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  2. POSTAL PRACTICES. LATE MAIL TELEGRAMS.

    Suggestions were made recently to the Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick) that persons desirous of supplementing letters forwarded by the outgoing English mails ...

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  3. BANK CLERK'S LAPSE.

    James Martin Fitzsimmous,aged 41, a bank clerk, came up before the Chief Justice yesterday on three separate charges of having made false entries in a book of ...

    Article : 530 words
  4. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    A meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association was held at Young and Jackson's Hotel last night. The president (Mr. kinnon; M.L.A.) occupied the chair. ...

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  5. LABOUR NEWS. HAIRDRESSERS' WAGES.

    The first determination of the hairdressers' wages board, which has not yet been signed by the members, provides for the following rates of pay:— ...

    Article : 376 words
  6. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.

    A case concerning the alleged bribery of a Custome officer was heard before Mr. Cresswell, P.M., at the City Court yesterday. George MeI[?], a cooper, was ...

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  7. DUTIES OF JURYMEN.

    An old man named James Roger Down, a blacksmith at Longwood, appeared in the Criminal Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice, to answer a charge under the Crimes ...

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  8. NOTES FOR BOYS. HONOUR TO THE EXPLORERS.

    It was a happy idea on the part of the Boy Scouts of Melbourne to hold their last saturday's parade at that part of the Royalpark where a memorial marks the starting ...

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  9. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Yesterday the Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick) defined the position of private experimenters with wireless telegraphy. "The Commonwealth," he said, "has by ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. UNEMPLOYED BAKERS.

    Some little time ago a special committee of the Operative Bakers' Society was appointed to deal with the unemployed question. Their report was presented at the ...

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  11. PACKET POSTAGE.

    New regulations are being framed relating to postage rates on packets which contain a variety of articles subject to differing rates. It will be provided that such ...

    Article : 98 words
  12. F. LINDRUM, JUN. V. G. GRAY.

    A crowded room was waiting at Alcock's rooms yesterday for HoLart Smith's announcement that Fred Lindrum, jun., champion of Australia would con[?]de George Gray, boy champion of the world, ...

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  13. HIGH COURT.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The High Court gave judgment to-day in an appeal from i decr[?] by the chief judge in equity declaring that the Cobar Corporation Limited was liable ...

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  14. FITZROY ROBBERIES.

    The shopkeepers of Fitzroy recently appealed for additional police protection. The appeal was timely, as several shops in Brunswick-street had been robbed since the ...

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  15. POST-OFFICE CLOCKS.

    In mentioning yesterday that he had just signed am agreement with the Terang Municipal Council relating to the erection of a clock in that town, the ...

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  16. IN THE OPEN AIR.

    Cuthbert Collins (East Melbourne) asks: —"Is it possible to preserve the skins of small quadrupeds in the same way as birds with arsenical soap and alum?" ...

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  17. TIMBER DUTIES.

    Among the matters that will be considered at the meeting of the federal council of the Woodworkers' Union on Saturday is the duty on sawn timber used in ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS.

    A regulation is being drafted to provide that the presence within the covers of any duly recognised bona-fide magazine of one order form shall not alter the character, ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. ON BRIGHTON BEACH.

    A young man, named George Thomas Wells aged 24 years, a blacksmith and a resident of Brighton was arrested by Constable O'Grady at Middle Brighton beach [?] the information of two ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. REFORMATORY AT HEIDELBERG.

    To-morrow morning residents of the shire oft Heidelberg will wait on the Premier, to protest against the proposed establishment at Heidelberg of ...

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  21. THE LATE BARON VON MUELLER.

    In the Practice Court yesterday Dr. Alexander Buettner and his brother, Mr. Hermann Buettner, the surviving executors of the late Baron Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich ...

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  22. LIFTMEN'S UNION.

    A meeting to form a union for liftmen desirous of having a wages board established was held at the Trades-hall on Saturday evening. Mr. Stephen Barker, who ...

    Article : 148 words
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  24. PAWNBROKER FINED.

    At the Richmond Court on Monday, before Messrs. Nathan and M'Call. J.P.'s, Abraham Aarons, a pawnbroker, carrying on business at 274 Victoria street, was ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. ENGINEERS' REGISTRATION.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Australian Soeiety of Engineers has made an application to the deputy registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for registration. ...

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  26. CHEATING MONEY-LENDERS.

    The principals in the recent frauds perpetrated on city money-lenders appeared in the Criminal Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice, to answer several charges. ...

    Article : 182 words
  27. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    Sir,—In your columns of recent date, when criticising the new Education Bill, "Educationalist" writes as follows:—[?] Its Continuation school in Melbourne is simply ...

    Article : 519 words
  28. LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    "Is State control of the liquor traffic a failure" was the subject of a debate at a meeting of the Women's Political Association yesterday evening at 244 Flinders[?] ...

    Article : 305 words
  29. ROBBERY AT FLEMINGTON.

    About half-past 8 p.m. on Sunday evening the residence of Mrs. Burden, Princesstreet, Flemington, was broken into during the temporary absence of the inmates. ...

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  30. BUNTON'S TOURNAMENT.

    Last night B. Vockler beat "Hard Luck" by 100. The games for to-night are:—R.F. Walsh (200) v. T. Waghorn[?] (210); J. Middleton ([?]) [?]. G. Hodgkinson (210). ...

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  31. ELBESHAUSEN'S TOURNAMENT.

    Last night's games resulted as follows:—S. Moran (received 30) beat W. Treadwell (received 30), H.Cotter (received 70) beat H. Keane (received 160). To-night's games are:—"Crimea" ...

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  32. "OTHELLO."

    Sir,—You rightly remark that the splendid representation of this great play on Saturday night will live in the memory for all time; but, as an humble yet conscientious ...

    Article : 278 words
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  34. SOCIALIST PARTY.

    At the meeting of the Collingwood Council last evening a letter was road from Mr. Tom Munn asking the use of the hall on behalf of the socialistic party to advocate the release of the Broken ...

    Article : 142 words
  35. KOONONG GREEK ABATTOIRS.

    Sir,—I wish to call the attention of a large number of your readers to the proposed election of a public abattoirs on the Koonong Greek, about 10 miles from the G.P.O. ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. TWO UP.

    Two young men named Ernest Partridge and Thomas Chrimes were charged at the Port Melbourne Court yesterday,before Mr. H. Morrison, P.M., and Messrs. T. Smith and H. Francis, J.P.'s, ...

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