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  2. THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

    SIR,—There are two faults which the Post-office possesses in common with all government offices, and these are, official infallibility and official delays. In a letter abstracted, or does it miscarry, the ball of ...

    Article : 1,268 words
  3. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.

    We have been favoured by the Honorable the Secretary for Lands with the following letter, from Mr. Michie:— "Sydney, November 30th, 1861. "SIR,—I have the honour to report, for the ...

    Article : 796 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    SINCE my last communication the new regulations framed by a oommittee of miners, and partially amended by Captain Browne, have become law; at all events, until they are sanctioned at head quarters. All sinkings ...

    Article : 890 words
  5. THE POLICE BILL.

    SIR,—As the Ways and Means of this colony are now under the consideration of the Legislative Assembly, it may, perhaps, lead to some reflection on the part of one representatives, a few observations on police mattets an ...

    Article : 1,116 words
  6. HOBART TOWN.

    THE committee met on Friday (last evening) at 7 o'clock, to open the entries for the Champion Yacht Race and the Champion Pulling Race—when the following were entered: ...

    Article : 1,322 words
  7. No. II.

    In my last I promised to offer a few remarks on the probable origin of pleuro-pneumonia in this quarter, its symptoms, and to record a case or two which came under my own observation to prove that it is either highly ...

    Article : 1,142 words
  8. THE BURKE AND WILLS EXPEDITION.

    ON Saturday afternoon, Mr. King, the only surviving member of what has been truly termed the ill-starred Exploration Expedition, arrived in Sandhurst from Swan Hill. The incidents connected with the fate of ...

    Article : 1,304 words
  9. SINGLETON QUARTER SESSIONS.

    This court opened on Thursday, before the Chairman, W. A. Purefoy, Esq. There were no prisoners for trial, and his Honor, as usual, congratulated the inhabitants on the absence of crime from the district. ...

    Article : 1,666 words
  10. CORPORATION GAS WORKS.

    SIR,—I conceive that some of our aspiring would-be "worthy aldermen" might at present "do the State some service," and gain many of the "sweet voices" of the "free and independent" electors of the city, by calling ...

    Article : 932 words
  11. WHERE ARE THE POLICE?

    SIR.—I am often compelled to pass from George-street up and down King street West. The state of the sideway is a disgrace to any city—very dirty, very narrow in places, and much encroached upon; and, is if this is not ...

    Article : 184 words
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