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  2. ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES.

    The attractions of the Victoria Embankment will be considerably enhanced by the ornamental grounds which have been formed for purposes of public recreation by the Metropolitan Board of Works. At ...

    Article : 293 words
  3. POPULAR EDUCATION.

    The country is now settling to work under the Education Act of last year. The school board system has been adopted in all the chief towns, and already a population of more than 8,000,000 has been ...

    Article : 665 words
  4. COLONIAL MARKETS.

    COOLAH STOCK REPORT.—Sept. 25th: 192 fat cattle (Mr. White's) from the Barwin, for Sydney. —29th: 1515 wedders (Mr. Vickery's) from Edgeroy, for Sydney.—29th: 616 mixed sheep (Mr. ...

    Article : 529 words
  5. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN LONDON.

    Wednesday evening, August 7, was a singularly unfortunate one for the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railway Companies: two accidents having occurred on their lines within a quarter of an hour ...

    Article : 685 words
  6. IMPROVEMENTS IN COINING GOLD.

    The coining of gold is the subject matter of an article in the Standard, from which we take the following:—"The gold coins of the country are not fine gold, but an alloy of copper with 916.6 parts of ...

    Article : 443 words
  7. MESSRS. H. AND F. WEAVER'S REPORT.

    Stations and Freehold Properties.—The station market is steadily assuming a more healthy tone. The profits denvable from improved breeding and more careful management generally, the enhanced ...

    Article : 475 words
  8. MR. JOHN A. TURNER S PRODUCE REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  9. MYLES M'[?]S PRODUCE REPORT.

    Hay worth to-day £4 15s per ton, prices hereafter depending upon, the supply. My sales since last report were the following brands at undermentioned prices viz.:—HV, at £4 15s per ton; N at £4 10s: ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MAITLAND MARKETS, &c.

    Business affairs, on the whole, present much the same appearance as they did last week; retail trade is dull in the extreme, and even the wholesale branches are somewhat inactive. The wool teams, ...

    Article : 1,089 words
  11. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHAKERS.

    On the 6th August, a crowded and highly respectable audience assembled in St. George's Hall, Lang[?]-place, under the presidency of Mr. W. Hepworth Dixon, to hear a discourse on the principles of his ...

    Article : 711 words
  12. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE SHIPPING.

    Oct. 2. —Medea, barque, Hodge, from Geelong. 2.—Glenshee, barque, Saul, from Melbourne. 2.—Adeline Burke, barque, Blake, from Melbourne, 2.—Fawn, brig, Anderson, from Melbourne. ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. SAMUEL ANDERSON AND SON'S PRODUCE CIRCULAR.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 words
  14. DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    On the 8th August a retired police-sergeant named Robert Bridle committed suicide in the city, in a singularly determined manner. The man had been in the city force for upwards of twenty-four years, ...

    Article : 377 words
  15. A LONDON HOLIDAY.

    Monday, the 7th of August, was one of the new holidays appointed by the Government, and it was largely taken advantage of. Thousands of all classes released from labour for the day— ...

    Article : 526 words
  16. MR. R. N. SADLEAR'S REPORT.

    Hay.—There is no change in this market since my last report. Sales have ranged from £3 to £4 per ton. Oaten from £2 15s to £5 according to quality. ...

    Article : 232 words
  17. SAMUEL PRIESTLY'S PRODUCE REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  18. SYDNEY SHIPPING.

    Oct.3.—Rangatira (s.), 700 tons, Captain Paddle, from Melbourne 1st instant, with 29 passengers. 3.—Dandenong (s.), 574 tons, Captain Lapthorne, from Melbourne 30th ultimo, with 42 passengers. ...

    Article : 480 words
  19. MR. J. MULLENS' SYDNEY STOCK AND SHA[?] REPORT.

    The share market has exhibited increased firmness during the past month,—the, tendency of prices being still in favour of the seller. A good amount of business has been done, and with few exceptions, stock ...

    Article : 1,177 words
  20. MR. M. MOORE'S REPORT.

