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  2. THE SEASON'S PROSPECTS

    BARADINE, Thursday.--Harvesting is in full swing, and wheat is slightly pinched from rust. The yield is 26 to 30 bushels per acre. The weather up to the last few days has been mild. ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--A meeting of the Federal Executive Council was held to-day. The Governor -General presided. Sir George Turner (Acting Prime Minister) and Senator Playford ...

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  4. THE COUNTRY.

    LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade generally is normal. There is, however, after a temporary lull, a noticeable increase in orders for railway coal, and there is reason to think that. ...

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  5. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday-- A heavy monsoonal rain is sweeping through the State. On Wednesday and Thursday there was a considerable fall in the western area, and to-day the storm ...

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  6. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--The M.C.C. team of English cricketers, which arrived here from Sydney yesterday, commenced a match to-day against a team representing Queensland. The weather ...

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  7. BUSH FIRES.

    GRENFELL, Friday.--Fires are already making an appearance, doing considerable damage, and in several cases inflicting heavy loss. There is much anxiety about the hot winds, as the ...

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  8. MILITARY.

    The tenders for the supply of cloth for military clothing having been secured by Victorian firms, the next development is awaited with interest. Specifications have been prepared for ...

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  9. RECORD FLOOD AT JAMESTOWN.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--Heavy thunderstorms are reported this morning throughout the north, from Hergott, southward, accompanied generally by copious rains. This morning 36 stations ...

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  10. THE THEATRICAL LAWSUIT.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Further evidence was taken to-day in the theatrical suit, in which Mme. Slapoffski sues George Musgrove to recover £934 13s 4d, alleged to be due to her for services ...

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  11. AN UNFINISHED RAILWAY.

    WALGETT, Thursday.--At a well-attended public railway meeting held at the School of Arts last night, Mr. W. H. Wright presiding, the following resolution was carried:--"That the ...

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  12. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    GOULBURN, Friday.--This morning, a shocking accident occurred at Breadalbane railway station. James Richards, who was the driver of a goods train going to Harden, attempted to ...

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  13. HOMES FOR CONSUMPTIVES.

    LIVERPOOL, Thursday.--At a meeting of local and district ladies, held in the Council chambers yesterday afternoon, Mr. Chapman, ex-Mayor, presiding, it was unanimously agreed ...

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  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Arthur Broad, accountant for the City Council, who was charged with embezzling £432, funds of the council, was before the police court to-day, and again remanded owing to the illness of the ...

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  15. DAMAGES FOR INJURIES.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, the case was concluded in which Thomas Hobbs sued Leopold Conrad and Thomas Galbraith for £750 damages, for injuries received ...

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  16. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--The Coroner, Mr. Judges, held an inquest to-day respecting the death of a man named John Gunn, who was killed near Medlow Station, yesterday. The ...

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  17. TRAM FATALITY.

    At an inquest held by the City Coroner yesterday on the body of Bromley James Metcalfe (53), bailiff, of 9 Baldwin street, Erskineville, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. ...

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  18. SHOOTING AFFAIR AT FITZROY.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--A shooting affair is reported from Filzroy. Annie Scrivenor, a young woman, living in Nicholson street, reported to the police that last evening a man knocked ...

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  19. WINDSOR WATER SUPPLY.

    WINDSOR, Thursday.--Something went wrong at the Windsor waterworks to-day, and the supply was cut off without warning for some hours, much to the inconvenience of the ratepayers. ...

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  20. NEWCASTLE.

    At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., Peter Dooley (28), fireman; John Harris (32), fireman; and James Smith (30), fireman, were charged with having on November 23, in company, ...

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  21. MR. ASHTON'S MISSTATEMENTS.

    Sir,--It has been wittily remarked by Mr. James Ashton, M.L.A.,--the most pessimistic politician in our Parliament-- that every time a serious question arises he goes into caucus with his ...

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  22. DROWNED IN A DAM.

    BARADINE, Thursday.--Michael Cape, aged about 24 yours, was accidentally drowned in a dam at Calga station yesterday. He rode a horse into the dam. The horse fell, and Casey, ...

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  23. A CYCLING ROAD RACE.

    NYNGAN, Thursday.--The ten-mile bicycle road race, under the League of Wheelmen rules, took place yesterday, 16 competitors taking part. Result: C. O'Reilly, 2min., 30sec., 1; F. Woods, ...

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  24. BROKEN-HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--A monsoonal disturbance, which has threatened. Broken hill for the past two days, readied here about 4 o'clock this morning, in the shape of a severe ...

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  25. THE NEWCASTLE TEAM.

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The following 15 players will represent the Newcastle District Association in the much against an English eleven on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Friday and ...

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  26. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Last night, at the Town-hall, Mr. A. O. Moriarty addressed a moderately-attended meeting for the purpose of advancing claims which the Goulburn district ...

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  27. THE WARATAH CONTEST.

    Messrs Matthew Charlton,Solidarity labor, and Mr. John Gilbert, Liberal and Reform are the only candidates nominated for the Waratah Parliamentary vacancy. The poll is to take place on Saturday of next week. ...

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  28. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

    KIANDRA, Thursday.--At the adjourned inquest on the death of William Hetherington, held to-day at Kiandra, the jury returned a verdict that death was due to strychnine ...

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  29. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    The United States Barquentine Andromeda which was the subject of some interesting Arbitration Court proceedings in Sydney recently, and which is now lying in Newcastle harbor loaded with coal for Honolulu, was ...

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  30. BROKEN-HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    The Public Works Committee yesterday gave further consideration to the Umberumberka dam and tramway proposal. Evidence was given by Mr. W. A. Smith, engineer of the Roads ...

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  31. COOTAMUNDRA QUARTER SESSIONS.

    COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.--At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Rogers, Michael Sloane was charged with maliciously wounding his wife, Mary Sloane. The jury returned a ...

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  32. GLOUCESTER SUBDIVISION SALE.

    STROUD, Friday.--The Avon Estate subdivision, Gloucester, was offered at auction to-day at Stroud by Messrs. M'Kenzie and Hooke. Competition was keen amongst the large attendance, ...

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  33. A RACE AT SEA.

    PERTH, Friday.--Yesterday the mall steamer Orizaba and the Adelaide Co.'s new steamer Yongala left Fremantle for Adelaide within a few minutes of each other. The Yongala had ...

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  34. SOUTH COAST COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district has been brisk this week, most of the collieries having worked well. Loading at this port was confined to supplying the regular ...

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  35. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    KALCOORLIE, Friday.--The manager of the Ivanhoe reports that in the east crosscut from Patterson's shaft, at the 1014ft, level, at a distance of 270ft., the test bore at the head of the crosscut cut the east lode. They are ...

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  36. THE HYDE PARK MURDER.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday, Josephine Hunter (18), was charged on remand with having, at Hyde Park, wilfully murdered Albert Hunter, a male child of the age of five months ...

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  37. VICTORIAN CIVIL SERVANTS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--There are, approximately, 12,424 State servants to whom the separate representation provisions of the Reform Act apply. This number will have the right to ...

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  39. ACCIDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT YACHT.

    While assisting to load the luggage of the Vice-Regal party on the Government yacht Victoria. at Trial Bay, on Thursday, the second officer, Mr. Macdougall, was struck by a ...

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  40. DANGERS OF WAX MATCHES.

    MARSDENS, Friday.--Yesterday, while a mob of 500 bullocks were travelling to Lake Comal Station, a bullock trod upon a full box of wax matches, igniting the ...

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