We have Queensland papers to the 16th instant. A man named James O'Donnell has been killed at Ipswich by being jammed between two railway cars. COTTON CULTURE—"It is an ill wind that blows ...
Article : 1,052 wordsSIR—I will draw attention of all Clerks of Petty Sessions, and to the public generally, that it has come to light that some tree selectors, taking up Government land under the selection clause, and, after occupying it ...
Article : 253 wordsFERRY AT CLARENCE TOWN.—By a proclamation in the Gazette of Friday the ferry at Clarence Town is declared a public ferry, and the tolls to be demanded it the same are fixed. ...
Article : 2,580 wordsLECTURE AT THE SCHOOL OF ARTS.—A lecture was delivered at the School of Arts, on Tuesday, by the Rev. Mr. Hills, of Maitland—subject, "Memory, and how to improve it." There was a large attendance, the lecture ...
Article : 333 wordsWe, the undersigned, having in accordance with instructions received from her Majesty's O[?]e d'Affaires proceeded this day to the Japanese gaol in company with Mr. Acting Consul Flowers, representing the extra ...
Article : 1,202 wordsCOTTON GROWING IN QUEENSLAND.—A visit which we paid on Tuesday to the cotton plantation of Mr. Panton on the Bremer River, about three miles from Ipswich, convinced us that, unless the colony should, as is little ...
Article : 1,632 wordsThe weather now is still very warm, but I think the really hot season is over. Rain is much needed, and the pasturage below us very scant. The river is low, and I am afraid we shall have no steamer for some time. ...
Article : 430 wordsThere was a slight sprinkle of rain drops on Tuesday, but with that exception the weather has been intensely dry, with occasional fogs. We have had no showers at Armidale since the 21st ultimo, when there was a heavy ...
Article : 444 wordsASSAULT.—Michael Hayes was charged with committing an assault upon Mrs Playford. Senior-sergeant Thorpe deposed: On Monday night, the 20th instant, some persons informed me at the police barracks that a ...
Article : 711 wordsTHE MAIZE CROP.—The dry weather which we are now experiencing will have a very prejudical effect on the yield of the maize crop in this district. The late crop— or what is known as the ninety-day corn—will be nearly ...
Article : 847 wordsCHINESE CAMBINETMAKERS.—At the east end of Market-street, Mudgee, may be seen two Calestials plying their trade of furniture-making. The operations that were going forward when we were present was chair-making; ...
Article : 405 wordsWe have Victorian papers to the 18th March. Fine rains have fallen in the Geelong district, and the farmers are setting their ploughs to work in all directions. ...
Article : 519 wordsSIR—Morpeth, like many other places, has its failings, Perhaps it is almost useless for me to waste time, pen, ink, and paper over our townspeople; but I feel it my duty to write these few but painful lines. No doubt I ...
Article : 416 wordsWellington papers have been received to the 15th. The Emily [?]llison, from Newcastle, has been totally wrecked at Wanganui. Crew saved. General Cameron moved from Patea on the 14th. A. ...
Article : 135 wordsThe weather still continus intensely hot for the advanced state of the summer, parching everything in the shape of vegetation. The grass, which was so forward around here some short [?] since, now wears an ...
Article : 352 wordsThe S. M. Herald gives the following, from Hongkong papers to the 1st February:— Notwithstanding the generally-admitted uncertainty as to the extent of the success which has attended the ...
Article : 433 wordsCOLONIAL INDUSTRIES—The Co-operative Shipwright Company of Stockton have now on the stocks, and near completion, a finestrongly built and capacious vessel, designed as a water tank, to be engaged in the supply of ...
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