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  2. QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR. A POPULAR SYMPOSIUM.

    We have to acknowledge receipt during the past week of the following letters, for which we regret we have been unable to find room:— "Tax-paying Back-blocker," Franklinford; ...

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  3. NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES.

    Mr. R. M'Leod (Mitta Mitta) asks:— "Have any of your contributors ever seen the grey shrike thursh (Collyvixinela harmonicae) killing snakes? I saw one in ...

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  4. SUNSHINE INQUEST.

    The inquiry into the cause of death of one of the victims of the Sunshine railway disaster was resumed yesterday, in the Second Civil Court, before the coroner ...

    Article : 2,706 words
  5. NEW BOOKS, &c.

    "The Annual Register," for 1907 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co.). "Problems and Perils of Socialism," by J. St. Loe Strachey (Macmillan's Sixpenny Series). ...

    Article : 1,773 words
  6. FICTION OF THE DAY.

    A clever story of the "mystery" sort is "The House of the Lost Court," by the Marquesa D'Alpens (London: Hodder and Stoughton; Melbourne: M. L. Hutchinson). ...

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  7. PURE MILK.

    Sir,—I spent some time in Denmark in 1900, and I made a careful study and inspection of the dairying business, and was particularly interested and pleased with the ...

    Article : 229 words
  8. TOO YOUNG FOR SCHOOL.

    Sir,—In to-day's issue we read. "At Hyde-street, Footscray, the infants were crowded into in adjacent ill-lighted and badly ventilated Sunday school-room." Is it really ...

    Article : 342 words
  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Having read the various contributions of medical men to the discussion of this question, and being personally interested. I would like to ask "Medical ...

    Article : 316 words
  10. CUSTOMS APPEAL.

    Sir,—Mr. Lockyer's reply to my letter, in your issue of the 2rd inst., indicates his desire for publicity of the unreasonable and unfair decisions of which I complain. From ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. STATE SECONDARY EDUCATION.

    Sir,—Seeing that less than 5 per cent. of state school children obtain the merit certificate, the standard of the Education department, it seems premature to ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. THE INCOME TAX.

    Sir,—It would be interesting to know why the wages and sustenance of a domestic servant on a farm are not allowed as deductions, while the wages and sustenance ...

    Article : 433 words
  13. KILL THE CROW.

    Sir,—The present is surely an opportune time to call public notice to that terrible scourge—the crow. The damage done by those birds cannot be realised by people ...

    Article : 511 words
  14. Advertising

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  15. THE USE OF SUNDAY.

    Sir,—Referring to your report of Archdeacon Crossley's sermon in the Cathedral last evening, permit me to call attention to the fact that in the Genesis account of ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. A MORDIALLOC ROADWAY.

    Sir,—Passing along Boundary-road, Mordialloc, yesterday, I found opposite the Government property, at the Small Holdings, a roaring torrent across the road, quite ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. SEYMOUR POST-OFFICE SITE.

    Sir,—The action of the Postmaster-Ggneral in calling for tenders for a central postoffice site and adhering to a promise made to a deputation of a minority of the public ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. PROFESSOR TUCKER AND GREECE.

    Sir,—Undoubtedly I am expressing a general wish of all the Hellenic world by venturing to tender publicly my most sincere and grateful thanks to Professor ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. IRRIGATION PROBLEM.

    Sir,—The timely article in "The Argus" of the 20th inst. on the irrigation problem is without doubt the clearest and most forceful contribution that has ever appeared ...

    Article : 424 words
  20. STATE PUBLIC WORKS.

    The following are the lowest tenders which have been received for the undermentioned state public works:—Removal state school No. 1,627, Moorabool West, and re-erecting at Granite Hill, J. H. ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. STREET ANNOYANCE.

    Sir,—That our public streets, such as Spring-street, near Collins-street, should be kept clear of undesirable characters is a fact that warrants no denial. Will Sir Alexander ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. "JUST AS GOONINGTON'S"

    Is not good enough when you ask for BONNINGTON'S IRISH [?] cure your Cold, see that you get is.— [?] ...

    Article : 26 words
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