The aquatic world of Australia will be pleased to learn that Mr. J. H. Want, who is now on a visit to the old country, has purchased the 42-ton cutter-yacht Terpsichore, and being entered for the International Regatta, at Ostend, ...
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Advertising : 1,674 wordsOwing to the heavy rain of last night the course proper was very heavy going this morning. Only those horses, engaged were worked upon it, the others being sent on the sand and tan tracts. Monaghan was the first out sending ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Presbyterian is, we believe, the last of the Protestant Churches which vindicated the principles of Christianity by inflicting the punishment of death on alleged infidels. Judging by ...
Article : 921 wordsThe Hawkesbury race club committee has fixed Thursday and Saturday April 3 and 5, 1884, for the regular Antumn Race Meeting of the club. Two £300 prices will be run for. The late meeting resulted in a profit of £250. ...
Article : 50 wordsO'Leary, who is in Adelaide, has accepted Raynor's challenge for a six days and six nights walking match to take place here. The match will be for the championship of Australia, and competitors from the other colonies are ...
Article : 45 wordsNOTWITHSTANDING the unpropititous state of the weather yesterday a good number of shootists assembled at the New South Wales Gun Club Grounds, Botany, to take part in the Grad Open Handicap. Out of the 68 subscribers ...
Article : 700 wordsMessrs. Campbell and Co., importers of American toys, are introducing the marine velocipede (says the Melbourne "Argus.") It consists of two water-tight boat-shaped vessels of about loft in length, fixed parallel to one another ...
Article : 171 wordsYesterday a little boy, named Wm. Hardacre, while playing on one of the bridges of the Illawarra branch line, slipped and fell to the ground below, a distance of 30ft. When picked up he was ...
Article : 57 wordsAt the Supreme Court this morning the following gentlemen were admitted attorneys, solicitors, and proctors of the Supreme Court of New South Wales:—William Lyttle Moore, Alfred M. Shaw, Hedley ...
Article : 73 wordsWITH the advent of the month of September the rowing season fairly opens, and although there is nothing set down for this afternoon, the 1st of the month, there will doubtless be plenty of work done in the matter of getting boats ...
Article : 1,308 wordsThe long-expected new harbour steamer Brighton, which is intended for the passenger trade to and from Manly, arrived this morning from Glasgow. She is a handsome model, and is a paddle steamer built of ...
Article : 253 wordsThe "St. James's Gazette" says that a novel pastime is in preparation for the Viennese public. Mr. Henri Burkhardt has brought from the colony of Victoria 30 kangaroos for the purpose of a royal hunt. ...
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Advertising : 4,835 wordsCharlie Backus, the sable minstrel who was such a favourite in Australia, lived in Cleveland some 30 years ago, when he was a rollicking, mischief-making bov. His death brines to mind the very funny joke ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Sat 1 Sep 1883, Page 5
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