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  2. SECRETS OF THE PRISON-HOUSE; OR, A COMPARISON BETWEEN PRISON DISCIPLINE IN MELBOURNE AND AT NEW ORLEANS.

    Sir,—A recent leader in the Athenmum, commenting upon The Times special correspondent's (Dr. Russell's) description of society and institutions in the Southern States, thus ...

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  3. FORTIFYING WINES.

    Sir,—About this time last year I wrote the Yeoman, and some short time afterwards The Argus, recommonding powdered sulphate of lime, as a means of preventing young wine ...

    Article : 1,416 words
  4. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE.

    That the latest news carrent in the streets of London should be announced within a fow hours in Sydney, appears to be not only a possibility, out likely to be accomplished ...

    Article : 883 words
  5. OUR DEFENCES.

    Sir,—I bug to address a few lines to you with reference to the defences of the colony, and trust you will givo them space in your valuable paper. ...

    Article : 1,693 words
  6. BREWERS AND THE LICENSING BENCH,

    Sir,—I can scarcely use the enclosed to better purpose than by forwarding it to you for publication in the columns of The Argus. For various reasons, perhaps you will kindly ...

    Article : 286 words
  7. SEPARATION OF RIVERINA.

    Sir,—A changa has come o'er the spirit of the dream—the victorian public do really almit and comprehend the importance of being the outlet of the interior of Australia; ...

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  8. SCRAPS OF EUROPEAN NEWS

    The last act of Said Pasha was perhaps the worst of his reign. France wasnts negroes, to be employed in Mexico, and asked him for some from Darfour. He actually ordered a ...

    Article : 1,390 words
  9. EXTRACTION OF GOLD FROM THE QUARTZ.

    Sir,—Would you kindly permit me a fa[?] observations upon Mr. Knight's letter concerning some experiment he is going to have made in England with a quarter of an ounce of fine ...

    Article : 490 words
  10. FLYING FOXES.

    Sir,—It may perhaps be interesting, and even useful (though not pleasant), to many to know that the large bats or " flying foxes, as they are commonly colled, have made their ...

    Article : 456 words
  11. THE GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION BILL.

    Sir,—I think there are few but will admit that it is by an extensive system of well-selected immigration that the colony must go a head and prosper. ...

    Article : 290 words
  12. THE RETAIL PRICE OF COLONIAL WINES.

    Sir,—Your correspondent "Colonist," in this day's Argus, complains that, with Australian wines at the wholesale price of 8s. per gallon, the lowest retail price within reach of the ...

    Article : 441 words
  13. CORONERS' INQUESTS.

    Sir,—For some time post our coroner has been attached to the Geelong Hospital as one of its honorary medical officers, and as one of its officers, according to Rule 24 of that ...

    Article : 232 words
  14. ST. FRANCIS'S CATHDRAL.

    Sir,—Will you kindly allow me, through the medium of your journal, to draw the attention of the authorities at St. Francis's Church to the extraordinary manner in ...

    Article : 259 words
  15. THE PROVIDENT INSTITUTE.

    Sir,—If evidence were wanting of the necessity of a tribunal of commerce in this colony, that is surely now supplied by the balance-sheet on the first plan of distribution of the ...

    Article : 196 words
  16. EASTER HOLIDAYS.

    Sir —As I return with fresh energy of mind and body after the exhilarating effects of so liberal a respite from the cares and anxieties of business, to follow my usual avocation. I ...

    Article : 163 words
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