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  2. LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    On the wharves this morning there was a fair supply of Hunter River lucerne hay; 5 best old hay selling from £4 to £4 10s, other qualities from £2 to £4; maize firm, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; bran, 8d to 8½d; ...

    Article : 581 words
  3. Shooting the Cataracts.

    There is nothing like emphasising the difficulty of an undertaking for the purpose of calling attention to one's own prowess in grappling with it. A party of travellers in Egypt, whose adventures are ...

    Article : 588 words
  4. LOCAL NEWS.

    PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.—From the secretary of the Cobden Club we have received pamphlets containing reprints of Sir T. H. Farrer's letters on the proposed Sugar Convention, and a number of ...

    Article : 4,518 words
  5. COMING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 350 words
  6. H. R. Farmers Association.

    Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards, adjoining the Clurch-street Railway Station. Mr. H. J. Marshall was the auctioneer, ...

    Article : 277 words
  7. Latest Sporting News.

    The weather at Randwick to-day was dull and threatening, but the attendance was large. Following are the results of the several events:- THE SHORTS; 6 furlongs. ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  8. Sailors of Other Times.

    Under the heading of "Our Sailors of To-day," the Daily News on Monday published an extremely interesting article. After some appropriate allusions to the British tar of the period and his ...

    Article : 822 words
  9. Not as Dead as he Looked.

    A railroad man occupying a responsible position on one of our great lines, according to a Western contemporary, was riding on a train when a collision happened and his car was knocked into smithereens. ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. DISTRICT TELEGRAMS.

    A labourer named Geo. Shepherd was engaged with others lowering a large steel plate at Messrs. Morrison and Bearby's, Carrington, yesterday, when the plate slipped out of the sling and fell on ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. How Gems are Collected in Ceylon.

    A correspondent of the Ceylon Observer, in a recent issue of that journal, describes the district in Ceylon in which gems have hitherto been most commonly found, and the method employed by the ...

    Article : 634 words
  12. ACCEPTORS.

    There are only three acceptors for the Second Foal Stakes—Rudolph, Spice, and Sydney. ...

    Article : 15 words
  13. SCRATCHING.

    Mentor is scratched for the Melbourne Cup and Champion Stakes. ...

    Article : 11 words
  14. CANTERBURY GALLOWAY RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  15. MUSWELLBROOK.

    Mr. Sparke (Sparke and Clift) sold here to-day, for Mr. Augustus Hooke, 331 bullocks at from £4 5s 6d to £4 13s; also 138 bullocks, same owner, at from £3 13s 6d to £4; and 77 aged cows and culls ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

    The fourth series of wool sales opened to-day; a large attendance; competition keen at the close, and prices were fully maintained. Good merinos show an advance of 5 per cent, upon closing rate ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. Love and the Telegraph.

    The first electric telegraph was put in operation between Baltimore and Washington, 1845, Congress having appropriated eight thousand dollars to keep it running for one year, as an experiment. Of the ...

    Article : 357 words
  18. Latest Sydney Markets.

    Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report:—The fourth draft of horses from Breeza were sold at Camperdown this afternoon; they attracted a very large attendance of buyers. Thoroughbred colts ...

    Article : 255 words
  19. Latest Proceedings in Parliament.

    Sir Henry Parkes gave notice of motion that the House upon rising to-morrow adjourn until Friday at eleven, for the purpose of the prorogation. In reply to a question, Sir Henry Parkes stated ...

    Article : 235 words
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