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  2. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    The following notifications appeared in yesterday's Government Gazette:- APPOINTMENTS. Robert Bush, Esq., to be Acting Lieutenant ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE LOCK-UP.

    The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday, at the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel, on the body of Thomas Lawey, 45 years of age, a lunatic, who died somewhat suddenly in the Swanston-street ...

    Article : 683 words
  4. MINING INTELLIGENCE.

    Judging by the character of the intelligence received of late from the gold-fields, on these as elsewhere through the colony, the present dulness is only retrieved by the prospect of speedy ...

    Article : 2,899 words
  5. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1859.

    The vote of a majority of the Sydney Legislative Assembly against the separation of Moreton Bay from New South Wales seems to us frivolous, unjust, and ...

    Article : 5,641 words
  6. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

    Queensland is to have a responsible Government, and a nominated Upper House. The thermometer was over 90 in the shade to-day, and there has been one death from ...

    Article : 204 words
  7. MELBOURNE AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY.

    Sir,—I beg to call the attention of the above company to the advisability of their having a terminus in Hawhorne more central than the proposed site, as it vould not only be a great deal ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. PHONOGRAPHY.

    Sir,—Your correspondent. " A Phonographer," shows his total ignorance of the subject of his letter in The Argus this morning. I have to state, in reply, that ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

    There was a wet blanket over all the proceedings at the Union last night. In vain did bookmakers offer the most tempting odds upon forth-coming events. Hardly a nibble was to be got. ...

    Article : 490 words
  10. PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM CASTLEMAINE.

    Referring to the proposed railway from Castlemaine to Maryborough, Dunolly, and Amherst, the Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser, after noticing the opposition to the scheme experienced ...

    Article : 513 words
  11. THE CALEDONIAN BALL.

    Sir,—Although by no means satisfied that you will give insertion to this, I am still constrained to make the attempt, as I believe the following suggestion, if acted on, will not only prevent a ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. SNAKES.

    Sir,—I perceive from the repeated annouucements in your paper that snakes are becoming very numerous, and that, as we are apparently to have a very hot summer, fatal accidents may be ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY RAILWAY COMPANY.

    Sir,—I am truly sorry for your correspondent "Merchant," who has thrice sought, through the medium of your columns, for "illumination" on the traffic returns of the Melbourne and ...

    Article : 501 words
  14. THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    The General Annual Pass Examination will commence on the 16th of November. The names of all candidates, with the subjects which they propose to offer, must be furnished to the ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. A NUT FOR SCIENTIFIC CRACKERS.

    Sir,—The enclosed slip, cut from a recent Dundee paper, I have taken the liberty to forward to you, in the hope that it may induce a suggestion from Professor Neumayer, or some ...

    Article : 486 words
  16. PUBLIC BATHS.

    Sir,—The great importance in every respect of the above subject must be my excuse for requesting space in your columns to throw out one or two suggestions. ...

    Article : 231 words
  17. THE EVELYN QUARTZ-CRUSHING AND MINING COMPANY.

    Sir,—I have observed latterly two letters in your paper in reference to this neighbourhood, and in connection with the company named above; one is written by "Inquirer," the other, ...

    Article : 347 words
  18. THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

    Sir,—Seeing a paragraph in your issue of to-day, concerning the detection of the Chief Inspector of the Dead Letter Office, charged with abstracting certain notes from a ...

    Article : 157 words
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