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  2. THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.

    A specially convened meeting of the University Council was held yesterday afternoon; the Chancellor (Bishop Moorhouse) presiding. The Vice-Chancellor (Dr. A. C. Brownless), Dr. ...

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  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Colonial Secretary has decided to destroy the vineyards infected by phylloxera at Camden, and to grant compensation to the proprietors on the basis of a year's profits, ...

    Article : 208 words
  4. A HEAVY PENALTY.

    At the Essendon court yesterday Mr. George Parsons, an ex mayor of the borough, was fined £5 for failing to comply with an order of the local Board of Health, directing him to ...

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  5. SPORTING NOTES.

    Our Warrnambool correspondent telegraphs that the annual election of officers for the Warrnambool Racing Club was held on Saturday evening. Mr. E. D. Evans was re-elected president, and Mr. Hugh Murray was ...

    Article : 168 words
  6. THE MOSES MONTEFIORE MEMORIAL.

    A public meeting was held last evening in the supper room of the Melbourne Town Hall for the purpose of adopting measures to perpetuate the memory of Sir Moses Montefiore. The ...

    Article : 699 words
  7. THE SOUDAN REBELLION.

    The following is an extract from a letter dated As[?]ouan, 2nd November :--"The Mahdi's death, instead of decreasing his prestige, has increased it. His tomb has become ...

    Article : 620 words
  8. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The School of Mines' authorities have just received an extra £1000 from the Government for the building fund and towards defraying the cost of new apparatus. ...

    Article : 181 words
  9. CHRISTMAS PUBLICATIONS.

    We have received from Messrs. Blackie and Sons, of London and Edinburgh, through their Melbourne representative, Mr. S. Mullen, a selection of their books for young people, ...

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  10. FITZROY LICENSING COURT.

    It was reported in The Age of the 8th inst. that at the annual licensing meeting for the city of Filzroy, held on the day previous, the applications of Clifford Garth for a renewal of ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. GEELONG RACING CLUB.

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  12. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    A welcome change occurred in the weather on Saturday evening, when a thunderstorm broke over the town. Intermittent showers afterwards fell throughout the night. During ...

    Article : 239 words
  13. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Only two of the eighty circulars some time ago despatched by the destitute board to various district councils and local bodies, asking whether work was available in their respective ...

    Article : 325 words
  14. MINING MEETING.

    Christmas Reef, Yandoit.--A special meeting of the company was held on Thursday last, when the directors reported that this month's [?]ll will place the company out of debt, with the present winding and pumping ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. MINING NOTES.

    Cornish, Daylesford. 19th Dec.--[?]umed work again in main and north this week, and have driven 8 feet. Have been engaged principally in driving east and opening out on the shoat, which is a strong healthy looking ...

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  16. CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES.

    A carrier named Martin Ryan was arrested yesterday by Sergeant Mahony, for uttering a valueless cheque for £6 on the Bank of Victoria, Lancefield, to Patrick Fitzgerald Ryan, ...

    Article : 378 words
  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sailed.--4 p.m.: Tarawera, s., for Melbourne [?]ia Hobart. BLUFF HARBOR, MONDAY. Arrived.--5 a.m.: To Auau, s., from ...

    Article : 32 words
  18. GOOD TEMPLARY.

    A public meeting for the advocacy of the principles of total ab[?]nence, under the [?]pices of the Good inten[?] Lodge, No. 4. I.O.G.T., was held in the Temperance Hall, Napier-street, South Melbourne, last ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. THE GEELONG TANNERIES AND THE EIGHT HOURS SYSTEM.

    The employés of the tanners and carriers in this district, and who are members of the union, decided on Saturday night not to work on and after the first Monday in next month, unless ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. INSOLVENCY COURT.

    (Before Mr. C. P. Williams, Chief Clerk.) General meetings were held and closed in the following estates:--Win. George Hadlow, of Fitzroy, contractor ; James O'Sullivan, of ...

