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  2. A VICTIM TO SEDUCTION.

    At Ballarat the body of a girl, named Elizabeth Murphy, was found floating in Lake Wendouree on Sunday morning. The deceased had been in the service of ...

    Article : 498 words
  3. BANK NOTE FRAUDS.

    An ingenious bank note fraud has been brought under notice. The notes of the Union Bank, of all denominations, are similar in colour and design. The values ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

    The two Victorian gunboats, the Victoria and Albert, have made a trial trip on the Tyne. The trial was highly successful. The ...

    Article : 1,285 words
  5. SELECT POETRY.

    Amidst the brimstone, fire of hell, Where fiends and mocking devils dwell, Where lying im; s coin base deceits, Amidst that scoundrel host of cheats. ...

    Article : 201 words
  6. RESUMPTION OF LAND BY THE CROWN.

    The Court of Appeal has just given a decision in the case of Thomas v. F. and H. Sherwood, which is not without interest to other colonies than Western ...

    Article : 162 words
  7. Trotting Horses.

    It is now thirty-four years since the trotting mare, Lady Suffolk, astonished all American turf men by doing one mile in 2 minutes and 28 seconds, in harness. ...

    Article : 416 words
  8. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    London—The market is quite, and little prospect of the prices advancing, the market at present being overstocked with foreigh grain, especially from British India and the ...

    Article : 397 words
  9. GUN AND TORPEDO BOATS.

    The gunboats and the first-class torpedo boats, which are to leave England in a few days for Melbourne, are to be commissioned for the voyage as ships of the ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. CLARA.

    This paragraph was very artfully worded Couched in terms of the greatest apparent affection, it assumed Clara to be light of character and hard of heart. ...

    Article : 1,628 words
  11. ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

    A case of bushranging is; the Argus states, reported from Coonamble (N.S.W.) On Saturday night a hawker named Peter Hayden was stuck up by an armed man, ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. A BLIND ASYLUM ON FIRE.

    Considerable excitement was caused in Sydney on Monday morning by a report that the Industrial Blind Institution, situated in Boomerang street, was on fire. ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. LIVE STOCK MARKET.

    Messrs L. Macpherson and Co. report:—Cattle—572 yarded, including 150 stores. There was a very small supply of prime or even good quality. The attendance was good, ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  14. RUN OVER AND KILLED.

    A fatal accident occurred at Mooroopna on Monday afternoon, to a farmer named John Gilmore, of Undera. It appears that as another farmer was harnessing a ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Elsternwick Park Races.

    Varying the old axiom fiat justitia ruat co[?]lum, so as to apply to racing, the "heavens falling" in heavy and almost continuous showers, did not prevent a ...

    Article : 284 words
  16. HEROIC CONDUCT OF A CHINAMAN.

    At the recent grounding of the ship Chilteer on the Marien Reef (S.A.) there was a striking exhibition of bravery and presence of mind by the Chinese cook, ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. STUFFED WITH CIGARS.

    As an instance of the ingenuity exercised with the view of evading payment of Customs dues, the following, related by the Melbourne correspondent of the ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. RIOT BETWEEN THE SKELETON AND SALVATION ARMIES.

    On Sunday a most disgraceful riot occurred at Bullock Island, N.S.W., between the Salvation and the "Skeleton" armies. Both armies commenced ...

    Article : 229 words
  19. OVERWINDING AT MINES.

    Mr Winks has been in communication with the Minister of Mines, and has received his sanction for the Government inspectors to attend a trial of the automatic ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. SUDDEN DEATH AT CHEWTON.

    A sudden death occurred at Chewton on Wednesday shortly afternoon to Mr. J. Juniper, wheelwright. He had just re turned to his shop, which adjoins his ...

    Article : 166 words
  21. Funeral of he late Hon. J. G. Francis.

    The remains of the late Mr J. G. Francis were brought from Queenscliff to Melbourne by special train on Saturday evening, and afterwards conveyed to Albert ...

    Article : 334 words
  22. ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT.

    There has been an abundance of fruit gathered from the various orchards this season in the Castlemaine district. In order to give an approximate calculation ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. Terrible Mining Accident.

    A terrible and fatal accident happened at the Madame Berry mine, Creswick, on Monday afternoon. A young man named William M'Donald, employed as second ...

    Article : 101 words
  24. ANNUAL WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    The annual united conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Victoria and Tasmania for the present year was brought to a close Wednesday afternoon, ...

    Article : 164 words
  25. Accidents to Steamers in N.S.W.

    At Sydney, the steamship Civility broke her shaft late on Sunday night, and is aground at Bumbo, near Kiama. At 11 o'clock on Saturday morning the steamer ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. WARRNAMBOOL VACNACY.

    Comp[?]ti[?]ons are already spoken for late J. G. Francis seat, in Parliament. Mr. Webster who at one time was a candidate for Villers and Heytesbury, is ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. A VICTIM TO BRANDY.

    A girl about six years of ago, named Ross, died at Mooroopna on Monday afternoon from the effects of drinking brandy, which she had got hold of in her mother's ...

    Article : 57 words
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