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  2. CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE.

    SINCE the first introduction of gunpowder into warfare, very little improvement has taken place in its composition. It is still the same black compound of " villainous saltpetre." with brimstone and charcoal, ...

    Article : 2,056 words
  3. THE FIELD OF MARS.

    SIR,—Having read your leading article in to-day's [?] in reference to a scheme for bridging the Parramatta River at Five Dock, and considering that you have fallen into erroneous views with respect to the matter, perhaps you ...

    Article : 759 words
  4. MAURITIUS.

    The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Lords of the Treasury, has directed the Governor of the colony to propose to the Legislative Council that the salary of the Governor should be raised from ...

    Article : 712 words
  5. TO THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS.

    My DEAR SIR,—The machinery for getting redress in your office is so intricate, and its working attended with so much delay, that it occurs to me that whenever I have complaints to make or abuses to expose it will be more ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  6. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—In your issue of 17th instant appears a letter signed " Tareela," complaining, on behalf of the Barraba district, of the irregularity with which the mails are delivered in country districts generally in wet weather. I am glad to ...

    Article : 1,005 words
  7. SOUTH AFRICA.

    STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—A bill for continuing in force until the 31st December, 1862, the " Act for punishing [?]misaries from Kafirland and others delivering in this colony, to Kafirs resident therein, ...

    Article : 853 words
  8. THE THREE HANDFULS OF GRAIN.

    It was one day in the early spring of the year that Gerard Steimer called his three sons—Adolphus, Henry, and the little Bernard—to his side. In his hand he held an open letter. The tears shone in his ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  9. THE MINERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.

    SIR,—Allow me to draw attention to a letter, which appeared in your columns on Monday the 2nd instant, signed " A Coal Getter," in which he charges you with having stated that the men had restricted themselves to [?]s. 4d. ...

    Article : 1,633 words
  10. SALE OE CHURCH AND SCHOOL LANDS.

    SIR,—Among the "Crown Lands' Sales" of which notice is given in last Saturday's Herald, I find an intimation that forty-two lots in the parish of Botany are to be offered for sale on Wednesday, the 11th instant. To the ...

    Article : 421 words
  11. THE TURKISH BATH.

    SIR,—In my allusion to the well-known attempts of " some" medical men to disparage the Bath, I did not intend the most distant personal hit at "An Eclectic M.D," If, however, the cap, on trial, is found to fit, I have no objection ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  12. THE PRICE OF COALS.

    SIR,—" When rogues fall out, honest men come to their own," and when the colliers and their employers squabble about the division of the plunder which each alleges that the other too greedily takes out of the public pocket, they ...

    Article : 354 words
  13. INSOLVENT LAWS.

    SIR,—I was much pleased to see the action taken by his Houor Sir Alfred Stephen in reference to the Insolvent Laws, as reported in your notice of the proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce. It evidently shews that his Honor ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. A FAVOURED COW.

    SIR,—May I take the liberty of enquiring, through your journal, if any one in particular has a right to put a cow in the enclosure of the Domain leading from the statue to the gate of the Government gardens, on the southern side of ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. NEW SOUTH WALES RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    SIR,— THE [?] [?] [?]g of the prizes of the above association being close at hand, and hearing that the committee of the above intend the first distance (300 yards) shall take three hours, the number of competitors to be ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—Permit me to call the attention of the proper authorities to that much-neglected place—Crown-lane, Surry Hills. In wet it is indeed in a pitiable condition, and the inhabitants in a wretched state, as it is all but ...

    Article : 114 words
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