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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  3. LAND RESUMPTION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Perhaps the most important new departure in the matter of policy made by the present Ministry during its tenure of office is the plan it has carried out of acquiring land ...

    Article : 3,457 words
  4. THE MANAWATU-EDINA COLLISION.

    The collision which took place in the bay on April 27, between the steamships Mahawatu and the Edina was the subject matter of a suit commenced yesterday in the Banco ...

    Article : 233 words
  5. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mortality due to tick fever continues to be reported amongst the cattle in the Kimberley district. To-day the chief inspector of stock received a telegram from Inspector ...

    Article : 68 words
  6. BUNGLING AT WAR.

    The whole country is shocked to-day by the revelations of incompetency and inexcusable neglect and unmerited and avoidable suffering in the Santiago campaign. When ...

    Article : 1,691 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Dr. Anderson, Bishop of Riverina, has written to Dr. Harmer, Bishop of Adelaide, suggesting that arrangements. should be made by which the latter dignitary, on ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT.

    There was a large gathering of companions from various metropolitan and provincial chapters at the Masonic-hall on Monday, when the Most Excellent Pro[?] ...

    Article : 225 words
  9. BRUNSWICK'S ANNUAL CONTRACTS.

    The Brunswick Council, at their ordinary meeting last night, accepted the following tenders for the annual contracts:—Supply and delivery of sand, M. Geran, 3/7 per yard[?] street cleansing[?] J. Reed, ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. THE REVENUE FOR SEPTEMBER.

    The Western Australian revenue for September amounted to £125,079, compared with £140,249 for the corresponding month last year. Increases are shown in the land ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. THE COAL MINING DISPUTE.

    The aggresive attitude adopted by the miners' delegate board at Newcastle has caused great alarm among business people in that city, and pressure is being brought ...

    Article : 173 words
  12. BRUNSWICK'S CHARITY VOTE.

    Upon the recommendation of the finance committee of the Brunswick Council, at the ordinary meeting of that [?] last night, it was decided to vote a [?] of £70 to the various local and ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. AN INCREASE IN SALARY.

    At a meeting of the Collingwood Council on Monday evening, a recommendation of the finance committee that the salary of the town clerk be increased by £50 a year was carried by 12 votes to ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. THE GOVERNMENT ASTRONOMER'S FORECAST.

    Monday (6 p.m.).—Generally fine, with light south-casterly winds, except in extreme south-east, where the probabilities are for cloudy weather with occasional light rain; smooth sea. ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. POPULATION OF THE COLONY.

    The estimated population of the colony on September 30, exclusive of aboriginals, was 172,674, comprising 116,373 males and 55,301 females. The net increase during the ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. MR. HUME COOK, M.L.A., AND THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    At the Brunswick council last night Councillor Cook, M.L.A., in speaking to a mot[?]on that he should interview the Railway Commissioner relative to an application of the council's for a ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER.

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  18. BENDIGO.

    Two little girls, named Alice Crossley and Ettie Phillips, were brought up at the city court on Monday on nine charges of larceny. Crossley was committed to the ...

    Article : 304 words
  19. SEQUEL TO A FIGHT.

    This morning the dead body of a man was found on a vacant piece of ground near the Hannan-street railway station. The hands and face were covered with blood, ...

    Article : 242 words
  20. SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT SEA.

    A sensational encounter wiht hurricane weather is reported by the well-known barque Wenona, which arrived in the river yesterday morning from Thames, New ...

    Article : 319 words
  21. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.

    At the Circuit Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, a youth named Jas. Robert Cross, a boy from the training ship Sobraon, employed by a tank-sinker in this ...

    Article : 393 words
  22. COLLINGWOOD GAS SUPPLY.

    The question of obtaining a supply of gas from the Brunswick Gas Company gave rise to a discussion at the meeting of the Collingwood Council on Monday evening. When the subject was last ...

    Article : 264 words
  23. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA FOR OCTOBER 4[?] 1898.

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  24. REWARDING A BRAVE MAN.

