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  2. MR. DAVID LEE'S CONCERT.

    The Town-hall was largely attended on Saturday night, when a complimentary farewell concert was given in favour of Mr. David Lee, the city organist, who ...

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  3. HARBOUR TRUST IMPROVEMENTS.

    The recent discussions by the members of the Harbour Trust on the policy to be pursued to meet the shipping requirements of Melbourne have directed attention to the ...

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  4. INTERCOLONIAL TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. George Knox, M.A., was elected yesterday to fill the seat in the University Senate vacated by Canon Allwood. The Colonial Secretary has received a ...

    Article : 388 words
  5. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    Once in a while the news of the day becomes vividly or shockingly interesting. Record is made of things which ought not to be Such, surely, was that habitation ...

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  6. SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR GEORGE STRAHAN.

    The death is announced of Sir George Strahan, late Governor of Tasmania. (BY CABLE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, FEB. 19. ...

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  7. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Polling took place in eight electorates yesterday, but no special interest attached to any of the contests except that for Queanbeyan, where it was thought that Mr. ...

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  8. THE SMALL-POX OUTBREAK.

    The quarantining of the passengers by the German steamer Preussen is drawing rapidly to a termination. Yesterday 23 of the passengers who had been released on probation ...

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  9. NEW METHOD OF DESTROYING RABBITS.

    Dr. Thomas Scott claims to have invented a new and effectual method of destroying rabbits by means of steel wire tubing. He inserts a hollow ball of glass or papier ...

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  10. ALLEGED VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A CONSTABLE.

    At the South Melbourne Police Court on Saturday, before Messrs. T. V. Foote and F. Mackay, J.P.'s, and a large bench of magistrates, a member of the local police force, ...

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  11. PUBLIC BANQUET IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A memorial stone in connection with the improvements and additions to the Mount Gambier Institute was laid yesterday afternoon by Mr. John Riddoch. In the evening ...

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  12. THE TROUBLES IN TONGA.

    Mr. Moulton, the Wesleyan missionary, writing from Tonga, says that beyond a general feeling that Mr. Baker's intolerable tyranny could not go on without a catastrophe, be ...

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  13. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Warden Uhr visited the locality of the alleged gold discovery at Samford yesterday, in company with the prospector. It is understood that he failed to find even the colour ...

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  14. SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A CHILD.

    An infant died yesterday at Yarraville under peculiar circumstances. About eight months ago a Mrs. Lawrence called on Mrs. Maher, of Yarraville, and requested her to ...

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  15. CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES.

    On Sunday morning Wm. M'Kenna, residing in Lang's-lane oil Bourke-street west, reported to the police that at 7 a.m., when his wife woke, she found that her infant ...

    Article : 314 words
  16. BIJOU THEATRE.

    Four years ago, to the very day, this piece was first produced at the Theatre Royal, and its reproduction at the Bijou Theatre on Saturday evening had the effect of attracting ...

    Article : 344 words
  17. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH ASSEMBLY.

    The annual assembly of the Primitive Methodist Churches of Victoria and Tasmania commenced its sittings at the Union. street Primitive Methodist Church, ...

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  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Murray-bridge Police Court, on Friday, W. Gerloff, the keeper of the railway station refreshment rooms, was charged with a breach of the Licensed Victuallers' Act, ...

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  19. COUNTRY NEWS.

    There is a general feeling of indignation throughout the London district below the Serpentine at what is contended to be the unfair concession made to the Tragowel ...

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  20. THE BOOLARA COAL MINE.

    The men at work in the Boolara coal mine have reached a distance of 293ft. from the mouth of the pit, and found a seam of coal 3ft. thick. To-day they commenced to "dip" at ...

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  21. RECENT MEETING.

    The annual meeting of the Victorian Tonic Sol-fa Association was held on Saturday evening. Mr. S. Lamble occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. ...

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  22. BREACHES OF BUILDING REGULATIONS.

    Mr. Tolhurst, city surveyor and building inspector ot Collingwood, prosecuted three persons at the local court on Friday, for breaches of the building regulations. Mr. ...

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  23. FIRE ON BOARD A SCHOONER.

    On Saturday afternoon, about half-past 5 o'clock, a fire broke out on board the schooner Caroline, lying near Williamstown, which, but for the prompt and energetic action of ...

    Article : 333 words
  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    A married woman named Tucker, while bathing in the public baths, sank in deep water, and was drowned before assistance arrived. ...

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  25. YACKANDANDAH, SATURDAY.

    Thomas Britton, whilst marking at the rifle butts to-day, received an injury to the left hand from a bullet going obliquely through the side of the mantlet. The ...

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  26. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    BOURKE, FEB. 19—During the last fortnight the Railway department received over £3,600 for sheep and cattle trucking here. Heavy rain has fallen higher up the river again. This will insure ...

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  27. WRECK, OF Til It STEAMER PALMERSTON.

    News has been received of the wreck of the steamer Palmerston on the Secret Rock, about 20 miles north-east of Port Lincoln. The Palmerston belongs to Messrs. Darling ...

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  28. OVERLAND PASSENGERS TO AND FROM SYDNEY.

    The following is a list of passengers to and from Sydney passing through Albury, as telegraphed by our correspondent:— ALBURY, SUNDAY. ...

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  29. BALLARAT WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.

    Messrs. A.M. GREENFIELD and Co. report:—"The market has been heavily supplied with all kinds of produce, and prices are a shade easier. Wheat sells well at 3s. 7d. to 3s. 8d. Oats are not so saleable—2s. ...

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  30. FIRE AT PRAHRAN.

    At about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening a fire broke out in the drapery establishment of Mr. A. G. Hartley, Chapel-street, Prahran. Some inflammable material in the ...

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  31. BALLARAT.

    Mr. R. K. Serjeant has promised to place in the City of Melbourne Bank £256, which he offers as a premium for the best system of treating auriferous ores, other than smelting. ...

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  32. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    SWAN-HILL, FEB. 18.—The total rainfall for the last two days was 131 points and there is every prospect of more. ...

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  33. TRADE SOCIETY MEETING.

    A joint committee meeting of shopkeepers and employes was held in the Trades-hall on Friday evening. Mr. R. Hemmings was in the chair. The secretaries reported ...

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  34. NEW INSOLVENCY.

    'Arthur William Pomerade Moon, of Clarke-street, Northcote, bookkeeper Causes of insolvency—Long-continued illness in family, and having to borrow money at exorbitant ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. A CHILD LOST IN THE BUSH.

    Information was conveyed to the Russell-street barracks yesterday morning that a child two years of age had been lost in the bush at Beenak, 15 miles beyond Pakenham, ...

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  36. OVERLAND PASSENGERS TO ADELAIDE.

    The following passengers to Adelaide passed through Serviceton on the day specified:— SERVICETON, SATURDAY. ...

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