. Ophir to-day. ...

    Article : 372 words
  9. NEW ZEALAND'S ROUGH RIDERS.

    The troops are beginning to gather at Christchurch for the third South African contingent, which leaves Lyttelton next Saturday by the Knight Templar. Fifty men ...

    Article : 173 words
  10. SUNDAY WORK ON TRAMS.

    The Tramways Act Amendment Bill was discussed at the Fitzroy council last night. Cr. Barr referred to the original attitude of the Tramway Company in extravagant demands, ...

    Article : 265 words
  11. THE BUSHMEN'S CORPS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  12. THE MAYOR'S LIST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 425 words
  13. V.R.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,115 words
  14. FIREMEN AND BUSHMEN.

    Sir,-- In connection with the above matter, it has just struck me that, seeing the Bushmen's Corps is likely to sail about the 9th or 10th March, would it not be as well ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. A LIBEL ACTION.

    The action brought by Herman Emil Kugehnann, herbalist, for the recovery of £1000 from John Norton, editor and proprietor of "Truth" newspaper, for alleged ...

    Article : 794 words
  16. THE PARTING DEMONSTRATION.

    The Defence department has not yet decided exactly what form of public demonstration will be made on the departure of the ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. POLICE AND MAGISTRATES.

    The Fitzroy council recently wrote to Sergeant Cahill, in charge of Fitzroy, drawing attention to the extent of local larrikinism. A reply was received last evening to the effect that attention was ...

    Article : 202 words
  18. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Sir John Forrest came down by Sunday morning's train to meet the federation delegates and on the arrival of the Orizaba went off in the pilot launch. He returned ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. IN THE OTHER COLONIES.

    The Bushmen's Contingent is now complete the balance of the men being selected to-day. The strength of the brigade has been finally fixed at 500. The whole of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES FUND.

    The Patriotic Fund now amounts to £19,105. BROKEN HILL, Monday. At a meeting of the Silverton tram ...

    Article : 101 words
  21. THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.

    Owing to the unsettled political situation, as the result of Mr. Higgins's motion of want of confidence in the Ministry, the Government is still abstaining from the ...

    Article : 42 words
  22. THE TRAMWAY APPEAL ARGUMENTS.

    Dissatisfaction was expressed in the Fitzroy council last night at the announcement that the transcript of arguments in the tramway appeal case had been sent on to England, when there was no ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. BUGLERS FOR THE CORPS.

    The four buglers required to complete the establishment of the Bushmen's Corps will be selected, at Victoria Barracks this morning. The candidates, some eight or ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. TASMANIA.

    Tin is quoted at 23 per unit, an advance of 2. A fire broke out on board the American schooner Honoipu at the wharf this ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. VICTORIAN WHEELERS' FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 words
  26. THE TRAMWAY COMPANY.

    The Full Court yesterday heard an appeal by the plaintiff in the action Merton v. the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company in which £1000 was claimed as ...

    Article : 210 words
  27. COBURG SHIRE'S BANKING.

    The Coburg council last night, after discussion decided that the shire's account should be withdrawn from the local branch of the Commercial Bank, and placed with the Union Bank, as that ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. A DUTCH VESSEL FOR TRANSPORT.

    The Dutch steamer Folmina, hailing from Rotterdam, has arrived here to load cargo for the Cape. The vessel will take a shipment of horses. A peculiar feature is that ...

    Article : 72 words
  29. DEPARTMENTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The sum of £40 has been contributed to the Bushmen's Fund by post masters stationed in the country and suburbs. Lists are being passed round amongst the city ...

    Article : 74 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Aotea, which left for London at 6 a.m. on Sunday, returned to harbor early this morning, owing to an outbreak of fire having occurred near one of the ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. L.V.W. PATRIOTIC SPORTS.

    No efforts are being spared by the League of Victorian Wheelmen to ensure an unqualified success for the patriotic sports to be held on the Melbourne Cricket Ground ...

    Article : 428 words
  32. COBURG AND THE BUSHMEN'S FUND.

    A number of ratepayers of the shire of Coburg addressed the council last night with reference to the recent decision of that body not to vote anything to the bushmen's fund. It was pointed out ...

    Article : 364 words
  33. THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORT.

    There are now 382 men and 310 horses in the military camp at Brisbane. It has been decided that after 290 men are selected for the third contingent, the remainder will ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. POSITION OF VOLUNTEERING TROOPERS.

    Four members of the mounted police Messrs. Morey, M'Namara, Green and Considine-- who have been enrolled in the Bush Contingent, labor under a ...

    Article : 443 words
  35. MESSAGE FROM LORD ROBERTS.

    When the second contingent sailed Mr. Seddon cabled to Lord Roberts, informing him of the numerical strength of the troops aboard the Waiwera. To-day the following ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. THE STRANDED STEAMER AIRLIE.

    The E. and A. Company's steamer Airlie, which stranded on the Chapman Island reef, arrived this morning and took up a discharging berth at Circular Quay. ...

    Article : 175 words
  37. QUEENSLAND.

    No decision has yet been arrived at in regard to the question of transport for the third contingent. A further telegram was sent to the Premier of New South Wales on ...

    Article : 74 words
  38. THE BUSH FIRES.

    A destructive bush fire broke out on the Middle Creek side of Mount Cole yesterday. For several days a fire had been burning in the timber on the mount, and about 5 ...

