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  2. The Skating Rink.

    This favourite and exhilirating amusement will to open to [?]public as usual to night at the Guild Hall, [?] commencing at 8 o'clock. ...

    Article : 17 words
  3. English and Foreign Extracts.

    THE Turks are in high spirits, ana think it a mere trifle to vanquish within a few weeks, not only the Russians, but the whole of Europe. The miraculous victory of Djunis, after their previous ...

    Article : 876 words
  4. Strange Shooting Case.

    AT the Orange police court on Wednesday, Patrick Claby was chained with firing on Daniel Murphy, with the intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Constable Harvey deposed: I am a constable, stationed ...

    Article : 867 words
  5. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The country telegraphic reports this morning are at follow:—It was raining at Gunnedah, Muswellbrook, Murrundi, Singleton, Taree, Manning RIver Heads, Newcastle, Windsor, wollongong, Kiama ...

    Article : 134 words
  6. Swiss Oats.

    ON the merits of Swiss oats we quote the following from the GLASGOW NEWS:—"Six years ago a gentleman in Girvan. when in the harvest-time passing through Switzerland, stripped a cornstalk of its ...

    Article : 255 words
  7. Accident to a Cab.

    [?] cab No. 182, was passing the General Post-Office to-day, the horse from some cause or other bolted, and the drive was flung out heavily upon the street, He floundered in the mud for a few minutes ...

    Article : 112 words
  8. A Savage Assault.

    At the Newcastle Police Court, on Wednesday afternoon, a seaman named William Donoghue, who had been summarily arrested on the charge of feloniously assaulting William Turner, also a seaman ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. Sydney Amateur Turf Club Races.

    The races which were to have come off to-day, but on account of the bad state of the weather were, postponed at 9 o'clock this morning, until Saturday next, the 21st. The committee did not deem it ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. A TERRIBLE DEED.

    The inconvenience and risk of taking hand-grenades and revolvers into the haunts of commerce have seldom been more strikingly illustrated than in the rase of Messrs. Jewett, as reported ...

    Article : 404 words
  11. Life Sentence Prisoners.

    Mr. L. L. Smith, of the Victorian Assembly, has secured the presentation to the House of a return showing the number of life-sentenced prisoners in gaol, the terms of imprisonment they had undergone, the ...

    Article : 112 words
  12. A Bad Job for the Cow.

    On Thursday night an accident occurred (says the ROCKHAMPTON BULLETIN of the 4th instant), on the new unopened section of the Northern railway, about four miles from Dingo. The night was dark ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. Facts for Farmers.

    For fattening cattle, according to an English agricultural authority, an allowance of 28 pounds of pulped roots per day per head for large and small beasts, one truss of hay per week, and as much straw ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  14. The Hydraulic Engineer at Bathurst.

    The real work, as far as inspection is concerned, for a permanent water supply for Bathurst, is now completed. The report (says the WESTERN INDEPENDENT) will not be issued for some time to come, but ...

    Article : 174 words
  15. The Victorian Grain Market.

    As some rather erroneous ideas appear to exist in regard to the imports of wheat and flour into Victoria during 1876, we have compiled, says the DAILY TELEGRAMS; the following figures exclusively from ...

    Article : 415 words
  16. Decline of Trade in Victoria.

    A return was laid on the table of the Melbourne House of Assembly on Wednesday, at the instigation of Sir John O'Shanassy. showing the value of Victorian exports from 1870 to 1876. The tables were of a ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. A JEALOUS WOMAN STABS HERSELF WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.

    On Sunday last Dr. T. B. Harvey was called to attend a woman at No. 391 Indiana Avenue, who had stabbed herself, in a fit of jealousy, with a pair of scissors. The woman is the wife of a man ...

    Article : 194 words
  18. Pedestrianism at Gunnedah

    We learn that the event announced in our last, I between Prentice and Watts, at Breeza, 150 yards, for £5, duly came off on Wednesday being won easily by Prentice. A match has been arranged between ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. Latest from Charters Towers.

    THE following from a correspondent is the latest report to hand:—The Marchioness of Normanby line is situated to the left of the Rainbow reef, and though not very prosperous as yet, I daresay it will soon be, if ...

    Article : 379 words
  20. Opening of the Railway to Cootamundra.

    The vigilance committee recently chosen at Coot[?]mundra are already on the qui vive so make the official opening of the railway extension to their town in September next the cause of great rejoicing. ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. KISSED BY HER PASTOR.

    The Church of Our Saviour is supported by a small but zealous congregation, who worship in an unpretending room over an oyster saloon in Third-avenue, near Thirty-ninth-etreet. The pastor is the ...

    Article : 810 words
  22. A Noble Act.

    While Mr. Charles Dickens was last in New York, and lived at the Westminister Hotel, something of a [?]tation was caused in the establishment by the birth of a child, its mother being ...

    Article : 343 words
  23. The Skeleton of a Moa.

    The New Zealand Herald states that a very interesting discovery of the skeleton of a moa has taken place on Mr M'Tier's farm in the Awitu district. Mr M'Tier had some men employed draining a swamp ...

    Article : 169 words
  24. GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY.

    On the 16th of March last a notice was issued from Scotlaud-yard stating that on the 10th of that Month there had been stolen from the 6.20 p.m. train from Heading, at Westbourne Park ...

    Article : 320 words
  25. Fashion Notes.

    AT several brilliant receptions and grand dinners recently given in Paris some ladies of the "haut ton recently appeared in dresses rather short in the waist, with skirts falling in loose folds to form a graceful ...

    Article : 401 words
  26. Discovery of Treasure.

    A rumour was current that an old woman named Briton, living with her husband in Upper-Macquarie-street, Hobart Town, says the MERCURY, had, on Saturday morning, a few minutes before her ...

    Article : 345 words
  27. Jenny Lind.

    Apropos of Jenny Lind, I recently had a long and interesting conversation respecting her with a lady who has often seen her in musical circles in England, and has heard her sing. Though every vestige ...

    Article : 512 words
  28. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 121 words
  29. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A GIRL.

    At Halesworth (Suffolk) petty sessions, on April 16, the magistrates heard the charge against Kate Ellen Robinson, aged 14, a domestic servant, of attempting to murder Mrs. Margaret Wenden, aged ...

    Article : 486 words
  30. The Birthday Ball at Melbourne.

    THE ball-room at Government House was rather too crowded for comfortable dancing, and the richly trimmed dresses of the ladies suffered in consequence. Many of the costumes were rich in the extreme, the ...

    Article : 242 words
  31. Amusements.

    THE OPERA.—To-night the performance of the first act of "Lindidi Chamouni" and three acts of "Crispince Comare" are for the joint benefit of Signori Orlandini Tessada. Signori Orlandini will also sing the ...

    Article : 232 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 186 words
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