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  3. SNAP SHOTS.

    The story goes that a teller at a certain bank, upon a local lady presenting a cheque for payment, said, "Madam, you will have to bring someone to introduce ...

    Article : 2,359 words
  4. MELBOURNE GOSSIP.

    At last we have the text of Mr. Murray's Lunacy Reform Bill. All sorts of things are promised therein, but how many will be given effect to remains to be seen. One ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. EARLY NEWCASTLE.

    The following tenders for the conveyance of mails have been accepted by the Postmaster-General:—Newcastle and Stockton, six or more times a week, A. ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. A RACING SCANDAL.

    There is an ugly story afloat in racing circles with regard to an event that took place recently on one of our most prominent racecourses. It is gossiped that the ...

    Article : 182 words
  7. FACTORIES BILL.

    At the time of writing it does not look at all possible that the Factories Bill will reach the Legislative Council this week, end perhaps not next. The ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. CHALLENGE.

    We Martin Jordan and James M'Lean, do hereby challenge Michael O'Brien and Edward Beeson to row a match for £25 or £50 a side, in the same boats as used in ...

    Article : 1,370 words
  9. TROUBLED STATE WATERS.

    The gossip of the lobbys is that the State Cabinet waters have been sorely troubled during the last day or two. For one thing, there is a rare to do over the ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. NEWCASTLE SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    A LECTURE, in aid of the abovenamed institution, will be delivered in the City Hall, on Tuesday evening. November 16, 1869, at 7.30, by H. J. Brown, Esq. Subject: ...

    Article : 810 words
  11. CHINESE WORKERS HAVE "DARP KONGED."

    In other words the Chinese furniture-makers have gone on strike. How funny it sounds after all the talk we have heard of "European workmen being ruined by ...

    Article : 188 words
  12. THE PREMIER AND THE REFORM LEAGUE.

    Another stormy scene was that between Mr. Irvine and Mr. G. S. Dean, secretary of the Citizens' Reform League. This arose over the Government's support of ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. THE FITNESS OF THINGS.

    It is on record somewhere that a man once sit fire to his own haystack because he wanted to fry his seak and boil his billy. He plainly had no sense of ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. RETRENCHMENT WITH A VENGEANCE.

    Members of the Assembly are feeling the retrenchment pinch keenly. The order has gone forth that no more bound Acts of Parliament are to be posted to ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. AN ARISTOCRATIC CLUB.

    I have previously written that a "swell" ladles' club was being formed in Melbourne on similar lines to those so popular in London at the present time. The ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. YOUTHFUL CIGARETTE SMOKERS.

    People are beginning to ask whether an endeavour should not be made to put some check on the excessive cigarette smoking that has become the habit of so many of ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. A RESPECTED VETERAN.

    There are few people, at all events of the elder generation, who are not either acquainted with Mr. George Coppin, or know of him. One of our earliest ...

    Article : 177 words
  18. A NEW CONFIDENCE TRICK.

    The Detective Deportment has had its attention called to a neat little confidence trick that has been successfully played more than once in Melbourne lately. A ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. NEWCASTLE VITAL STATISTICS.

    The Government Statistician's report on the vital statistics of Newcastle district for the month of September, and for the quarter ended 30th September, ...

    Article : 205 words
  20. STRANGE FATAL COINCIDENCES.

    I use the word coincidences in the absence of any other explanation. Some time since a young girl was knocked down by a tradesman's cart, and so dreadfully ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. PROTECTION OF HORSES.

    The police who have charge of the traffic in our streets have received special instructions with regard to the examination of horses. Over and over again ...

    Article : 156 words
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