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  2. DISPUTED BOUNDARY.

    Before the full bench of the High Court yesterday the case in which South Australia claims from Victoria possession of the strip of disputed territory between the two ...

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  3. NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES.

    Referring to a note upon this subject, Major Semmens, chief inspector of fisheries, writes:—"Re 'Murray trout' in 'Nature Notes and Queries' of the 3rd inst., the fish ...

    Article : 1,864 words
  4. FICTION OF THE DAY.

    It will be generally agreed that the best book that Dolf Wyllarde has as yet written is her latest novel, "The Riding Master." (London: Stanley Paul and Co.; ...

    Article : 1,926 words
  5. NEW BOOKS, &c. GENERAL LITERATURE.

    "England in the Sudan," by Yacoub Pasha Artin. Translated by George Robb, (London: Mnemillan and Co. Ltd.) "The Card Index System," by R. B. Byles. ...

    Article : 522 words
  6. KING THE NEGRO.

    The trial of the negro convict William King was continued in the Criminal Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice and a jury of 12. ...

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  7. 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:— ""One Who Knows, Maryborough; W. Withers;l ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. REMOVING THE STOMACH.

    Sir,—I am urged to write and inform you that Dr. G. A. Syme is not the only Melbourne surgeon who has performed the [?]cration of removing the stomach, as ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. TELEPHONE OVERCHARGES.

    Sir,—The paragraph in "The Argus" today giving the department's gloss on this, and blaming the poor housemaid for their irregularities, is funny, but inaccurate. ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

    Sir,—I am sure that the assertion of the director of Education that rules for calculating the area of cultivation paddocks and for estimating the capacity of farmers' ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE.

    The board appointed to inquire into the administration and management of the Working Men's College resumed its sittings yesterday. Mr. Theodore Fink, chairman, ...

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  12. "AMPHIBIOUS WARS."

    Under the rather quaint title of "Letters on Amphibious Wars" (London: John Murray; Melbourne: Melville and Mullen), Brigadier-General G. G. Aston has written ...

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  13. ALBERT-PARK TIP.

    Sir,—As a resident of St. Kilda, I am glad to see the correspondence in your paper with reference to the shocking nuisance caused by the Albert-park and other muck ...

    Article : 216 words
  14. RETAIL SALE OF FRUIT.

    Sir,—Mr. M'Elvry, of Panton Hill, says that people in town do not get fruit cheaply. He saw Gravensteins and Jonathans marked 4d. per lb, in shops on ...

    Article : 334 words
  15. EEL IN YAN YEAN.

    A failure in the pressure of water at the Australasian Jam Company Proprietary Limited's factory in South Yarra yesterday morning, necessitated the calling in of a ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    Arithmetic (Junior).—Country Candidates.—The following candidates have obtained distinction:— [?] The following candidates have passed: —[?] 475, 182, 185, 405, 501, 506, 513, 517, ...

    Article : 71 words
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  18. "LIE" AND "LAY."

    Sir,—As a State school boy of the "eighties" I read with interest in "The Argus" to-day the remarks by "Murdered English" on the common misuse of ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. MARIBYRNONG BRIDGE OPENED.

    The new Monier concrete bridge spanning the Saltwater River at Maribyrnong was officially opened yesterday afternoon. The mayor of Essendon (Councillor Showers) ...

    Article : 358 words
  20. MR. JUSTICE HIGGINS AND MR. JOHN REDMOND.

    Sir,—Mr. Justice Higgins, in his speech last night to the Roman Catholic Young Men's Society, referred to Mr. John Redmond having been refused the use of public ...

    Article : 748 words
  21. CUSTOMS OFFENCES.

    At the District Court yesterday, before Mr. Dwyer, P.M., William John Richards and Arthur Downman Fox Miles, trading as Miles and Co., Collins-street, were ...

    Article : 302 words
  22. CARRIAGE OF MAILS.

    The Postal department has accepted tenders for 424 mail contracts covering the carriage of mails during the next three years in Gippsland and the North-east. During the ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. FRUIT FOR THE BOYS.

    SOMERVILLE, Thursday.—The grand district exhibit of fruit, staged at the Somerville show, comprising nearly 400 different varieties, has been forwarded as a ...

    Article : 42 words
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