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Issue Details: First known date: 1879... vol. 14 no. 171 August 1879 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1879 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
An Expensive Ghost, Robert Criteur , single work short story
A bank clerk's plan to frighten a girl and her companion outside a bush township backfires, and his new mackintosh is riddled with gunshot. Includes a possum hunt and a trial before a magistrate. Varied interest. (PB)
 (p. 601-603)
Mr Van Cott's Horse, single work short story humour
A horse's refusal to move results in many attempts to persuade him, and at last futile attempts to stop him and the runaway buggy. Country humour. (PB)
 (p. 603)
Mrs Wallaby's Domestic Trials, T. E. Johnston , single work short story
The purchase of a monstrous goose leads a suburban husband through scratches, sleepless nights, a midnight prowl, a night in gaol, a brawl in a wagonette, and a court summons. Narrated by his wife and set in Melbourne. Domestic humour; 'wife knows best' moral. (PB)
 (p. 613-615)
A Written Proposal, Martin W. Hoyt , single work short story
A widowed farmer's marriage proposal is mixed up with a letter to a fierce school teacher offering her the Beachville school. Only after a confusing and uncomfortable afternoon with the harridan is the mistake discovered. Competent; harsh portrait of the spinster school teacher. (PB)
 (p. 615-616)
Poor Bob, W. W. , single work short story
A vengeful Victorian farmer murders the policeman who secretly married his beloved, strangles her new-born child and chains her up and abuses her with the help of his mother. Mark Sinclair solves the mystery with the help of their farm hand, an industrial school boy. Horrible but well told. Involves a dog's hide cured, cut, and left near the murder victims ... (PB)
 (p. 618-625)
The Other Side of the Story, S. C. , single work short story romance
An old maid attempts to break up a romance by spreading the rumour that the bride-to-be is only marrying for money. Her aunt quickly clears things up. Thin. (PB)
 (p. 626-627)
A Wonderful Pedigree, single work prose
A Monmouth nobleman and a Welsh baron argue over the historic length of their respective pedigrees - eventually traced back before creation. Tall story. (PB)
 (p. 627)
A Wild Bear, single work prose
A sign painter outwits a miserly landlord in a township near Lake Ontario. (PB)
 (p. 628)
A Superfluous Letter, M. B. Horton , single work short story
A lady's first love letter is spoiled by misspelling 'carressing' and she chases it through the echelons of the post office until she retrieves it - only to discover the mistake was in the draft. Insubstantial charm. (PB)
 (p. 629-631)
Bijah's Inventions, single work prose humour
Details curious and unlikely inventions designed to repress crime. (PB)
 (p. 631)
Met His Match, single work prose
Anecdote of John Philpot Curran, the persuasive Irish orator, bested in court by a hostler (stable-hand). (PB)
 (p. 631)
I Will Try, Bishop Clark , single work prose
On the effect that constitutes truly trying. (PB)
 (p. 633)
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