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  2. COURSING.

    To witness the half-dozen trials necessary to finish this meeting but few of the general public put in an appearance, so that on arrival at the Werribee, when a start was ...

    Article : 517 words
  3. NOTES FROM THE OBSERVATORY.

    The constellation Canis Major is now prominent in the western heavens during the evening, and may be readily identified by the presence in its midst of the very bright star ...

    Article : 1,211 words
  4. MEASLES AND DIPHTHERIA.

    Two cases of measels have occured at Collingwood. The first was reported to Mr. Wilson, the secretary of the board of health, as being at 9 Sydney-street, the patient having ...

    Article : 957 words
  5. BIJOU THEATRE.

    Considering that"H.M.S. Pinafore" is admittedly "the best light musical comedy written in our language since the 'Beggar's Opera,'" its great popularity is not all ...

    Article : 1,487 words
  6. THE OPERA.

    The Opera-house was filled on Saturday night by an audience eager to make acquaintance with the deb[?]ante, Miss Elsa May, concerning whom report had been busy with ...

    Article : 942 words
  7. KENSINGTON-PARK RACES.

    These races were held on Saturday afternoon, and were fairly attended. The fields throughout the meeting, with the exception of the Steeplechase, wre large, and some ...

    Article : 1,976 words
  8. THE PATTI CONCERTS.

    The seventh of this series of grand concerts was given in the Town-hall on Saturday night, and proved in every way a great success. Owing doubtless to the reduction of ...

    Article : 568 words
  9. SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

    This match was concluded on Saturday last, and resulted in any easy victory for Carlton in one innings with 61 runs to spare. Carlton in one innings scored 130. Fitzroy, first innings, 29; and second innings, ...

    Article : 1,266 words
  10. THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION OF GUIZOTS "ALFRED LEGRAND."

    Sir,—The British copyright of Guizot's Alfred le Grand is held by Messrs. Hachette and Co., of Paris and London, as also is the right of publishing within the British ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. NIGHT WORK.

    Sir,—I have noticed in your late issues some letters on this subject, full of allusions to the "appalling nature of the huge slave-driving tranny practised with regard to young men ...

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  12. SWIMMING MATCHES AT ST. KILDA.

    A number of swimming matches took place on Saturday at Hegarty's baths, St. Kilda. The weather was delightfully fine, and about 700 persons assembled to witness the different ...

    Article : 858 words
  13. THE BOTANIC GARDENS.

    A fine specimen of sequoia (taxodium) sempervirens, the "red wood," or "spurious cedar" of California, may now be seen to wering up far above the roof of the brush sheds ...

    Article : 566 words
  14. SUBURBAN COWS AND IMPURE MILK.

    Sir,—The tolerance of cows about Melbourne suburbs is a great evil in a variety of ways, and the simplest tyro as to a knowledge of chemical or physiological cause and ...

    Article : 314 words
  15. HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.

    Sir,—Seeing Mr. Harrison's letter on the above subject in your issue of to-day, and thinking his proposition is open to grave objections, I feel compelled to differ from him ...

    Article : 209 words
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