On Saturday morning June 7, M. Peschkoff, a noncommissioned Cossack officer, who left Vladivostock last November on horseback to ride across Siberia, a distance of nearly 5000 miles, completed his journey ...
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Article : 1,618 wordsThe commission on city and suburban railways met in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Alderman Burdekin (the Mayor) presided, and there were present Messrs. Macintosh, M.L.C., W. H. Pigott, M.L.C., ...
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Article : 153 wordsAt Hornsby Junction on Wednesday evening, the instructor in agriculture of the Technical College, Mr. Angus Mackay, F.C.S., commenced a series of lesson lectures on general fruit-farming. Mr. William ...
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Article : 464 wordsThe coursing stakes won at the Waterloo Cup meeting were paid over to-day at the offices of the Victoria Coursing Club. ...
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Article : 800 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Thursday evening at the Synagogue Sohool, Castleroagh-street, There was a fair attendance considering the unpropitions weather. Mr. L. Pulver, V. P., ...
Article : 844 wordsThe Sydney Driving Park Club have no occasion to find fault with the patronage bestowed on their reunions, and the gathering at Moore Park yesterday was fully up to the average, numbering between 2000 ...
Article : 1,076 wordsSlowgrove's nineteenth Novice Handicap will be run off to-day, acceptances closing at the post. Nominations for Slowgrove's twentieth Novice Hnndicap close to-night. ...
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Article : 444 wordsThe Carrington Eighth Novice Handicap was concluded last night, the result being a win for C. Frazer off the 9½ yards mark in 9 4-5 seconds. Frazer was a strong favourite and in the final started at 5 to 1 on. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 26 Jul 1890, Page 7
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