SIR,—On the 1st of this month, being Saturday, whilst proceeding in the train from Sydney to Ashfield, and attempting unsuccessfully to open the door [of the carriage at Newtown for the egress of a lady, I was unexpectedly made aware of the new ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 632 wordsINQUEST.—We staged in our last issue that it was rumoured that Mr. Christopher Cooper, senior of East Maitland, had attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself on Tuesday evening. This rumour ...
Article : 1,766 wordsSCHOOL OF ARTS.—This Institution is still lingering between life and death The great difficulty which has unfortunately existed in procuring a suitable building site has, without doubt, been the chief cause of its decay. An opportunity now offers, however, ...
Article : 477 wordsDURING the late session of Parliament the appropriation of £210 was proposed in the Assembly by Mr. Wilson for the expenses of a survey of the Snowy and the Shoalhaven Rivers with a view to determine ...
Article : 1,333 wordsTHE NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.— I am glad to report that Major Christie, Postmaster-General, has at once acceded to the suggestions thrown out in my last communication upon application being made to him. We have now two mail deliveries, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 522 wordsSIR,—I take advantage of your columns to call attention to what I witnessed yesterday afternoon at the Sydney Infirmary. At about two o'clock I called there to see a patient, who was absent from his ward, and I was requested to await him in the ...
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Advertising : 1,333 wordsMAY 25.—BALRANALD RACES.—These long-anticipated sports came off on the course at Balranald on the 15th and l6th instant, when Messrs F. L Parker and W. C. Mayne acted as stewards, ...
Article : 1,146 wordsWool.—The transactions during the present week, have been confined to a few odd lots, the winding up of the season's clip. Sheepskins continue firm in price, which can only be accounted for by the anxiety of fellmongers to keep their establishments ...
Article : 282 wordsTHERE is a good demand for labour, and engagements have been made at a slight reduction of the rates quoted last week. The immigrants by the Nile appear to be a very good class of labourers. Many of them have been hired anti a few are yet applying for ...
Article : 74 wordsCORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Thursday last at Mr. Young's, Union Inn, Richmond, before Mr. Laban White and a jury of eight, after view of the body of an old man named William Cumberland, lying dead at the watch-house. The ...
Article : 727 wordsWith the exception of some engagements for married couples and shepherds chiefly for the northern districts, the demand this week for labour has been rather limited. The season of the year coupled with bad roads has a tendency to check country orders ...
Article : 60 wordsWe have had the usual supply of servants this week. The demand is not so brisk at this season of the year. Married couples, farm labourers, and female servants are easily obtained at wages quoted last week. A number of the immigrants per Nile, located at ...
Article : 76 wordsFRIDAY MORNING.—Business has been much interrupted this week by the races and the unsettled state of the weather. Sugars continue firm with an upward tendency. Salt still scarce. In oilmen's stores, oils and pickles are still rather scarce. Rice is ...
Article : 434 wordsTHE weather to-day again moved unpropitious, the sky being frequently obscured by clouds of a decidedly pluvial nature, which had the effect of deterring many from, visiting the trysting ground at Rutherford. The only accident we heard of happened ...
Article : 541 wordsJUNE 6.—PUBLIC MEETING.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Morpeth and its neighbourhood was held this evening, at Mr. Chambers' large room, for the purpose of making arrangements for suitably receiving his Execellency the Govenor-in-Chief here ...
Article : 1,449 wordsSTATIONS.—Few sheep properties will change hands until after shearing. Fat Cattle.—Good to prime £2 15/ to £3 10/. Murket fully supplied. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 10 Jun 1861, Page 3
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