    The Royal Humane Society's gold medal has been presented to Maurice Doody, for conspicuous bravery. Doody and his mate having lit fuses in the Boulder Central ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. POLLUTION OF THE YARRA.

    A deputation from the Collingwood Fish Protection and Anglers' Club waited upon the Collingwood Council on Monday evening in reference to the pollution of the Yarra. Mr. R. Tu[?]ield, ...

    Article : 184 words
  26. MR. WRAGGE'S FORECAST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 296 words
  27. ACROSS AUSTRALIA ON FOOT.

    M. Emile Benier, describing himself as M.D., of Paris and Edinburgh, has arrived in Ballarat, claiming to be the first who has travelled southwards across the ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE MUNICIPAL LOANS EXTENSION ACT.

    At its meeting last evening the St. Kilda Council was in receipt of communication from the chairman of the committee of the municipal conference in connection with the above act, in the course of ...

    Article : 396 words
  29. TASMANIA.

    A man named Fraser, a recent arrival by the Tarawera, from Melbourne, was found dead in his bed at the Hope and Anchor Hotel, last night. He was a ...

    Article : 197 words
  30. AN INTERRUPTED EXPLANATION.

    Whilst Councillor Ga[?]an, at the Collingwood Council meeting last evening, was explaining why there had not been a meeting of the Municipal Gas Conference for five and a half years, some person ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. A COROWA DIVORCE CASE.

    In the Divorce Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, John Thomas Smallwood, farmer, at Bull Plain, Corowa, petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage, on the ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. ESSENDON[?] TOWN FINANCES.

    At Monday's meeting of the Essendon Council the chairman of fluance, Councillor Ma[?]ger, moved the adoption of the finance committee's report. He dwelt upon the altered condition of the town's ...

    Article : 151 words
  33. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A HORSE.

    The case recently before the Bair[?]sdale Supreme Court, in which a man named M'Dermott was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for stealing a mare, the ...

    Article : 354 words
  34. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    Two lots of travelling cattle, bound for the south, have been hanging about the neighbourhood, waiting for the removal of the tick prohibition to enable them to cross ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. PRESBYTERY OF MELBOURNE SOUTH.

    The Presbyery of Melbourne South met yesterday afternoon, when the Rev. A. C Smith was voted to the chair pro tem. pending the appointement of a moderator in succession to the Rev. J. B. ...

    Article : 285 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The directors of the South British Insurance Company recommend a dividend at the rate of 2/ per share for the half-year ended August 31, 1898. ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    At the meeting of the St. Kilda City Council last evening, Councillor Connibere, in answer to Sir George Turner, made a statement as to his reasons for having re[?]rained from voting on the ...

    Article : 635 words
  39. DEATH DUTIES.

    The Chamber of Commerce to-day received a report of a sub-committee, stating that the excessive death charges of the colony had a great tendency to hinder the ...

    Article : 72 words
  40. THE LATE MR. T. J. BYRNES.

    Mr. John Dillon, M.P., has sent the following cable message to Mr. Thynne, the ex-Postmaster-General, respecting the death of the late Premier:— ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. RATING REFORM.

    Sir—Mr. R. O'Connor's letter in your issue of to-day takes up the proposal made by a former correspondent that "mere occupiers" should be deprived of the municipal ...

    Article : 549 words
  42. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE. VICTORIA.

    ARARAT, Oct. 3.—Shearing has commenced at Yalla-y-Poora, Challicum, and some of the other large sheds. Notwithstanding the severe season passed through, the wool is well grown, light and ...

    Article : 255 words
  43. THE RAINFALL. VICTORIA.

    KOROIT, Oct. 3.—There was a light fall of rain yesterday, 5 points being registered. ...

    Article : 21 words
  44. NUMURKAH VINEYARDS.

    The reference made by Messrs. T. Smith and Duggan recently in Parliament to the uprooting in this district of vines on which the Government bonus was paid has aroused ...

