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  2. ROADS, RAILWAYS, TELEGRAPHS, PUBLIC WORKS, &c.

    DURING this month the officers of the Roads Department in the Sold and office, have been actively engaged getting up and inviting tenders, aud letting the contracts for maintenance and construction for 1869. ...

    Article : 2,296 words
  3. OBITUARY.

    THE LATE MR. WILLIAM RAYNER.—Many have road with sadness the notice of the death of Mr. Raynor, so long connected with this office as a reporter, and who was well known to most public men. His decease is said to have ...

    Article : 588 words
  4. WEATHER AND CROPS, PASTORAL, &c.

    [?]ULLER intelligence from the country districts confirmed the partial reports of the break up of the drought towards the end of February, but the rejoicings about the change are mixed with sad reflections upon the devastation the long ...

    Article : 700 words
  5. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS.

    THE extension from Cooma to Kiandra is within a fow miles of the latter place, and this line will probably be ready for opening in the course of next month. The Port Macquarie line is within thirty miles of ...

    Article : 469 words
  6. RAILWAYS.

    THE estimates for the raliway department have been under consideration in the Legislative Assombly during the month, and they have naturally given rise to a good deal of discussion. The debates have had reference not so much ...

    Article : 2,039 words
  7. NEW ZEALAND.

    MR. M'Donald, who resides near the scene of the murders, rode into town on Tuesday morning, and reported that on Saturday evening, February 13th, the Rev. Mr. Whiteley passed the house occupied by his father, mother, and sister, ...

    Article : 2,708 words
  8. PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.

    SOME important public works to be carried out in the neighbourhood of Sydney have been sanctioned by Parliament. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these is the construction of a railway wharf at the head of Darling ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  9. PASTORAL.

    IT is to be feared that the present state and prospects of pastoral affairs are anything but brilliant or assuring. Since the ruins sheep are returning to their own runs, but in most cases fearfully reduced in number. In the important ...

    Article : 350 words
  10. RELIGIOUS MEMORANDA.

    FEBRUARY 28.—A confirmation service was hold in St. John's Church, Lake Macquarie Road, at which about eighty young persons received the rite at the hands of the Bishop of Newcastle. The most remarkable feature was ...

    Article : 810 words
  11. GOLD AND OTHER MINING.

    A QUESTION of very considerable importance to our gold-mining enterprise has recently been decided upon in the Legislative Assembly. The gold workings of New South Wales have always given a fair average remuneration to ...

    Article : 1,948 words
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