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  2. NEW ZEALAND.

    His Excellency the Governor, Sir George F. Bowen, journeyed across the centre of the north island or New Zealand m April last, and notes of his journey have since been published. He had for some time ...

    Article : 1,012 words
  3. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    MAY 13. The annual meeting of the Church Society for the Sydney diocese was held in the schoolroom, Castlereagh-street; the Bishop presiding. The Rev. Canon Allwood read the report. The financial statement showed ...

    Article : 1,976 words
  4. FIJI ISLANDS.

    THE following correspondence with reference to the recognition of the above islands by the Imperial and Colonial Governments was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last:— ...

    Article : 3,062 words
  5. MURDER OF A MISSIONARY.

    WE learn that the Rev. Dr. Steel (as mission agent) has received intelligence by way of Tanua and Queensland, that the Rev. James D. Gordon, of Erromanga, had been murdered on the 25th February last. No particulars are given, ...

    Article : 651 words
  6. THE LEVER.

    The Guard of Honour consisted of one hundred mon of the New South Wales Infantry, under the command of Captain Heathcots and Lieutenants Underwood and Chatfield. This detachment was accompanied by the splondid ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Perth (May 3) Gazette is informed that not less than 135 tons of pearl shell were shipped by the Ivy, for London, last week. Estimating the net value at £150 per ton, the total proceeds will reach the enormous sum of £22,000, ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.

    NEVER was a general holiday favoured with more auspicious weather. A crisp frosty night had previously presaged a fine day, and certainly the fifty-third anniversary of Queen Victoria's natal day was heralded in, and ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  9. ARRIVAL OF SIR HERCULES ROBINSON.

    THE arrival of his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson by the R. M. S. S. Nubia on Sunday evening, June 2, caused a good deal of excitement, and on Monday morning it was apparent that the public were determined to do honour to ...

    Article : 1,675 words
  10. BUSHMAN'S HOME.

    IN accordence with an advertisement (inserted by Captain Scott, P.M.,) convening a meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the desirability of establishing a Bushman's Home in Sydney, the following gentlemen ...

    Article : 448 words
  11. BILLIARDS.

    THE first match in which a championship of New South Wales was contended for took place on 28th May, in the Masonic Hall, Sydney. Hitchen, who attained to a good position among the best players of the mother country, ...

    Article : 896 words
  12. SAMOA.

    A CORRESPONDENT writes:—Since the date of my last letter the war between the Somoan tribes has been carried on fiercely by both sides. The rival chiefs have collected their followers, from the uttermost parts of their dominions, ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  13. THE WEATHER AND CROPS, PASTORAL.

    SOME beneficial rains have fallen throughout the colony during the past month, and the prospects of the agriculturist have in consequence, materially brightened. Th farmers generally have been able to complete their sowing ...

    Article : 445 words
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