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  2. NEW SOUTH WALES PEACE ASSOCIATION.

    The annual meeting of the N.S.W. Peace Association was held last evening in the Town Hall. The attendance was small. The CHAIRMAN, Mr. G. H. Reid, said that, to his ...

    Article : 1,100 words
  3. A MODERN EMBALMER'S.

    The rain ia falling, and the gas-light glittering on the mud as you find yourself starding in front of a handsome building, half shop or warehouse and half office. As you enter by the swinging glass door you ...

    Article : 2,221 words
  4. ODDS AND ENDS OF TAXATION.

    In these "good old times " of Edward IV., when the art of raising money by direct taxation on the people was not so well underatood as it is now, it was the custom of that monarch to make personal ...

    Article : 1,661 words
  5. STANDARDS 0F BEAUTY.

    The characteristies of beauty vary with age, sex, climate, and race. Infacy, youth, manhood, and old age have each their relative beauty Feminine beauty differs totally from masculine beauty. The white, ...

    Article : 1,339 words
  6. HOW NEW YORK IS GOVERNED.

    The New York correspondent of the St. James's Gazette writes:—A wail has gone up from the grand jury of this city, lamonting the corruption of its rulers and declaring that the administration of the office of ...

    Article : 1,818 words
  7. GOLD IN MADAGASCAR.

    The discovery of gold in Madagascar (says the London Standard) may be regarded as one of the most interesting of the many finds of the precious metal recorded within the last few years. Hitherto, the ...

    Article : 1,734 words
  8. THE DIVORCE EXTENSION BILL.

    Sir,—The Divorce Bill now before the Legislative Council deals with a subject of such vast social importance that it deserves to bo dealt with in the most calm and philosophic manner. If the bill be rejected let it ...

    Article : 1,814 words
  9. BOURKE RELIEF FUND.

    Sir,—Re the above I think, in the interests of a generous public (always read) to contribut towards say charitable object, or relieve distress) it istime that the true state to affairs is made known, and that the ...

    Article : 402 words
  10. THE PERMANENT ARTILLEY.

    Sir,—I wist to draw your attention to a standing grievance of our small body of defenders (tie Permanent Artiliery, viz., not being allowed to were plain clothes whet off duty. It would be a privilege much ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. THE SWEATING SYSTEM.

    Sir,—Your admirable leader on the above subject will strike home to the heart of every humane reacer, and it is to be earnestly hoped that due inquiry will also be made here, as a direct result of your remarks. ...

    Article : 208 words
  12. UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY.

    A meeting of the senate was held yesterday at the rooms of the Royal Society. There were present— The Chancellor (the Hon. Sir William Manning), the Vice-Chancellor (the Hon. Dr. Renwick), Mr. Thomas ...

    Article : 1,033 words
  13. MR. NORTON ON SLAVERY.

    Sir,—In the Herald this morning Mr. John Norton says: "The men of the North, who fought for freedom, a free soil, and an indissoluble union were the protectionist Republicans, who sacrificed their blood ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. MONEY LENDING.

    Sir,—Referring to my former letter in the Herald of the 28th instant, re money lenders, and lettets in reply thereto by Mr. Nowall and "Publicola," I may at once state that I am not going to ...

    Article : 467 words
  15. HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN CHINA.

    The writer of the series of papers on "Chinese Characteristics" in the North China Herald of Shanghai, refers in one of the lost of them to tho propensity of the people in certain districts to highway robbery. The ...

    Article : 874 words
  16. RETAIL DRAPERY.

    Sir,—It is impossible for me to keep silence with egard to a characteristic of modern times, which certainly deprives us of a valuable part of our life— namely, that unfortunate custom of Into shopping; for ...

    Article : 601 words
  17. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The unemployed to the number of 50 met at the Queen's Statue last night when they were addressed by Mr. H. Brown, Mr. Norman, and others Mr. H. Brown stated that he and his brother delegates had ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The many worthy and able letters that have llately appeared in your esteemed paper on the law of divorce, being a very serious subject bearing on the well-being of humanity, deserve to be gravely ...

    Article : 770 words
  19. PHYLLOXERA IN CENTRAL CUMBERLAND.

    Mr. J. Lenkeater, secretary to the Albury Vine and Fruit Growers' Association, has received a further communication from Mr. Whittaker, the secretary to the kindred society in Parramatta. The letter repeats the ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. THE WAVE-POWER SYSTEM AT OCEAN GROVE.

    Mr. Thomas A. Bond, the inventar of the system at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where gates suspended from piles are used to develop power from the action of the waves, has a farm in Virginia, near Washington. In ...

    Article : 363 words
  21. ST. LEONARDS.

    Sir,—A writer in the Herald a short time [?] merry over what he called the "Lavender Bayelle." If he would come up in the tram and [?] around "some of the streets within a few [?] ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. FEDERATION OR LEGISLATION.

    Sir,—Are not our legislators wasting a great deal of valuable time over the federation question? Would it not be much better to push on with the public works of the colony for the benefit of the people? The western ...

    Article : 180 words
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