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  2. RABBIT DESTRUCTION.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 13th instant there appears a letter from Mr. James Tyson, jun., explaining his mathed of rabbit destruction. Now, after reading Mr. Tyson's letter attentively, I have come to the conclusion that his ...

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  3. LECTURES.

    A lecture upon "The Laws of Cooling, and how Cold may be Produced Artificially," was delivered in the Technical Hall, Pitt-street, on Thursday evening, by Mr. John L. Bruce, I.A. In his preliminary remarks Mr. Bruce ...

    Article : 590 words
  4. REVIEWS.

    It is not too much to say, after reading Mr. Mackay's rhymes of bush and turf, that we have o[?]e who gives promise of being rightly called a "poet-rider." Mr. Mackay is well known upon the turf as a good ...

    Article : 911 words
  5. AS YOU LIKE IT.

    It was said of one of our old-time legislators, who had elevated the detail of Opposition tactics almost to the dignity of a science—the late Mr. William Forster —that even the Resurrection itself would have no ...

    Article : 1,697 words
  6. APPRAISEMENT, OF RUNS IN THE CASINO DISTRICT.

    The Land Court finished the appraisement of runs in the Casino district this week, as under:—Kyogle, 38,000 acres, 11¼d. per acre for leasehold, and £2 per section for the resumed area; Ettrick and Forest, 59,500. acres, leasehold ...

    Article : 202 words
  7. MR. JOHN OSBORNE GOULBURN.

    Mr. John. Osb[?]rne delivered a lecture in the Acdaemy of Music to-night on the respective merits of free trade and protection. The attendance numbered about 500. Mr. Osborne received an appreciative and uninterrupted ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. GUNDAGAI PROGRESS COMMITTEE.

    A meeting of the Gandagai Progress Committee was held last night, Mr. W. Bibo being in the chair. It was declared that as the Government had not seen its way clear to abolish the differential railway rates, the progress ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. SEMI-TROPICAL PRODUCTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Technical College lecture on Wednesday evening was on "Our Semi-tropical Products," by the instructor for agriculture. Tobacco was the first product dealt with, but Mr. Mackay announced that sugar, its growth and ...

    Article : 726 words
  10. MASONIC INSTALLATION AT GUNDAGA[?].

    The m[?]nic installation of the W.M. and officers of the Loyalty Lodge, 2073, E.C., Gundagai, took place to-day, when the following officers were duly installed:—W.M., Bro. Croker; S.W,, Bro. Weekes; J.W[?] Bro. Matthews; ...

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  11. GAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N.

    Sir,—Mr. R. B. Smith, has placed a [?]otion before the Legislative Assembly to erect a monument to Governor Phillip. A short time ago I suggested, through your columns, that such an act at the Conte[?]ry was due to the ...

    Article : 1,065 words
  12. PLOUGHING MATCH AT MERILLA.

    The sixth animal ploughing match of the Merilla, Mummell, and Parkesbourne Farmers' Association took place to-day at Merilla, and was attended by 500 or 600 people, including, many from Goulburn. The competition was ...

    Article : 217 words
  13. SCHOOL BOOKS.

    We have received from Messrs. Macmillan and Co. a volume of their classical series, entitled The Last Two Kings of Macedon, being extracts from the fourth and fifth decades of Livy, edited by F. H. ...

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  14. FAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION AT NEWCASTLE.

    A very large meeting was held to-night in the Victoria Theatre, to form a Fair Trade Association. The chair was taken by Mr. W. B. Sharp, manager of the Great Northern Wool Dumping Company, Apologies for non-attendance ...

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  15. OVERLAND PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  16. SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC-HOUSES.

    Sir,—Your correspondent, who signs himself "Practcal," seems to have a very elastic conscience. His ideas of morality, if widely spread, would make socicty a sad conglomeration of systematic law-evaders. He seems to be a ...

    Article : 326 words
  17. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN BELMORE PARK.

    Sir,—Will you all[?]w me to inquire, through the medium of your valued columns, whether there is any pre[?]dent for the refusal of the Mayor to allow a public meeting to be held in Belmore Park. It seems out of harmony with ...

    Article : 253 words
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