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  2. A VISIT TO THE NEW GENERAL POSTOFFICE.

    It is about 18 months since desolation first marked the greater part of the site of the old Post-office for its own, and the fancy of the public having been tickled with Mr. Johnson's ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  3. DEATHS IN EAST COLLINGWOOD.

    Sir,—Your loading article to-day must have grieved every inhabitant of this district, especially backed up by the melancholy fact of the death of these young ladles. That the evils you mention ...

    Article : 780 words
  4. THE HISTORY OF A QUARTZ CLAIM.

    To write the history of a quartz claim from the time that the searching eye of son[?]e wandering miner first sees the lode cropping out on the su[?]face to the hour when good dividends have ...

    Article : 1,850 words
  5. THE GAZETTE.

    The following notifications appeared in the Gazette of yesterday, or supplements to the Gazette of Saturday:— MUNICIPALITY OF KEW. ...

    Article : 1,333 words
  6. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1861.

    It is impossible to deny that one of the ugliest features in our present political condition is a tendency to exchange the conflict of principles for a ...

    Article : 4,277 words
  7. AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

    The amount of business transacted during the last few days has not been large, and the markets are without alteration. Flour is in fair demand, and prices, are steady. The prices ...

    Article : 1,475 words
  8. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    1. Mr. Lyall: To ask the hon. the Commissioner of Railways— (1) Is he attorney for Mr. Williams, the contractor for the supply of carriages to the Government ...

    Article : 788 words
  9. THE CIVIL SERVICE IN VICTORIA.

    Sir,—A great deal has been said and written at different times about the enormous cost of the civil service in this colony; but I think it is frequently forgotten that a number of expenses are ...

    Article : 1,050 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—You deserve the sincere thanks of the inhabitants of Collingwood Flat for your article this morning. Your remarks are true to the letter, but not sufficiently strong, for, with the ...

    Article : 978 words
  11. WINDING THE OLD YEAR OUT.

    Sir,—I am induced to believe you will kindly notice the fact in The Argus, that three of the writer's children agreed to celebrate the departure of the old year and the advent of the new ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. PRECIOUS STONES.

    Sir,—The calculation of your correspondent "J. C. Lyons," in your paper of yesterday, being incomplete, produces a wrong result, and is likely to lead Home into error. The specific ...

    Article : 474 words
  13. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

    The Caledonian Gathering passed off with great success. The grand stand was crowded yesterday, and very full to-day. About 8,000 were present yesterday, and 4,000 or 5,000 to-day, fully ...

    Article : 298 words
  14. CHILDREN AND HYDROPATHY.

    Sir,—I read with much pleasure an article on the above, signed "T. A. M.," in The Argus of Friday last; and, from the benefit I have derived myself, and also my family, from the water cure ...

    Article : 259 words
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