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  2. The State of Ireland.

    Ireland has now suffered from three had years in succession. The districts this winter will be so great that the unfortunate peasantry will have neither fuel nor food. The turn is as dear as coal, and the latter is about 25s per ...

    Article : 1,963 words
  3. Sporting.

    A match was arranged on Tuesday night, at Punch's Hotel, between Power, of Twofold Bay, and M'Leor, of Syney, for £100 aside, to take place on Saturday, 24th, on the Parramatta River, the course being the usual one ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. Railway up Vesuvius.

    THIS wonderful undertaking has just been finished, which will enable tourists to second by it to the very edge of the enter. The line has been constructed with great care upon a solid ...

    Article : 170 words
  5. The Fever Drains of Sydney.

    The most disgraceful sight and smell about Sydney are daily encountered by hundreds of residents and thousands of passers by on Old South Head-road at Rushcutter's Bay. The open drain there is indeed ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. International Exhibition.

    The attendance at the Garden Palace this morning is only a moderate one, but the intense best to-day is quite sufficient to kee[ numbers of people indoors. Should the afternoon be fine, with the musical ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. THE CONDEMNED BUSHRANGERS.

    SIR,—With your kind permission I will take advantage of the present favourable opportunity, to impress upon the community the desirability of [?]doning capital punishment deterrent against crime, and to offer some reasons ...

    Article : 1,640 words
  8. PEDESTRIANISM.

    A foot race is arranged between P. Callaghan and J. Murphy, £25 a side, 150 yards, to take place on Saturday afternoon on the Association Cricket Ground, between 6 and 6 o'clock. Martin O'Grady and W. Chapman also try ...

    Article : 187 words
  9. ELECTIVE SCHOOL BOARDS.

    SIR,—Your London correspondent lately pointed out in your columns how well the Elective School Board system worked in the mother country, and wondered why it was not advocated for our State schools here. Probably no ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  10. Catalogue of the Italian Court.

    A very neat little brochure ia the catalogue of the Italian Court, which has been compiled and just issued by Signor Oscar Moyer, the commissioner for Italy. It is of a very convenient size for the pocket, ...

    Article : 161 words
  11. The Presbytery of Sydney.

    THE usual monthly meeting wm held on Tuesday in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. The following gentlemen ware present:—Rev. Dr. Fullerton, moderator; Revs, Dr. W. M. White, Principal ...

    Article : 454 words
  12. Coffee Adulteration.

    OF all the articles subject to adulteration ground coffee has, perhaps, been the subject of more ingenuity than any other. An enterprising grocer in London some years ago published a list of the ...

    Article : 241 words
  13. QUOIT PLAYING.

    The success that attended the "Captain Cook Handicap." got up a few weeks ago by Mr. J. J. Rochester, has led to the conditions of another one being put forward, and a cold medal is to be given for the first prize, in ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. Sydney Municipal Council.

    A meeting of the finance committee of the Sydney Municipal Council was held in the Town Hall to-day, the Major (Mr. Fowler) presiding. The following tenders for the annual supplies to the council were ...

    Article : 276 words
  15. Amusements.

    The pantomime at the Victoria Theatre has proved a faeces, and the attendance have been very large on each of occasion since its first production. Mr. Hall's portion of the piece is admirably done, and with a clever company ...

    Article : 486 words
  16. Deer Forests in Scotland.

    THE proprietors of forests and the purveyors of deer-stalking have evidently been doing a profitable business of late. According to a correspondent to a contemporary, the red deer are increasing ...

    Article : 463 words
  17. A New Theatrical Sensation.

    The latest American papers to hand contain full particulars of the new great theatrical sensation in New York which has surprised "Pinsfore" in popularity and success. The opening part of the ...

    Article : 377 words
  18. Madame Camilla Urso.

    We learn that the celebrated violinist, Madame Camilla Urso, will five five or six concerts in this city on her return from Victoria and South Australia, and prior to her departure for America by the City of ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. The Public Picnic to the late Mayor.

    The committee are making all arrangements for the convenience of those attending the grand complimentary picnic to be given by the citizens on Thursday next to the ex-mayor and ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. Agricultural Society of N.S.W.

    The usual monthly meeting of the council of the above society was held the rooms yesterday (Wednesday) forenoon, for the purpose of considering a draft of the annual report, but without anything ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. The Mayor of West Maitland.

    We regret to hear that Mr. James Fullford, Mayor of West Maitland, has been taken suddenly and seriously ill. Mr. Fullford (as we learn from a private source) attended the funeral of his deceased ...

    Article : 170 words
  22. An Entertainment at Pentridge.

    The prisoners belonging to the B and C divisions at the Pontridge Stockade were permitted by the inspector-general to amuse themselves on Thursday (New Year's Day) by having a concert, which was ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. Terrible Shooting Case.

    About 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, the town of Glen Innes was convulsed with excitement on it being noised abroad that Mr. S. J. Marshall, an auctioneer, and the keeper of a wine shop, had shot\ ...

    Article : 781 words
  24. The Fool and his Money.

    The truth of the adage that "the fool and his money are soon parted" was strikingly demonstrated yesterday afternoon, at the Water Police Court. It was a case of mistakes confidence, in which the ...

    Article : 847 words
  25. Fatal Accident on Board the Danae.

    An accident which terminated fatally happened about 11 o'clock yesterday morning on board H.M.S. Danae, now lying in the harbour, causing the death of a diver named Robert Chambers, one of the ship's ...

    Article : 270 words
  26. Religious.

    The Ritualist.—Suspension of Mr. Mackonochie.—Mr. Mackonochie, the rector of St. Alban's, Hol[?]orn, has at last been dislodged from his stronghold, after keeping his assailants at bay for ...

    Article : 618 words
  27. Irish Distress.—Victorian Sympathy.

    The GEELONG ADVERTISES, Writing of the necessity for aiding the distress in Ireland, says:—For the piteous account to reach us here should be sufficient to make every heart in the country throb ...

    Article : 252 words
  28. Surplus Meat of Australia.

    We beg to call the attention of our readers to a very excellent letter on Sydney as a port for the shipment of the surplus meat of Australia, which will appear in to-morrow's TOWN AND COUNTRY ...

    Article : 443 words
  29. Divulging Contents of Telegrams.

    Mr. P. E. G. Lunny, port and telegraph master at Charleville, Queensland, says the WEEK, was charged on the information of Mr. C. H. Millar, before the police magistrate of Roma, on the 12th instant, with ...

    Article : 440 words
  30. "SNAKE IN THE GRASS."

    SIR,—I read with surprise and indignation in your issue of the 5th instant a letter signed "M.R.C.S." It would have been manly and professional in the writer to append his name to it, and not leave the public to infer from its ...

    Article : 294 words
  31. Benevolent Society of Blues.

    The first board meeting of the Australian Benevolant Society of Blues under the new rules was held at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, on Wednesday evening. The attendance was very good, ...

    Article : 111 words
  32. PARRAMATTA RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    SIR,—If the train causing this accident had been supplied with a more officient [?] would the [?] have occurred? Any one acquainted with the circumstances or reading the account in the daily papers, would, without ...

    Article : 270 words
  33. The Condemned Bushrangers.

    But little change is apparent in the demeanour of the two condemned men. Scot and Rogan. The former is burily engaged in writing a history of his earlier life, which he intends to have published after ...

    Article : 119 words
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