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  2. Victoria.

    An iron twin-screw hopper barge for harbor purposes at Geelong is to be made within the colony. It will take up 500 tons an hour, steam six miles an hour with 1,200 tons and will cost £47,700. She will be built by Foreman & Co., of Yarra ...

    Article : 535 words
  3. South Africa.

    The heat at Graaff-Reinet has been very great, 104 degrees in the shade being registered.--A sign of the times at Kimberley is the opening in Main-street of a veritable pawnbroker's shop. The proprietors will do well, doubtless.--Scotty ...

    Article : 82 words
  4. New Zealand.

    The first sod of the North Trunk Railway was turned by Wahanui on April 16.--At Auckland on April 18, a sailor named McElrie, attempted to shoot a man named Stewart, and then fled into the bush. The police endeavoured to ...

    Article : 96 words
  5. AFGHAN BOUNDARY LINE MAP.

    We give, on this page, a small map on which is indicated the suggested boundary lines over which Russia is not to pass in the direction of British India. Some months ago it was understood that an agreement had been arrived at between ...

    Article : 212 words
  6. THE RUSSIAN APPROACH TO INDIA.

    Ever since Peter the Great, in 1723, wrested the Southern Provinces of the Eastern Caspian from Persia, Russia has been steadily advancing eastwards with unwavering consistency, first conquering, then "protecting," and finally annexing the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,276 words
  7. Queensland.

    A dispute exists between the operative painters an d decorators and their employers. The men have formed a Union, and the employers object to some of its rules, especially that relating to payment for overtime. A strike is imminent. ...

    Article : 567 words
  8. THE SUNDOWNER.

    The Sundowner is of the genus loafer and of the order tramp. He is indigenous, or at least peculiar to the bush, and may generally be recognised by his habits and integuments. Our artist has happily in his sketch portrayed the typical ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 587 words
  9. Western Australia.

    Joseph Shaw, law clerk, sentenced to 10 years and hard labour for embezzlement.--The barque Ousuri arrived on April 6 with material for extending the Jarrahdale Company's line towards Albany. The road and the saw mills are in full ...

    Article : 413 words
  10. EASTER HOLIDAYS--HOW WE SPENT THEM.

    A large percentage of people spend their Easter Holidays in the country or at the seaside, and thus we have in our sketch a series of views explanatory of their reasons for doing so. In the first place we have a couple of students of nature-- ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 373 words
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