By rail, yesterday afternoon, we received the Sydney papers of yesterday (Monday.) A report of the races at Randwick on Saturday will be found elsewhere. ...
Article : 244 wordsWE regret that the pressure on our space, from advertisements, and important news, is so great that we are unable to insert our usual leading article, and have to postpone several letters and ...
Article : 45 wordsYesterday morning we were shocked by hearing a rumour that Mr.Archibald Campbell, the Custom House Landing Waiter at Morpeth, had been found dead in his bed that morning; a little later and the report changed to the effect that ...
Article : 1,246 wordsNotwithstanding the unavoidable postponement of the Metropolitan Autumn Race Meeting for a week in consequence of the continuous wet weather, the first, or St.Leger Day, was in every sense a success.The weather was delightful the ...
Article : 2,512 words[Herald.]—It is still raining, and the races are further postponed. ...
Article : 21 words[Herald.]—There has been drizzling rain for the last two days. Friday. CAPTURE or CUMMINGS, THE BUSHRANGER.— ...
Article : 79 wordsEXPORTS FROM THE DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH.— The following is an abstract of the exports, from the manifests of the steamers and coasters. of the principal produce (exclusive of wool and tallow) received coastwise in Sydney, ...
Article : 5,179 words[Herald.]—Since the late rains the neighbourhood looks very delightful—no frost, and very mild weather. We have had a gentle soaking rain for several days, and still raining. Great want of merchandise from the delay of teams at the Nepean. ...
Article : 44 words[Herald.]—Mr. George Hewlett, manager of the english, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank here, had a narrow escape whilst bathing on the beach to-day. He was caught by the under-tow, and carried out to sea. He was saved by the ...
Article : 60 words[Herald.]—The Clarence River has overflowed its banks, and the waters on Monday were within two feet of the great flood in 1867.Boats are plying from Prince-street, but no damage has been done in that locality as the water has not entered the stores. ...
Article : 109 words[Herald.]—We had heavy rains here all day on Saturday, accompanied in the night by a violent gale: verandall roots, trees, and houses, were blown down. The river rose forty feet at Ipswich. Flood now in Brisbane three feet above the highest ...
Article : 241 words[Empire.]—Messrs.Fraser and Co., yesterday, offered at auction, at their rooms, Collins-street, the cargo of Mauritius sugars, ex Formosa, and placed with difficulty 2260 bags, at a decline of about £1 to £1 10s. per ton on some sorts, whilst ...
Article : 349 wordsAn old man named Meredith, who for a considerable time has been conducting a school on Mr.Taylor's farm, near the Yellow Rock, and some three miles above the village of Broke, is supposed to have been drowned during the recent Hood in ...
Article : 654 words[Herald.]—Arrived: Norfolk, ship, from London.—Sailed: 6 p.m., Alexandra (s.), and You Yangs (s.), for Sydney. Friday, 6.p.m. [Herald]—Arrived:Sea Nymph, barque, From Newcastle; ...
Article : 48 words[Empire.]—It is now definitely settled that ministry is to consist of—Mr.Ayer, Colonial Secretary; Mr. Andrews, Attorney General; Mr.Reynolds, Treasurer; Mr. Glyde, Minister for lands; Mr.Santo, Minister for Works.—Wheat is very ...
Article : 42 wordsParticulars respecting the circumstances attendant upon the capture of the notorious "Tommy Clarke" and his brother John have been furnished to us by local correspondents, and will doubtless be read with much interest by our readers. On ...
Article : 3,071 wordsIt will be remembered that, some time ago, two desperate criminals name Southgate and Cummings effected their escape from Berrima gaol, by forcing their way through the open drain. One of these scoundrels, Southgate was captured some ...
Article : 315 wordsA special Court of Petty Sessions took place at the Courthouse.Singleton, on Monday, for hearing and determining appeals against the Municipal assessments for the current year. The following magistrates were present:—Mr.J.C.S. ...
Article : 678 wordsFrom an article in Friday's Herald, on the late rainy weather in Sydney, we take the following extract:— "Amongst the remarkable features exhibited in that late protected rainfall which has been so generally prevalent in ...
Article : 578 wordsMay 3—Charles George Norman Lockhart, of T[?]mut, Esquire. Liabilities, £6467 8s 9d., of which £2014 is secured. Assets, £5360. Mr.Humphery, official assignee. CRICKET MATCH.—A cricket match was played between an ...
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Tue 7 May 1867, Page 2
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