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  2. QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.

    Sir,—Being an unfortunate unemployed clerical man, blessed with a wife and three children, I write to know if it is correct that Government servants are allowed by heads ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. NEW BOOKS. &c. GENERAL LITERATURE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 586 words
  4. SENATE ANTI-SOCIALISTS. THE SELECTED CANDIDATES.

    Senator Simon Fraser is one of the best known of our public men. In addition to a long and honourable career in politics, he has an intimate acquaintance with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 636 words
  5. MR. THOMAS SKENE.

    Mr. Thomas Skene, like Mr. M'Coll, is an old Scotch College boy. He was born at Mount Mitchell, near Ballarat, in 1845, being the son of the late Mr. William ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 451 words
  6. CONSTANT ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.

    Sir,—A few weeks ago there were some letters in "The Argus" in reference to the number of years scholars had attended state schools without missing a single school ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. MR. J. H. M'COLL.

    Mr. J. H. M'Coll has had a long career in public life. He is the son of the late Mr. Hugh M'Coll, who was one of the earliest and most ardent advocates of ...

    Article : 622 words
  8. ENSILAGE.

    Sir,—The indefatigable and persistent endeavour of Dr. Cherry and his department to encourage the erection of silos and the use of ensilage, alluded to in "The Argus" ...

    Article : 207 words
  9. FICTION OF THE DAY.

    A noval of much power and more crudity is "The Wilderness." by T. B. Clegg (London: John Lane). The scene is laid in Australia, and the noval purports to describe the ...

    Article : 2,225 words
  10. THE COMING HARVEST.

    Sir,—The inflated estimate of the wheat yield made some short time ago by Dr. Cherry has called forth general condemnation from wheat-growers and other whose ...

    Article : 445 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The interesting letters that have appeared in your columns from correspondents on either side of this controversy seem each in turn so convincing that one is ...

    Article : 803 words
  12. MISSING BOOKS.

    Judge Johnston yesterday morning gave his reserved judgment in the County Court action brought by the Lilydale and Warburton Railway Construction Trust against ...

    Article : 1,132 words
  13. "THE KING'S ENGLISH."

    Under the above title, two writers, whose initials only are given, have produced an elaborate treatise on the mistakes in vocabulary, grammar, composition, and ...

    Article : 1,531 words
  14. NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES.

    "Kurrajung" (Cadgewa, Upper Murray) sends an interesting note:—"In a secluded and picturesque spot in the ranges, about five miles from our township, there is a ...

    Article : 1,844 words
  15. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Allow me to endorse the remarks of "a woman who does not want a vote." I am another woman who does not want a vote. The Federal Parliament (most ...

    Article : 251 words
  16. GOULBURN FLOODS.

    Sir,—I have known the Goulburn River for nearly 50 years, and have seen many [?] I can fully confirm what Mr. M'Kenzie, M.L.A., says, that portions of ...

    Article : 234 words
  17. ABBOTSFORD CONVENT.

    Sir,—I resided in the Abbotsford Convent for nearly three years. I have been in every part of the building. I have had long experience in educational work in Europe ...

    Article : 311 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The letter on woman suffrage in "The Argus" of to-day is a cheerful break in the long [?]ence of the anti-suffragists. Let me take the arguments [?]criatim:— ...

    Article : 407 words
  19. A HOSPITAL CASE.

    Sir,—The following case seems to me to require some explanation from the authorities of the Children's Hospital or of the Queen's Memorial Infections Diseases ...

    Article : 566 words
  20. COUNTRY MAIL DELIVERY.

    Sir,—Is it usually the custom for the mail not to be delivered on the King's Birthday in a country town, where the train from Melbourne not arriving till 2.10 ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. SCRIPTURE EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Absence from town has prevented me from replying sooner to Mr. F. G. H. Brady's letter of the 9th inst., some parts of which deserve an answer. Mr. Brady ...

    Article : 754 words
  22. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  23. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    Candidates represented by the following numbers are requested to present themselves for oral examinations:—Constitutional History and Law (Part [?].).—Numbers 15d. 217, 205, 512. Private ...

    Article : 70 words
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