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  2. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Special Ocean Forecast.

    Issued by the Weather Bureau, Sunday, 9 p.m.:— "Smooth to moderate seas along southern coast line." On Saturday morning the sea was rough ...

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  3. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  4. WEATHER CHART. NOTES ON THE CHART.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 510 words
  5. HEAT WAVE ENDED. TEMPERATURE DROPS 20deg.

    The official forecast for to-day is:— "Cloudy in southern districts, with one or two showers along the coast. Fine ...

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  6. ARSENIC IN FLY-PAPERS.

    Frederick Henry Seddon, an insurance agent, of Tollington-park, and his wife, have been committed for trial in connection with the death of a well-to-do spinster ...

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  7. THE FALLEN BRAVE. MEMORIAL AT BALLARAT.

    BALLARAT, Saturday.—What may be regarded as the last act in connection with the memorial erected in Ballarat to the men who died in the South African war was ...

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  8. TASMANIAN EXPERIENCES.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The temperature in Hobart on Saturday rose to 101deg., which is the greatest heat experienced since 1905. Several cases of sunstroke are reported from ...

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  9. COUNTRY SUPPLIES.

    The great heat of last week produced a record demand for water through the State, both for domestic and stock purposes and for irrigation. The calls upon ...

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  10. SHIPPIN NOTES.

    On one of her annual visits from Japan and China the E. and A. liner Empire should reach Melbourne this forenoon. She will berth up the river. ...

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  11. DENSE SMOKE AT SEA.

    A more or less dense smoke haze, extending from Wilson's Promontory, on the eastward, to Cape Bans, South Australia, and covering practically the whole of Bass ...

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  12. VICE IN VANCOUVER.

    This city's unenviable reputation for crime is being added to daily, and the police are becoming more bafiled. They admit that they are powerless to trace the perpetrator ...

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  13. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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  14. INTERSTATE AND COUNTRY.

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  15. CLOSE OF SERIES.

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  16. DRIVEN MAD BY HEAT.

    ZEEHAN, Sunday.—Two middle-aged ladies, Margaret and Agnes Young, became demented yesterday afternoon, presumably through the excessive heat, and had to be ...

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  17. THE WEEK'S FIGURES.

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  18. RAISING THE MASSES.

    The Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Gore) denounced what he called the "churchmen's traditional indifference to their social obligations" when addressing the Christian ...

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  19. IRISH FISCAL LIBERTY. "THE REAL DIFFICULTY."

    Importance is attached to a statement made at a meeting in the city on Friday by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Board of Trade (Mr. J. M. Robertson). ...

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  20. OVERDUE STEAMER.

    AUCKLAND, Sunday.—The Australian mail line steamer Croydon is now 41 days out on her voyage from San Francisco to Auckland. ...

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  21. INVASION OF ST. KILDA.

    Many thousands of people made St. Kilda their objective on Saturday. They began to arrive early in the afternoon, every train and tram being crowded. The stream ...

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  22. LIFE-BUOY'S DRIFT.

    A life-buoy which was thrown from the A.U.S.N. Co. liner Wyreema on February 11 last year, to a man who had fallen overboard between Green Cape and Gabo Island, was recently picked up near ...

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  23. BEDOUINS' NIGHT ATTACK

    Four hundred Bedouin Arabs made a night attack on a small outer fort at Benghazi, in Tripoli, during the week. They were driven back by the Ralian forces. ...

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  24. PRIVATE ADVICES.

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  25. Oversea Vessels.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 words
  26. PORT OF GEELONG.

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  27. PRESBYTERIANS NOT UNITED.

    Although there was such a remarkable demonstration by Presbyterians against Home Rule at the Belfast gathering on Thursday, the same unanimity cannot be ...

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  28. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

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  29. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

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  30. MELBOURNE OBSERVATIONS.

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    An attempt was made on Thursday by suffragettes to make a public demonstration on the return of the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) to London from his holiday ...

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  32. DIRECTORY OF BERTHS.

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  33. ELECTRIC TRAM SERVICE.

    The Brighton St. Kilda electric tram service, as it was conducted on Saturday night, was unable to cope with the homeward rush of people from the beaches. The ordinary ...

