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  2. THE SYDNEY MONTHLY OVERLAND MAIL.

    THE Parliament of 1376 is still in session, but the Appropriation Act which is to make legal provision for the expenditure of that year has not yet been introduced. The opponents and supporters of the ...

    Article : 1,213 words
  3. THE SCULLER'S RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.

    The long talked of contest in wager boats for £200 a side, and the Championship of the World, over the champion course, from Charity Point, a little above Ryde, to The Brothers rocks, just below Gladesville—a distance of about ...

    Article : 1,732 words
  4. TORPEDO STORES FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Government have ordered the following torpedo stores from England, in accordance with the recommendations in Sir William Jervois's report upon the defences of the colony:—45 tons gun cotton; 6-inch slabs, damp; 80 ...

    Article : 196 words
  5. THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.

    The health of the citizens during the past month has not been affected by any outbreak of disease, although attacks of influenza and colds have been rather prevalent since winter commenced. The last quarterly report of the ...

    Article : 224 words
  6. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    CHURCH OF ENOLAND.—July 3. The Bishop of Newcastle opened for divine service the church recently erected at Miller's Forest.—1. The first anniversary of the Sundayschool at Castlereagh-street was celebrated.—6. A meeting ...

    Article : 530 words
  7. THE PROPOSED SHIPMENT OF FROZEN MEAT.

    The ship Northum, as our English readers are aware, was specially fitted with apparatus for conveying fresh meat, by the freezing process, to England; but unfortunately, at the last moment, a defect occurred in the evaporating pan, ...

    Article : 293 words
  8. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    The activity we have noticed for some time past in building operations in Sydney and its suburbs has suffered no abatement during the past month; indeed the progress of all the structures how in hand, whether Government ...

    Article : 965 words
  9. LABOUR SUMMARY.

    The following are the prices paid for labour in some o[?] the principal trades of the colony, there being no change since the date of our last summary:— Printing Trade.—Compositors (Sydney Morning Herald), ...

    Article : 615 words
  10. LOSS OF THE STEAMER YARRA YARRA AT NEWCASTLE.

    A heavy south-east gale set in shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, 14th instant, and continued to increase as the night woreon; at midnight the wind blew with greatfury, accompanied with heavy downpours of rain, and continued ...

    Article : 957 words
  11. FINE ARTS.

    The Gallery of Art has been reopened to the public this month, and has attracted a large number of visitors, showing that increased interest is taken in it. The collection is not large, nor, we are bound to admit, is it as large as it ...

    Article : 729 words
  12. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. VICTORIA.

    The Minister for Education, speaking at Clunes, said is was the intention of the Ministry to carry out every fraction of a promise made during the elections. They intend to give the Council no excuse for not passing the measures ...

    Article : 842 words
  13. DEFENCE FORCES.

    The resolutions proposed by the Government, embodying the recommendations of Sir William Jervois were reported to the House on the 12th instant. The Government were defeated on the second, resolution—that having reference to ...

    Article : 676 words
  14. WEATHER, CROPS, AND PASTORAL.

    In the metropolitan district, the change to rain, which after so many weeks of fairweather was to be expected this month, came the other day. On the 11th instant rain began to fall lightly and intermittently, and the following, ...

    Article : 701 words
  15. AMUSEMENTS.

    There has been no want of public entertainment in Sydney this month. The three theatres—Royal, Victoria, and Queen's—are open, and thet U. S. Minstrels perform nightly at the School of Arts. At the Royal the Italian opera ...

    Article : 354 words
  16. OBITUARY.

    SUDDEN DEATH OF Mrs. DUNSMURE.—On the 5th instant, at about a quaker past 6 o'clock, as Mrs. J. M. Dunsmure was returning to her residence at North Shore, and was about midway between the ferry and her ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. SOCIAL.

    [?] of the rains which have fallen during the last few days, the da[?]s at Botany have been filled to overtowing, and the last report from the engineer at Botany states that at Nos. 4 and 6 dams the water is running 12 ...

    Article : 2,058 words
  18. MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

    Since the last summary the Municipal Council have engaged in no comprehensive works, urging in excuse for their want of activity in that respect the lowness of their exchequer. The City Treasurer, at a recent meeting of the ...

    Article : 416 words
  19. MINING SUMMARY.

    Some most satisfactory results have been obtained from mining in the gold claims at Hill End, and business there is decidedly brisker. Beyers and Holtermann's crushing of 926 oz. from 112 tons of stone was a most unexpected result. ...

    Article : 645 words
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