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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  3. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    The members of the Royal Comic Opera Company presented Planquette's melodious work "Paul Jones," very creditably at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening, to ...

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  4. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    A railway employe named Henry Chapman, aged 52 years, slipped and fell from a truck, which be was loading with hides, at the Spencer-street railway station on ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE.

    At its meeting to-morrow the Metropolitan Board of Works will deal with i recommendation from the sewerage committee that the following new sewerage areas be ...

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  6. OLD MELBURNIANS.

    The annual gathering of Old Melburnians, at the Church of England Grammar School, took place on Saturday. The society which has now nearly seven hundred ...

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  7. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A "camp of instruction" for officers and non-commissioned officers of the 7th Regiment A.I.R. will be formed at the City Oval on Monday, and will be continued during ...

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  8. NEW ZEALAND NOTES.

    When a motion in favour of granting to Crown tenants the right to the freehold, after complying with reasonable conditions, was moved in Parliament last session by ...

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  9. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Maud Brown, aged 23 years, living in "Lang's-lane, off Bourke-street, walked along the east end of Bourke-street towards midday on Saturday, with her left hand and ...

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  10. OBSERVATORY WEATHER REPORT.

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  11. KILLED AT A CROSSING.

    MARYBOROUGH, Sunday.—An inquest on the body of Reba Body, the youth who was killed in the accident at the level crossing near the Bet Bet railway station, where ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. CASTLEMAINE.

    Brigadier-General Finn, accompanied by Captain Niesigh, arrived here on Saturday morning and inspected the orderly-room and books. In the afternoon the local ...

    Article : 173 words
  13. THROWN FROM A GIG.

    MARYBOROUGH, Sunday. — George Young, aged 12 years, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday suffering a fracture of the right leg, caused by his being thrown ...

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  14. WARRNAMBOOL.

    The death occurred on Friday night of Mr. William Brodie, ot "Oaklands," Bushfield. Mr. Brodie, who has been a resident of the Western district for nearly 40 ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. A HORSE BREAKING FATALITY.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—William Mackay, aged 21 years, a son of Mr. Grant Mackay, of Maida Hill, near Dalby, died at Dalby on Saturday from injuries received on ...

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  16. FALL OFF A FENCE.

    BAIRNSDALE, Saturday.—A lad named John Gearing, son of Mr. James Gearing, of this town, whilst sitting on a fence on Friday listening to a band recital, fell off ...

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  17. A SERIES OF CHARGES.

    NHILL, Friday.—At the police court on Thursday, before Captain Burrowes, P.M., a half-caste named Ernest Langley, alias George Smithers, was sentenced to two ...

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  18. OPERA HOUSE.

    Madame Marzella, who introduced a troupe of performing cockatoos into Australia with great success about two years ago, returned to the Opera house on ...

    Article : 362 words
  19. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    WINCHELSEA, Saturday. — A little girl, daughter of Mr. Luke Strickland, of Wenseydale, who was severely burnt about a fortnight ago, died in the Colae Hospital ...

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  20. CUSTOMS CASES.

    The following decisions have been given by the Minister of Customs (Mr. Allan M'Lean) in disputes between importers and the Customs department, and he has ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. THE WEATHER.

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  22. SWALLOWED STRYCHNINE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — A drover named William A. Chambers, who was staying at a restaurant in George-street, swallowed a quantity of strychnine yesterday morning, ...

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  23. FIRES IN SMITH-STREET.

    On Saturday night, in Smith-street, Fitzroy, a fire broke out, from some unknown cause, in the building occupied by Messrs. J.G. Kimberley and Co., ...

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  24. SEALS FOR THE AQUARIUM.

    PORTLAND, Saturday.—On her inward trip to-day the s.s. Flinders lay off the Julia Percy Island to allow of three seals, which were captured by Portland fishermen ...

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  25. GIRL SHOT IN THE HEAD.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Annie M'Glynn, aged 16 years, died in the Sydney Hospital last night from a shot in the head. On Thursday night, last the girl and two boys ...

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  26. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    George Henry, horse-trainer, who was thrown recently while schooling a horse over the hurdles at the Epsom Racecourse and sustained concussion of the brain is ...

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  27. REGENT "PUSH FIGHT."

    On Saturday night, at quarter to 8 o'clock, Constables Cobbledick, M'Phee, and Wilekens, arrested a man named Thomas Clarke at South Melbourne on warrant, charging ...

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  28. NEW CHURCH AT MALVERN.

    The opening services in the new Methodist Church at Malvern were held yesterday. crowded congregations being present at the, morning and evening services. The Rev. ...

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  29. POISONED RABBITS NEAR RESERVOIRS.

    WODONGA, Saturday. — A report from the caretaker of the Wodonga Waterworks, received by the trust at its last meeting, stated that land-owners were poisoning ...

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  30. HAND CAUGHT IN STEAM PLANE.

    ROCHESTER, Friday. — A lad named Norman M'Kissock, employed at Messrs. Hart and Cresswell's engineering works, met with a painful accident on Friday ...

