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  2. SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR TRANSMISSION TO EUROPE, VIA SAN FRANCISCO AND SUEZ.

    IT is now pretty definitely understood that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business in the first week of July, and in the meantime Ministers and members alike [?]eem determined to dismiss political matters altogether from ...

    Article : 313 words
  3. THE STEAMER FERRET.

    On the 7th May, James Stewart Henderson, the reputed owner of the India (s.), was brought up on remand, at the Melbourne City Police Court, and charged with having forged the register of the Ferret (s.) at Bermuda. Mr. C. ...

    Article : 212 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 : 1,070 words
  5. WRECK OF THE TARARUA.

    The Otago Daily Times says that John Williams thus supplements his original statement:—"Between 10 and 11 in the forenoon on Friday at which time, so far as I know, none of the women or children had been washed ...

    Article : 476 words
  6. RELIGIOUS.

    At the Masonic Hall, West Maitland, the Rev. R. T. Hills, late pastor of the Congregational Church, was presented by the townspeople with a handsomely illuminated address, in the shape of a bound volume, and a purse of 132 ...

    Article : 597 words
  7. THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The approximate census returns of the whole colony of New South Wales were issued on Friday last by the Census Department, but the totals are still incomplete, in consequence of the papers for the Balranald district not having ...

    Article : 767 words
  8. SOCIAL.

    A well attended meeting of the members of the executive committee of the various temperance societies in New South Wales was held at the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, on May 6, under the presidency of Mr. John Wright. After ...

    Article : 1,826 words
  9. MINING SUMMARY.

    During the past fortnight mining matters have been characterised by considerable dulness, and want of water still operates prejudicially in regard to the returns from our gold and tin mines. There is some indication, however, that ...

    Article : 1,271 words
  10. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

    The Melbourne International Exhibition has now closed, and comparisons are possible between its results and those obtained at Sydney. The attendance at Melbourne was larger, and this was partly due to the number of arrivals ...

    Article : 1,030 words
  11. MILITARY, &c.

    Mr. John Mackenzie, Government examiner of coal-fields, has made a preliminary examination of the old coal workings under Flagstaff-hill, upon which the fortifications are being erected, and has considered it necessary to immediately ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. THE TORPEDO EXPLOSION IN HOBSON'S BAY.

    The Board appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the torpedo explosion in Hobson's Bay in their report state they are unable to come to any decision, with certainty, as to the exact cause of the recent disaster; but ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The Brisbane Courier says that the news that Mr. Gresley Lukin is about to leave Sydney with proposals from capitalists for the construction of a land-grant railway to connect Adelaide and Sydney with Brisbane, will give the ...

    Article : 1,430 words
  14. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    The most important musical occurrence since our last summary has been the production of "Il Trovatore," in English, at the Gaiety theatre, by the Montague-Turner Opera Company Of course it has been played better here; ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c.

    An attempt was made on May 6 to set fire to the house occupied by Mr. Thomas Bickerdike, a builder, residing in Harrington-street, Marrickville. He was awakened at half-past 8 o'clock by hearing a pane of glass being broken ...

    Article : 314 words
  16. ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. BACCHANTE AT KING GEORGE'S SOUND.

    H.M.S. Bacchante, with their Royal Highnesses the sons of the Prince of Wales on board, arrived here on May 16, and reports that the Flying Squadron, to which the Bacchante is attached, quitted the Cape of Good Hope on the ...

    Article : 240 words
  17. MONETARY REVIEW.

    There is no change to note in the tone of the money market. Capital for all kinds of undertakings is now obtainable on easier terms than for many years past. The various interests of the colony appear to be flourishing, and ...

    Article : 1,671 words
  18. OBITUARY.

    We have to chronicle the death of Captain Scott, which occurred on May 16, who had held the position of Police Magistrate at the Central Police Court for about a quarter of a century. Mr. David Charles Frederick Scott was first ...

    Article : 186 words
  19. MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY.

    On the 9th May the Mayor of Sydney, accompanied by the City Archi[?] the Health Officer, the Inspector and Assistant-inspector of Nuisances, visited a number of buildings in the city which were considered unfit for human ...

    Article : 322 words
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