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  2. UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY COMMEMORATION

    The annual commemoration of the University of Sydney was this year held somewhat later than was intended, having been postponed, as a mark of respect, on the death of its former Chanceller, Sir Edward Deas-Thomson. It ...

    Article : 1,891 words
  3. LAW.

    The Supreme Court has resumed its sittings after the vacation, and business is proceeding as brisi[?] as the limited number of Judges available for Beach duty will allow. There is still great delay, and no Acting Judges under ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. DEATH OF SIR EDWARD DEAS-THOMSON, C.B., K.C.M.G.

    By the death of Sir Edward Deas-Thomson is removed one of the chief links which connected the past public life of the colony with the present. He died on the afternoon of the 16th July at Barham, his city residence. The ...

    Article : 889 words
  5. BONDED STOCKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 words
  6. INTERCOLONIAL.

    In the Legislative Assembly, on July 17, the Government, stated that a bill to prevent the adulteration of food would be introduced this session, if business permits. The estimate of expenditure for the State schools of Victoria, up ...

    Article : 1,492 words
  7. PEDESTRIANISM.

    A rather exciting contest took place at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of July last. The match was a forty-eight hours' one. The stakes were £100 a side, and the long-distance ...

    Article : 403 words
  8. COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

    THE EXPORT MARKETS.—Preparations are being made for the receipt of the new wool clip, some of which is already en route to, market. The mildness of the season has favoured an early clip, and we expect to see an ...

    Article : 1,800 words
  9. MONETARY REVIEW.

    Before Parliament was prorogued, a bill passed both branches of the Legislature authorizing a fresh loan of £7,352,768, for the purpose of carrying out reproductive public works, such as railway extensions, a water supply for ...

    Article : 1,856 words
  10. AQUATICS.

    Since our last summary nothing has been done in the yachting line, and the event of the season is the coming race between Trickett and Laycock. As the Derby is run here on the 30th August, the date originally fixed for the ...

    Article : 235 words
  11. SHIPPING SUMMARY.

    July 17.—Alneburgh, barque, 900 tons, Captain Armstrong, from Liverpool, 112 days. July 22.—Jerusalem, barque, 901 tons, Captain Breach, from London, 102 days. ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. ARRIVALS FROM FOREIGN PORTS.

    Julv 18.—R.M.S. [?]am, 3038 tons, Captain He[?], from Galle, 26th May, via King George's Sound and Melbourne. July 19.—Cite[?]d' A[?]th, barque, 300 tons, Captain Brinajoun, from Mauritius, 4th June. ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. PRESENTATION TO MR. E. BURDETT SMITH.

    Mr. R. Burdett Smith, M.L.A., the hon. secretary of the Cook Statue Committee, was, on the 22nd July, the recipient of a very handsome statuet[?]e, presented as a mark of appreciation of the services rendered by him in connection ...

    Article : 380 words
  14. DEPARTURES FOR FOREIGN PORTS.

    July 17.—Australia (s.), 3400 tons, Captain Cargill, for San Francisco. Passengers—For London: Mr. and Mrs. Page, Mr. Michael Metealfe, Mr. Stephen Cox, Mr. H. Matthews, Mr. George Bell, Mr. W. G. Kent. For San Francisco: Mr. A. Perelli, Dr. James ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. MEAT EXPORTATION.

    At a meeting of the Meat Export Committee, in the rooms of the Agricultural Society, Sydney, on the 18th July, Mr. Carlo Marino submitted for inspection, a carcase of mutton sent from his station, Moppity, near Young, on ...

    Article : 741 words
  16. DEPARTURES FROM NEWCASTLE.

    July 21.—Albyn's Isle, for Singapore, with 530 tons coal. July 22.—Killarney (s.), for Shanghai, with 1400 tons coal America, for San Francisco, with 1710 tons coal; East Lothian, for Bombay, with 1896 tons coal. ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. FREIGHTS.

    At Sydney.—For London: W[?]l, ½d to [?]d; tin, 25s; copper, 30s. ingots 27s 6d; tallow, 35s; hides, 30s; pressed meats, 30s; copra, 30s; measurement goods, 35s. ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. SHIPS' REPORTS.

    ALNEBURG.—The barque Alneburg, from Liverpool, has had no better luck as regards winds and weather than other clippers that have lately come to port from England; and, considering the storms she has had to cope with, she has done well in thrashing ...

    Article : 1,805 words
  19. 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 : 1,027 words
  20. AMUSEMENTS.

    The opera at the Victoria Theatre, Mr. Creswick's Shakesperian impersonations at the Royal, and "H.M.S. Pinafore," performed by the Kelly and Leon troupe, have been continued successfully since our last report; but the ...

    Article : 656 words
  21. MINING SUMMARY.

    The latest news from the Copeland gold-fields shows that there have been some rich discoveries. In the Germana reef a party have struck first-rate gold, the reef being over 3 feet thick. Payable prospects have also been obtained ...

    Article : 965 words
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