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  2. MORETON BAY.

    ALTHOUGH a vast majority of the intellect and wealth of the Northern Districts has long since been ranked under the banner of Separation, an occasional doubt intrudes into weakly minds, and long silence upon the ...

    Article : 1,807 words
  3. MANEROO ELECTION.

    TUESDAY, the 4th instant, being the day fixed for the election of a member for the district of Maneroo in the place of Mr. A. Jeffreys, about one hundred person assembled in front of the Court House at Cooma, at noon. ...

    Article : 2,020 words
  4. DRINKING HABITS.

    SIR,—We are all the creatures of habit, and hence the advice of the wisest of men, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." The chief misfortune consequent ...

    Article : 901 words
  5. THE LATE MR. BAILLIE'S WILL.

    SIR,—In a report of the proceedings of the annual Synod of the Presbyterian Church, published in your issue of Friday, a paragraph appears most gratuitously and deeply offensive to a large proportion of the ...

    Article : 560 words
  6. WHY ALL THIS WASTE OF POWDER?

    SIR,—I wish some means could be devised to prevent the skippers of the steamers that run between this port and Melbourne from annoying the community, by blazing away in the middle of the night, to ...

    Article : 205 words
  7. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TOUR.

    On Monday last, at ten o'clock A.M., His Excellency the Governor-General crossed the river at Kangaroo Point, and left town on horseback, for Ipswich, accompanied by his Private Secretary, Captain ...

    Article : 1,907 words
  8. "CEASE FIRING, BOYS—CEASE FIRING!"

    SIR,—I should take it as a personal favour, and I am aware it would be considered a general one, if you would endeavour by your powerful pen to put a stop to the practice now prevailing in the coasting steamers ...

    Article : 192 words
  9. POSTAGES.

    SIR,—I beg leave to inform you that the recent Postage Act passed by the Legislative Council of Victoria upsets the whole of the postal arrangements between this and that colony. See 14th clause, 15th Victoria, ...

    Article : 269 words
  10. OUR DEFENCES.

    SIR,—It is of course an inestimable boon to have the privilege of discussing through the medium of the press, any subject of sufficient importance—such as that with which your correspondents seek to enlighten ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  11. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

    SOME large sales were effected to-day by Messrs. W. Dean and Co. In the first place, about 10,000 packages of oilmen's stores realised the following prices:—Glazed starch, in halves and ...

    Article : 788 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN ESSAYISTS.

    SIR,—Allow me to suggest to some of our wealthy merchants and gentlemen, who can casily spare small sums, a useful way of applying it. The universities of Britain often offer prizes for the ...

    Article : 429 words
  13. CITY LAMPS.

    SIR,—You will oblige me by informing me, and a number of interested citizens, the cause of the removal of a gas lamp from adjoining the timber yard of Messrs. Duffy and Mitchell, at the Market Wharf, the same ...

    Article : 114 words
  14. GOVERNESSES.

    SIR,—A lady advertises for a governess to educate two young ladies, for £30 a year! and to this important duty it is hinted that some assistance in the domestic management will be required of her. I wonder what ...

    Article : 112 words
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