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  2. Fresh Water under the Lachlan Flats.

    A correspondent from Condobolin writes as follows to the Forbes Gazette:—"A discovery has recently been made in this district which has had the effect of greatly enhancing the value of land in the ...

    Article : 581 words
  3. A Peculiarly French Murder.

    The trial of the Pont du Pecq murderers, which occupied the Court of Versailles for several days, terminated on Aug. 12 by all the three prisoners being found guilty. For once ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  4. Hints to Gas Makers.

    A good deal of information, and some hints for improvement, in respect to the making of illuminating gas from coals, will be found in the address of Dr. Carl Siemens to the ...

    Article : 352 words
  5. SECOND SHEET TO The Maitland Mercury

    LOWELL writes, in a delightful volume of essays, of a certain condescension in foreigners towards the United States. In a tone of some pique he shows how the denizens of ...

    Article : 1,569 words
  6. The Leigh Smith Recovery Arctic Expedition.

    The steamer Hope, dispatched under the command of Sir Allen Young in search of Mr. Leigh Smith and the crew of the Eira, arrived in Aberdeen on August 20 with the ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  7. The Steam-engine and Boiler to be Superseded.

    Persons who in Sydney or Newcastle, or Maitland, find their use of gas-engines in printing, or for hoisting weights, or other mechanical purposes, hampered by the ...

    Article : 385 words
  8. The Late Mrs. Samuel Plimsoll.

    Mrs. Plimsoll died a few weeks ago at Brisbane. Of this lady London Figaro of August 26 observes: —"The late Mrs. Plimsoll will long be remembered in the Press Gallery. Thanks to the ex-member for ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. The European Wife of a Maori Patriot.

    The Auckland Herald states that at the police court there a few days ago a dejected-looking woman, dressed in a long cloak and black straw hat, appeared to make an application to have the boy ...

    Article : 620 words
  10. Life in Japan.

    In Tokio there is a large government paper-making and money-printing establishment, where hundreds of laborers and operatives are engaged. I[?] with the work[?] house, [?] ...

    Article : 478 words
  11. The Profitableness of Raising Silk.

    A remarkable letter appears in the Scientific American of June 10, which seems to render the silk industry, in any form, nearly hopeless in Australia at present. The ...

    Article : 356 words
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