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  2. THE PROPOSED NEW CITY LOAN

    Sir,—In a leading article of The Argus you very strongly support a proposition made in the City Council that a further loan should be contracted for the purpose of ...

    Article : 746 words
  3. POLICE.

    MINOR CHARGES. — Henry Forster and Thomas Forster, two youths who had been amusing themselves by kicking at the shutters of the shops in Bourke-street, and ...

    Article : 1,586 words
  4. THE PRESS BROOKE MEMORIAL.

    The colossal marble bust of the late G. V. Brooke, which was executed by Mr. Charles Summers for the members of the Melbourne Press, was yesterday formally presented to ...

    Article : 2,151 words
  5. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    On the quœstio vexala of copies, we are decidedly of opinion that good copies of really great works are better than the mass of indifferent originals we possess. We say ...

    Article : 2,419 words
  6. DEPUTATIONS.

    A deputation, numbering over forty persons, representing the inhabitants of Hotham, Brunswick, and Pentridge, waited yesterday upon the hon. the Commissioner of ...

    Article : 1,910 words
  7. FEVER-BREEDING IN THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND.

    Sir,—The following excellent plan for producing fevers and other diseases is practised about once a week in the borough of Richmond Sweepers, under contract, commence ...

    Article : 245 words
  8. THE SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    Sir,—As there is some difference of opinion among the members of the Early-closing Association as to the advisability of at once advocating the Saturday half-holiday, I beg to ...

    Article : 788 words
  9. RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    Sir,—It appears to me that there are good grounds for reconsidering the question of railway extension. The Legislature seems disposed, without due consideration, to commit ...

    Article : 713 words
  10. THE QUEENSLAND GOLD-FIELDS.

    Sir,—I have been much surprised since my arrival in Victoria, some five weeks ago, to notice—as expressed by individuals and through the press—the great want of ...

    Article : 829 words
  11. THE REDUCTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    Sir,—No sane man will deny that retrenchment in the Government service is highly necessary, but this retrenchment should be based on principle. I am not one of those ...

    Article : 490 words
  12. WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THE FARMERS?

    Sir,—In these days of the colony, when the prospect is not so bright or satisfactory as it ought to be, it becomes all who are either directly or indirectly interested in the prosperity ...

    Article : 425 words
  13. "MUSIC IN RELATION TO RELIGION."

    Sir,—In your report of a lecture on the above subject, delivered by the Rev. J. C. Symons, I read the following passage:—"In the early stages of Christianity music fell into ...

    Article : 324 words
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