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  2. THE WEATHER

    It was comparatively a fine day yesterday in Sydney, though it rained at intervals. So steady has the rainfall been lately that anything short of an uninterrupted downpour is regarded as yesterday was—a fine day. ...

    Article : 4,322 words
  3. ANOTHER SYDNEY VESSEL DISMASTED.

    One vessel after another of the coasting fleet belonging to this port has come to grief during the past few weeks' bad weather, until little surprise is expressed when telegrams or other reports ...

    Article : 307 words
  4. SHIPPING REPORTS, &c.

    CUSTOM HOUSE.—Entered outwards February 24. Norkoowa (s.), 1074 tons, Captain Nightingale for Melbourne, via Newcastle; You Yangs, 457 tons, Captain Lilley, for Geelong; Tekapo (s.), 1544 tons, Captain G. Allman, for ...

    Article : 982 words
  5. COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET TO MR F. ABIGAIL, M.L.A.

    Last evening a complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr. Francis Abigail) M.L.A., at the Town Hall, by a number of his friends and admirers, the event being intended as a mark of their respect and asteem for the ...

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  6. A SOUTH PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC TRIP.

    Captain W. U. Moore, who is about to take the Penguin on a soientifly expedition through the South Pacific and around the coasts of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, has (an English contemporary thinks) some pleasant experiences ...

    Article : 137 words
  7. THE YACHT MIRANDA'S ROUGH VOYAGE.

    Amongst small craft out in the late bad weather is the Sydney-owned and well-known yacht Miranda. Yesterday the little vessel was reported as having arrived at Twofold Bay early, and the Launceston Examiner of Tuesday ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. THE SIKH.

    It is expected that the steamer Sikh will be admitted to pratique on Thursday next. Following is a complete list of her cargo:—From Hongkong for Sydney: 404 bags rice, 148 cases chairs, 10 cascs merchandise, 1 case sundries. From ...

    Article : 306 words
  9. THE LOCHEE.

    Among the Jervis Bay passings of yesterday is noticed that of the ship Lochee, at 7 p.m., bound from London with a full cargo of miscellaneous merchandise. The Lochee is consigned to Messrs. Briscoe, Drysdale, and Co. She should ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. AMUSEMENTS. CRITERION THEATRE.

    In the article on "Art, Music, and the Drama," which appeared in this paper on the 16th instant, grave doubts were entertained of Messrs. Brough and Boucicault being able, as arranged, to open the new ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    To advertised, time the R.M.S. Alameda, hence to San Francisco via ports, left Auckland (at 3 p.m.) yesterday in continuation of her voyage. The outward P. and O. mail steamer Parramatta left ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. A MISSING VESSEL.

    Fears are entertained at Launceston for the safety of the cutter Entcrprisc, which left George's Bay. Tasmania, for Launceston on the 11th current. The Warrentinna did not see anything of her on the last passage round, and it is feared ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. THE UNEMPLOYED: THE CAUSE AND CURE.

    Sir,—Muster our army of unemployed men. Listen to the logic ravings, I should say, of its mouthpieces, and inquire the cause of it all. Go to the root of the matter, and find out how it has come about that men— ...

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  14. THE CATHARINA.—HOW THE MISTAKE WAS MADE.

    The other day a barque mistook the Port Stephens light, it is said, for the Nobbys, and eventually anchored in what was deemed an insecure position, and signalled for tug assistance. The vessel was the Catharina, now safe at Newcastle. The ...

    Article : 276 words
  15. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    "My Jack" was again greeted by a large audience last evening. The piece was vastly appreciated by stalls and gallery, and it terminated soon after 11 o'clock. It will be condensed still more to-night, when ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. THE ALHAMBRA.

    At the Alhambra Music Hall hist evening the now programme was presented to a house crowded to its ulmost limits. The entertainmant for the week is a very clever and pleasing one. The costumes, are ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. THE SALAZIE.

    Per M. M. Company's steamer Salazie to leave to-day for Marseilles, the following passengers are booked:—For Marseilles: Mrs. and Miss Meredith, Mr. and Mrs. E. Becret 2 children and maid, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Edwards, Mr. and ...

    Article : 200 words
  18. THE RUAPEHU AT HOBART.

    The direct lines of steamers to New Zealand from London keep up an excellent name for regularity in their passages. The latest report to hand is that of the Hunpehu, which arrived at Hobart on the 19th current. The steamer belongs ...

    Article : 316 words
  19. THE ARAWATTA AT MELBOURNE.

    The New A.U.S.N. Company's boat Arawatta paid Melbourne a visit on Friday last. She arrived in Sydney yesterday, and the account of her first appearance at Melbourne, as gathered from Captain Hampton and the officers on board, ...

    Article : 463 words
  20. TAILORS' PICNIC.

    The annual picnic of the Amagamated Journeymen Tailors Association took place to Clontarf yesterday. The unsettled state of the weather militated greatly against the success of the outing, and only a couple of ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. THE FAIRY ROCK-CARGO JETTISONED.

    There seems to be no end to the indifferent weather along the Australian coast lately. The Fairy Rock, a widely-known intercolonial trading brig, reports on arrival at Adelaide February 20, from Southport, Tasmania, having fallen in with ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. CASUALTIES.

    Yesterday afternoon a man named Patrick Fitzpatrick, 30 years of age, residing in Goodlet-street, Surry Hills, sustained a severe injury to his left leg by being run over by his cart. He was driving ...

    Article : 386 words
  23. THE PUBLIC WORKS SECTIONAL COMMITTEE AT MOLONG.

    A mob of 199 bullocks from Yowie station, to truck at Dubbo for Sydney, is approaching. This mob has been a fortnight travelling 60 miles, owing to the rain. MOLONG, MONDAY. ...

    Article : 267 words
  24. OVERDUE VESSELS AT NEWCASTLE.

    There are one or two vessels making long passages to Newcastle from Melbourne, and it is said that some anxiety is felt for the whereabouts of the C. B. Kenny, which left Melbourne on January 20. The weather along this coast has, ...

    Article : 409 words
  25. THE CHEMNITZ.

    The latest of the new steamships in the new line from Germany the German Australian line, with its head-quarters at Hamburg, arrived here yesterday. The steamer left Antwerp with 3800 tons of cargo and bunker coal for Australia, ...

    Article : 1,308 words
  26. THE TASMANIAN S. N. COMPANY.—THE GREAT REDUCTION IN FARES AND FREIGHTS.

    As is pretty generally known in this city and in Melbourne, to which ports the T.S.N. Company's boats run in conncetion with the Launceston and Hobart trade, the raies of fares and freights have fallen enormously since an opposition ...

    Article : 770 words
  27. RESERVOIRS OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

    Sir,—The public have received timely warning of the dangers existing in our midst, through the privileges granted by the press to contributors who are aware of such, not with standing which the death-rate of our infantile ...

    Article : 356 words
  28. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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  29. A CHILD WORRIED BY DOGS.

    A girl five years of age was suddenly attacked by two dogs yesterday in a most extraordinary manner. The child was sitting on the kerbstone in Maitland-street, when the dogs rushed behind, seized her on each side ...

    Article : 105 words
  30. GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The Quarter Sessions were commenced to-day before Judge Fitzhardinge, Mr. Dawson prosecuting for the Crown. Thomas Camby pleaded guilty to a charge of larcency, and was remauded for sentence. Alfred ...

    Article : 81 words
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