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  2. Facts V Scraps.

    A RICH antimony reef has been struck at Costerfield. THE petition adopted by a public meeting at Sydney recently has been presented to the Assembly against the influx of Chinese. The Eight Hours Demonstration at Sydney was celebrated on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,116 words
  3. THE MAIL SERVICE.

    THE conditional of contract for the mail service were presented to Parliament on October 3. Alternative tenders will be invited for the direct through service and for the Point de Galle service for a period of eight years, from the 1st of February, 1880. The ...

    Article : 1,248 words
  4. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 627 words
  5. GOLD AND THE GOLD-FIELDS.

    THE Argus in its last summary issue reported:—Mining matters generally during the past month have been rather quiet, but several encouraging items of news have been published concerning the Ballarat district. The result of the prospecting for quartz ...

    Article : 681 words
  6. A SUSPICIOUS CASE.

    During the past few weeks certain, circumstances connected with the disappearance of a married woman named Elizabeth Farrell, residing in Montague-street, Collingwood, which was reported to the Collingwood police on the 21st of September, have ...

    Article : 347 words
  7. THE RABBIT PEST.

    THE Minister of Lands, during his recent tour in the northwestern district, was much struck with the magnitude of the rabbit pest. He says that it is next to impossible for anyone who lias not been in the locality to conceive how these animals have ...

    Article : 399 words
  8. THE BRENNAN TORPEDO.

    SOME months ago a series of interesting experiments was made with the Brennan fish torpedo, a new mechanical invention intended for use in naval warfare, which proved more or less successful. On several occasions a speed of from seven to ten ...

    Article : 439 words
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