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  2. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE ATLANTIC CABLE

    VALENTIA, 4TH OCTOBER.—While all the rest of the world is busy with conjectures and spec[?]lations relative to the probability of the present Atlantic cable ever becoming a practical means of communication ...

    Article : 3,909 words
  3. MORETON BAY.

    [?], DECEMBER 22.—The subject which at present chiefly [?]ccupies the attention of our local politicians is the question whether we are to have the Municipal Act or not. A public meeting disposed of the matter in the [?]mative almost unanimously, but ...

    Article : 1,426 words
  4. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

    THE amount of gold coin issued by the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint during the week ended to-day, December 24, has been 20,000 sovereigns. ...

    Article : 808 words
  5. PARISH POOR IN LONDON.

    IT is a fine thing, of course, to keep every beadle tight in hand; for, if one beadle should ever get over his parish bounds, and so come to confront, upon his ow[?] territory, another beadle, Hector and Achilles! there ...

    Article : 1,312 words
  6. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR,—As the remarks reported in your issue this morning as having been made by the Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, before entering upon the hearing of the appeals against the City Assessment, reflect upon the management of my department, I ...

    Article : 406 words
  7. THE PREMIER AND THE PRESS.

    SIR,—As a reporter not connected [?]ith your paper, but present in the gallery on the evening of Tuesday, when the "spurt" took place between those unflinching political gladiators—Messrs. Donaldson and Cowper, a few words from me, an entirely ...

    Article : 549 words
  8. THE WEDDED FLA S.

    [THE English and American flags, displayed together, from the spire of, Trinity Church, New York, at the festival on the completion of the Atlantic Cable, were blown across each other, in a [?] embrace.] ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. VICTORIA MARKETS.

    HAY MARKET.—Business in this market has been brisk throughout the wock. ThE number of loads brought in waS 377, and last week's rates wero quite supported. Best old hay sold at from £9 to £1O; second class, £8 to £9; new hay, trussed, £8 15s to ...

    Article : 1,223 words
  10. GAOL RETURNS AS TO WORK PERFORMED.

    SIR,—The returns relative to work performed by prisoners in Darlinghurst and Parramatta gaols, laid on the table or the Legislative Assembly, on the 8th October last, and ordered to be printed, were called for, with a view to compare the two methods of ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  11. TAXING UNIMPROVED LANDS.

    SIR,—I am very glad to find that many of our suburban residents are about to avail themselves of the advantages afforded by the Municipal Act. I have long entertained the opinion that very great benefits ...

    Article : 922 words
  12. COUNTRY LAND SALES.

    BLIGH (Country Lots).—Parish u[?]. On Puggoon Creek, about 3½ miles above R. Rouse's 1053 acres: Lot 1, 84 acres. On Wialdra Creek, between 1 and 4 miles above its confluence with the C[?] River: Lot 2, 30 acres; lot 3, [?] acres; lot 4, ...

    Article : 80 words
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