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

    The visit of Sir Henry Parkes to Orange has been [?]ollowed by one from the Premier (the Hon. J. S. Farnell) and the Attorney-General (the Hon. W. J. Foster), and they were entertained at a dinner given by ...

    Article : 1,322 words
  3. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. LANG.

    On the 8th instant the Rev. John Dunmore Lang, D.D., Presbyterian minister, and one of our oldest and bestknown Australian colonists, died at his residence, Jamison-street, after a brief illness, in the seventy-ninth year of his ...

    Article : 1,483 words
  4. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

    Mr. Shiell, the City Coroner, recently held an inquest at the Brecknock Arms Hotel, into the cause of the death of William Diason, five years old, who was run over by a train at the Petersham railway station. The evidence showed ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  5. MARRIAGE OF MR. A. K. FINLAY AND MISS ROBINSON.

    On Wednesday, the 7th instant, the marriage of Mr. Alexander Kirkman Finlay, of Glenormiston, Noorat, Victoria, with Miss Nora Augusta Maud Robinson, daughter of his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, G.C.M.G., Governor of ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  6. MIKING SUMMARY.

    From the Western districts the principal item of gold mining news for the past fortnight is s report of a rich discovery of gold near Gulgong. 75 oz. of gold, besides rich specimens, were obtained from two dishes of stuff[?] ...

    Article : 485 words
  7. AQUATICS.

    There have been no sailing or pulling races to record during the past few weeks. Sports in the aquatic line, however, give promise of affording a livery time, during the coming season, to all persons interested in this description of ...

    Article : 320 words
  8. THE WEATHER—AGRIGULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    Shearers are again on the move, and in several localities west and south the shears are in operation. The reports of the lambing in the south are satisfactory, the averages being high in many instances, but from no district have we records ...

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  9. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—July 25. A public meeting of the Goulburn Church Society was held at Tumut, the Rev. G. Spencer, of All Saints', in the chair. August 6. A public meeting of St. John's (Darlinghurst) branch of the ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. CIVIC AND SANATORY.

    Sanatorily, there can be little doubt that the city has improved since our last summary. Little is now heard of typhoid fever, and doubtless the cause is owing to the "scare" having sharpened the wits of municipal officers, ...

    Article : 293 words
  11. SOCIAL.

    The active demand for domestic servants continues, notwithstanding the revival of immigration. The unmarried females who came out by the Samuel Plimsoll were sought after by employers, who in number were considerably more ...

    Article : 728 words
  12. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    It has long been a matter of regret here that so little provision was made by the Government for the acquisition and exhibition of works of art. Private individuals have acquired valuable collections, and the Academy of Arts has ...

    Article : 489 words
  13. DEPARTMENT OF MINES.

    The annual report of the Department of Mines for the year 1877 has just been issued from the Government Printing Office. It forms a book of 212 pages, and contains much that is valuable to those who are interested in the ...

    Article : 2,840 words
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