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  2. VICTORIA.

    By the Havilah we have received Melbourne papers to the 5th November, from which we extract the following :— ELECTIONS.—The nominations for four of the seats ...

    Article : 1,326 words
  3. THE WHITE GIRLS RESCUED FROM THE BLACKS OF FRAZER ISLAND.

    The gentlemen commissioned to inquire into the circumstances connected with the discovery of two white girls among the blacks of Frazer Island, and their recent rescue therefrom, net on Monday and Tuesday ...

    Article : 1,787 words
  4. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    The Age of November 5 makes the following remarks on the markets :— " To-day being the 4th of the month, when the largest amount of commercial bills become due, much ...

    Article : 435 words
  5. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Melbourne Herald says:—We have later news from Otago by the Fixate (24th October). The final session of the Provincial Council was to take place towards the close of October. The principal ...

    Article : 265 words
  6. THE NEW GALVANIC CRADLE.

    In all mining matters we daily recognise an improvement of some kind or other, either in the economising of the labour required, or the more effectually recovering the disintegrated metal from the tailings, etc. This ...

    Article : 990 words
  7. STRIKE OF MASONS AT THE BEECHWORTH JAIL.

    The question between the members of the Masons'. Society, as to that unity of thought and action insisted upon by the rulers at the Belvidere as necessary for the protection of labour, has at Beechworth ...

    Article : 970 words
  8. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Our dates from Sydney extend to the 1st instant. From the Umpire we take the following:— In Eastern produce, we remark large sales of teas, and consequently increased firmness; it is understood ...

    Article : 150 words
  9. INDIA.

    By the Jacquilin we have received Mauritius dates to September 27, which, contain the following news from Madras to September 3:— It is said that the troops in Oude are to take the ...

    Article : 697 words
  10. GLEANINGS FROM THE VICTORIAN PAPERS.

    The District Coroner held an inquest at Brighton yesterday on the bodies of Alexander Love, James Durham, and Henry M'Intosh, who were accidentally drowned in Hobson's Bay on Saturday afternoon. ...

    Article : 567 words
  11. THE NEW VICTORIAN LAND SCHEME.

    The Ministerial scheme for the settlement of the Land question does credit to the ingenuity of its propounder, and is, perhaps, the least bad of all the theories which have any chance of being carried into ...

    Article : 1,021 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    We have received Sydney papers to the 1st of November, but they contain little or no local news of importance. The elections consequent upon the change in the Ministry were proceeding, but ...

    Article : 252 words
  13. THE PRESS AND THE LIBEL LAW.

    " The liberty of the Press is like the air we breathe —if we have it not, we die." So said one who fought hard for the cause, and suffered much in the contest —one who lived when open speaking was commonly ...

    Article : 1,560 words
  14. CHINA.

    By the Sea Witch we (Sydney Herald) hare news from Shanghai to the 3rd of September, being 43 days' later than previous advices. The North China Herald of the latter date states ...

    Article : 632 words
  15. THE AUSTRALIAN SNAKE HUNTER.

    It was announced that Mr. Underwood, who some months ago electrified Melbourne by his astonishing property in resisting the poison of the most deadly snakes, would exhibit some newly caught ones, at the ...

    Article : 940 words
  16. GREAT FLOOD AT BALLARAT.

    On Saturday night we were again visited with a thunderstorm of greater magnitude, and of longer duration than that of the two preceding evenings. The thunder was loud and long continued. The rain ...

    Article : 873 words
  17. TASMANIA

    Our dates from Hobart Town are extended to the 27th, and from Launceston to the 26th of October. We take the following from papers of those dates:— ...

    Article : 559 words
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