    Article : 175 words
  34. MINING SHARES.

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  35. "HOLD THE FORT, BRAVE ULSTER!"

    The terms have been published of the cable-message sent to Dublin to the leader of the Ulster opponents of Home Rule (Sir Edward Carson, M.P.), by Mr. O. R. ...

    Article : 119 words
  36. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    The following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcase, of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...

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  37. CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

    The Governor-General (Duke of Connaught), replying to a deputation from the Canadian Defence League, said that he approved of its aims, which include the ...

    Article : 76 words
  38. VICTIMS TO SUNSTROKE.

    Bert Cain, aged 21 years, was overcome by the heat at Lincoln-place, Carlton, on Saturday, and fell to the ground. He was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital for ...

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  39. SEVEN MILES OF FLAME.

    MOUTAJUP, Saturday.—A number of fires have been raging in the Victoria and Sierra ranges north of Victoria Valley. To-day the fire fire reached the grass country ...

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  40. CONVERTIBLE CRUISERS.

    Mr. G. M. Bosworth (vice-president of the Canadian Pacific railway) announces that the new Pacific steamers, which are being built for the Oriental trade, will be ...

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  41. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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  42. FURTHER CABLE REDUCTIONS.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. L. P. Pelletier) intends to press the Imperial Government to make further reductions in the cable tolls throughout the empire, and ...

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  43. WOMEN'S LIBERAL CONFERENCE.

    Sir,—After reading the statement by Mrs. Hughes, president of the A.W.N.L., Victoria, in "The Argus" of the 1st inst, we desire to point out several ...

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  44. LIGHTNING FIRES GRASS.

    MALDON, Saturday.—During a thunderstorm last night a fire occurred on the farm of Mr. John Somer, between Joyce's Creek and Moolert. One hundred acres of ...

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  45. HOBSON'S BAY.

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  46. SOLDIERS' CHURCH PARADE.

    The Governor-General, Lord Denman, attended by Captain Stewart-Richardson, A.D.C., Colonel Wallack (State Commandant), and the Lord Mayor (Councillor ...

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  47. CARRUM SCRUB SWEPT.

    An extensive scrub fire raged just beyond Carrum township, nearly the whole of Saturday. Residents, in large numbers, endeavoured to put out the fire, but were ...

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  48. ICE FOR INVALIDS.

    The secretary of the Alfred Hospital received a cheque for £25 on Saturday from Major George Steward, C.M.G., as a contribution towards providing ice or cool ...

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  49. LAY PREACHERS' STRIKE.

    CASTLEMAINE, Sunday.—The threatened strike of local preachers in the Methodist circuit, owing to a dispute with the superintendent minister, took place to-day. ...

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  50. Advertising

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  51. DROMANA RESIDENCES LOST.

    DROMANA, Saturday.—Last evening, at about half-past 5 o'clock, a bush fire swept a portion of the country between Dromana and Rosebud. It swept away the residences ...

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  52. DEMAND FOR WATER.

    The depth of the Yan Yean reservoir was 24ft. 1½in. on Saturday. In spite of the unprecedented water consumption of the last week, the level of the Yan Yean fell only ...

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  53. DROWNED IN WATER-HOLE.

    John Cregan, aged 17 years, son of the caretaker of the Melbourne Town-hall, was drowned in the Saltwater River, beyond Mariby[?]ing, yesterday afternoon. John ...

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  54. DREDGE FOR MELBOURNE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—At cockatoo Island, on Saturday afternoon, a steel bucket dredge, constructed under contract for the Melbourne Harbour Trust at the new ...

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  55. TWENTY YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—For assaulting a girl nine years of age, Albert Hughes, 26 years of age, has been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Judge ...

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  56. CUT IN TWO.

    PERTH, Sunday.—On Friday evening, Maurice Fitzgerald, aged 30 years, threw himself in front of a passenger train on the bridge over Thomson's Creek, near ...

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  57. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOSSES.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The bush fires in the south continued with unabated fierceness on Saturday. Practically the whole of the rich stretch of wattle country between ...

    Article : 116 words
  58. Advertising

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