Orinoke.—The Sydney racecourse is run over in an opposite direction to that customary in Victoria. Many courses in Australia and Europe are the reverse of ours, and the question of which is the better plan is ...
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Article : 355 wordsThis, the monthly magazine of Melbourne, continues to maintain its position with the reading public. The September number has the usual variety of matter, mostly of more than average merit, and occasionally of ...
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Article : 1,556 wordsThe arrival of the Simla's mail and the departure of that by the Emeu have rendered this an unusually dull week in Sydney, neither sporting nor anything else seeming to divert people from the melancholy ...
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Article : 897 wordsWe call especial notice to the great annual show of this important society, which takes place on next Wednesday and Thursday, the 23rd and 24th inst., at the yards on the Sydney road. The entries are most ...
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