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 wordsThere 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 wordsPUBLICATIONS 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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 350 wordsYesterday 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 wordsThe 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 wordsUnder 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 wordsA 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 wordsA 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 wordsA 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 wordsThere are only three acceptors for the Second Foal Stakes—Rudolph, Spice, and Sydney. ...
Article : 15 wordsMentor is scratched for the Melbourne Cup and Champion Stakes. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsMr. 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 wordsThe 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 wordsThe 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 wordsMessrs. 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 wordsSir 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 ...
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