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  2. THE FRENCH IN SYRIA.

    RECENT letters from Beyrout speak of very little progress having been made towards the permanent settlement of the country. The European. Commissioners are thought not to have sufficient powers or ...

    Article : 1,718 words
  3. THE PROPOSED NEW THEATRE.

    SIR,—I see by your advertising columns that Mr. Fitzgerald has, [?] a liberal spirit, offered a "premium" for the best design of a theatre to be erected on the site of the old Prince of Wales. Allow me to draw his attention to a point which is allowed by ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  5. TO THE COMET.

    [?] wanderer of the starry spheres, That cyclest round the sun, Thou, journeying onward thro' th' eternal years, Thy race dost run. ...

    Article : 307 words
  6. POLITICAL HARDIHOOD; OR, APPOINTMENTS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.

    " QUI s'excuse, s'accuse." The man who volunteers a public defence of conduct which the law sanctions, and for which he is responsible to nobody, is apt to incur additional ...

    Article : 1,641 words
  7. HYDE PARK CORNER.

    SIR,—The subject of complaint contained in the letter signed "Civis," in your issue of yesterday, calls loudly for the intervention of the powers that be to remedy this crying grievance. It is a matter of surprise to me that, after so many accidents, and ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. MAITLAND MARKETS.

    FRIDAY MORNING.—Business has been pretty steady during the week. Sugars are still firm; pampagan and ration sugar almost out of the market. Salt and are a little on the decline. Negrohead more plentiful. Wines, frim. Port wine and gin have ...

    Article : 686 words
  9. ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

    SIR,—The following are the circumstances of the coming celipse as approximately calculated for the Sydney Observatory. Sydney being near the southern line of simple contact, the celipse will hardly be distinguishable without the aid of a telescope. ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. KALUDAH ON THE NILE.

    WE extract from the Arguss of the 24th ultimo, the following communication to a friend, from the pen of a gentleman well known and deservedly respected throughout Australia (Professor Smith, of the Sydney University) containing an amusing sketch ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  11. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF MESSRS. RAYNERS' MILLS, AT EMU PLAINS.

    THE report reached Sydney on Saturday morning of the all but entire destruction by fire, on thursday night last, of Messrs, A. and J. Rayner's cloth mills at Emu Plains, near Penrith. The factory, which was about three miles beyond ...

    Article : 1,551 words
  12. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—A few weeks since I had the pleasure to receive from my friend C. B. Lowe, Esq., of Mudgee, some specimens which he had kindly collected for me at the Castlereagh River; and, I feel anxious to make a few observations upon them, in the hope that ...

    Article : 1,237 words
  13. MAITLAND STOCK MARKET.

    There has been a good supply of cattle in the yards during the week, the greater portion being purchased for boiling purposes. The trade are well supplied at present, and appear to be careless in making further purchases until present stocks are cleared away. ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. MAITLAND STATION AND STOCK REPORT.

    Stations are still inquired for. Fat Cattle plentiful; no change in value; worth from £2 10s to £3 10s. Fat Sheep.—Searee, Wethers worth from 12s to 15s. ...

    Article : 905 words
  15. SPIRITS AND TOBACCO.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 842 words
  16. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—In your issue of to-day appears Messrs. Burtand Co.'s state of the horse market, which says that about "fifty inferior and common horses have been purchased for shipment to New Zealand, at prices from £5 to £8 each." I believe that no horses ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—I perceive by Mr. Hardy's letter in your issue of the 4th instant, that the Lord of a day is disappointed that his name has been omitted from the selection of gentlemen to form the Upper House, and that retrospection in his case his not been ...

    Article : 312 words
  18. BOOK POSTAGE.

    SIR,—It appears strange, but so it is, that it costs twice as much to send a pamphict by post to Brisbane, as it does to Cape Town, Calcutta, or Hongkong. This irises from so palpable an error, that it can only be requisite to draw public attention to it, and it ...

    Article : 287 words
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