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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Visitor to Gaol: Is there anything you would like, my good man? Prisoner: Well, sir, I wonder If they would allow me a latchkey. ...

    Article : 689 words
  3. The Dairying Industry

    The new committee to make arrangements with steamship companies for the conveyance of butter to Great Britain is to consist of eleven ...

    Article : 436 words
  4. Victorian Marble.

    Mr. Charles F. Summers, the wellknown Melbourne sculptor, who has, on behalf of the Department of Mines, devoted several weeks to the ...

    Article : 258 words
  5. Pastoral and Agricultural

    The Wyndham Shire Council is advocating the establishment of an agricultural college at Werribee. It contends that such an institution is ...

    Article : 527 words
  6. NEWS AND NOTES

    Children attending the State Schools in the Horsham district, and their parents, teachers and friends—the whole numbering over 1000—paid a nature ...

    Article : 967 words
  7. From Various Sources

    The conversation in the bar had turned upon perpetual motion, and Currie, the blacksmith, was explaining to the crowd his idea of a ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  8. Defence Notes

    Two brigades of the Australian Light Horse have been in camp at Lancefield during the last few days for their annual period of continuous, ...

    Article : 355 words
  9. CURIOUS FACTS IN WARFARE.

    Fate seems to have a rather grim habit of making those who are responsible or chiefly concerned in any great disaster to their fellows pay toll with ...

    Article : 694 words
  10. Senator Frazer on Dairy Farming.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Footscray Presbyterian Young Men’s Society recently, Senator Fraser remarked that after having made three ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. Federal and State Finance.

    Dring the nine months, which have elapsed of the financial. year the revenue of the Commonwealth amounted to ££,712,541, an increase of ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. The Fruit Trade.

    The steamer Somerset took away. 10,000 cases of apples and pears from this State, and brought to a close the export trade in these fruits to Great ...

    Article : 245 words
  13. Remarkable Attempt at Suicide.

    One of the most remarkable attempts at suicide on record was witnessed by two men, who were walking by the side of the river Yarra at ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. Railway Fatality.

    While walking along the railway line near Hanna-street, South Melbourne, early on Sunday morning, Michael Keogh, relieving gate manager, saw ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. Queen Victoria Memorial Statue.

    The memorial statue of the late Queen Victoria has arrived in Melbourne from Italy, and has been placed upon its pedestal on the eminence ...

    Article : 170 words
  16. HOW TACKS ARE MADE.

    “Where do the pins go to?” is a common saying; but when one takes a few notes of the tack industry, the question, “Where do all the tacks go?” ...

    Article : 534 words
  17. The Only Solution.

    Heraughty, pipe in mouth, was thoughtfully regarding a pile of new timber, which lay in his back-yard. “O’im building a fowl-house,” he ...

    Article : 438 words
  18. TRUE COURAGE.

    "It is no easy thing,” remarked a mental authority, “to distinguish between true courage and qualities which may take its place, such as ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. A Young Lady Killed

    A sad accident which terminated fatally occurred to a young lady named Florence Palmer, a resident of Sandringham. She was riding a ...

    Article : 406 words
  20. Portland Heath Lands

    The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Swinburne) and the Minister of Lands (Mr. Mackay) have inspected the large tract of heath land, comprising 35,000 ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. Honoring Pioneers.

    A gathering of a unique character recently took place at Milawa, when a number of young men showed how they respected and honored the old ...

    Article : 279 words
  22. LANGUAGE OF THE UMBRELLA.

    Umbrellas are said to possess a language of their own quite as expressive as that of flowers. For example, place your umbrella ...

    Article : 167 words
  23. Her Brother.

    When a young man is sitting in a room with the ugliest four-year-old boy that ever was clambering over his knees, jerking his necktie out of place, ...

    Article : 119 words
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