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  2. HOBART TOWN MARKETS, AUGUST 23.

    Wheat per bushel, 14s 6d; barley (Cape), 9s to 10s; English ditto, 10s to 12s; oats, 12s; peas, 16s; beans, 14s; tares, £1; flour, £32 to £33; hay, loose, ditto, £18; ditto, pressed ditto, £22; straw, ditto, £8 to £10; potatoes per ton (scarco), £22 to £25; ...

    Article : 136 words
  3. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR,—Perceiving in your paper and the Empire a report of proceedings at the trial of R. Rose, at Parramatta, and of the comments made by the learned Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and by the Crown Prosecutor, thereon, I beg for the information of ...

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  4. SATURDAY'S SALES BY AUCTION.

    MR. J. WOODS sold 3 tons of colonial soap, at £38 per ton; 150 boxes colonial mould candles, at 6¾d per lb; Guinness's stout (warranted sound), at 10s per dozen. Mr. W. G. Burgis sold a variety of goods to a numerous ...

    Article : 446 words
  5. TO WILLIAM MONTAGUE MANNING, ESQ.,

    SIR,—While I greatly admire your patriotic sympathy with our country in the noble struggle she is making for freedom and humanity, and the generous confidence you entertain in the liberality of this colony to ...

    Article : 515 words
  6. LAUNCESTON MARKETS, AUGUST 24.

    THE MILLS—Union—First flour, per ton, £32; seconds ditto, £29; bran, 3s 6d; wheat, bought at 13s 6d to 14s per bushel for prime samples. Cataract, first flour, £32 per ton; wheat, bought at 14s per bushel; bran, 4s. Tamar—Flour, £32 per ton; wheat, ...

    Article : 273 words
  7. VOLUNTEER CORPS.

    DEAR Mr. Editor,—Much pleasure has been given to several young ladies, as well as myself, by seeing so many gentlemen volunteer to take up arms in defence, we are assured, of ourselves; and to prove we are not unmindful of their gallantry, many are ...

    Article : 247 words
  8. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

    WE have received commercial advices from Victoria to the 30th ultimo. The Gold market was reported to be extremely brisk; the quantities offering being large, and readily bought ...

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  9. MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR.—August 26.

    GOLD remains unaltered in price. A slight reduction has taken place at the gold-fields, but not to such an extent as to alter the town price. At the different diggings the want of rain is severely felt, to ...

    Article : 435 words
  10. PARRAMATTA.

    DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Friday night last, whilst Mr. Griffith, artist, of Church-street, was from home, and the family had retired to rest, a lady on a visit to the family happened, providentially, to be sitting at ...

    Article : 648 words
  11. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR,—I beg leave to state, for the information of the Government and the public generally, particularly those of Braidwood, Queanbeyan, Maneroo, and all the southern country, who must be dceply interested in the new line of road between Braidwood and ...

    Article : 1,178 words
  12. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR,—You must have noticed how strongly, during the debate in the Legislative Council last night on the Mint question, some of the members insisted on the necessity of their pursuing a "consistent" course of ...

    Article : 485 words
  13. GRAIN AND FLOUR MARKET.—AUGUST 26.

    W. F. A. Rucker's Mills.—Fine flour, £35 per ton; seconds, £33; bran, 4s 9d; wheat bought at 15s. W. Degraves and Co.'s Mills.—Fine flour, £35; seconds, £33; bran, 4s. 9d; wheat bought at 15s. ...

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  14. RETAIL MARKETS.—August 26.

    Fruits and Vegetables.—The market has been well supplied with vegetables of the finest description;—the cabbages and cauliflowers might compete in any market with a certainty of carrying off the palm. Fruits are now confined to oranges and apples, the ...

    Article : 246 words
  15. HAY MARKET.—26th August.

    A regular and full supply of hay has been brought into the market during the week, but owing to the large arrivals from the neighbouring colonies, the trade has been very dull at a considerable reduction in price. Several loads have remained unsold ...

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  16. THE HANGING ROCK DIGGINGS.

    A GOOD run of gold has been hit upon by Stewart and Bell's party, at the head of the gully in Happy Valley. Their mode of working the ground insured them success, if there was a run of gold there at all. They opened a stripping right across the gully. If other ...

    Article : 277 words
  17. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR,—In the Herald of this morning is a paragraph referring to the abundant supplies of fish to be had at the Sydney Fishery Company's Wharf daily, which is calculated to mislead the public, and to injure the ...

    Article : 636 words
  18. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

    MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A lamentable and fatal accident occurred near Longford, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Wm. French and his daughter were returning from Launceston in a gig, and having just passed Mr. A. Clarke's gate, the vehicle was upset, ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    THE City of Sydney has brought Melbourne papers to the 30th ult. There is no news of importance, but we abstract the following items:— The following notice of a noval invention appears in a Geelong ...

    Article : 2,631 words
  20. MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL.

    THE continued large arrivals of manufactured goods are quite upsetting the calculations of mercantile men here, and have caused a greater stagnation than over. It is evident that the advices sent home by commission merchants have been very erroneous or ...

    Article : 726 words
  21. AUCKLAND MARKETS.—AUGUST 22.

    WHEAT AND FLOUR—Messrs. Low and Motion's mill: fine flour, £40; seconds, £38 per ton; bran, 3s per bushel; wheat, 14s to 15s per bushel. Mr. Fletchor's steam mill: fine flour £40; seconds, £38, per ton; bran, 3s per bushel; wheat 13s 6d to 14s 6d ditto. ...

    Article : 369 words
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