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  31. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    BROADFORD Saturday.—A fire broke out in a back room at the local post office this morning. There was a case of kerosene in the room but the fire was quickly extinguished. ...

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  32. CHILD'S STRANGE DEATH.

    LAUNCESTON, Friday. — A singular fatality is reported from Deloraine A child, aged 3 years, son of a school teacher named Duncombe, getting into the washhouse, ...

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  33. CHILD'S BODY FOUND.

    Yesterday morning the body of a newly born female child was found in a first-class compartment in a railway carriage that bad stood all night at the ...

    Article : 85 words
  34. FATAL RIDING ACCIDENT.

    BALLARAT, Sunday.—While assisting to drive cattle from Lal Lal to Ballarat on Saturday, a lad named Joseph Birkett, nine years of age, was thrown from his horse, ...

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  35. SHOP-CLOSING HOURS.

    Sir,—"F.A.D." is not altogether wrong when he says it is the callous and unpatriotic spirit of the Hawthorn public that keeps shop assistants working so late. Most ...

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  36. THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

    There have been large audiences nightly at the Princess's Theatre since the initial production of "Romeo and Juliet," and on Saturday evening the great tragedy was ...

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  37. BOXING.

    ZEEILAN, Sunday.—A 20-round boxing contest for the light-weight championship of Tasmania and a purse of £50, between "Charlie" Murphy and "Will" Maher, resulted in an casy win for the ...

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  38. DELAYED TELEGRAMS.

    Sir,—I recently had a similar experience to that of L. De C. Berthon, whose letter appears in your issue of February 3. A telegram was sent to me, properly ...

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  39. CYCLIST'S COLLISION.

    CRESWICK, Sunday.—Whilst riding a bicycle down an incline near Mount Prospect, a young man, Percy Cecil, a state school teacher at Hepburn, collided with a ...

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  40. MELBOURNE MARKETS.

    A steady business is reported in flour, at up to £8/7/6. Large orders are also being received for export. Bran is somewhat unsettled prices ranging up to 9½d. Pollard is selling at 10[?]d. The ...

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  41. ADELAIDE BICYCLE CARNIVAL.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The League of Wheelmen carnival was inaugurated on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance, and fair racing. Lawson, Ellegaard, Macfarland, ...

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  42. DROWNED AT A PICNIC.

    CASTLEMAINE, Sunday.—Edith Evans, aged 23, a daughter of Mr. J. Evans, North Castlemaine, was drowned in the Coliban River, near the falls, on Saturday afternoon. ...

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  43. TAXING PLAYED CARDS.

    Sir,—It seems absurd that, whilst a high import duty is placed on playing cards, viz., 3d. per pack, local manufacturers are allowed to produce them without paying duty, ...

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  44. A.N.A. COMPETITIONS.

    The Athenaeum-hall was packed to the doors on Saturday evening, when these competitions were further advanced. The open scene by "The Chriswicks," "Counsel's Opinion," was one of the ...

    Article : 327 words
  45. WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE.

    CAMPERDOWN, Saturday.—Mrs. Barrington, lecturer of the Australian Women's National League, delivered an address at Camperdown on Friday night. She also ...

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  46. A DRIVING ACCIDENT.

    ROCHESTER, Saturday. — Mrs. Clarke and three children had an exciting experi ence on Thursday last, whilst driving to Corop. When within about a mile of the ...

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  47. SHORT-WEIGHT BREAD.

    F. Schroeder, baker of 291 Johnston-street Abbotsford, was proceeded against at the Richmond Court on Saturday for having short-weight bread in his possession on January 25. Messrs. ...

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  48. KALGOORLIK MINES.

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday.—The follownng January outputs are reported:—ASSOCIATED NORTHERN, 3,407 tons for 3,562 fine ounces, valued at £15,130; estimated profit, £6,799: SONS OF GWALIA, 6,988 ...

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  49. DROWNED WHILE FISHING.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three young men from Newcastle went up the Hunter River last night to fish. They continued angling till half-past 3 o'clock this morning, when ...

    Article : 87 words
  50. GEELONG.

    A boy named John Gogoll, residing in Brussels-street, Chilwell, on Saturday received internal injuries of a serious nature. He was, he states, standing outside a ...

    Article : 351 words
  51. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    The sudden death of the three-weeks-old son of Frederick Warden, a driver employed by Mr. H. Ba[?]es, carrier, was brought under the notice of the Coburg police yesterday. It appears that Mrs. and ...

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  52. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The third annual meeting of the Accident Under-writers' Association of Victoria was held on January 26. The secretary's report and balance-sheet for year ended December 31 were unanimously ...

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  53. COUNTRY STOCK MARKETS.

    ECHUCCA.—John Vaston and Co. report having conducted a special sale of sheep at their yards at Echua on Friday. There was a large attendance of representation graziers, and 3,400 sheep were ...

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  54. 'A QUARREL AND THE CONSEQUENCES.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—On Saturday night Edgar M. Conch, aged 38 years, a married man, with a small family, was found lying near the Goodwood-park Hotel in an ...

    Article : 146 words
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