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  2. HOBART TOWN AND THE SOUTH.

    W. L. Crowther, Esq., is prepared to stand for the seat in the Legislative Council just va[?] by the resigned in of the hon. Mr. Wedge. A requisition has been set on foot ...

    Article : 707 words
  3. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Robins, of Golldford, had a narrow [?]cape from [?]ination a short time since, having been fired at with a pistol by a man named Steel, as he was passing along the street on horse ...

    Article : 185 words
  4. COUNTRY INTELLIGENCE.

    A correspondent writes on Tuesday - The Council met to-day to consider the resignation of the Warden, P. T. Smith, Esq, when he was reelected, and be continues in office. The Council ...

    Article : 130 words
  5. AGRICULTURAL RETURNS.

    THE agricultural returns for this colony for the year ending 31st March last, are published in Tuesday's Gazette. They have been compiled in the Colonial Secretary's ...

    Article : 3,766 words
  6. QUEENSLAND.

    The Burnett Argus asserts that six gentlemen set down to dinner the other evening at a neighboring station, whose united height was 37 feet 1 inch ; weight, 80 st. 7 lbs; round the chest, ...

    Article : 545 words
  7. MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

    A singular case of mistaken identity 1s thus recorded in the Annual Register for 1817:— On Thursday, the 2nd inst., the body of a woman was found tied to a boat near the landing ...

    Article : 548 words
  8. OUR LONDON LETTERS.

    "The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh," 1557 1618, by J. A. St. John (2 vols, 18s., Chapman and Hall), is a successful endeavor to set before us the career of a man who will always be referred ...

    Article : 2,021 words
  9. COLONIAL MANUFACTURES.

    Last evening a meeting, convened by Mr. W. B. Dean, took place at the Workmen's Club, the object being to ascertain public feeling as to the desirability of establishing woollen or flax ...

    Article : 813 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND.

    The schooner Mary Ann Christina arrived at Lyttelton from the Fiji Islands on the 24th ult. We take the following from the Lyttelton Times of the 25th:—"Captain Simmonds informs of ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. THE LATE MR. WALTER POWELL.

    The will of Mr. Walter Powell, of 79 Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park, formerly a merchant of some eminence in Australia, and of Broad-street-buildings, London, who died on January 21st ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. SUPREME COURT, HOBART TOWN.

    In re D. Burke.—In this appeal case the Judges look objection to the absence of the insolvent, and ultimately it appeared the judgment of the learned Commissioner had not been sent with ...

    Article : 236 words
  13. THE AGRICULTURAL RETURNS.

    SIR,—The deficiency in the wheat crops of South Australia and Victoria, as shown by their published statistics, has caused me to feel somewhat anxious for a perusal of our own. At ...

    Article : 418 words
  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.—The Riverton correspondent of the Adelaide Register writes— A most frightful accident occurred here on Friday, June 5, between 6 and 7 p.m. The boiler ...

    Article : 474 words
  15. OFFICIAL NOTICES.

    The tender of Henry Jowett for erecting a bridge, (plan number 2), over the Penguin Creek, about six miles west of the River Leven, at £240 has been accepted. ...

    Article : 399 words
  16. LATE EUROPEAN NEWS

    (Translated for the S. M. Herald from the Semaphore of 25th April, and the Gazette du Midi of the 26th April.) PARIS, 24th April. ...

    Article : 508 words
  17. POSTAL.

    SIR,—I am desirous of calling your attention to a grievance that persons in country districts are subjected to, and which, in my opinion, ought to be removed. Any one desirous of forwarding ...

    Article : 183 words
  18. POLICE COURT.

    Drunkards.—Catherine Knight and Ann Hathaway were each fined 10s for drunk[?]nness. (T. T. Parker, Esq., J P., took his seat.) Master and Servant.—T. Wilkins v. Geo. Smith ...

    Article : 91 words
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