UNDER the management of the committee of the H. R. C. Patron: His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson. President: Mr. Arthur Dight. Vice-President: Mr. William Gosper. Judge: Mr. Richard Driver. Handicapper; Mr. ...
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Article : 1,380 wordsIT is remarkable that so many of my calculations relating to mortality in this colony either disclose facts, or point to conclusions directly opposed to opinions generally ...
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Article : 156 wordsThe sheep show to-day was well attended, and was a great success. 105 pens were exhibited. The following are the principal awards:—Champion ram, Carlo Marina; Champion ewe and ram under two ...
Article : 96 wordsJOSEPH Oliver, John Smith, William Warren, William Nelson, William Dixey, James Ryan, A. Donnelly, Samuel T[?]oke, George Cutler, William Carbery, and Charles Durber were brought up before the Hobart Town Bench ...
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Article : 1,041 wordsSIR,—The very nice letter of information in your issue of this day, respecting the above institution, will I hope, meet with due recognition. If a subscription list is opened, I for tan shall be happy to become a subscriber. I have a ...
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Article : 228 wordsSIR,—Mr. Garrett's Amending Land Bill contains one clause which will, should it become law, have a very beneficial effect—that is the clause which provides that conditional purchasers shall reside three years on their land before ...
Article : 439 wordsSIR,—I should be sorry to do anything, by act or pen, that would discourage or retard the progress of philanthropy, and I am sure there are [?]nose in all classes of the community who are grateful to the ladies whose self-deuying efforts for ...
Article : 435 wordsSIR,—In your report of Pastor Allen's discourse, "Wine v Wine," in yesterday's paper, he is said to have stated that wherever the word "yajin" is employed in the Bible as a designation for wine, it is meant in a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 17 Aug 1877, Page 5
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