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  2. TRAMWAYS.

    We have on several occasions directed attention to the introduction of street tramways in England and America. The failure of Mr. Train in the attempts to bring his system into general use in ...

    Article : 634 words
  3. NEW ZEALAND.

    THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS.— The Wellington Independent of October 4th reports as follows:—"Contrary to expectation, Sir Francis Murphy did not arrive here in the Phæbe. A ...

    Article : 476 words
  4. A "SCENE" IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATURE.

    During the debate on the 29th ult., in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, on Mr. Cowper's amendment to the address in reply to the Governor's Speech, a serious charge was made ...

    Article : 2,535 words
  5. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

    To engage public attention, wearied with speculating on the inactivity of General Grant, the Federal Administration has ordered a renewul of the attacks upon Fort Sumter and ...

    Article : 3,193 words
  6. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

    The Quebec Gazette has presented its readers with a curious document—a fac-simile of its first number, which was issued on the 21st of June, 1764. Under French rule no printing press had been ...

    Article : 631 words
  7. CATTLE-HUNTING ON THE MURRAY.

    The following is from [?] private letter written at a station near Overland Corner:- There are a number of wild bulls on this run, and the shooting of them is rather exciting sport. ...

    Article : 541 words
  8. OTTER HUNTING IN CUMBERLAND.

    The Carlisle pack of otter hounds, of which Sandy is the huntsman, and the renowned old "Carlisle Thunder" the patriarchal dog, have made some good work this season, and brought the sport into ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  9. VICTORIAN VOLUNTEER FORCE.

    It is now twelve months since the Victorian Volunteer force was re-constituted. We have had a year's experience of the working of the new regulations, the declared object of which was to cast off ...

    Article : 1,038 words
  10. VISIT TO A BURNING MOUNTAIN.

    A brief account of this natural curiosity may not, perhaps, be unacceptable to our readers, the majority of whom are probably not aware of the existence of such a phenomenon in tho Australian ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  11. ATTEMPT TO ACCLIMATISE FISH IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. A. M. Johnson, a passenger from England to Canterbury Province by the ship British Empire, attempted to bring out a variety of fish by that vessel, with a view to acclimatising them in the rivers ...

    Article : 839 words
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