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  2. Progress of the Nepean Scheme.

    IN my last I dealt with contract No. 3, and partly with its surroundings. Before I quit the scene of its labours I may say that nearly all the requisite plant is on the ground, and work is in full progress. ...

    Article : 1,097 words
  3. Notes and Queries. RULES FOR LIFE.

    Sir,—The following is a scrip from my scrap-book, and I think that it is well worthy of publication:— In the pocket-book or the Hon. Stephen Allen, whe was drownod on board the "H. Clay," was found a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 328 words
  4. Mr. James Gordon Bennett.

    WE have pleasure in presenting our readers with a portrait of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the NEW YORK HERALD—a newspaper which has the largest circulation in the world, and ...

    Article : 918 words
  5. AN ELIZABETH SHILLING.

    A rare curiosity is in the possession of Mr. George Moxham, the railway station-master at Haydonton. It is a shilling used in the time of Elizabeth, manufactured in the year 1575. As a specimen of coining ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. GIRLS OF THE PERIOD,

    I studied at Girton, a muscular maiden; I'm learning the use of both hands if you please; As man with his burdons is heavily laden, I do what I can all those burdens to ease. ...

    Article : 148 words
  7. ALLEGED CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

    Some very wonderful results have attended the use of Dr. Aberorombie's medicine for the cure of consumption in several cases which have come under my notice. Some time back a gentleman was advised ...

    Article : 247 words
  8. A NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR AUSTRALIA.

    SIR,—Is it not time we had a National Australian Anthem? Cannot Henry Kendall, R. D. Adams, or some other of our poets Bing of our greatness in undying words. ...

    Article : 217 words
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