CORRESPONDENCE WITH QUEENSLAND.—Arrangements have been entered into with the Government of Queensland under which insufficiently stamped letters and packets can be forwarded beeween New ...
Article : 1,434 wordsAt a meeting of the Executive Council, yesterday, the case of Jarvis, the murderer of Muggridge, was considered, and it was decided that the law should take its course. He was left for execution, and the ...
Article : 1,254 wordsTHE DERWENT IRON WORKS, TASMANIA.—Great progress has been made in the erection of these works since we last noticed them. The smelting furnace and chimney stack are almost finished; and the engine ...
Article : 2,557 wordsIn the first half of the year 1873 the quantity of home-made spirits paying Excise duty as being retained for consumption as beverage in England was 7,245,871 gallons, an increase of 600,000 ...
Article : 3,003 wordsSUNLIGHT FOR THE SICK.—The effects of deficient light upon the inmates of hospital wards and sick rooms have very frequently come under the writer's personal observation. Most physicians know ...
Article : 379 wordsYesterday, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a very serious accident occurred, which may terminate fatally. We learn that two little girls—Sarah Jane and Susan— daughters of Mr. Watson, of the boot and shoe ...
Article : 553 wordsThe barque Rotumah has been wrecked at Fiji. Crew saved. Woodley, a storekeeper at Bushman's Lead, shot his wife twice during a quarrel. The wounds are ...
Article : 185 wordsSince our last issue, we have been blessed with a delightful rain, so much needed, which has not only benefited the growing crops, which were languishing for want of moisture, but enabled our settlers to ...
Article : 328 wordsWe are informed that a large quantity of stone from Mr. Lindsay's claim, Bowling Alley Point—the Marquis of Lorne—has recently been crushed, yielding about 2 ounces to the ton. ...
Article : 563 wordsOn this the first day of December, in the year of our Lo[?]d 1873, anyone waking up from a protracted state of somnoleney would find it a difficult matter to decide on the particular season of the year in ...
Article : 294 wordsSpain restores the Virginius and the survivors of her crew. She also offers to submit the question of the legality of her capture to a mixed commission for decision; and, if declared illegal, will pay the ...
Article : 138 wordsReaping is the order of the day in most parts of the district at the present time; and, although the rust has considerably injured some of the wheat, our farmers have every prospect of obtaining a fair ...
Article : 436 wordsO[?]LANGUAGE.—John Johnston (an aboriginal), charged with making use of obscene language in John-street, Singleton, on the 29th November last, was fined 10s., in default 48 hours' imprisonment. ...
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Advertising : 78 wordsSince our last, a pleasant fall of rain has occurred. It was heralded by sharp thunder showers on Saturday last, and after threatening for some days, ultimately culminated in a steady rain yesterday. We ...
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Thu 4 Dec 1873, Page 3
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