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  2. WATER AND EVAPORATION.

    Sir,—In yesterday's Herald "Lennox" asks "Science" to explain the source of the unlimited quantities of water that can be seen bursting up all along, say, the Kiandra Ranges, or where the range is both narrow and at an ...

    Article : 1,125 words
  3. LECTURES.

    In connection with the Technical College last night, in the School of Arts, Mr. John Connery delivered a lecture on "The Inflections of the Voice." He first read a quotation from Vandenhoff to the effect that the human voice ...

    Article : 433 words
  4. DEPUTATION.

    Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Garrard, M.L.A., Mr. J. Mitchell, M.L.A., Mr. B. O. Holtermann, M.L.A., Messrs. Luscombe, J. B. Douglass, and Alderman Clubb, waited on the hon. Minister for Justice ...

    Article : 897 words
  5. OUR LIGHTHOUSES.

    When Sam. Weller's father contemplated leading a life of solitude, his ideal of it was "keeping a pike"; but had he been an old sailor, instead of an old coachman, he would have looked forward to keeping a lighthouse. Both ...

    Article : 3,515 words
  6. BANKING PROGRESS.

    Sir,—In your commercial leader of yesterday you call attention to what you designate a recent controversy as to the relative progress of the Commercial Bank and the Bank of New South Wales, started by "A Bank Manager." ...

    Article : 780 words
  7. ENGINEER CORPS.

    Last Wednesday evening the usual quarterly lecture, the fifteenth given by the officers since the reorganisation of the corps, was delivered by Lieutenant Cansdell, at the school of military engineering, Victoria Barracks; the subject being ...

    Article : 323 words
  8. ZOOLOGY.

    An interesting lecture on "Zoology" was given in the large hall of the Technical College, School of Arts, on Wednesday evening, by Mr. D. Ritchie. The lecturer, after defining what animals were, and the action caused by ...

    Article : 351 words
  9. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

    The following notifications appeared in yesterday's Gazette:— NUISANCES PREVENTION ACT.—The provisions of the above Act will come into operation in the borough of ...

    Article : 1,167 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—This subject has now been fairly discussed both in a scientific and desultory manner. I fancy there must be many among our mining population who could furnish practical data thereon of wider value than those hitherto set ...

    Article : 553 words
  11. PRODUCTION AND POLITICAL REFORM LEAGUE.

    The adjourned meeting of the Protection and Political Reform League was held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening, vice-president Mr. William Richardson in the chair. After reading and ...

    Article : 768 words
  12. CITY NIGHT REFUGE AND REFORMATORY.

    The annual meeting of the City Night Refuge and Reformatory was held at the Temperance Hall last evening. Mr. J. Davis, C.M.G., presided. From the report, which was read by Mr. John Roseby, J.P., we take the following ...

    Article : 1,076 words
  13. STEARINE.

    Sir,—From the degree of prominence you have given to this matter, it is evident that you appreciate its extreme importance in a commercial point of view, and as free discussion is the soul of sound conclusion, I claim your ...

    Article : 921 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Mr. Gipps, in to-day's paper, asks for some further information as to rendering soil sterile in India by irrigation. My information is derived from "A Manual of Geology of India, Part III., Economic Geology," by ...

    Article : 885 words
  15. CIVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.

    The 24th half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Civil Service Co-operative Society of New South Wales, Limited, was held at the office of the society, on Thursday evening, Mr. A. C. Fraser, the society's chairman, ...

    Article : 382 words
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