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  2. SPORTING INTELLIGENGE.

    A six-event programme of pony and galloway races provides sport at Canterbury Park this afternoon, and judging from the class of performers on the card, the contests should be of a most interesting character. ...

    Article : 543 words
  3. MR. GILBERT'S SONGS.

    Mr. W. S. Gilbert passes himself in review, [?] it were, in his daintily-printed volume called "Songs of Savoyard," just published by Messrs. Routledge and Songs. The songs are the songs we have all heard in ...

    Article : 1,358 words
  4. "THE GULL'S HORNBOOK."

    The first half of the seventeenth century was not a humourous era in English literature. There was not, of course, an absolute dearth of the lighter kind of prose. Several of the dramatists and other amused ...

    Article : 1,607 words
  5. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRITISH ACADEMY OF LETTERS.

    An exceedingly interesting controversy has been proceeding for some time past in the columns of the Daily Graphic respecting a proposal to establish a British Academy of Letters, a subject which was also discussed ...

    Article : 4,548 words
  6. CARRINGTON HANDICAP.

    The running in the first round of the Carrington Fifth Nursery Handicap was commenced last night. Three runners were suspended for six months as their performances were not considered satisfactory by the ...

    Article : 117 words
  7. LILLIE BRIDGE HANDICAP.

    The following are the starts for the Lillie Bridge Professional Handicap of 75 sovs., distance 100 yards, to be run of January 6 and 8:- W. H. Williams, 2 yards; F. Kingsmill, 2½; Jo[?] Price, D. ...

    Article : 367 words
  8. AQUATICS.

    The se[?]lling match between C. Stephenson and C. Dutch for £100 a-side takes place on Friday on the Parramatta champion course. Both men are in good condition. The steamer Gosford is authorised to follow ...

    Article : 39 words
  9. LEICHHARDT ANNUAL REGATTA, NEW YEAR'S DAY.

    The entries for this regatta are far above the average, including competitors from the Clyde, Hawkesbury, Nepcan, Parramatta, and Shoalhaven rivers; from Lake Illawarra ([?]each's home), Clifton ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. ROSEHILL RACING CLUB.

    The following nominations were received yesterday for the January meeting:- OPEN HURDLE RACE—2 miles. Quandong, Albert, Chatswroth. Red Heart, Fergus, ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. THE MAGNETIC GOSPEL.

    It has always been presented by irregular medical practitioners that marvellous cures have been wrought by those occult powers which the magnet is fabled to possess; and magnetism still occupies a leading ...

    Article : 1,475 words
  12. LILLIE BRIDGE PONY RACING CLUB.

    The following are the handicaps for the pony and trotting race meeting which takes place at the Lillie Bridge Grounds, Forest Lodge, on New Year's evening:— ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) COOLAC JOCKEY CLUB.

    The annual races of the Coolac Jockey Club came off on Friday last, and were well patronised. The following are the results:- MAIDEN PLATE, 1¼ mile.—Mr. Canberry's Kenilworth, 9st, ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. PONY RACING AND SPORTS AT ROSEHILL.

    The following are the entries and handicaps for the pony racing and sports to be held at Rosehill tomorrow (New Year's Day). TROT FOR PONIES. ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. THE BLACK ARTS.

    The last number of the Quarterly Review contains an article upon the modern revival of interest in magic, from which we extract some of the more entertaining passages:—It might have been supposed that the days ...

    Article : 1,087 words
  16. RACES AT CROSS ROADS.

    The following are the results of the races held at Cross Reads:- MAIDEN PLATE.—Mr. Stockton's Early Morn, 9st 31b, 1. Six started. ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. CANTERBURY PARK RACE CLUB.—DECEMBER MEETING.

    The flags were flying at Canterbury Park yesterday, on the occasion of the December reunion of the local race club, and, notwithstanding the hot weather that prevailed, the attendance was very fair. The rain ...

    Article : 1,754 words
  18. CASSILIS JOCKEY CLUB.

    The Cassilis Jockey Club held their annual meeting on Boxing Day. About 400 were present. Everything passed off successfully. A jockey from Mudgee named Madigan, after winning a match for £5, when pulling ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. BROKEN DAM RACES.

    At the Broken Dam races the principal handicap was won by Mr. W. Tucker's Reggie. ...

    Article : 22 words
  20. THE M'KINELY TARIFF BILL.

    The New York correspondent of the London Times gives the following details illustrative of the working of the M'Kinley tariff in the United States:—"Corduroy trousers, which are almost universally worn by working ...

    Article : 1,904 words
  21. SPORTS AT MACLEAN.

    At the Maclean sports yesterday, R. D. Layton won the Underwood Trophy. The final heat for the Criterian Stakes, £50, resulted as follows:—J. Scha[?]fer, 20 yards, 1; G. Smith, 15 yards, 2; R. D. Layton, 3 ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 644 words
  23. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET.

    At the close of the intercolonial cricket match yesterday the Victorian Cricketers' Association selected the following to play against South Australia, on the M. C. C. Ground, on New Year's Day:—Messrs. ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. CRICKET.

    The Rovers visited Lithgow and Wallerawang during the holidays, and were successful at each place. At Lithgow the scores were:—Rovers, 56 and 91 (Cochrane 32, Landers 15, Bradley 14, C. W. King ...

    Article : 456 words
  25. PEDESTRIANISM.

    The attention of pedestrians is directed to an advertisement elsewhere notifying that the prizes won at the For[?]s' Demon[?]ration, held on Boxing Day, at Lady Robinson's Beach, will be paid over at Rutherford's ...

    Article : 100 words
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