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  2. PROTECTION V. FREE TRADE.

    SIR,—A writer in the Argus asks, What is protection? I will tell him what I understand protection to be, namely, defending this our adopted home against the world, so as to make ...

    Article : 327 words
  3. THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Information was received in town yesterday of a serious riot having occurred on the railway works between Woodend and Kyneton. The determination of the contractors and ...

    Article : 4,717 words
  4. EAGLE HAWK ASSOCIATION, TARRANGOWER.

    SIR,—A paragraph appeared in your paper of last week from the agent of the above company, stating the yield of gold for the last fortnight was 104 oz. Upon this many persons ...

    Article : 340 words
  5. BROOKE'S 150,000 ACRES.

    SIR,—Your Collins street contemporary is publishing letters to the following effect, namely, "Mr. Brooke has taken advantage of his position as a member of the Government to ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of last evening contains the following appointments:—Alexander Macintosh, Esquire, Glendinning, Glenelg, to be added to the roll of magistrates ...

    Article : 1,284 words
  7. THE POOR MAN'S TAXES.

    SIR,—The following calculations and remarks may be of service in showing that the present duties on what are termed the necessaries of life, do not press heavily on any portion of the ...

    Article : 570 words
  8. THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK.

    SIR,—May I request the favor of your insertion of the enclosed, which I should not have intruded on the public but for the unjustifiable remarks therein referred to. ...

    Article : 511 words
  9. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

    Everything being quiet at Lambing Flat, martial law is not to be proclaimed. Mr. Cowper, the Colonial Secretary, leaves for Melbourne this evening by the City of Sydney. ...

    Article : 35 words
  10. THE STRIKE AMONG THE RAILWAY LABORERS.

    SIR,—Knowing your liberal tendency, and fooling certain that a just cause will at all times find in you a warm advocate, I take the liberty of requesting space in your valuable ...

    Article : 722 words
  11. A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

    SIR,—At a time when the education question is so much discussed, it is not inappropriate to direct public attention to a system of national instruction that was framed after much ...

    Article : 785 words
  12. THE NEW TOLL REGULATIONS.

    SIR,—Perhaps you will permit me space to make a few remarks on the intention of Mr. Brooke to raise the price of tolls charged for vehicles with narrow tires. It is a well known ...

    Article : 367 words
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