    Since my last I have sold a parcel of Clarence River sugar, a very good sample, at £35 10s per ton, for cash. Hay.—Lucerne: Small lots at £4-Oaten: Not ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. THE WESTBROMWICH MURDER.

    At the Stafford Assizes, before Mr. Justice Lush, John Higginson, aged fifty-two labourer, has been tried for the wilful murder of Joseph Marshall, on the 25th June last, at Westbromwich. The horrible ...

    Article : 229 words
  22. MESSRS. T. AND A. CADELL'S REPORT.

    Stations.—We have no sales to report. Fat Cattle.—Market supplied with stock of good to prime quality, which have realized prices equal to previous quotations, sales closing at l6s to 18s per ...

    Article : 211 words
  23. A FISH MARKET IN THE EAST OF LONDON.

    The Ba[?]ness Burdett Coutts, having spent a quarter of a million on the Columbia market, has applied for, and (by the passing of the Columbia Act, 1871) obtained permission to spend £60,000 ...

    Article : 394 words
  24. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.

    At Maidstone Assizes has been tried an indictment against the Rev. W. English, formerly connected with Milton-next-Gravesend, and at present ministering in the parish of Camberwell, for obtaining a ...

    Article : 235 words
  25. SYDNEY MARKETS.

    Stations.—This week we have had but little enquiry about stations. During the week a station with 2300 head of cattle was offered, but did not change hands under the hammer, although we hear ...

    Article : 492 words
  26. LATEST NEWS.

    The weather continues to be unsettled, but it appears to be less boisterous than it was along the coast. Intelligence of another wreck was received in town to-day. The brigantine "Love Star," of ...

    Article : 447 words
  27. REMARKABLE TELEGRAPHIC INVENTION.

    In the central station in Telegraph-street, near the Bank of England, one of the most important duties to be performed is that of collecting, numbering, and redistributing the ...

    Article : 416 words
  28. CHARGES AGAINST A POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

    At the Maidstone Assizes last week Mr. George English, superintendent of the police, and who has been a member of the county constabulary for twenty years, was charged with having embezzled ...

    Article : 252 words
  29. PRICES OF FLOUR AND BRAN AT THE MILLS.— PER 100 LBS. CASH; IF BOOKED, 1S. ADDITIONAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 words
  30. THE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

    The "Statistical Abstracts for the Colonies," published by the Board of Trade, have reached their seventh annual issue, and bring down to 1869 the record of the progress of British possessions beyond ...

    Article : 196 words
  31. MAITLAND STOCK REPORTS.

    Stations.—Under this head no transactions of importance have transpired since last report. Fat Cattle.—This week's supply has not been excessive, yet equal to requirements. Our sales have ...

    Article : 670 words
  32. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.

    On the 9th of August, Dr. Hardwicke, deputycoroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest at the Orange Tree Tavern, E[?]n road, on the body of Elizabeth Foster, aged ten, who was bitten by a ...

    Article : 414 words
  33. DISPUTED RIGHT OF WAY.

    An attempt has been made to block up with a brick wall a place called Mary-terrace, Camdentown. Shortly before midnight on July 24 a determined body of the inhabitants in a few minutes levelled the whole ...

    Article : 231 words
  34. BREWSTER AND TRE[?]CK'S STOCK AND STATION REPORT.

    Stations.—The advices received per mail have confirmed the news via California of the satisfactory tirmination of the last wool sales, and owners of really good station's are holding them for advanced ...

    Article : 602 words
  35. (From our Telegraphic Correspondents.) SYDNEY.

    Proceedings of Conference published. Mail services via Suez and California, and despatch on intercolonial free trade, are the only matters arranged. Victoria declined to pay more than sixty thousand ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. THE PENSIONS OF 1870-1.

    The following is a list of all pensions granted during the year ended the 20th June, 1871, and charged on the civil list:—Gavin Milroy,doctor of medicine, £100, in consideration of his ...

    Article : 453 words
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