SIR,—May I bog you will do me the favour of inserting a few lines in contradiction of the statement contained in [?] latter dated the 6th instant, subscribed "A Father," which[?] appears in your issue of this morning. So far from th[?]r ...
Article : 281 wordsTHE Dubbo Bench have been occupied during the past week in investigating two cases of more than customary local interest. The first was one in which the storekeepers, Thompson and Blackett, were charged on the information ...
Article : 1,141 wordsAT the Quarter Sessions just ended two men named Robert and William Wheeler, father and son, were convicted of cattle stealing near Coolah. The circumstances of the case showed the coolness with which cattle-stealing ...
Article : 1,077 wordsSIR,—Judging from the style of letter written by Joseph Kingsbury. on the subject above-mentioned, I should imagine that the oratorical display he seems anxious to afford would not be very edifying. The question as ...
Article : 297 wordsSIR,—About a fortnight ago there appeared in a Sydney journal, under the heading of "Melbourne Telegrams," a paragraph to the effect that a circus agent, named Taylor, had been arrested for kidnapping two lads, with the view of ...
Article : 259 wordsSIR,—In answer to the 'Humane Enquirer," and writer of a very apposite letter under the above heading, in to-day's Herald, will you do me the favour of inserting the following instructions on the subject, from one, who in his ...
Article : 454 wordsSIR,—I suggest that the Loan Estimates for 1876 should be carefully considered by the electors, as well as the members, before they are agreed to. They amount to the enormous sum of £3,303,900. ...
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Advertising : 816 wordsSIR,—I was one of the large number of persons who attended the opening of the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, and cannot refrain from saying that I, along with a large proportion of those present, was disgusted with the conduct ...
Article : 476 wordsTHE monotony of our peaceful village has been considerably relieved by a domestic event of a rather sensational character, which has furnished food for discussion during the whole week. The event was in the shape of an ...
Article : 940 wordsALL last night we were favoured with a steady and refreshing downpour of rain, replenishing the dams and filling the various tanks to the no small, delight of many poor folk who have had to pay from ls. 6d. to 3s. per cask, and ...
Article : 578 wordsAFTER several scorching days we have had a pleasant change. For the last week or ten days the weather has been much cooler, and we had a few snowers accompanied with thunder and lightning, but the rainfall has not been ...
Article : 869 wordsSIR,—As very serious misrepresentations have been made, and some misapprehension may herefore exist in the minds of those unacquainted with the subject of the proposed Metropolitan and Illawarra Railway, I beg permission, ...
Article : 1,097 wordsAFTER a week of whirling dissipation, races, bails, concerts, and all the rest, lassitude—lassitude, too, for those whose sole pleasure has been lots of hard work in making money out of the wants of those who were amusing themselves— ...
Article : 1,392 wordsSIR,—Seeing several paragraphs in the HERALD the past week, respecting a service of song, to be held in Blondin's tent, on Sunday, the 19th instant, I wish to make a few remarks. In the first place, very few of the Sunday ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 16 Dec 1875, Page 9
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