Two political topics have engaged attention during the past month. One relates to the proceedings of the Intercolonial Conference, and the other is a notification that the members of ...
Article : 1,729 wordsOn Friday evening last a Mrs. Collins was killed (as it is supposed) by the upsetting of a cart, near Manly Beach. On the 23rd instant there was a terrible storm of ...
Article : 175 wordsTHE increased rates imposed at the beginning of August do not appear to have been productive of any harm to the revenue derivable from the railways. Frat-class roads and exceptionally favourable weather have been on the side of ...
Article : 1,053 wordsDURING the past month the conviction has gained ground that the gold-fields of New South Wales are about to occupy a better position than they have ever before done, even in the palmiest days of the first gold discovery. The ...
Article : 1,089 wordsCAPTAIN RAE and three men arrived at Rockhampton, on the 18th ultimo, in a whaleboat, forty-seven days out. He reports the lots of the barque Corypheus nearly seven weeks ago, at Ailce, in Marshall's Archipelago; the vessel was ...
Article : 1,117 wordsTHE Governor and Lady Belmore left Sydney for Melbourne in the Mail steamer on the 7th instant. On the 10th the Earl proceeded from Melbourne to Tasmania in the steamer Derwent. ...
Article : 428 wordsThe Treasurer delivered his Budget speech on the 17th instant; the actual deficiency in the revenue at the beginning of 1871 was £180,000, to meet which £100,000 worth of bonds had been sold at par; an improvement in ...
Article : 291 wordsA distinguished Russian naturalist, named M. Von Maclay, has arrived at the Samoan group in the Russian ship Vitias, on his way to New Guinea. Last Thursday week, a terrific hailstorm burst over ...
Article : 555 wordsPLEASANT seasonable weather has prevailed during the post month. There have, however, been two or three oppressive days, when the temperature was moderated by thunderstorms. Some steady rain and frequent showers ...
Article : 681 wordsTHE enrolment of men for the Permanent Military Force, is still being proceeded with, and during the last week or two recruits have come down from Bathurst and Goulburn. The force, all told (infantry and artillery), numbers about ...
Article : 1,097 wordsSeveral letters from various well-known residents at the Black Boy and Fingal have been received, conveying the information that gold-bearing reefs have been discovered on the mountain ranges, situate on the north side of the South ...
Article : 193 wordsAt a large meeting at Auckland it was agreed to petition the Assembly in favour of a colonial Permissive Bill. The Maori magistrate at Ohinemuri has held a mock trial of a European, and fined him 30s. for the alleged ...
Article : 680 wordsThe Government intend to put the unemployed on the earthwork fortifications, at 4s. 6d. per day. A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into the sanitary condition of the industrial schools. ...
Article : 1,373 wordsTHE news from the pastoral districts is generally of an encouraging nature. As almost every part of the colony has been visited with genial rain, herbage is abundant and succulent. In Riverina, the rainfall having been heavy, ...
Article : 338 wordsIt is the intention of the council of the New South Wales Academy of Art to hold an exhibition of works of colonial art in this city, in the month of February next. Early notice has been given in order to allow ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 3 Nov 1871, Page 5
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