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  2. BRITAIN'S COLONIES—THE JEWELS OF THE CROWN.

    As the Roman matron said of her children, so may the Sovereign of Great Britain speak of the colonial dependencies of her Crown—"These are my jewels!" British India is the Koh-i-noor; Ceylon and ...

    Article : 2,096 words
  3. PARRAMATTA.

    MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.—The adjourned meeting of this Council took place on Saturday, at 4 p.m. Present, the mayor and aldermen. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. The meeting then proceeded to ...

    Article : 696 words
  4. UPPER CASTLEREAGH RIVER.

    FEBRUARY 19.—For the last three weeks we have had a succession of violent thunderstorms, accompanied with heavy rain, in this portion of our district, causing, as an inevitable result, the over flowing of the ...

    Article : 328 words
  5. THE THEORY OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

    THIS little book, just published by Effingham Wilson, is a model of distinct conception and clear expression on a subject which it needs a man of business to treat with any effect. There are a mass of economical ...

    Article : 3,014 words
  6. VOLUNTEER COURT OF INQUIRY.

    SIR,—As a member of the Volunteer Rifle Corps, my attention was arrested this morning by observing a notice in the Herald with the above heading. It appears that in this case the accused and the accusers ...

    Article : 481 words
  7. WINDSOR.

    Mr. WALKER, M.L.A—A preliminary meeting of the friends of this gentleman took place on Saturday afternoon last, at the Sir John Young Hotel, for the purpose of considering the propriety of getting up ...

    Article : 667 words
  8. THE MAGISTRATES AT THE CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE.

    SIR,—Mr. Rowan Ronald, J.P., has been lately announced as the recipient of an appointment as Clerk of Petty Sessions and Police Magistrate for this municipality. As a specimen of his fitness for a seat ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. ROCK OIL.

    SIR,—Reading an account of the recent discoveries of rock oil in the United States and Canada, I found the following passages:—"It is generally soapstone with layers of shale. There are also layers of sandstone, ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—I would suggest, with reference to the late news from Britain, that the Mayor should call a meeting of the citizens, to take seriously into consideration the state of our defences, and the position ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. PENRITH.

    RAILWAY MEETING.—The all-absorbing topic of the day in this place is as to the site of the Penrith Terminus. From recent surveys and plans seen at Penrith, bearing the seal of the Railway Commissioner, ...

    Article : 327 words
  12. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—In your leading article this morning, it is incidentally mentioned, that a house built at an immense cost by the late Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir D. Cooper), for a Speaker's residence, has been ...

    Article : 161 words
  13. CULTIVATION OF THE IMPHEE AND SORGHUM SACCHARATUM IN AUSTRALIA.

    SOME three years ago, when the subject of the Chinese and Kaffir species of millet canes occupied a prominent degree of attention both here and on the Ccntinent, we directed attention to the subject, ...

    Article : 1,850 words
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