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Newspaper

Melbourne Leader

Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date

Nov 16, 1861

Page

5

Victorian Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society Meet

The usual monthly meeting at the Mechanics Institute heard a report on Botanic Garden developments and noted extra printing costs. New members J N Reynolds and Pratt joined, and a series of prize offers and plant exhibits highlighted a large rose and pelargonium display with many varieties judged and certified.

Mechanics’ Institute Mitchell Rose How Botanical Gardens Horticultural Society Ape Messrs J. N. Reynolds Pratt Messrs Smith Adamson Ferguson William Adameson Smith and Adamson Thomas Johnson Hawthorn David Johnston St. Kilda Hebe's Cup William Jess Countess of Tevon Messie Odier England Etna Festus Evening Star Prines Valesa Model Leviathan Virginie Mielles Richard Benyon The Belle Rendatler Lord Raglan John Smith, Inc South Yarra

Prisoner Remonstrates with Butler Over Drunken Habits

The account recalls an October quarrel where the prisoner struck Butler after a drunken dispute. Butler warned of consequences, threatening a costly outcome or banishment. James Barry testified he saw no candle alight the night of the fire and noted the shopkeeper’s usual habit of keeping watch. The bench remanded the prisoner with bail set at two sureties of £50 each.

Bunoany Jas Murdoch Jas Hawkinson Point Nepean Reed Melbourne Sturt Arton Bank Rossgay nArthur Swete Union Bank Lawes Etection Williams Thad K. Brown Oriental Bank Sydney Curtayne Benk Augustus Fi Cahier Orr William Montgomery Fletcher Clas Bank of Australasia Colonial Bank of Australasia Bank of New South Wales Bank of Australais New South Wales Bank Flaxman Wadeson Herbert Temple Wadexon John Curtayne Deposis John Blackwood Marshall R. Brown William Larnach Bank of New South Dalas Alexander William Anderson Brown John M‘millan New Zealand Eason Williams Nicolson Raglan Street Sandridge Smith James O'Connor Picuino Pockers Mary Moore Robert Evans Hourke Street Lee Sraariko Rzoxrvina Ah Ching Ah Yunk Duross Davies Lane Little Bourke Street William Tully Albert Street al Yunk Rgauig John Williams Hannon Queen Street Thomas Stanborough Swanston Street Globe Inn William Stanford Pentridge Mainwaring and Powell Stephen Street Pentridge Stockade Yarradale Anson Bourke Street Mior Elisabeth Street Glaser Itness John M'Evoy St. Francia Elizabeth Street Huson M'Evoy M‘evoy John M'‘Evyoy Butler Eagan Bourke Street East John Linay Victoria Insurance Company Cookman Therisoner Adolphe Glaser Burke Street Ife Botanical Gardens Prisoer Great Eastern Fitzroy Gardens John James Barry

Remarkable Tale From Mitchell Street Dealing With Pisces

A curious story from Mitchell Street describes a farmer who received a parcel tied with string and containing an animal. The tale, recounted by a Bendigo Advertiser item dated November 11, notes the unusual entry and the narrow escape as the bag arrived home, provoking astonishment among locals.

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Victorian Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Society James Henty Smith and Ainson
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