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Article : 2,540 wordsThe Estimates for 1862, which were last week laid on the table of the Assembly, show that a considerable increase is proposed to be made by the Government next year in the expenditure of each of the divisions of the department of ...
Article : 1,299 wordsTHE late fires on board the ships Sovereign of the Seas and Competitor, in the harbour of Port Jackson, have reminded us of the invention of Dr. Bland for either preventing or extinguishing fire in the holds of ...
Article : 1,804 wordsTHERE is little to report this month with regard to street improvements, the building operations in Sydney being principally confined to the erection of commercial stores in central situations, and of premises for public institutions. ...
Article : 796 wordsThe Pitt-street tramway had just been commenced at the date of our last summary; the work has since been carried on with considerable vigour. Ground has been broken at three places—at the intersections of Bathurst and ...
Article : 2,275 wordsThe telegraph extension from Maitland to the northern boundary of the colony, was finished about two months since, but no use has yet been made of the extreme northern portion, in consequence of the non-completion of the wir[?] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 21 Oct 1861, Page 8
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