The sensation is the coming visit of his Excellency to the races on the 31st March and 1st April. Tattersall's Racing Club have had meetings, and two public meetings have been called by the Mayor on requisition. Nothing very ...
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Article : 278 wordsYesterday a miner at Wallsend named Tiplady was struck with a prop in the region of the heart and had several ribs broken. He lies in the hospital in a very precarious state. The order of Dominican nuns at Waratah has ...
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Article : 873 wordsIt is high time some more effectual steps were taken towards lessening the bar at the entrance of this river, it being in a very bad state just now. The s.s. City of Grafton and Australian had hard work to get in safely last ...
Article : 269 wordsUpwards of fifty of the local volunteers, headed by a brass band, marched through the town this afternoon en route for the camping ground, where they intend holding a two days' encampment. Each volunteer is provided with ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 20 Mar 1886, Page 617
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