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  2. PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

    The Birchip show was held on September 25. The entries were not so good as those of last your on account of the very late spring. The following were the principal prize-takers:— ...

    Article : 313 words
  3. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  4. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    After a season of heavy drama playgoers welcomed the return of musical comedy with enthusiasm, and the "premiere" of "The Casino Girl" at Her Majesty's ...

    Article : 1,450 words
  5. THE FACTORIES ACT.

    Frank Gold, nail manufacturer, was procceded against, at the Richmond Court on Saturday, before Mr. Keogh, P.M., and Messrs. Fincham and Beissel, by John ...

    Article : 474 words
  6. THE KANAKA BILL.

    On receiving the text of the Pacific Island Labourers Bill, the Premier sent a letter to Dr. Maxwell, asking for an expression of opinion on its probable effects. ...

    Article : 909 words
  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    This will be a week of odds and ends in the House of Representatives when the Budget speech has been delivered. The final touches will be given to the ...

    Article : 1,308 words
  8. THE RAILWAY SERVICE.

    The anniversary dinner of the Victorian Locomotive Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was held on Saturday evening at the Masonic-hall, Collins-street, about ...

    Article : 2,464 words
  9. SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER.

    Rainfall at Observatory previous 24 hours to 5 p.m. October 5—Nil; since January 1, 20 78in. Average rainfall at Observatory for the first ten months of the year, 21.02in. ...

    Article : 466 words
  10. KERANG.

    The seventeenth annual show of the Kerang District Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday. The weather was all that could be desired, and there was a large attendance. In spite of the ...

    Article : 449 words
  11. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

    There have been many changes in the cast of "Trilby" since Mr. George Du Maurier's frail beroine first fluttered her fair feet before Melbourne five years ago; ...

    Article : 594 words
  12. WARRACKNABEAL.

    The 16th annual show of the Warrack[?]ai i Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held on September 27, and established a record in exhibits and attendance. Over£132 was taken at the gates ...

    Article : 434 words
  13. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    CASTERTON, Oct. 5.—A mob of 1,609 crossb[?]ed sheep, in good condition, passed through Casterton this morning, travelling from the Limestone Ridge country, near the border, to Messrs. ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. SECOND NORTHERN STARRBOWKETT BUILDING SOCIETY.

    A public meeting to explain the objects and methods of the above society was held in the Lecture-hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Williamstown, last Friday ...

    Article : 737 words
  15. PRIVATE ADVICES.

    By Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company Limited— From [?]and[?] Station, Torrens Creek, Queensland, da[?]d 5th inst.—"50 points rain; good thunderstorm 30th." ...

    Article : 23 words
  16. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

    CASTERTON, Oct. 5.—Mr. Moodie's Wandodale experimental plots have been visited by a number [?] representative gentlemen in this district. These plots, which were planted under the ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. FIRE AT SOUTH MELBOURNE.

    The premises of Joseph Edmonds, produce merchant and livery stable-keeper, 91 Cecil-street, South Melbourne, were gutted by a fire which broke out at half-past 5 ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. YARRAWONGA.

    The spring show of the Yarrawonga and [?] A. and P. Association was held on September 25 and 26, and was the most succesfull show yet held by the society, the gate receipts amounting to ...

    Article : 771 words
  19. THE KANAKA LABOUR QUESTION.

    Sir,—Being interested in the Queensland sugar industry for 17 years, and at present representing some of the largest planters in Bundaberg, I have to enter my protest ...

    Article : 2,125 words
  20. THEATRE ROYAL.

    Had Mr. Bland Holt been a contemporary of Shakespeare's that well-known couplet beginning, "Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale," might never have been ...

    Article : 656 words
  21. SUGAR CULTIVATION.

    Sir,—I crave room in your great journal for a few remarks on one of the subjects now before the public. All past experience has proved that the ...

    Article : 281 words
  22. THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

    At the Bijon Theatre there was a crowded house again on Saturday night to greet "Tom, Dick, and Harry," which is as bright, brisk, and mirth-provoking a ...

    Article : 362 words
  23. LATE MINING NEWS.

    MARYBOROUGH, Sunday.—The northerly winds which prevailed during the week interferced with the ventilation at the DUKE UNITED mines, the pancellers having to cease work for two shifts. ...

    Article : 457 words
  24. PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

    Probate has been granted to the wills of the following deceased persons:—James M. Gran[?] £300; George Morrison, £827; Atlan M'Cullum, £1,635; Alexander Goodall, £134; William Lynch. ...

    Article : 297 words
  25. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    On Saturday night a fire broke out in a four-roomed weatherboard house occupied by Mr. Fred. Acocks and owned by Mr. Sylvester Fox, and situated in M'Ivor-road. ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. OBSTRUCTING A RAILWAY LINE.

    A wanton act of mischief was the cause of the deraliment of three trucks at Mentone on Saturday evening. An engine was backing five trucks along the line, ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. NEWS IN BRIEF.

    At a meeting of the metropolitan members of the Victorian Railways Amalgamated Society, held on Friday evening, the president of the council (Mr. W. Phclan) in the chair, it was decided to ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

    GORMANDALE.—The balance-sheet of the Cross-over Butter Factory Company for the half-year cading August 3 shows that during that period 329,[?] of milk were treated at the factory, ...

    Article : 117 words
  29. AUSTIN HOSPITAL.

    Sir,—May I, through your valuable paper, appeal for cane lounges for the consumptive patients in our institution. Many people which travelling provide themeselves with ...

    Article : 82 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 90 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 80 words
  32. A BODY RECOVERED.

    The body of a man was taken out of the Yarra, near the Australian Wharf, on Saturday afternoon. It has been identified as that of James Gleeson, 29, years of ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 79 words
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    Advertising : 48 words
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