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  2. SUMMARY NEWS FOR TRANSMISSION TO EUROPE, VIA SAN FRANCISCO. FROM JANUARY 16 TO JANUARY 25. POLITICAL.

    Very little of intorest has transpired in political circles since our last summary. The members of the Ministry have been engaged in carrying out the ordinary routine of their several offices, and endeavouring to ove[?]rtake the ...

    Article : 810 words
  3. THE LIZARD ISLAND TRAGEDY.

    It will be in the recollection of our English readers that a Mrs. Watson was left on Lizard Island, with a baby and two Chinamen, by her husband for a few days, while he proceeded to another station in search of trade. During his ...

    Article : 687 words
  4. THE LOSS OF THE WOTONGA.

    An inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the steamer Wotonga, which occurred on the morning of the 2nd instant, three-quarters of a mile south of Tacking Point Lighthouse, was commenced on Wednesday ...

    Article : 1,690 words
  5. TRANSFER OF THE WOLVERENE.

    On Monday, January 16, the Wolverene was presented as a gift from the British Government to the Government of New South Wales. The ceremony took place in the presence of a very distinguished gathering, ...

    Article : 787 words
  6. FIJI.

    The address delivered by the Governor at the opening of the Chiefs' Council has made a great impression upon the natives, and they are eagerly discussing it among themselves. After touching upon certain matters of minor ...

    Article : 175 words
  7. MONETARY REVIEW

    The money market continues without change, the year having opened with the bank rate for deposits at 2, 3, and 4 per cent, per annum for three, six, and twelve months respectively. Discount, 5, 6, and 7 per cent, for ...

    Article : 1,522 words
  8. INTERCOLONIAL.

    James Mace, the pugilist, was fined £25 for being the keeper of a common gaming-house. Thirty-one persons who were arrested in his hotel, the V.R.C., early on Sunday morning, engaged in playing hazard, were fined £3 ...

    Article : 1,756 words
  9. SOCIAL.

    The P.M.S. Zealandia arrived in Port Jackson on January 16, at in early hour. She was placed in quarantine on arrival, as between Honolulu and Auckland two of her passengers suffered from smallpox. In a letter to Captain ...

    Article : 2,449 words
  10. RELIGIOUS.

    On Sunday, January 15, a now Wesleyan church was opened at Woollahra; the morning service being conducted by the Rev. William Clarke, and that in the evening by the Rev. Dr. Kelynack. On Monday night a crowded public ...

    Article : 457 words
  11. THE WEATHER, AGRICULTURAL, AND PASTORAL.

    The warmth of the season is exercising a baneful effect on the pastures of many districts, and from many quarters there are accounts of suffering stock and the echo of wishes for heavy rain. There is dearth among the tanks, and the ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES WINES AT THE BORDEAUX EXHIBITION.

    A meeting of wine-growers was held at the rooms of the New South Wales Agricultural Society on Saturday morning, with the object of securing the representation of Kew South Wales wines at the forthcoming exhibition at ...

    Article : 735 words
  13. BURNING OF THE BARQUE MANHEGAN.

    Extraordinary revelations were made at the Newcastle Police Court relating to the above occurrence, showing that the ship had been wilfully fired by one of the crew. William Hewsen, aged 19, a seaman belonging to the barque, ...

    Article : 551 words
  14. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    The Mendelssohn Quintette Club has returned to the colony, and is now engaged on a country tour, but it is announced that on Monday night next, at the Masonic Hail, the members of this organization will ...

    Article : 325 words
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