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  2. POLITICAL.

    THE meeting of Parliament, on the 2nd July, drew together a larger assemblage to witness the ceremony than has been usual of late years. The speech of the Governor will be found in another column. ...

    Article : 3,317 words
  3. COUNTRY WORKS.

    THE number of men employed on the roads this month is 1900 men and 27 officers. The works throughout the colony have been much retarded by the late inclement weather, and the following damage ...

    Article : 1,528 words
  4. TELEGRAPHS.

    DURING the past month the extension from Newcastle to Wallse[?]d has been completed, and the line will be opened in a few days. This is a private line, erected by the Government on the guarantee of the Wallsend Company to ...

    Article : 662 words
  5. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    SAVE and except a melancholy recital of disasters by storm and flood, we have little to record under this head. At the time of publishing our last monthly summary the most populous and fertile of the agricultural districts of ...

    Article : 709 words
  6. RAILWAYS.

    THE floods which prevailed throughout the greater portion of the colony during the latter portion of last month seriously interfered with our railway traffic, and at some points the lines were slightly damaged. The formation works in ...

    Article : 1,761 words
  7. THE GOLD FIELDS.

    THE late severe floods have in many places (brought mining operations to a complete standstill. At Burrandong and Araluen the diggers have been flooded out of their claims, and in many cases out of their homes. At the ...

    Article : 396 words
  8. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    WITH the return of fine weather the erection of buildings which had been commenced in various parts of the city prior to the heavy ruins and Hoods, with which we were recently visited, has been resumed, ...

    Article : 2,104 words
  9. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    THE Bishop of Sydney has returned from his visitation tour in the Western districts. St. Peter's, Woolloomooloo, is to be formally opened on the 25th instant. ...

    Article : 989 words
  10. VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

    ONE of the principal Volunteer events of the month has been the introduction into Parliament of a bill to regulate the Volunteer Forces. It will be remembered that a bill for this purpose was introduced into ...

    Article : 472 words
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