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  2. PARLIAMENT. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL lard on the table:—The Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the state and working of the Gold-fields, the Statistical Register for 1870. and a despatch from the ...

    Article : 1,078 words
  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. QUEENSLAND.

    THE str[?]ggle between the contending parties in the Legislature shows no signs of abatement, nor does there appear to be much prospect of concession. Mr. Scott, the Chairman of Committees, tabled the following motion:—"That ...

    Article : 1,151 words
  4. THE SYDNEY MONTHLY OVERLAND MAIL. PER MAIL STEAMER BEHAR.

    OUR last summary forwarded by the mail steamer Geelong contained information respecting the opening of Parliament, and the programme put forward by the Ministers as indicating the ...

    Article : 2,280 words
  5. FROM 15TH DECEMBER TO 22ND DECEMBER.

    The Law Institute has been remodelled, and seems likely to have a vitality and usefulness long desiderated. Mr. Justice Hargrave delivered an admirable address, in connection there with, on the 18th instant. ...

    Article : 923 words
  6. TASMANIA.

    Mr. Kennedy has been elected Mayor of Hobart Town. A meeting has been held in Hobart Town to protes against South Sea labour traffic. The commandant at Port Arthur, Mr. J. Boyd, has ...

    Article : 319 words
  7. NEW ZEALAND.

    By a tabular return to the 31st January, 1871, it appears that the numerical strength of the Volunteer Force of New Zealand is as follows:—Cavalry, 1016; Artillery, 434; Engineers, 203; Rifles, 4386; Naval, 355; total, 6367. ...

    Article : 849 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    The Customs authorities refused to remit the duty on the new organ for the Town Hall, amounting to £1000. Owing to the wet weather, the observation of the eclipse was incomplete; it rained hard during the first and lost ...

    Article : 798 words
  9. NOTES OF THE MONTH.

    BY the Parramatta, which arrived on the 1st December, large additions, of an important character have been made to the studs of our leading breeders. Six-sevenths of the crime brought before the Court ...

    Article : 270 words
  10. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Matrimonial Causes Bill.—The House went into committee on the Matrimonial Causes Bill.— On clause 13 being proposed, Mr. BAKER opposed the clause in its present form, as putting this power in ...

    Article : 7,994 words
  11. FROM 22ND DECEMBER TO 27TH DECEMBER.

    The prizes awarded to the successful students of the Sydney Grammar School were distributed on the 22nd instant. The annual meeting of the Parramatta Volunteer ...

    Article : 366 words
  12. FROM 8TH DECEMBER TO 15TH DECEMBER.

    During the night of the 6th instant a man named George Digby, of Argyle-terrace, died suddenly of aneurism, or disease of the heart. It is stated that an effort is about to be made to ...

    Article : 523 words
  13. THE TIN MINES.

    DURING the past week ended the 23rd, considerable interest was manifested by the arrival in Armidale of two tons of tin ore, from Messrs. Bagot and Clarke's mine, on its way to Sydney. There can be no doubt but that this is ...

    Article : 420 words
  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The elections for the new Parliament have been going on during the last two or three weeks. Grasshoppers have done an immense amount of damage amongst some of the crops in the Northern districts. ...

    Article : 424 words
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