THE session of Parliament was brought to a close on the 10th instant, without the passing of eithor of the two important Government measures—the Land Bill and the Upper House Bill—for winch the public have been long ...
Article : 2,596 wordsTHE session of Parliament has terminated without any decision being arrived at as to the mode in which further railway extensions are to be carried out. The question has, on two or three occasions, been cursorily debated in ...
Article : 1,686 words[?] the past month two new churches have been conseerated, One at Castle Hills, seven miles from Parramatta; the other at Burwood. They are both of convenient size for the requirements of their respective districts. ...
Article : 400 wordsThe manufacture of wine in this colony has now become of such importance, both in respect to its actual extent and to the opening it affords for capital and industry, that the annual vintages are looked forward to with considerable ...
Article : 1,022 wordsA grand tea parly and musical [?] was given on the 6th May, by the St. Benedict's Young Men's Society and the Catholies of Sydney to the Right Rev. Dr. Quins, Roman Cathelic Dishop of Queensland, to congratulate ...
Article : 311 wordsONCE more has the current of affairs changed m this unhappy colony, the events of the past month giving a promise of anything but a satisfactory solution of the Maori diffi[?] had the flag of truce been exchanged, and ...
Article : 2,360 wordscommon with the sister colonies, Now South Wales is now making preparations with the view of being duly represented at the forthcoming Great Industrial Exhibition, to be held in London early next year. Commissioners were ...
Article : 1,257 wordsA new church was opened at [?] on the 24th April. The Rev. John Eggleston, of Sydney, preached to one of the largest congregations ever assembled for religious purposes in the district. The building is in the plain [?] ...
Article : 79 wordsOn Sunday, 21st April, two sermons were preached in the Congregational church, West [?] by the Rev. R. T, [?] in [?] of the school fund in connection with the church. On the following Tuesday, the children held their ...
Article : 110 wordsOn Monday, 6th May, the services at St. Andrew's Scots Church, Parramatta, were conducted by the Rev. J. Dougall, who declared the church vacant, and in the evening the Rev. Mr. Coutts preached his farewell sermon ...
Article : 143 wordsOn 14th May a public tea meeting was held in the Presbyterian Church, Phillip-street, for the purpose of welcoming the Rev. Adam Thomson to his new [?] of labour as pastor of the congregation connected with that place of worship. ...
Article : 136 wordsOn Tuesday evening, 7th May, a social tea meeting of the members and friends of the Primitive Methodist Society was held in the Kent-street Chapel. Afterwards a public meeting was convened, for the purpose of laying ...
Article : 251 wordsTHE principal event in relation to telegraphic extension that has occurred during the past month is the completion of the telegraph from Mudgee to Bathurst, there connecting with the Sydney line. Messages were transmitted through ...
Article : 245 wordsThe passing of the Appropriation Act during the past month has enabled the Government to take steps for carrying out the public works in the interior, authorised by Parliament, and it is probable that many of those will ...
Article : 916 wordsThe Annual Meeting of the New South Wales Auxiliary to the London Missionary Society was held in the Congregational Church, Pitt-street, on Monday evening, 6th May. The attendance was very numerous, the capacious church ...
Article : 885 wordsA large and powerful steam dredge for the Queensland Government, to be employed upon the bar at Moreton Bay, is in course of construction by Mr. Cuthbert, at his shipyard, at Miller's Point. The designs for this work were ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 21 May 1861, Page 8
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