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  2. RETURN OF SIR HENRY PARKES.

    Sir Henry Parkes arrived in Port Phillip by the John Elder on the 13th August, and landed next morning. At Me[?]zies' Hotel a deputation, headed by the Mayor of Melbourne and including the President of the Chamber of ...

    Article : 8,108 words
  3. MONETARY REVIEW.

    No alteration can be noted in the money market, bank rates still being as before. The late bank returns showed a considerable in rease in the advances. There is reason to believe that the tendency of banking operations is still in ...

    Article : 1,481 words
  4. LABOUR MARKET.

    The following are the prices paid for labour in some of the principal trades of the colony. In compiling the list regard has been had, in setting down the minimum and maximum, to the circumstance that the earnings of some ...

    Article : 1,310 words
  5. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    During the past few weeks there has been no event of great importance in the musical line. On the 19th instant a charity concert was given at the Garden Palace, under the auspices of the Society of St. Vincent do Paul, and was ...

    Article : 322 words
  6. MESSRS. GOLDSBROUGH'S NEW WAREHOUSES.

    Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Company, Limited, have concluded arrangements for the erection of a splendid block of wool warehouses at Pyrmont, in close proximity to the Darling Harbour railway terminus. Contracts for the ...

    Article : 671 words
  7. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The Chamber of Manufactures adopted a resolution requesting the Attorney-General to pass an Act making agreements entered into between workmen in England to serve employers here binding after their arrival here.—The ...

    Article : 1,753 words
  8. AQUATICS.

    There is no lack of inducements to those who aspire to aquatic fame, judging from the "Fixtures for the season," issued by the N. S. W. Rowing Association, extending over a period from 7th October to 16th December, with ...

    Article : 272 words
  9. THE WEATHER AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The frosts, accompanied by dry weather, which ruled for some time have been recently displaced by fogs and heavy showers—moisture which was much n[?]ded. The rainfall of the city, from the 16th to the 23rd instant, ...

    Article : 374 words
  10. AMTERDAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

    Th first meeting of the Royal Commission entrusted with [?]e responsibility of making arrangements for the proper represen ation of this colony at the Amsterdam Inter[?]tional Exhibition was held at the Free Public ...

    Article : 714 words
  11. OBITUARY.

    REV. THOMAS SMITH.—Very many of our English readers will hear with great regret of the death o[?] the Rev. Canon Thomas Smith, formerly of St. Barnabas', Sydney, and more recently of All Saints', ...

    Article : 835 words
  12. MINING.

    The report of the Under-Secretary for Mines has now been published, and in reference to all minerals it is stated that their development has been seriously impeded by want of water; and with reference to gold the Under-Secretary ...

    Article : 782 words
  13. COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

    EXPORT MARKETS.—Since our last business in wool has been limited to small parcels of scoured, and inferior to medium greasy lots—the former realizing from 14d. to 21¾d., and the later from 6d. to 10¾d. About 410 packages ...

    Article : 1,870 words
  14. SHIPPING.

    August 10.—Hereward, ship, 1512 tons, Captain [?] London May 3; R.M.S. Rome, 5100 tons, Captain C. P. Cates, from Gravesend June 22; Grasmere, ship, 1246 tons, Captain Raymond, from Liverpool May 4. ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. WOOL FOR THE AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION.

    A circular has been issued, pending the appointment of a Royal Commission in connection with the Amsterdam Exhibition, inviting the high-class wool growers of the colony to send forward a creditable display of our staple product. ...

    Article : 300 words
  16. ARRIVALS FROM FOREIGN PORTS.

    August 15.—Astoria, barque, 637 tons, Captain Drummo[?], from Humburg April 21. August 19.—Lottie Moore, barque, 881 tons, Captain Hudson, from New York April 17; Fleetwing, barque, 786 tons, Captain ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

    August 16.—Chimborazo (s.), 3847 tons, Captain Ruthven, [?] London via Melbourne and Adelaide. August 22.—Waipa, ship, 1017 tons, Captain J. M. Baxter, fo[?] London. ...

    Article : 24 words
  18. DEPARTURES FOR FOREIGN PORTS.

    August 11.—Omega, barque, 480 tons, Captain C. Bru[?], [?] Shanghai. August 14.—Staffordshire, barque, 1168 tons, Captain J. W. Sheldrake, for Chil[?]. ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF MELBOURNE.

    A determined attempt was made on the afternoon of August 21, by P. A. C. O'Farrell, well known as a solicitor in Melbourne, to take the life of Archbishop Goold. O'Farrell, who is a brother of the man who attempted to ...

    Article : 567 words
  20. FREIGHTS TO LONDON.

    Per Sailing Vessels.—Wool, clean, [?]d; greasy, ½d; cotton, [?] cocoanut oil, 55s; copra, 65s; tallow, 50s 6d; copper and t[?] nominal; hides, 30s; leather, 50s; preserved meats, 35s; mea[?] surement goods, 40s; bones and horns, 25s; gum, 30s; shale, 25[?] ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    H.M.S. Nelson, Commodore Erskine, with Bishop Selwyn on board, visited the island. The Commodore landed with the Bishop, and spent the evening at the mission, and next morning took a "cast of the lead" round ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. SHIPS ON THE BERTH FOR LONDON.

    The following [?] [?]e on the b[?]h [?]or Lo[?] [?] ...

    Article : 129 words
  23. OUR DEFENCES.

    Parties of the Permanent Artillery Force have been actively engaged for some time past in connection with the battery at Bare Island. The armament is to consist of two 80-pounders and two 12-ton guns. The 80-pounders, wi[?] ...

    Article : 258 words
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