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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The monthly fair was held yesterday, when a great deal of stock was disposed of at satisfactory prices. LAKES ENTRANCE, SATURDAY. ...

    Article : 857 words
  3. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

    Mr. R. L. Tooth has decided to run his own greyhound, Teviotdale, instead of Mr. Cooper's Captivity, as was at first arranged. There o was no [?] at the clubs on ...

    Article : 62 words
  4. MEETING OF THE LODDON WATER TRUST.

    The monthly meeting of the Loddon United Water Trust was held yesterday at the Serpentine. An amount of £787 10s. 2d. was passed for payment to the Korong Shire ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. DEATH OF A MUSICIAN.

    Mr. Charles S Packer, R.A.M., one of the most accomplished musicians in Australia, died on Friday, at his residence, Woollahra, at the age of 73. When very young he ...

    Article : 168 words
  6. INTERCOLONIA TELEGRAMS.

    The Hon. G. H. Reid, Minister of Public Instruction, paid an official visit yesterday to the girls' industrial school at Biloela, He was accompanied by Dr. Tarrant, M.L.A., ...

    Article : 350 words
  7. SHOOTING.

    The usual weekly shooting on Saturday afternoon was well attended, several members from Sydney, who are here for the Intercolonial Match and the Waterloo Coursing Meeting, taking part in the seventh ...

    Article : 411 words
  8. COBURG AND EAST BOURKE CLUB.

    Mr. F. W. Rolland has been elected to represent this club at the meeting of the National Coursing Club to-morrow. The membership-roll now numbers over50. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. FOOTBALL.

    The meeting between these clubs on Saturday, on the East Melbourne Cricket ground, brought about one of the most exciting matches played this season. The day was ...

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  10. ECHUCA COURDING CLUB.

    The following is the result of the coursing for the ECHUCA STAKES. First Ties. ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT LAMBTON.

    A large fire occurred at Lambton yesterday afternoon, the premises of Mr. John Hughes, wine and cordial seller, and Mr. David Thoms, draper, in Elder-street, being burned ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. FOX-TKIUUER COUHSING.

    A coursing meeting in connexion with the Corio Fox-terrier Club was held at Gleelong On Saturday afternoon'. There was a very large, attendance of spectators, and the ...

    Article : 309 words
  13. RESCUE OF NATIVES AT SEA.

    The brig John Wesley returned to port yesterday, after cruising anmongst the South Sea Islands for a period of live mouths. During her cruise she picked up a boat containing ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. VICTORIA V. NEW SOUTH WALES, FOR £1,000.

    An important match at pigeons takes place to-day, at the Melbourne Gun Club's grounds, North Brighton, between a team of ten men representing New South Wales and the name number of Vicotrias. ...

    Article : 201 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The s.s. Sornta arrived from Melbourne yesterday morning, after an exccedingly rough passage. One man was washed overboard, another had two legs broken, and a ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. POLICE INTELLIGENGE.

    At the Williamstown Court on Saturday an elderly man, named Thomas Thorpe, was committed to the Kew Asylum on the evidence of Drs. Figg and Goldie, who testified ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The latest news from Kimberlcy is most favourable, sheep, horses, and cattle being in excellent condition, and the Rettlcrs in good spirits. The surveyor-general reports ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. LACROSSE.

    A meeting of the Victorian Lacrosse Association was held at the Melbourne Athommuu on Friday hat, Mr. L. h. Mount, one of tho vico-presidents, occupylug the chair. Among the correspondence read by ...

    Article : 704 words
  19. COUNTRY WHEAT MARKETS.

    In the grain market quotations remain the same as last week. Nothing has been offering, and no transactions have transpired. ...

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  20. VACCINATION AT THE MODEL FARM.

    Sir,—As my name has been liberally used in connexion with the vaccine animal lymph depot at the Model Farm, I trust you will pardon me for troubling you with this letter, ...

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  21. BRIDGET.

    Sir,—Many letters have appeared in The Argus lately on the domestic servant question, and no sufficient reply has yet been given to account for the great disinclination of ...

    Article : 1,106 words
  22. CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES.

    On Wednesday last, a man named Joseph Holmes, in the employ of Mr. Bonham, contractor, Richmond, had a very narrow escape from serious if not fatal injury. He ...

    Article : 964 words
  23. THE SOUTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL TEAM IN SYDNEY.

    The final match played by the South Melbourne football team in Sydney took place yesterday afternoon on the Association ground, when they met a team ...

    Article : 348 words
  24. CARLTON V. PORT ADELAIDE.

    The Port Adelaide team on Saturday played the Carlton, on the South Melbourne ground, the match being the last engagement of the visitors' Victorian tour. The ...

    Article : 981 words
  25. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    The following stock passed during the week via Hutchison Luke and the Main-road, for Melbourne:—322 fat bullocks, owner Mr. E. J. Stevens Chatsworth (Mr. Chapman in ...

    Article : 113 words
  26. BICYCLING.

    The annual contesta for the gold medals of the Victoria club took place on Saturday, on the Warehousemen's Cricket-ground, and attracted a large number of wheelmen and the yeneral public, there ...

    Article : 110 words
  27. HUNTING.

    One of the best runs the Melbourne Hounds have had from the Wenibee-pnrk for several seasons past took place on Saturday. A special train left Melbourne at 20 minutes ...

    Article : 713 words
  28. HURLING.

    The return match between the Emernald-hill and Hotham Hurling Clubs was played on Saturday in Albert-park. After two hours' excellent play, the former won the match by one goal to nil, M. ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. LAWN TENNIS.

    Melbourne v. Bohemians.—This match was played on Saturday on the Melbourne courts, and was won by Melbourne by 30 games to 16. On the lower court Messrs. Italelgh and Smltli (Melbourne) beat Mesars. ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. AN OLD MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER.

    An old man named John Fraipoint was arraigned at the Assizes yesterday afternoon for the murder of a man named Thomas Childs, at Spring Mount, near ...

    Article : 159 words
  31. SPORTING TELEGRAMS.

    It has been desided to shoot a pigeon handicap during the week following the Raundwick spring meeting for 200 sovereigns and a sweepstake of 300. The first prize ...

    Article : 282 words
  32. A WARNING TO THE BENEVOLENT.

    Sir,—I hear that some unprincipled person has collected money without authority on behalf of the Young Women's Christian Association for the Female Factory ...

    Article : 142 words
  33. SANDHURST.

    A man named David Dick, a farm labourer at Toolleen, who was admitted into the hospital about a fortnight ago Buffering from concussion of the bruin, caused by a tree ...

    Article : 110 words
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