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  2. CHRONICLE OF OCCURRENCES,—1862.

    THE year commences with a great " sensation" in our colonial history, consequent on the contemplated trials of skill between the English and the Australian cricketers. When it became known in Sydney that ...

    Article : 900 words
  3. AUGUST.

    The premises of Messrs. Row, wholesale druggists, situate in Bank-court, King-street, destroyed by fire. Upwards of £15,000 worth of property destroyed. The orangeries in the Cumberland districts attacked ...

    Article : 551 words
  4. MARCH.

    Sunday, 2nd, strictly observed as a day of mourning for the late Prince Consort, At most of the churches appropriate sermons were preached. The Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company ...

    Article : 681 words
  5. JUNE.

    Gold discovered in the ranges on the Murray River. The Rev. Alexander Rae inducted to the pulpit of the Balmain Congregational church. A public meeting held to consider the propriety of ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. NOVEMBER.

    The Rev. Dr. Ross, senior Congregational minister of the colony, dies, at his residence, Edgecliffe Cottage, Double Bay, in the seventy-first year of his age. Seven members of the Legislative Council enter a ...

    Article : 530 words
  7. SEPTEMBER.

    News arrives by the month's mail that her Majesty has been pleased to confer the honour of K.C.B, upon Major-General Macarthur, and of C.B., upon the Chief Justice, Sir Alfred Stephen. ...

    Article : 543 words
  8. JULY.

    Major-General Pratt reviews the Volunteer forces in the Sydney Domain. The Great Western Railway opened as far as the Cross roads, about a quarter of a mile from the town ...

    Article : 574 words
  9. DECEMBER.

    The Rev. Mr. Watt convicted of perjury, and sentenced to five years' hard labour on the roads. St. Andrew's Day partially kept os a public holiday. ...

    Article : 2,251 words
  10. FEBRUARY.

    The first contest between the English and Colonial cricketers terminates. The All-England Eleven score 241, and the New South Wales Twenty-two 192, thus the Eleven won with forty-eight runs to spare. ...

    Article : 714 words
  11. APRIL.

    Heavy gales along the coast, attended with loss of life and great damage to the shipping. The schooner Cumberland, from Newcastle to Sydney, struck by a heavy sea during a terrific gale, ...

    Article : 431 words
  12. OCTOBER.

    The lessee of the Pitt-street tramway commenced running the passenger-cars and goods-tracks. Total loss of the steamer Prince of Wales, off Camden Head. ...

    Article : 541 words
  13. MAY.

    The opening of the Great Westorn Railway, as far as South Creek, takes place. The ship Queen of England struck on a rock, near Nobby's, at Newcastle, and received very severe ...

    Article : 311 words
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