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  2. INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

    The weather yesterduy was fine, but the westerly gale made it most uncomfortable for the players, the greatest sufferers being the ladies, who, notwithstanding the wind, played with great pluck ...

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  3. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 240 words
  4. BALLARAT SHOW.

    The fortieth show of the Balliarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society was opened to-day. The weather was fine, but during the forenoon a strong gale blew from the ...

    Article : 1,535 words
  5. V.R.A. ANNUAL MEETING.

    Shooting was carried on at Williamstown yesterday under most unfavourable circumstances, the wind blowing almost a gale from the southwest, and so marked was ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND.

    Henry Somerset, late paymaster of the Treasury, was to-day charged at the police court with embezzling £6,100, the property of the state. The hearing was further ...

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  7. AN ECCENTRIC HUSBAND.

    Mr. Justice Hood had a case before him in the Divorce Court yesterday, about which he confessed himself somewhat puzzled. The suit was one in which ...

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  8. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    There were many anxious inquiries when the Oval was reached to-day as to the condition of the wicket. The light thunderstorm of the previous night, however, made ...

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  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Hyam Asa Moss, a solicitor, was to-day suspended by the Full Court for six months. In August last the Court ordered Moss to pay £13/13/ to an officer fo the ...

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  10. THE GOVERNMENT ASTRONOMER'S FORECAST.

    Thursday (6 p.m.).—Fine, but warm and dusty inland, with west and north-west winds; squally and occasionally showery in coastal districts, with strong west and south-west winds, gradually ...

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Commissioner for Public Works has written to the Glenelg Railway Company stating that hte Government will not tender for one of the company's two lines ...

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  12. SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER..

    Rainfall at Observatory previous 24 hours to 5 p.m. November 17, nil; since January 1, 14.04in. Average rainfall at Observatory for the first 1[?] months of the year, 23.34in. ...

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  13. SUICIDE OF A SHAREBROKER.

    This morning Mr. Arthur Shorney, a well-known shareborker, was found hanging from a garden swing, at his residence, Childers-street, North Adelaide. The body ...

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  14. THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCES.

    At the meeting of the City Council to-day, the mayor, Alderman Harris, explained that at the end of this year the city overdraft would amount to £127,000, ...

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  15. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the city court to-day a young man named Alex. Mayo was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for wife-beating. The accused had previously had two ...

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  16. ASTRONOMICAL MEMOKRNANDA for NOVEMBER 18, 1898.

    Sun, rises 5 a.m., sets 7.12 p.m.; moon, rises 8.48 a.m.; sets 11.28 p.m.; full moon, 28th; new moon, 14th. ...

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  17. DEATH OF MR. WHITTINGDALE JOHNSON, S.M.

    Mr. Whittngdale Johnson, stipendiary magistrate, of Sydney, died here to-day. He came to Albany from Sydney for the benefit of his health, arriving on Sunday. His ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. MR. WRAGGE'S FORECASTS.

    The following forecasts have been issued by Mr. Wragge:— Victoria and Tasmania.—Again cloudy and wet, under strong N. to W. and S.W. winds. Rough ...

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  19. AN EX-CIVIL SERVANT'S GRIEVANCE.

    The right of the Crown to dismiss its servants at will and pleasure was discussed before the Full Court to-day, in connection with a case brought by Alexander ...

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  20. TASMANIA.

    Mr. John M'Intyre will be sworn in as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court on Monday next, and will take his seat on the bench at the sittings of the Full Court on ...

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  21. THE WHEAT CROP.

    An estimate of the wheat crop of the colony, compiled by the "Sydney Morning Herald," gives the area under grain this season as 1,043,000 acres, from which an ...

    Article : 213 words
  22. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  23. PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. VILLIERS AND HEYTESBURY.

    The annual show of the Villiers and Heytesbury Agricultural Associatio, held in Warrnambool on November 17, was very successful, there being over one thousand ...

    Article : 625 words
  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    The woman M.William, who recently entered a tea-room at Welligton and fired a number of shots, wounding another woman, has been sentenced to seven years' ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. EXTERMINATING PHYLLOXERA.

