Word has come to hand that £1600 is required for a paddock of less than 10 acres, which was applied for as a recreation-ground, not one foot being available for that purpose in the township. It is said £40 per acre ...
Article : 71 wordsIn the Legislative Council, yesterday, On the motion of Mr. DE SALIS, it was ordered that the Criminal Law Mitigation Bill, interrupted by a court-out, be restored to the paper. ...
Article : 4,376 wordsAn inquest was held, to-day, on the body of a male infant, found on Monday, dead, in a house occupied by Mary Simpson. The woman Simpson was before the Court. The child had been found dead in bed under ...
Article : 225 wordsMr. H. V. Leathern, editor of the Molong Express, died this morning. Much sympathy is expressed for his family. ...
Article : 22 wordsAt the municipal elections, yesterday, the aldermen elected were Messrs. Quirk, Aarons, Cunnington, Wildie, Osborne, and Rygate. The Council has been called upon to elect a mayor on Thursday. ...
Article : 35 wordsWilliam Stokes, alias Sam Jones, an old man, aged 65 years, was fouad dead in bed in the, Farriers' Arms, Sloane-street, this morning. The deceased, who was in the employment of Mr. Moran, mail contractor, was ...
Article : 190 wordsThe wives of the Maori prisoners are urging Te Whiti to use his supernatural powers for the release of their husbands. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Pastoral and Agricultural Show commenced to-day. The weather was showery and very cold, and the attendance was not large, being under 500, including a fair sprinkling of strangers. The show of sheep ...
Article : 102 wordsAll the allotments submitted by the Government to-day were sold, averaging £80 per acre. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Assemhly to-day appointed Monday an additional sitting day. The Premier, in submitting the motion in favour of such a step, stated that the Government were anxious to close the business before ...
Article : 118 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, last night, Sir Henry Parkes gave notice of his intention to move the following resolutions on Wednesday next: — " 1. That this House, as representing the people of this ...
Article : 347 wordsA writ has been issued against Mr. Graham Berry for slander, in saying that the Daily Telegraph was subsidized by the Constitutional Association. Damages are laid at £5000. ...
Article : 436 wordsTHE cable is still interrupted. An official memorandum was received by Mr. E. C. Cracknell, Superintendent of Telegraphs, yesterday, from Mr. Todd, Superintendent of Telegraphs in South Australia, to ...
Article : 4,169 wordsThe Loan Estimates were communicated by message, to the Assembly yesterday. They provide for a total expenditure of £7,787,768, of which £6,301,000 are for the construction of railways, and the remainder for works connected ...
Article : 294 wordsThe Bank of Adelaide has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, per annum. Locusts appeared in the north a few days ago, and consumed the crop of 300 acres. ...
Article : 41 wordsIt has been ascertained that the wreckage previously referred to is a portion of the brigantine Swallow, lost on the 30th June. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 10 Jul 1879, Page 5
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