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  2. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.— PASTROL.

    THE winter is now drawing to a close. It is generally acknowledged to have been about the most severe season [?] in the colony for many years. The frosts have been unusually bitter in the warm coast districts, while in ...

    Article : 904 words
  3. SYDNEY OVERLAND MAIL.

    SINCE the departure of the last mail steamer by the Suez route, the organisation of the Mail Service has undergone an imporant change. Mr Hall, the contractor, left by the ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  4. POLITICAL.

    TEH Parliament is still in recess, and it is not yet notified when it will meet again for the dispatch of business. "With the exception of the question of public education, which is being discussed ...

    Article : 1,543 words
  5. FIJI.

    TEH season for cotton picking has been most favourable, and the crop is said to be both excellent in quality, and abundant in quantity. H. B. M. ship Challenger arrived here on Tuesday last, ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  6. MINING SUMMARY.

    THE newly-appointed Minister for Mines. Mr. Abbott, has been returned by an overwhelming majority over his opponent, Mr. Jones, who from the beginning had very little chance of being ...

    Article : 2,594 words
  7. THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

    THE promoters of the movement for the amendment of our Public Schools Act, by embodying in it the principles of free, secular, and compulsory education, held their public meeting on the 17th August, in the Masonic Hall. ...

    Article : 1,775 words
  8. POLYNESIAN LABOURERS IN FIJI.

    HER be Majesty's Consul at Fiji (Mr. Layard) has issued the following memorandum of a plan by which he proposes to pay off Polynesian labourers, whose employers cannot meet their engagements, after employing them for three years: ...

    Article : 952 words
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