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  2. RAILWAYS.

    THE extension works on the three trunk lines of railway are progressing satisfactory, and further extensions of the Southern and Western line will shortly be commenced. On the Southern line, contracts Nos. 1 and 2 are finished, ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  3. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    IN our last monthly Summary we expressed a hope that for the following month we should have more cheering intelligence to give to those persons in England who take an interest in Australia, and we are happy to see that our hopes ...

    Article : 860 words
  4. OTHER MINES.

    A layer of bituminous coal has been opened on the grounds of the Fitzroy Iron Company, from which coke, suitable for puddling purposes, can be made. Preparations are making for erecting two new furnaces. ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

    THE Volunteers have not attracted much public attention during the past month, but it is satisfactory to be able to report that the force is making good progress. A large number of young men have joined during the last few ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  6. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR WORKS.

    SEVERAL important works are now in progress, at Newcostle with a view to enlarge, improve, and deepen the harbour, and also to meet the requirements of the continually increasing coal trade, in addition to the extensive ...

    Article : 1,649 words
  7. COUNTRY WORKS.

    THE breaking up of the drought has rendered more active operations on the roads necessary and possible this month. In the North, tenders have been accepted for the completion of metalling between Morpeth and East ...

    Article : 1,620 words
  8. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

    THE rain, which set in towards the latter end of last month, and continued without interruption in most places for thirty hours, has completely changed the appearance of the whole face of the country. All the rivers to the south ...

    Article : 829 words
  9. INSOLVENCIES DURING THE MONTH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 613 words
  10. THE GOLD MINES.

    OUR gold-mines continue to show a falling-off in the yield of the precious metal. Whether the drought, which has prevented alluvial digging, has had any share in bringing this about we are not prepared to say, since the ...

    Article : 926 words
  11. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    THE twenty-fifth annual meeting of St. Philip's Parochial Society, and the tenth annual meeting of St. Philip's Auxiliary to the Church Society, were held in the school-house adjacent to the church, on the 24th ultimo. The Dean of Sydney presided. The ...

    Article : 1,769 words
  12. THE PASTORAL INTEREST.

    UNDER this head, the most important item of intelligence is the announcement of the policy of the Government in reference to the reserves upon squatting stations under the 4th clause of the Crown Lands Occupation Act. In his ...

    Article : 1,657 words
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