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

    Parliament met on Wednesday, the 16th instant, after the general election, when the members were sworn in by commission, and Sir George Wigram Allen again elected Speaker, and Mr. A. Camelon was elected Chairman of ...

    Article : 1,685 words
  3. RAILWAYS OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    The report of the Commissioner for Railways for 1879 was laid before Parliament yesterday. This document, which is a very voluminous one, shows that at the close of the year 1878 the amount of loans authorised was ...

    Article : 700 words
  4. FINE ARTS.

    The last of the trial of colossal freestone statues which Signar Simonetti was commissioned to carve for the decoration of the new Government offices, Macquarie-street, has been safely placed in its niche."Wisdom," represented ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. THE SORATA.

    The Orient Company's steamship Sorata arrived in Hobson's Bay on December 8. An examination of the vessel as she now lies in the Alfred Graving Dock (observes the Age), shows that the injuries received, though severe, are ...

    Article : 489 words
  6. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    The short opera season of four weeks is now nearly at an end in spite of the inauspicious commencement through a loss-which is not yet realized in the circle over which he so long ruled, the death of Mr. W. S. Lyster—it has been ...

    Article : 505 words
  7. CRICKET.

    Some dissatisfaction has been expressed at the determination of the Australian team not to take part in the next intercolonial match, to be played in Melbourne at Christmas. It was understood when the team left Australia, ...

    Article : 374 words
  8. MUNICIPAL.

    The election of Mayor for the city of Sydney for 1881 took place at the Town Hall on December 9, and, on the motion of alderman O' Connor, it was resolved that the voting should proceed by show of hands. Alderman ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

    Two dreadful murders have been committed lately—one near Albury, at Jindera, and the other at Kelso, near Bathurst. The latter case was that of a woman whose body was found some days after the murder was committed. ...

    Article : 585 words
  10. THE WEATHER—AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    Slight rains have fallen in a few districts since our last report, but, save in the case of Murrurundi and Albury, the showers were not heavy enough to afford sufficient moisturo to the soil. Despite the dryness of the weather, however, ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. LEGAL.

    In the Insolvency Court his Honor the Chief Commissioner gave his decision in the matter of the claim of £24,010 1s. 5d., sought to be proved on behalf of Mr. T. A. Dibbs in the insolvent estate of his brother, George ...

    Article : 330 words
  12. AQUATICS.

    The yachts of the Prince Alfred Club sailed a fine contest on the 11th instant for a £50 trophy, given by Mr. J. Henniker Heaton, and a second prize of £10, given by the club for the first yacht of a class other than the winner of ...

    Article : 404 words
  13. SCARCITY OF WATER IN SYDNEY.

    The lack of winter rains and the present dry summer have resulted in the water at the Botany dams becoming so low as to cause considerable anxiety to the municipal authorities. It has been found necessary to stop watering ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. LABOUR MARKET.

    The bootmakers have been out on strike, in consequence of a change in the mode of manufacture which involves a loss on the average of 10s. a week to the workman, while the article when made is a very inferior one. One hundred ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. THE KENNY HILL WATER SCHEME.

    On the 9th December a general meeting of the Executive Committee of the Kenny Hill Gravitation Scheme of Water Supply was held, at which some important business was transacted. A deputation was appointed to wait on his ...

    Article : 521 words
  16. RELIGIOUS.

    The annual services of the Western auxiliary to the British and Foreign Bible Society have been held in the Bathurst district. The annual meeting took place in the William-street Lecture Hall, Bathurst, the Rev. Dr. ...

    Article : 720 words
  17. LABOUR SUMMARY.

    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 : 891 words
  18. RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    On Wednesday, the 8th instant, the rifle range on Moore Park was at a very early hour the scene of a considerable amount of excitement, the occasion being the twentieth annual prize meeting of the above association. The ...

    Article : 806 words
  19. SOCIAL.

    The adjourned monthly meeting of the members of the Royal Society of New South Wales was hold on December 8, at the society's house in Elizabeth-street, Professor Smith, president, in the chair. The chairman read a paper ...

    Article : 3,087 words
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