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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    A burglary was committed, yesterday evening, on the premises of Mr Hambly, boot and shoo importer, Main road, and about £30 worth of goods were taken away. Fortunately, the robbery was immediately ...

    Article : 1,405 words
  3. WARRNAMBOOL.

    INCENDIARISM.—We regret to say that the crime of incendiarism appears just now to be very prevalent in this district. On Monday night some one set fire to 130 bushels of barley, belonging to Mr John ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. GIPPS LAND.

    At THE Bairnsdale police court, on the 8th inst., William Brown, mailman, was brought up, charged with abstracting cheques representing a Bum of £20 4s 1d, from a letter posted by Mr Thomas ...

    Article : 414 words
  5. GEELONG.

    THE following snake story is supplied by Monday's Geelong Advertiser:—"On Saturday afternoon, as a man named Hitchen was coming into town with a dray from a farm beyond the Duck ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. MARYBOROUGH.

    THE Talbot Leader reports the occurrence of some gross irregularities daring the late election of members for the Maryborough mining board. Our contemporary remarks—"Most of our readers are ...

    Article : 511 words
  7. CASTLEMAINE.

    AN OLD trick appears to have been again successfully played at Maldon. The Tarrengower Times says:—"Saturday evening last was enlivened by the performance of the Maldon brass band; but we ...

    Article : 228 words
  8. SCHNAPPER POINT.

    The pleasant village of Schnapper Point, usually so quiet, awoke from its lethargy one day last week, in order to celebrate with becoming festivities the opening of the now park, and the whole ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. DAYLESFORD.

    NOVEL KITE.—Among the other noticeable peculiarities of our Mongolian co-colonists is that of flying a kite of a novel description for their amusement. The kite is constructed of light bamboo and ...

    Article : 530 words
  10. BENDIGO.

    SPURIOUS GOLD.—A few small parcels of gold, mixed with spurious metal, have been, by Chinamen, attempted to be sold at some of the banks. In one instance, the rogues tried it on at one of the ...

    Article : 463 words
  11. THE OVENS.

    A CORRESPONDENT, writing us from Wangaratta, says:—"A meeting, convened by the mayor in compliance with a requisition emanating from the supporters of the Free Trade League was held at the ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. RIVERINA.

    THE following particulars of a melancholy suicide, which has been previously noticed in our telegraphic columns, are given by tho Deniliquin Chronicle of the 11th inst.:—"Last Sunday, a young man, ...

    Article : 750 words
  13. ORIGINAL POETRY.

    Know, womankind, of every tongue and nation, Who at all risks obeyed our high decree— List once again to our determination, The ultimatum of Imperial We. ...

    Article : 285 words
  14. KYNETON.

    SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL.—An important seizure was made on Tuesday night last by Mr Inspector Green and Sergeant Babbington, at Piper's Creek, between Glenhope and Laugley. In the ...

    Article : 517 words
  15. MAJORCA.

    A MOST accommodating interpreter was introduced to the notice of the bench, at the police court, Majorca, last week. One of tho witnesses in the case of assault, Dutton v. Stanley, being a ...

    Article : 164 words
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