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  2. VOICE FROM GEELONG.

    Sir,—In the time of old Esop-I suppose before, but assuredly ever since—any man who shall honestly endeavour to please everybody will please nobody, and therefore it would appear that ...

    Article : 1,106 words
  3. A BILL INTITULED AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO ALIENS.

    Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council, of Victoria, in this present Parliament ...

    Article : 751 words
  4. BIRDS.

    Gentlemen,—As the three principal branches of the great army of those whose privileges it is to instruct and guide the children of men into the ways of truth, and whose influence is ...

    Article : 600 words
  5. GOVERNMENT RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

    Sir,—Being a sheep-dealer, and desirous of sending some sheep by railway from here to Melbourne, I made inquiry as regards the charges, and found the rates were so excessive ...

    Article : 310 words
  6. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

    While the army advances from victory to victory, we may pause and look for a moment across the water at the condition of affairs in Europe, and the view which is there taken of our ...

    Article : 1,857 words
  7. SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG'S NEW GUN AT THE EXHIBITION.

    We referred, in our last notice of the contents of the Naval and Military Court, to the new gun shown by Sir William Armstrong in this class. It is a rifled breech-loading 70-pounder, but ...

    Article : 1,873 words
  8. WET OELLARS.

    Sir,—I am one of the many in this place who have a damp, or rather, I should say, a wet, cellar, under my house, and I pray you to assist me. ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. YAN YEAN FOR MOTIVE POWER.

    Sir,—Your excellent leader in this morning's issue has been anticipated for some time, and I fully agree with you that "not merely for house-held use, but for motive and manufacturing ...

    Article : 365 words
  10. THE NEW LUNATIC ASYLUM.

    Sir,—As you justly remark in your leading article of this day, there must be a new lunatic asylum on another and more fitting site. I would beg to suggest that a more desirable spot for the ...

    Article : 164 words
  11. MUNICIPAL BODIES.

    Sir,—Elections to the office of mayor in our older corporations, and of chairmen of municipal conncils, seem frequently to create unseemly strife, and tend to weaken the influence which ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  12. KEROSENE.

    Sir,—You have already devoted much space to the above subject; but as it involves important considerations to the public, I venture to hand you copy of a notice issued by the head ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. ROAD FROM FRANKSTON TO CRAN-BOURNE.

    Sir,—The formation of roads and bridges being an object of primary consideration for the prosperity and improvement of the colony, which the present wet season so strongly urges on the ...

    Article : 265 words
  14. THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

    Sir,—I did not expect that Messrs. Burstall and Campbell, of all others, would approve of my [?]trictures on their scheme, They have quietly [?] their understandings again the invasion ...

    Article : 897 words
  15. VINEGROWING.

    Sir,—As this is about the time for planting vine-cuttings in this colony, it may not be uni[?] teresting to such of your readers as are investing their capital in cultivating the vine to learn a ...

    Article : 421 words
  16. WHALING.

    Sir,—It is impossible to read of the cruise of the Waterwitch, in her last successful voyage, without wishing we had several Waterwitches out of the port of Melbourne. What vessel that has ...

    Article : 741 words
  17. EVENING SCHOOLS.

    Sir—A letter appears in your issue of this morning, signed "Thomas Boardman," advocating the necessity of establishing evening schools, and proposing a set of rules for the ...

    Article : 661 words
  18. CARLTON-GARDENS.

    Sir,—Will you allow me, as a resident of Carlton, and as representing the feelings of the inhabitants generally, to protest against the arbitrary and ridiculous System of locking the ...

    Article : 308 words
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