    Article : 334 words
  39. INSURING ADELAIDE NURSES

    To-day it was decided to insure the lives of 6 nurses who leave for South Africa shortly. BRISBANE, Monday. ...

    Article : 49 words
  40. FIRE BRIGADE COMPLAINTS.

    Respecting recent complaints made by the Prahran city council regarding the work of local firemen at a fire outbreak in King-street, on 23rd December last, the Fire Brigades Board last night ...

    Article : 197 words
  41. IRISH HOME RULE.

    Mr. John Redmond, member for Waterford, and lately elected chairman of the reunited Irish Nationalist party, has issued a manifesto appealing for funds to ...

    Article : 103 words
  42. AMUSEMENTS.

    Patriotic fervor supplied the dominant note of the concert given under the auspices of the Melbourne Swimming Club at the Town Hall last evening. So long as the ...

    Article : 445 words
  43. A LODGE EFFORT.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Gordon lodge of Free Gardeners it was decided to hold a patriotic concert in the Yarraville hall on Wednesday, 7th March, and to write ...

    Article : 278 words
  44. YARRA IMPROVEMENT WORKS.

    At last night's meeting of the Prahran city council Mr. Gray, M.L.A., wrote stating that £2000 had been placed on the additional estimates towards widening the Yarra up to the ...

    Article : 217 words
  45. QUEENSLAND.

    Two more deaths in the Walke family, the victims of the Jondaryan poisoning mystery, occurred at the hospital to-day. The rest of the family are in a serious condition, ...

    Article : 152 words
  46. GREAT SOUTHERN RACING CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  47. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS.

    To-day all four squadrons of the Bushmen's Contingent, represented by about 60 men each, as there were not sufficient saddles for the others, were drilled. The men ...

    Article : 98 words
  48. THE KILMORE FIRES.

    The bush fire which burnt a large area of the Strathmore Estate last week broke out again on Saturday afternoon and destroyed a few hundred acres of grass, ...

    Article : 116 words
  49. THE GERMAN NAVY BILL.

    The Navy Bill introduced by Vice-Admiral Tirpitz, Imperial Minister of Marine, which would practically double the German Navy by 1916, has now been referred to the ...

    Article : 107 words
  50. CYCLING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 277 words
  51. RESIGNATION OF A COUNCILLOR.

    Cr. Furneaux, one of the South Yarra representatives in the Prahran city council, tendered his resignation last night, in consequence of his having accepted the secretaryship of the reorganised ...

    Article : 59 words
  52. A STAFF APPOINTMENT.

    Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. M. Onslow, who was to go as second in command of the Bushmen's Contingent, with the rank of major, has received an appointment on the ...

    Article : 91 words
  53. A SHOOTING AFFRAY.

    A Japanese named Wani yesterday fired three shots from a revolver at another Japanese named Takayama. The third shot shattered Takayama's collar- bone and ...

    Article : 284 words
  54. BEACONSFIELD, Monday.

    A fire which started on the Cardinia Creek gained headway on Saturday, and rapidly advanced up the Ben Eay and Fernacre gullies. The residence known as Ben ...

    Article : 128 words
  55. MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BOROONDARA.

    Under the auspices of the Surrey Hills Progress Association, a public meeting was held on Thursday last in the Surrey Hills hall, to consider the desirability of taking steps to have the district of ...

    Article : 199 words
  56. A VICTORIAN PIGEON SHOT.

    Mr. Donald M'Intosh, the Victorian crack pigeon shot, has added to his success in the Monte Carlo tournament, in which he divided first money, by winning the ...

    Article : 139 words
  57. A PATRIOTIC SHIRE CONCERT.

    The Berwick shire council on Saturday last, the president (Cr. Vieusseux) moved and Cr. Barr seconded, "That a sum of £37 based on 6d. per assessment throughout ...

    Article : 133 words
  58. ADELAIDE BUSHMEN'S CONTINGENT.

    One hundred candidates were examined and tested for the Bushmen's Contingent to-day, and of this number only 38 were accented. The men selected will go under ...

    Article : 169 words
  59. QUEENSLAND CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

    At a special general meeting of the Queensland Cricket Association held to-night, a resolution was submitted to the effect that it was desirable that a residence qualification of six months be rendered ...

    Article : 80 words
  60. A WARNING.

    Sir,-- Having been informed on good authority that a man has been soliciting subscriptions on behalf of the Latrobe-street Ragged School and Boys Home. I beg ...

    Article : 78 words
  61. A DISCLAIMER

    Sir,-- With reference to Henry Milne, of Richmond-terrace, Richmond, recently dealt with at the Criminal Court for attempted suicide, I wish it to be known that ...

    Article : 74 words
  62. MELBOURNE HOSPITAL BAZAAR.

    The date of the entertainment which the ladies of the Boroondara stall of the Melbourne Hospital bazaar have arranged to give has been incorrectly announced as the 13th inst. The correct date ...

    Article : 110 words
  63. BACCHUS MARSH, Monday.

    At to-day's meeting of the Bacchus Marsh shire council £25 was voted to the Bushmen's contingent, and £25 to the Patriotic Fund. ...

    Article : 545 words
  64. Advertising

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    Advertising : 88 words
  65. BOWLING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
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