The Ballarat correspondent of the ' Argus,' writing on a recent date, eays: and machinery of the City of Ballarat Company was duly started and christened this afternoon, in the presence of a small and select attendance. The affair was rather a noTel one, and shows the weak side of Ballarat a little. Instead of good old times when champagne and hock and other wines were the order of the day, the ceremony to-day was very quietly got over hy the engine being christened the Grood Templar, with a bottle of—of—sodawater!"
MELBOURNE CUP. IHE ANNUAL SWEEP for the MELBOUENE CUP will take place at the EMPIRE HOTEL as Number and value of Prizes in next JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. Oct. 17,1872.
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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1014, 18 October 1872, Page 3
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119Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1014, 18 October 1872, Page 3
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