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  2. REMARKABLE FRENCH LAWSUIT.

    An extraordinary—indeed, probably, an absolutely unique—case is about to be heard before the First Chamber of the Civil Tribunal of Marseilles. The question is to decide, in view of ...

    Article : 249 words
  3. A RACE BETWEEN A BICYCLE AND A COACH.

    The Bombala Herald relates that Mr. Williamson, from Delegate, who was returning from a visit to Sydney, had speculated in a bicycle. Mr. Williamson landed from the steamer on Thursday ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. THE EFFECTS OF THE STOCK TAX.

    A correspondent of the Australasian writes as follows with reference to the Victorian tax on live stock :— “The intercolonial stock tax is a serious and crying evil to farmers. The burden ...

    Article : 339 words
  5. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A very serious accident occurred at the Cope Cope railway station, Victoria, on Monday morning, by which four persons were more or less seriously injured. Owing, it is stated, to some ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. EXCITING BUT UNPLEASANT POSITION.

    The Braidwood Dispatch relates an adventure with a bullock that suvors of a remarkable escape :—A few days since Nicholas Straddick, a travelling musician, was on his way from ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. FABRICATED WINE.

    The Geneva correspondent of The Times writes : — “The increasing use and production of fabricated wines in this country are giving rise to serious apprehensions, if not to actual panic, ...

    Article : 416 words
  8. CHARGE OF ILLEGAL RAFFLING AT A BAZAAR.

    The Mudgee Independent reports that on Friday last, before the bench of that township, four young ladies who had acted as assistant stallholders at the late Roman Catholic bazaar were summoned ...

    Article : 413 words
  9. THE BAUNSCHEIDIST CASE.

    The police are, we (Bendigo Advertiser) understand, making inquiries in regard to the application of the “German needles” and croton oil by the person who styles himself Professor Samuel ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. GENERAL SKOBELOFF’S SPEECH.

    A correspondent of the Ballarat Star on friendly terms with the officers of the Russian Squadron, and who proceeded down Hobson’s Bay on board the Afrika, is responsible for the following report ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. A NEW EXHILARANT.

    The extraordinary exhilarating power of “laughing gas” is well known ; but a similar property has just been discovered in a liquid mixture of phosphate of soda, and tincture of the ergot of ...

    Article : 224 words
  12. PUT TO THE TORTURE.

    In reference to the “thumbscrewing” of an immigrant to Maryborough on board the Queensland immigrant vessel Scottish Wizard some time ago, a lengthened inquiry has been held into the ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. THE NEW CONCENTRATED HEAT.

    The story of concentrated heat, which comes from Paris, has not (says the North American Manufacturer) been authenticated to a degree which allows of endorsement, but the process of ...

    Article : 359 words
  14. FUTURE LIFE OF ANIMALS.

    A writer in the Atlantic Monthly says :— “It is hard for lovers of domestic animals, dogs and horses especially, to believe that there is no future life for creatures found capable of being made ...

    Article : 330 words
  15. THE LATE BERNAL OSBORNE.

    The writer of London “Town Talk” in the Melbourne Argus gives the following graphic sketch of the late Mr. Bernal Osborne :—There have been wits in the House of Commons before ...

    Article : 314 words
  16. MORE GOLD!

    The Manaro Mercurysays:— “Recently, a Chinaman sold a lot of gold, weighing 86½ ounces, to Mr. John Hands, of the new stores, Cooma. A lot of nuggets were picked out by the Chinaman ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. A YOUTHFUL FEMALE FORGER.

    The New Zealand papers report that Annie Glasset, aged about 14 years, was charged at the R. M. Court with having at Palmerston obtained from Richard Kilgour £10 10s. by means of a ...

    Article : 148 words
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