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  2. SCRAPS.

    How many sick ones wish they were healthy; How many beggar men wish they were wealthy; How many ugly ones wish they were pretty; How many stupid ones wish they were witty; ...

    Article : 66 words
  3. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

    The eleventh annual report of the Registrar-General, being that for the year 1866, has been published, from which we abridge the following for the information of our readers:— ...

    Article : 1,594 words
  4. ST. MARY'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY.

    The half-yearly so[?]ree of the above society was held in St. Mary's school-room, on Wednesday evening. The attendance was fully as good as usual. The room was nicely decorated for the occasion with flags and banners, ...

    Article : 1,170 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    THE CLYDE RIVER DIGGINGS.—The Moruya correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch says:—In my last I reported upon the rush to the new diggings on the Clyde River, or, rather, as I may say, the two rushes, one there ...

    Article : 1,783 words
  6. THE UNIVERSAL WANT.

    "We may live without poetry, music, and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilised man cannot live without cooks. ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Docker, on behalf of the Government, acceded to a request of Mr. Plunkett, that the report of the commission appointed by her Majesty, on the, subject of capital punishment, together with the summary of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

    [Herald.)—At the Assizes to-day, Mary Williams and Harriet Hannah Short, mother and daughter, were convicted of the wilful murder of the female illegitimate child of the latter, by drowning it in a well. Both prisoners ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. EMU CREEK.

    [Herald.]—The escort left this morning, conveying from Grenfell 2437 ounces of gold, and from Forbes 307 ounces. There are about 800 ounces of gold left behind, the crushings not being finished in time for the escort. ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. MARTIN rose to state the decision which the Government had arrived at with regard to the course they ought to pursue. Glancing back at the colonial precedents, from the one offered by Mr. Donaldson, ...

    Article : 3,592 words
  11. BRISBANE.

    [Herald.]—From the diggings near Maryborough a party has returned with 200 ounces; there were five men at work, and 100 ounces were left in the diggers' bands. The Commercial Branch Bank bought 60 ounoes. ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. MELBOURNE.

    [Herald.]—Fireworke is very firm at 100 to 25] Sydney Tim Whifl[?]r 100 to 16, Rose of Australia 100 to 14. —Babbler is the favourite for the steeplechase.— There was a terrific thunderstorm, with hail, rain, and ...

    Article : 543 words
  13. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

    Sir—In our last letters we advocated as a leading feature in a new Land Bill a very considerable reduction in the price of our waste lands, with a view to facilitating the occupation of the country as grazing farms by men ...

    Article : 885 words
  14. QUEENSCLIFF.

    [Herald.]—Sailed: Sarah, barque, and Portland ship, for Newcastle. ...

    Article : 10 words
  15. ADELAIDE.

    [Herald.]—The foundation-stone of the new Government Orphanage was laid yesterday by tbe Commissioner for Public Works.—Farmers are complaining of a great difficulty in obtaining suitable labour.—Special ...

    Article : 575 words
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