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  2. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1861.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. ROLFE postponed his motion on the subject of the waste lands of the colony. Mr. A'BECKETT moved the second reading of ...

    Article : 5,309 words
  3. STATE AID AND MARYBOROUGH.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 6th instant I was very much astonished at reading the statement made by the Hon. Mr. Rolfe in the House, when speaking on state aid to religion, wherein he ...

    Article : 436 words
  4. WHAT DO THEY MEAN

    Sir,—I have been but a few weeks in the colony, and naturally wish to see everything that can be seen in this wonderful city. So I asked Tom to take me on Saturday to see the statues in ...

    Article : 320 words
  5. DEFACED COIN.

    Sir,—With your kind permission I would beg to call the attention of the trading public to the quantity of defaced silver coin tendered in this country. I occupy a situation where I ...

    Article : 228 words
  6. GEELONG.

    A singular and most remarkable instance of the utter uselessness of municipal bodies as being what they profess to be—the representatives of the people—occurred at the Town Council meeting ...

    Article : 250 words
  7. VITAL STATISTICS OF MELBOURNE. AND SUBURBS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,769 words
  8. THE GAZETTE.

    The following announcements appeared in the Gazette of yesterday and supplements:— LEVEE. His Excellency the Governor will hold a levee ...

    Article : 264 words
  9. BISHOP PERRY AND THE DEAD.

    Sir,—You remember how indignantly Mr. A'Beckett repelled the idea that Bishop Perry had been consulted about, or desired, tho introduction of any penal law on the subject of burials. ...

    Article : 369 words
  10. CHEAP AND SURE TITLES TO LAND.

    Sir,—It appears never to have occurred to the advocates of cheap conveyancing, that the most effective method of accomplishing their object would be to abolish the registration of deeds. ...

    Article : 1,307 words
  11. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    1. Mr. Humffray: To move— That this House will, to-morrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider the following resolutions:— ...

    Article : 273 words
  12. BANKRUPTS AND INSOLVENTS.

    Sir,—Can it be right that clerks in the permanent receipt of a tolerable salary should be allowed to get clear of all their debts by simply an expense of some £10 or £15 to an attorney ...

    Article : 344 words
  13. CROWN LANDS.

    Sir, —Will you permit me to make a remark or two as to how I consider we ought to settle the land question, which appears to me to be about as far from having been solved as ever. The ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  14. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WASTE LANDS.

    The select committee to whom were referred the resolutions on the waste lands of the colony, have the honour to report as follows:— Whereas, the present system for the ...

    Article : 775 words
  15. SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.

    Sir,—Visiting the Public Library last night, I took down a volume of the British Association Reports for the year 1855, reading again a paper by the Chevalier Claussen on his researches ...

    Article : 659 words
  16. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 332 words
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