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Article : 1,529 wordsAt the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Geelong Gas Company, held at the Mechanics' Institution, in the town of Geelong, on Friday, the 24th day of August, 1860, convened ...
Article : 2,140 wordsIMPORTS.—The following are the quotations for the principal articles of consumption:—Flour, Tasmanian, £17 to £18; Adelaide, £18; Victorian, £18; wheat, 7s 6d; sacks, 12s. per dozen; woolpacks, 8s. 9d. ...
Article : 1,086 wordsSir,—That the Land Bill is almost in every point of view a nuisance, will not, I think, bo denied; that it is so, I will attompt to show is merely the result of making the settlement of the ...
Article : 1,160 wordsThe inquiry on the body of the man found at the "White Hills some days since was resumed yesterday afternoon, at the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel. A large number of Chinese were present ...
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Article : 159 wordsSir,—Will you permit mo, through the medium of your journal, to expose the nefarious and cruel system of "truck" on the Government Works, notwithstanding the clause inserted for ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 27 Aug 1860, Page 7
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