    Article : 1,887 words
  45. THE EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    The Minister of Agriculture has given a promise to the dairy farmers that negotiations will be opened up with the shipping companies to secure accommodation for the ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The rainfall in the previous 24 hours has been light to heavy on coast and highlands, and light along the northern border[?] The following are the principal registers:— ...

    Article : 161 words
  47. A DOG FIGHT.

    Charles Gillan, a dog fancier, of 566 Collins-street, was charged at the District Court yesterday, before Mr. Dobbin, P.M., with cruelty to animals. ...

    Article : 233 words
  48. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The stamp duties from July 1 to October 1 amounted to £6,200, a falling [?] of £202 compared with the receipts for the corresponding period of last year. The land and ...

    Article : 158 words
  49. QUEENSLAND.

    CHARLEVILLE, Oct. 3.—96 points rain were registered yesterday, making a total fall of 109 points of steady rain, extending over about 48 hours. This fall, which will do immense good, was heavier in ...

    Article : 86 words
  50. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    GUNDAGAI, Oct. 3.—Stock Movements.—To-day —7,200 sheep from Tumut, destination Yass[?] A. B. Triggs owner; 5,000 sheep from Gundagai to Yass, same owner; 520 cattle from Terrangic to ...

    Article : 183 words
  51. TASMANIA.

    ZEEHAN, Monday.—The rainfall during September aggregated 12in. 18 points. Rain fell on 26 days out of 30. The following private advices have been ...

    Article : 199 words
  52. BONUS FOR FOXES' SCALPS.

    At the meeting of the Moorabbin Council last night[?] Councillor Mills's notice of motion, "That the resolution providing for the payment of 5/ as a bonus for foxes' heads be reseinded, and that ...

    Article : 139 words
  53. THE BOATING FATALITY.

    Further details of the boating accident which happened at Point Lowly on Saturday show that Thomas Wells, aged 27, and the lad Charles Duthie were in a small ...

    Article : 170 words
  54. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Oct. 3.—Shearing is in progress on a number of stations in the Darling Downs. The small holders and grazing farmers are much in favour of the Brisbane wool sales. ...

    Article : 38 words
  55. G.P.O. DELIVERIES.

    Sir,—The whole trouble is caused by the absurd and senseless idea of distribution from the head office. If we are only to have two deliveries daily, let as have them ...

    Article : 280 words
  56. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    MACORNA, Oct. 3.—The continued absence of a good fall of rain is causing serious anxiety to the farmers. Crops and grass are fast withering up, and unless rain falls within the next week some ...

    Article : 280 words
  57. A MALODOROUS TIP.

    A deputation of [?]payers was introduced to the Brunswick Council last night, submitting a complaint about the insanitary state of a garbage tip near [?]utchinson-street[?] Councillor Allard ...

    Article : 189 words
  58. LATE MINING NEWS.

    CHARTERS TOWERS, Monday.—The mining returns for September show that 72,000 tons of stone yielded 40,405oz. of gold. The dividends amounted to £41,000, and the calls to £7,100. The value of ...

    Article : 71 words
  59. THE CHILDREN'S PROTECTION BILL.

    Drastic as the Children's Protection Bill already is, a deputation from the Council of Churches wa[?]ed on the Chief Secretary on Monday, with requests which would make ...

    Article : 134 words
  60. BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    John Oliver was before the South Melbourne Court yesterday charged with assaulting Chirstian Peterson. Prosecutor deposed that on Friday afternoon he went ...

    Article : 157 words
  61. FISH MARKET.

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  62. ONE MAN ONE VOTE BILL.

    The question of opposing the one man one vote bill submitted by the Narracan shire was considered by the Eltham Shire to be outside of the duties of mulcipalities. ...

    Article : 36 words
  63. VALUATION AT BRIGHTON.

    At the meeting of the Moorabbin Shire, Council last night, Councillor Burgess, in accordance with notice of motion, moved[?] that the valuation of 1898, [?]e adopted for the [?]suing year. The mover ...

    Article : 205 words
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