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  2. DEPUTATIONS.

    The Minister of Public Works was waited upon yesterday by a deputation from the Ballan shire council, introduced by Messrs. Lalor, Young, Rees and Brophy, asking that a sum of ...

    Article : 129 words
  3. PARLIAMENT.

    The Speaker took the chair at half-past four o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. Ookney presented a petition from the Harbor Trust, calling attention to their ...

    Article : 3,786 words
  4. DEATH NOT UNIVERSAL.

    Whatever lives, we hear it said, whether plant or animal, must, sooner or later, die. It will, therefore, greatly shock many persons to learn that this is not strictly the case. We ...

    Article : 1,072 words
  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Ebenezer Hartshorn, head teacher of the State school at Glenorchy, was to-day fined £1 and £3 8s. 6d. costs, or in default one week's imprisonment, for severely flogging a ...

    Article : 296 words
  6. A FAIRYLAND BAZAAR.

    Notwithstanding the number of devices which have been adopted by churches to case the pockets of the gentle public, another, and a new method has been found. It has been left to ...

    Article : 469 words
  7. TALK WITH ARABI.

    Arabi Pasha-- rebel, and martyr--takes up (remarks a correspondent in a contemporary), little by little, a clearly defined and tangible position. Those who know him not cry ...

    Article : 1,519 words
  8. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    WEDNESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER. The President took the chair at twenty, five minutes to five o'clock. NEW MEMBER. ...

    Article : 1,134 words
  9. EUROA SHIRE.

    A deputation of persons living in the Kialla and Caniambo portions of the shire of Euroa waited upon the Minister of Public Works yesterday with a petition in favor of a severance of ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. BRIDGE OVER THE MOORAMBOOL.

    A deputation from the shires of Ballan, Buuinyong and Bungaree, yesterday asked the Commissioner of Public Works for assistance towards erecting a bridge over the Moorabool River, two ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. YALLOCK MAIN ROAD.

    In answer to a deputation from the Cranbourne shire council, Mr. Young yesterday promised to place a sum of money on the next year's estimates for the construction of the Yallock main ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. BRUNSWICK AND ESSENDON.

    A deputation from the Brunswick borough council, introduced by Mr. Cook. M.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Public Works yesterday, and asked for assistance towards making ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. THE LANDS QUESTION.

    SIR,--While reading the reports of the debate on the Land Bill at present before the Assembly, the prayer, "Lord give our senators wisdom," has surely risen spontaneously from the hearts ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  14. EXAMINATIONS BY THE PHARMACY BOARD.

    The quarterly examinations under the Pharmacy Act 1876 were held on Tuesday and yesterday, at the rooms of the Pharmacy Board,. in Collins-street. At the modified examination, held ...

    Article : 190 words
  15. INSOLVENCY COURT.

    A general meeting was held in the estate of Levin, Goldberg Bros, and Co., when affidavits of debts were handed in as follows:-- A. Waxman, £8528 : Hy. Andrews, £5735 ; E. S. and A. C. ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. A PECULIAR CHARGE OF FORGERY.

    A young domestic servant, named Harriot Pickett, was arraigned before the City Bench yesterday, charged on a warrant with forgery and uttering. During the investigation of the ...

    Article : 553 words
  17. SPORTING NOTES.

    The following programme was decided upon yesterday for the Drysdale annual races, to be held on Boxing I[?]y: Maiden Plate, 10 sovs., distance one mile and a quarter, for district horses only ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. CRICKET.

    The ground being unfit for play, the match East Melbourne v. eighteen Brighton Trades will not take place to-day as previously arranged. The match M.C.C. v. Medical School, which was to ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. BICYCLING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 words
  20. INTERCOLONIAL SPORTING TELEGRAMS.

    A meeting of the New South Wales National Regatta Committee was held last night, at the Exchange' Hotel, for the purpose of arranging matters in connection with the regatta to be held on the 26th January. ...

    Article : 188 words
  21. ACCIDENT AT A SALVATION ARMY MEETING.

    A serious accident occurred on Sunday evening, the 22nd October, in Hazdey, at a meeting in connection with the "Salvation Mission" led by ex-Captain Gipsy Smith, who a short time ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. THE VOLUNTEERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 words
  23. NEW INSOLVENT.

    John George May, of Sackville-street, Collingwood, journeyman saddler. Causes of insolvency : Wont of remunerative employment, having become security for payment of money ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. THE STEAMER EDINA.

    SIR,--Believing that your paper is ever at the disposal of the public, I desire to call your attention to some flagrant mismanagement on the trip of the s. Edina from Geelong yesterday (6th ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. IS MR. MADDEN A JUDGE OF LAND?

    SIR,--Seeing that the Minister of Lands stated that the selection of land taken up by Mr. M'Lean, of Shepparton, is a "valuable al[?]tment," I, as a former holder of that allotment ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. EAST COLLINGWOOD RIFLE CLUB.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  27. RAILWAY BUNGLING.

    SIR,--A correspondent lately drew attention to the fact that tho engineer for existing lines, Mr. Greene, put down heavy red gum posts for a new verandah at South Yarra, and a day or two ...

    Article : 184 words
  28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--Permit me to say, through the columns of your widely circulated paper, that the land selected by Mr. M'Lean in the parish of Mundoona is not by any means of exceptional value ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. HEROISM OF AN ENGINE-DRIVER.

    An engine-driver on the Pennsylvania railway on the 23rd October saved the lives of 600 passengers by an extraordinary act of heroism. The furnace door was opened by ...

    Article : 355 words
  30. LILLYDALE RAILWAY FARES.

    SIR,--Will you kindly allow me to draw attention to what may justly be termed very unfair treatment to the travelling public of the Lillydale district. I see by the new time tables that the ...

    Article : 284 words
  31. DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON IN MANILLA.

    A terrific typhoon passed over Manilla on 23rd October. The Captain-General of the Philippine Islands reports that the loss of life was comparatively small, but that the whole ...

    Article : 247 words
  32. THE HAWTHORN ACCIDENT.

    SIR,--Since I moved from Brighton to Hawthorn, to escape the perils of travelling by the railway immediately under the auspices of Mr. Bent. I have had to reassure my family by ...

    Article : 282 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 513 words
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