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A resentful old station hand at Newalla shoots the owner's son and casts the blame on a youth who lent him his gun. A young trooper convicts him through stolen money in the pouch of his pet kangaroo. (PB)
Plain tale of a Melbourne bank clerk's visit to a country station, of the hospitable family who entertain him, and his love for the elder daughter, Rose. Uninspiring holiday account. (PB)
Two men in a bush hut find a young girl in a tree blown over by a storm and Yankee Jim promises her dying mother to look after her. He sends her to Melbourne to be educated but when he visits and finds her a lady he banishes himself overseas. Tale told by a worker to his employer during a buggy ride. Simple. Touching, in parts. (PB)
A Limerick merchant's wife fearing a tragedy in their Killarney summer cottage borrows a hawker's dog only to have her presentiment fulfilled. Brief. (PB)
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Includes the seventh instalment of 'The Golden Idol: A South Sea Story', pp. 218-223.
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Includes the fourth instalment of Marcus Clarke's novel, 'Chidiock Tichbourne; or, The Babington Conspiracy. An Historical Romance of the Days of Queen Elizabeth.', pp. 177-183.
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Includes final instalment of Ence Rolf's serial fiction 'Traced in the Sand', pp. 202-206.
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Includes final instalment of Luke Darrell's serial fiction 'Ethel', pp. 209-215.
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Includes twelfth instalment of A Melbournite of '38's 'The Early History of Victoria. Being Reminiscences of Bygone Days', pp. 193-199.