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  2. PEDESTRIANISM.

    EMERY AND MR. DAVIES.— A match has been made between these men, to run 260 yards for L 20, Mr. Davis to receive ten yards start. The event is fixed for Monday, at the Turf Hotel, Ballaarat. L.5 aside are already ...

    Article : 472 words
  3. MATCHES TO COME.

    19.—Emery and Mr. Davis,to run 200 yards, for L.20, at the Turf Hotel. Ballaarat. 19.—Half-mile race for L.5, at the same place. ...

    Article : 32 words
  4. BILLIARDS.

    BILLIARDS.—The lovers of this fascinating game will probably meet with amusement over the tournament at present in the course of being played at the Criterion Billiard Rooms. Already several of the "cracks" in ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. THE GAME OF CHESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,091 words
  6. AGRICULTURE AND STOCK.

    On Tuesday a ploughing match came off in these grounds, when some prizes were given by the Mayor and some members of the City Council. The whole of the land had previously been measured, for the purpose ...

    Article : 876 words
  7. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING SEEDLING FRUIT AND FLOWERS.

    I firmly believe that young plants raised from seed ripened in the colony are more likely to adapt themselves to the climate than their imported parents, and that such fruits as the gooseberry, currant, and raspberry may, ...

    Article : 874 words
  8. A FEW WORDS ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE MULBERRY TREE AND THE SILK WORM.

    About half a century ago a clergyman in Switzerland, who strove to support his family on the very munificent sum of £20 per annum, was visited by his bishop. After the clergyman regaling the latter on the produce ...

    Article : 1,425 words
  9. CITY MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 610 words
  10. GISBORNE BRANCH OF THE PORT PHILLIP FARMERS' SOCIETY.

    The first Annual Ploughing Match of this promising society took place on Friday, July 9th, in Mr. Campbell's paddock, about three miles distant from the township. ...

    Article : 427 words
  11. SHIPPING.

    July 12—Ca[?]plan, ship, 1018 tons, Capt. Thomas Hughes, from Liverpool March 23rd. Passengers—cabin : two; and twenty in the steerage. Michaelis, Boyd, and Co., agen's.—Dover Castle, Blackwall ship, 1002 tons, Capt. J. Adams, ...

    Article : 332 words
  12. VALUE OF MONEY IN ENGLAND.

    The qualities of pity and charity that once formed the distinctive mark and pre-eminence of medicine, and commanded honour and respect from people of all nations and creeds, seem so rapidly on the wane that we pause ...

    Article : 1,420 words
  13. STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    As agriculture is at present the loading pursuit of the colony, and as the Farm and Garden is specially devoted to its interests, it may probably be of service to agriculturists to place upon record a few statistics to which ...

    Article : 1,104 words
  14. REVIEW.—THE " FARM AND GARDEN."

    We have received the first number of the above publication, which in announced to appear on the second Thursday in each month, price sixpence. The Farm and Garden is very well got up, and contains a great ...

    Article : 977 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,506 words
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