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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 4,817 words
  3. BUILDINGS AND WORKS. METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS.

    Among contracts recently let by the Department of Education were two for the erection of new schools, etc., at Banksmeadow (Botany) and Mascot. Both those schools ...

    Article : 609 words
  4. ON THE LAND. SHEEP SHOW IMPROVEMENT

    The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society welcomed the president at its last meeting on his return from Europe, Sir Siunuel Hordern took the chair. ...

    Article : 438 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 314 words
  6. BLUE MOULD IN TOBACCO.

    TAMWORTH.—Tobacco growers in the Tamworth district this year received a severe set-back owing to the prevalence of blue mould. The last two years have been ...

    Article : 351 words
  7. STEAM NAVVY EXCAVATING.

    Sydney builders of late years, when engaged [?]n excavating a foundation composed entirely of rock, use an electric drill for "guttering" (a term used in the trade for cutting a gutter ...

    Article : 363 words
  8. WHEAT GROWING.

    At the request of the chairman (Sir Joseph Carruthers) of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, now inquiring into agricultural matters, Mr. P. G. Gilder, formerly ...

    Article : 238 words
  9. GENERAL NOTES.

    It is proposed to erect a soldiers' memorial in the form of a monument at West Maitland at a cost of £1000, exclusive of foundations. Competitive designs and tenders are invited ...

    Article : 364 words
  10. YOUNG'S RECORD CHERRY CROP.

    YOUNG.—The cherry season now completed has been a record for the district. The total number of boxes sent from Young Station to Sydney direct from the growers was 49,532, to ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. TENDERS.

    City.—Erection of first portion of adurimistrative block of offices, Pitt-street, for the Australian Gas Light Company, Limited: also alternative tenders for temporary offices, Pitt-street, for the company. Mr. ...

    Article : 366 words
  12. UNIFORM BONUS ON CROWS.

    ALBURY.—Thirty-eight Pastures Protection Boards have replied to the suggestion by the Albury Board that a uniform bonus should be imposed upon crows to stimulate their ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. FAULTY SEED.

    BRISBANE.—The Department of Agriculture proceeded against Overells, Ltd., and Foy and Gibson, Ltd., on the charge of selling seed containing a large proportion of ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. ITALIAN IMPORTED QUEEN BEES

    The Minister for Agriculture has decided to make available some of the progeny of the recently-imported Italian Queen bes. Of six queen bees which were despatched from Italy, only two arrived alive. These ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

    Tenders for the following works were opened by the Tender Board, Public Works Department, on December 20:—E[?]tion of mattress sterilising [?] at the Ma[?]land District Hospital—one tender to be reported ...

    Article : 80 words
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