SIR,—In to-day's Herald there is a statement which, if true, should make all travelers by steam feel rather uncomfortable. This statement is to the effect that a steam boiler, proved by the Government Inspector to a ...
Article : 222 wordsSU[?]DEN DEATH.—We regret to state that Mr. William Town, of Richmond, expired suddenly at his residence on Tuesday morning last. Mr. Town had retired to his bed the previous evening, apparently in good health. Early on ...
Article : 432 wordsSIR,—I was at the fire at Kiss's stables in Pitt-str[?] soon after it broke out. When the engines did arrive, there was much precious time wasted from want of water. During the hour I was witnessing the fire the supply of water did ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 433 wordsSIR,—From a paragraph appearing in your paper of yesterday, it appcars that the fire which occurred on Wednesday evening, in the premises occupied by Messrs. Lenehan, Brothers, originated in the stables occupied by ...
Article : 95 wordsSIR,—Any person who is a constant traveller by the railway must certainly feel themselves insecure from injury, or perhaps death (and especially those who were in the train at the time of the late lamentable accident), while ...
Article : 146 wordsBA[?] AND M[?].—There has been more inquiry for investments this week, and some largo sales of City Dobentures have been made at an advance of 1 to 1¼ per cent. on the price tendered for. In bank shares the demand has been [?]ther ...
Article : 614 wordsSIR,—It was with feelings of regret that I saw your insertion of a paragraph from our local paper under the above heading. Still more when your notes or the week gave it double circulation. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 308 wordsTHE all-absorbing topic of conversation during the past day or two has been the clover capture of the bushranger Johnson, by Mr. W. R. Blackman, J.P, and Mr. Robert Woods. I will give the particulars of the affair as related ...
Article : 2,264 wordsWE last night received papers from Brisbane te the 6th [?]tant. The Guardian of the 6th instant says:— No less than l,300,000 acres of land are now open for selection, exclusive of land surveyed, and situated for the ...
Article : 390 wordsWILLIAM BROWN.—No material change is apparent in this market. It is numerously attended by men accustomed to mechanical, farm, and bush labour, as well as by applicants for light employment. Some improvement is manifest in the demand ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,—Absence from home has prevented my noticing sooner your report of the case Nugent v. Reilly, in your issue of the 26th, and your comments thereon, Though [?] seldom, as a rule, would notice such comments on the ...
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Advertising : 124 wordsOur dates from the Middle Island are—Otago, April 21, and Lyttelton, April 23. The Dnnstan correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes on the 8th:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,140 wordsSIR,—I noticed, a short time since, that several letters and a paragraph appeared in your paper with reference to the extension of the Sydney Savings' Bank by establishing blanches in the suburbs. ...
Article : 226 wordsMOUNTAIN MORTARS.—After all has been done to reduce the weight of mountain mortars to a minimum, it remains a fact that they are not portable in the highest degree, and it is not to be denied that in the ...
Article : 940 wordsFURTHER complaints have reached us of the infinite mischief that is being perpetated by the blacks in various parts of the country, more particularly on squattings in the Broadsound district, where raids and burnings are being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,037 wordsSIR,—My attention has been drawn to a correspondonce which appeared in the Maitland Mercury, and also in the Herald, relative to a case of wine sent for competition to the Paris Exhibition by Mr. Terrier (Mr. J. F. Doyle's ...
Article : 306 wordsSIR,—The preservation and curing of meat for export receiving justnow well merited attention, a few remarks upon the subject from me may, perhaps, interest your readers; being—unless I except the Australian Meat Company of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,590 wordsMAY 2.—Winter weather has again set in mest boisterously. The hot weather ended on Wednesday last in Southern Riverina; and on Thursday heavy drifting clouds and strong winds, with rain, set in. The country looks uncommonly well. A correspondent, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 9 May 1868, Page 5
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