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  2. AMUSEMENTS.

    The favour with which the promenade concerts are viewed by the public is shown in the over-increasing attendance. From 800 at the first, the numbers have swelled to 2400 at the third; and the evidence proves that ...

    Article : 552 words
  3. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

    The properties in connection with the race meeting of the Rosehill Club next Saturday will be disposed of to-day at Garling's Bazaar. Mr. De Mestre's sale has been postponed to the 20th ...

    Article : 122 words
  4. WINDSOR FARM RACING CLUB.

    The great heat on Saturday did not prevent the Windsor Farm meeting from boing well attended, and the special train which left Sydney at 11 o'clock was well attended. Fuse, the speedy son of Kingsborough, was quite the here ...

    Article : 775 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL EIGHT.

    The representative eight have been doing some very good and useful work during the past week, and are rapidly getting into condition and form. When out for practice on Saturday afternoon many minor faults which, ...

    Article : 237 words
  6. WARIALDA RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 words
  7. LADIES' CRICKET MATCH.

    The Association Cricket Ground will to-day be the scene of a match for the charities. The combatants on [?]ch side will be ladies, and, no doubt, the novelty of such a contest will attract a large attendance. The ground has been given ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. THE ALHAMBRA.

    This place of entertainment was crowded on Saturday night, the programme being both amusing and diversified. The first and socond portipns pf the programme were, as usual, devoted to minstrelsy, comic sketches, and dances, in ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. ATHLETICS.

    The following gentlemen have consented to act as a committee at the forthcoming walking match between Edwards and Scott:—Messrs. R. H. Levien, W. Connan, F. Punch, F. Smith. S. Punch, G. Adams, F. Wilkinson, J. ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. COURSING.

    The following are the nominations received for the Dorby and Oaks, to be run at the May meeting of the New South Wales Coursing Club:- THE DERBY.—Mr. H. Mortimer, 2 nominations; Mr. S. Bladon, ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. BALMAIN SWIMMING CLUB.

    At the Corporation Baths on Saturday afternoon the second series of matches and aquatic sports in connection with the Balmain Swimming Club took place. A number of events were contested with vigour, the principal ones ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. THE OLYMPIC.

    The entertainment provided at the Olympic Theatre on Saturday night by "The Vital Spark Combination" wes, perhaps, almost too ambitious to be thoroughly successful. Whilst the public who frequented the ...

    Article : 300 words
  13. FOOTBALL.

    The following players have been selected to practise for the forthcoming intercolonial match with Victoria, viz.— Goor, Butler, M'Kellar, Sullivan, Graham, Oswald, Crisp, M'Laughlin, and Robinson of the Sydney Club: Wren, ...

    Article : 722 words
  14. CRICKET.

    CARLTON V. WARWICK.—Notwithstanding the fact that the meeting of the above-named clubs was considered likely to be productive of some first-class cricket, there was a very poor attendance of spectators on the Association Cricket ...

    Article : 1,629 words
  15. SABBATH DESECRATION.

    Sir.—Seeing the great lengths to which the sin of Sabbath-breaking is being carried in this colony, I presume that very many of your readers have been looking for an outburst of righteous indignation on the part of the Churches ...

    Article : 1,435 words
  16. THE NEW OPERA HOUSE.

    Saturday evening again witnessed an immense crowd at the New Opera House, when "La Perichole" was produced for the first time this season after an absence of little more than a year from Sydney. The chief characters, ...

    Article : 711 words
  17. THEATRE ROYAL.

    At the Theatre Royal "Dark Days," which is approaching the close of a very successful season, was repeated to a crowded audience. This well-known drama is capitally staged, and the merits of the performance are undeniable. ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

    Saturday night being the third anniversary of the [?] Minstrels' advent to Sydney, a special bill had been propared. The Academy of Music, which the Minstrels permanently occupy, was crowded, and the performances were ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. SYDNEY PARK DRIVING CLUB.

    The meeting of the above club held on Saturday on the Agricultural Society's Ground, Was the most successful yet given by that institution. The weather was fine, and the recent rains had kept the dust down, and in consequence the ...

    Article : 572 words
  20. THE CAUSE OF COAL-MINING ACCIDENTS.

    The first portion of an important work to coal-miners has recently been issued (a London paper says) by Mr. A. R. Sawyer, Associate of the Royal Society of Mines, and one of her Majesty's inspectors of ...

    Article : 641 words
  21. OCEAN YACHT RACE.

    On Saturday afternoon the first race of three constituting a match between Dr. Milford's Sao and Mr. Murnin's Assegai was sailed over a course from Neutral Bay to Long Reef and back to Fort Macquarie. The match is arranged ...

    Article : 692 words
  22. THE GAIETY THEATRE.

    The initial performance of "The Great Pink Pearl" was given on Saturday night, at the Gaiety Theatre, to a crowded house. His Excellency Lord Carrington, the Hon. Lady Carrington, the Hon. Judith Harbord, and suite ...

    Article : 771 words
  23. THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT.

    Sir,—The Amending Bill which was introduced in the Assembly states, in place of section 51, part v., the following:—"If any officer dies, not having been in receipt of any pension or gratuity under this Act, and leaving a ...

    Article : 261 words
  24. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) MOONEE VALLEY RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 words
  25. MERCANTILE ROWING CLUB.

    The semi-annual regatta in connection with the Mercantile Rowing Club was held on Saturday afternoon, but the programme, through several unforeseen accidents, was greatly marred. The Junior Double Sculls race for Club ...

    Article : 292 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 36 words
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