SIR,—On several occasions I have requested a friend, an engineer, to draw our a scheme for carrying away the sewage of Sydney. He has now given me one with a plan which ronghly shows tha proposed course, to be more ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsSIR,—I shall be thankful if you will permit me to inform those members of Parliament who kindly voted the sum of over £8000 for honuses to draftsmen on the ground that competent men were difficult to obtain and to keep, that ...
Article : 274 wordsUnaffected hy speculation, the trade in wines and spirits continues steady; the home consumption for wines for the seven months ended 31st July shows a small increase over the same period of 1874; of spirits, a;; descriptions figure for increased ...
Article : 245 wordsIN Lyell's Principles of Geology" we read: "In the flat country, near the month of the Yenesei River, Siberia, between latitudes 70 deg, and 75 deg, north, many skeletons of mammoths, retaining the hair and ...
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Article : 173 wordsREDFERN.—The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held on Friday, the 15th instant, within the Manicipal Chambers, Pittstreet. Present—The Mayor (Mr. Williamson), with Aldermen Wright, Andrew, Douglas, M'Lachlan, Stanely, and Hudson. ...
Article : 437 wordsTHE half-yearly meeting of sharholders was held at the Company's office, George-street, at 11 a.m., yesterday The Hon. S. D. Gordon, M. L. C., in the chair. The following report was submitted: ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 28 Oct 1875, Page 6
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