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  2. THE WEATHER—AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The weather during the past fortnight has been very variable throughout the colony. Several districts have been freshened by light rains, and in nearly all localities the pastures are improving. Frosts have almost disappeared, ...

    Article : 612 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL.

    In the Assembly on the 12th of September, the vote for Marshall Wood's statue of the Queen was taken pro forma, to be reconsidered when reported to the House. In Committee of Supply on the naval estimates, it transpired ...

    Article : 3,919 words
  4. OBITUARY.

    THE REV. WILLIAM RIDLEY.—This gentleman died at his residence, Paddington, on the 27th September. The immediate cause of death was apoplexy. He was 59 years of age. Mr. Ridley was a native of Essex, and received ...

    Article : 473 words
  5. MASSACRE OF MISSION AGENTS AT NEW BRITAIN.

    Intelligence reached Sydney on the 13th September, by the German barque, Johan Cæsar, of a terrible massacre of mission agents, at the Island of New Britain, in April last. It may be explained that the Wesleyan Church in ...

    Article : 1,887 words
  6. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

    During the past fortnight there have been several serious and a few fatal accidents. The suburban railways have latterly acquired a rather unenviable reputation in the matter of accidents, which, however, do not appear so much ...

    Article : 558 words
  7. VITAL STATISTICS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The report of the Registrar-General on the Vital Statistics of the colony for the year 1877 shows that of the estimated population at the close of the year, 367,323 were males, and 294,389 females, showing a difference of 10.94 in ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  8. LABOUR SUMMARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 651 words
  9. AMUSEMENTS.

    Just now things in general about the theatres and other places of amusement are rather dull. Mr. J. L. Hall has been playing in several good pieces at the Theatre Royal, but for some reason or other his engagement bas not been ...

    Article : 551 words
  10. LAW.

    The hon. Attorney-General has resolved upon making, in the interests of the public, a change of some importance with regard to the Crown Prosecutorships in connection with the Circuit Courts. Instead of offering these positions ...

    Article : 1,126 words
  11. MINING SUMMARY.

    The principal item of mining intelligence for the past fortnight has been a discovery of gold near Queanbeyan, in the southern district of the colony. The place is known by the name of Brook's Creek. Alluvial diggings have been ...

    Article : 780 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS IN 1877.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,616 words
  13. AQUATICS.

    On Saturday, the 14th instant, the Parramatta River, in the vicinity of the champion course, presented almost as grand a spectacle as it did on the 20th of June, 1877, when Michael Rush "had a go" at Tricket for the ...

    Article : 814 words
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