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  2. A Nice Look-out for Servants.

    SOMEBODY who must have more money than he or she knows very well what to do with has inserted the following advertisements in Tuesday’s Argus:—“Wanted, from 10 till 4 daily, LADY for School. Good pianist. Salary, £26 per annum. Apply T. T., office of this ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. Gee Oh Dobbyn!

    IN the distribution of the reward due to those who have put an end to Mr. Bushranger MORGAN’S highly successful career, a very censurable neglect appears to have been shown to that valiant official, Dr. DOBBYN, Coroner of Wangaratta, who, in the most intrepid ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. An Old Machine.

    THE Maryborough Advertiser speaks ecstatically of a hay-pressing machine, and commends the inventor for designing an apparatus different from those generally in use. A young lady of our acquaintance that she could point out a pressing machine which differs not at ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. Erratum.

    MY wife got violently inebriated. She beat me over the head with a broomstick, smashed the furniture, broke all the crockery, and damaged the entire wardrobe of the establishment. I sought redress of the authorities, who granted it in the usual way, and the ...

    Article : 77 words
  6. Something Appropriate.

    A BACHELOR friend of ours, struck with the highly appropriate nature of the prizes awarded to the successful babies, as, for example, doll to a pair of male twins, and a knickerbocker suit to a young lady-baby, intends presenting, on the next occasion, the following ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. Queries.

    RUSTIC.—Can a raw countryman be ever well dressed? COMMERCIAL.—Are not cooked accounts often over done? TEMPERANCE.—Should a teetotaller own a horse groggy on[?]his fore legs? ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. Interesting Biography.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 51 words
  9. Mems. by a Road Contractor.

    THE best “cutting” and “filling” take place at the “Café de Paris.” The most unsatisfactory “contractor ” is the man that strikes off the “ extras ” from an account. It is often “ hard ” to “ tender ” for a tough job. ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. A Scene in New South Wales.

    BEN HALL reads the account of his arrest at Wangaratta. He has doubled the police so long that at last they think they have captured baa double. ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. No Wonder.

    SIR CHARLES DARLING has declined to be present at the Echuca railway festivities. He thinks that sixteen hours travelling in one day is more than should be expected even of a Governor. ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. Explanation Requested.

    WANTED, some one of ordinary capacity to write out the advertisements for the Railway department; and also some gifted individual to explain the real meaning of those recently published in reference to excursion trains. ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. The Inn-experienced Member.

    THERE is a retired publican in the House, who is noted for his halfand-half measures. ...

    Article : 20 words
  14. Making Her too Cheap.

    A MR. PRICE speaks of his wife as his better half.—Does he mean that the lady is only half-PRICE ? ...

    Article : 24 words
  15. Toby’s Last.

    WHEN is Mr. PUNCH most sagacious ?—When he has his “wits” about him. ...

    Article : 15 words
  16. A Left Hander.

    WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT.—If so, how about the left hand. THE HEIGHT OF LASSITUDE.—A “tired” wheel. “ WHEEL AWA,” as the Scotsman said when he took the linchpin out. ...

    Article : 71 words
  17. Diabolical Act.

    SOME miscreants belonging to the Philharmonic Society have been making use of Mr. BARRY SULLIVAN’S name. It is stated that they put his name to a hill, and that lie has given them a check for so doing. We deeply sympathise-with; the injured gentleman. ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. Not Seaworthy.

    A SAILOR with a bad cold is often a ho(a)rse marine. NOT A PLEASANT BEDROOM.—The Chamber of Horrors. TO BE FOUND EVEN IN A COMMON SCHOOL,—A “drawing room.” ...

    Article : 30 words
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