    Article : 106 words
  21. THE CORPORATION LABORERS

    SIR,--Knowing that your columns are always open for the ventilation of a working man's a grievance, we, the members of the Corporation Laborers' Union, beg space in which to thank ...

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  22. MOONEE VALLEY RACES.

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  23. DISCOVERY OF A DEAD BODY.

    The body of a man has been found hanging to a sapling at the foot of Kelly's Hill, about 150 yards from the Yarra track. It is supposed to have been hanging there about three or four ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. POLICE NEWS.

    At the City Court yesterday there were seventy-seven charges dealt with by the Bench, over which Mr. Call, P.M., presided. William Howard, a young man, was charged with ...

    Article : 849 words
  25. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the council of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society was held yesterday at the office, 69 Temple-court. There were present--Messrs. Robert Simson ...

    Article : 216 words
  26. SEVERE FLOODS IN THE CHARLTON DISTRICT.

    Thunderstorms, accompanied by a rainfall, unprecedented during the past twelve years, passed over the Woosang district and southern portion of Wychitella since Thursday last. ...

    Article : 198 words
  27. THE ALFRED HOSPITAL.

    The usual weekly meeting of the committee of the Alfred Hospital was held on Friday afternoon. Present--Mr. D. Benjamin (in the chair), J. Blyth, J. H. Flack and T. Alston. ...

    Article : 202 words
  28. SMEATON TURF CLUB.

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  29. TASMANIAN SUMMER SEASON.

    SIR,--My attention has just been directed to a letter under the above heading, which appears in your influential and widely circulated paper of the 28th ult., signed "One Who Has Just ...

    Article : 655 words
  30. THE COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION.

    SIR.--I was greatly surprised at reading in your issue of to-day that both the Orient and P. and O. Companies have decided that they will not reduce the passage money to England ...

    Article : 171 words
  31. ANOTHER HINT FOR THE V. RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    SIR,--Would it not be both prudent and right for the Rifle Association to clearly explain the Martin episode, as there was a considerable number of spectators who saw the mark of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. BENALLA RACES.

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  33. THE KILMORE SHIRE COUNCIL.

    An adjourned meeting of the council was held this afternoon, when, in addition to some other business, the matter of the telegram in last Tuesday's Age was referred to, wherein Cr. ...

    Article : 249 words
  34. ROYAL PARK AND CLIFTON HILL LINE.

    SIR,--The conditions of this contract as to time of completion nominates the 31st day of December, 1877, as the day the line shall be open for traffic. This, I think, is not a ...

    Article : 225 words
  35. WHERE ARE OUR PUBLIC SANITARY CONVENIENCES.

    SIR.--"Where are our public urinals?" Certainly not in the public thoroughfares, cross roads, or principal streets, where they might be seen by the stranger visiting our large city, as ...

    Article : 383 words
  36. CRICKET.

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  38. NORTH MELBOURNE AND CARLTON BUILDING SOCIETY.

    The half yearly meeting of the North Melbourne and Carlton Building and Investment Society was held yesterday, the president, Ald. T. O'Grady, J.P., in the chair. The report ...

    Article : 139 words
  39. SCRIPTURE LESSONS IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    SIR,--Some days ago a petition from the inhabitants of Warrnambool, praying Parliament to give effect to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Education, was presented, ...

    Article : 277 words
  40. BOWLING

    The Hawthorn club, in answer to an invitation from the Geelong club, on Saturday [?]nt down a team to play the latter on their green. The trip on the Excel[?]or was a welcome respite from the intense heat ...

    Article : 183 words
  41. THE NEW COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

    SIR,--The Education department has invited teachers to study the subjects of the new course of instruction, in order to make lessons thereon a success. A large amount of extra ...

    Article : 231 words
  42. NEW INSOLVENT.

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  43. CYCLING.

    The Norma[?]by have a moonlight run to Alphington to-night. ...

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