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  2. NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES

    A Panton Hill correspondent writes that a wedge-tailed eagle was recently shot there by Mrs. Wilson, which measured from tip to tip of the extended wing 7ft., and weighed ...

    Article : 1,800 words
  3. NEW BOOKS, &c. GENERAL LITERATURE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 267 words
  4. SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—It is officially reported that the Fitzroy Dock tender acceptcd in connection with the small arms factory at Lithgow was £6,946. In the ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. MOTORIST AND CYCLIST.

    At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday, before his Honour Mr. Justice Hood and a jury of twelve, Arthur Henry Gaudin, motor garage proprietor, of ...

    Article : 576 words
  6. FICTION OF THE DAY.

    There is no Irish author of to-day who presents a more uncompromising pitiless picture of the Ireland of to-duy than Canon Sheehan. And in none of his novels has ...

    Article : 1,254 words
  7. ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    James Herrick and Michael O'Brien, at the City Police Court vesterday morning, were charged on remand with having assaulted Patrick Wells, and robbed him of four £1 ...

    Article : 202 words
  8. QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR. A POPULAR SYMPOSIUM

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  9. TEACHERS' EASTER PAY.

    Sir,—Now that Easter draws nigh, the back-blocks' teachers begin to consider where they will refresh themselves during the vacation. As Easter occurs near ...

    Article : 78 words
  10. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The fortnightly meeting of the council of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. W. M. M'Pherson (president) occupied the chair, ...

    Article : 590 words
  11. MARRIAGES BY JUSTICES.

    Sir,—Might I suggest to those in authority that the number of justices of the peace authorised to permit the marriage of minors, in cases where parents are absent ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. THEATRE ROYAL.

    The policeman has always been a source of innocent enjoyment on the stage. Thackeraly realy invented him in his Ballads of the Foorce," but Sir W. S. Gilbert ...

    Article : 1,515 words
  13. COMIC WARFARE.

    Mr. Morton Ballyfrench, the author of "The Lighter Side of War" (London: Century Press) asserts that the writing of his book has brought him many a hearty laugh. ...

    Article : 1,380 words
  14. ESPERANTO.

    Sir,—It seems specially opportune at this time when the question of attracting trade and population to our shores is of such moment, that it should be more widely ...

    Article : 329 words
  15. CRIMINAL ASSAULTS.

    Sir,—must congratulate "Vesta" on her commonsense remarks on the prevention of above; but would it not be possible to enlarge on her splendid idea, and say in those ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. FREE UNIVERSITY.

    Sir.—There is no doubt that with the abolition of fees and the exclusion-of the incompetent the University would gain a vitality that would considerably benefit the ...

    Article : 317 words
  17. INFANT ABANBONED.

    A young woman named Mary Parmenter appeared before Mr. Justice Hood in the Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of abandoning an infant. The accused ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    BENDIGO. Thursday.—An unoccupied four-roomed house in Buckley-street, owned by Mr. Bassetti, caught fire on Thursday. The outbreak was suppressed before much damage had been ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. VICTORIA'S FIRST JUDGE.

    The first resident judge of Port Phillip was John Walpole Willis. By dint of much patient research Mr. G. B. Vasey succeeded in preparing a very interesting paper, ...

    Article : 534 words
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  21. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    Sir,—Suppose shopkeepers were only allowed to keep open three days, in lieu of six days, as at present, would there not he the same turnover? (Of course, I am ...

    Article : 158 words
  22. TROUT-FISHING.

    Sir,—During my holiday in the Narbethong and Marysville districts my rod accounted for 240 trout. Of this number I killed 112 in four days' angling, ...

    Article : 193 words
  23. HOBART CARNIVAL

    HOBART, Thursday.—The interstate three-mile cared rice was rowed on the Upper Derwent championship course to-day, seven crews competing. Wanganui ...

    Article : 309 words
  24. INSANITARY DRAIN.

    Sir,—In the "Municipal Intelligence" column of "The Argus" yesterday, reference is made to typhoid at Camberwell, and it is mentioned that "the medical ...

    Article : 273 words
  25. WOMEN'S HOSPITAL BAZAAR.

    The Prahran stall in connection with the monster bazaar to be held at Easter in aid of the Women's Hospital building fund is now occuping attention. Arrangements ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 327 words
  27. STATE PUBLIC WORKS.

    The following are the lowest tenders submitted for the undermentioned State public works:—Re-modelling State school No. 210. Eaglehawk, J. W. Fairhanks, £1,027; repairs, pointing, &c., police ...

    Article : 173 words
  28. FEDERATION WHEAT.

    Sir,—It is generally considered that this variety has been the most prolifie yielder in the last harvest of all wheats sown in Victoria and New South Wales, and that on ...

    Article : 626 words
  29. STEAMERS COLLIDE.

    BIRSBANE, Thursday.—The Government steamer Cormorant collided with the s.s. Mintaro in the Shaftston reach of the river this morning. The Cormorant ...

    Article : 104 words
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