    A number of vignerons to-day complained to the Minister of Agriculture that the compensation of £15 per acre paid by the department to the owners of the ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

    Speiking at the annual meeting of the National Fire Insurance Company of Dunedin, Mr. J. M. Ritchie, the chairman, defended the action of the directors in ...

    Article : 147 words
  27. THE RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  28. CONTIGUOUS MILK SUPPLY.

    Sir,—In answer to Mr. J. F. Henderson's letter in your columns on November 10 on the milk supply question, I wish to say that the matter is under discussion and ...

    Article : 165 words
  29. THE SAMUEL PLIMSOLL.

    The well-known clipper Samuel Plimsoll was towed into port to-day in a seriously disabled condition. Laden with a heavy cargo, the ship sail from ...

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  30. BUSH FIRE NEAR ECHUCA.

    To-day a most disastrous bush fire took place east of Echuca. The fire broke out in one of the paddocks of Cornclia Creek Station, Koyuga, owned by Mr. G. Simmie, ...

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  31. NEW SOUTH WALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
  32. EXPORT OF PRODUCE.

    During the past year butter and cheese valued at £433,229 have been exported from New Zealand. The frozen meat exported shows a large increase. Australia is ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. MUNICIPAL INTELLIGENCE. A FASHODA-STREET IN HAWTHORN.

    At the meeting of the Hawthora Council on the 6th inst. some correspondence was read from the secretary of the Modern Permanent Building Society respecting the removal to Hawthorn of a ...

    Article : 260 words
  34. THE ST. KILDA CEMETERY.

    Sir,—Mr. Adamson's assurance that the trustees have no intention of ever erecting a crematorium in the St. Kilda Cemetery is most satisfactory. A definite ...

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  35. BRAHMS' "GERMAN REQUIEM."

    Sir,—The other day I obtained tickets for above at the Diocesan Book Depot, and on asking for a copy of the words was informed that the latter were not printed ...

    Article : 183 words
  36. SALE.

    The agricultural show was held on November 17. The attendance was larger than for some years past, but the weather was boisterous and most unpleasent. No ...

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  37. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS CONFERENCE.

    Sir,—Will you allow me to correct your report of the above? The chairman ruled that I was in order, and allowed me to continue my remarks. I did not say the ...

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  38. DUSTSTORM AT COROWA.

    During a duststorm this afternoon the Netherby flour-mill, the property of Mr. Jos. Chicken, at Corowa, was hald unroofed. The engine-house was damaged, and a ...

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  39. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    The Hawthorn Council, at its last meeting, resolved to alter its decision not to take any action with respect to the proposed Royal commission to iniquire into the Metropolitan Board's ...

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  40. PLAGUE OF GRASSHOPPERS.

    Grasshoppers are causing some alarm. From Jilderie the plague, which is travelling in a south-west direction, has reached Narrow Plains, about 40 miles ...

    Article : 88 words
  41. A BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROCLAMATION.

    At the meeting of the Caulfield Council on wednesday the Board of Public Health notified that it could not withdraw the proclamation declaring the shiere infected with certain diseases. It was ...

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  42. HOMŒOPATHIC HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the board of management was held on November 16. Present—Messrs. J. W. Hunt (in the chair), C. Hudson, Thos. J. Howard, C. W. Hartshorn, C. Pleasance, W. E. Pickells, ...

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  43. LATE MINING NEWS.

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday. — The Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company has declared a dividend of 5/ per share. The local quotation for tin ore has been reduced ...

    Article : 71 words
  44. MELBOURNE GENERAL SESSIONS.

    Judge Chomley continued to hear appeals at the Melbourne General Sessions yesterday. A stevedore's labourer named Charles Jacob Knapp, convicted at the City Court on August ...

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  45. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    DONALD, Nov. 17.—Haymaking is in full swing in this district, and judging by reports to hand the hay crops are turning out much better than was anticipated. The crops around Donald are ...

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  46. PRESTON RATE.

    At the Preston Shire Council meeting on Monday evening a rate of 1/6 in the £1 was struck, and made payable on the 28th November, Councillor Crispe also moved that the famous ...

    Article : 81 words
  47. YIELDS.

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  48. Advertising

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  49. Advertising

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