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  2. MAWWORM MORALITY.

    "PUNCH" laughs at Sydney as the Bueotia of the South—the city of dulness and the stronghold of bad grammar. We blush at this as we should for the reputation of an elder brother, whose ...

    Article : 1,321 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

    It has been conjectured that the whole continent of Australia is gradually r sing, that it was formerly an archipelago, and that within a comparatively recent period the Great Australian Bight and the Gult of Carpentaria ...

    Article : 408 words
  4. DIOCESAN SYNOD.

    The Lord Bishop took the [?] at a quarter past 2. NOTICE OF MOTION Mr N. BLYTH gave notice that at the next meeting of Syned he would move that the congregation of St. John's be ...

    Article : 381 words
  5. LAW AND POLICE COURTS.

    Mr Fisher appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Gwynne and Mr Belt for the defendant. Mr Fisher opened the case, stating that it was a claim filed by the plaintiff against the defendant, for the ...

    Article : 257 words
  6. MORE OF THE STERN REALITY WANTED.

    It is quite clear that the soldier requires more instruction than he receives—and than he can receive, till his officer is capable of imparting it. He should be taught how to hut himself ...

    Article : 498 words
  7. POLICE COURT.—ADELAIDE.

    DISORDERLY.— William Tarrant and William Hunt were charged with lighting in King William-street, on Wednesday afternoon. Tarrant pleaded guilty. The constable who took them into custody said, both ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. AN ADVENTUROUS BISHOP.

    The Bishop of New Zealand is now for a second time leaving the land of his birth, and is returning in his tiny missionary ship (named the Southern Cross) to that distant diocese in which his lot has been cast. The ...

    Article : 573 words
  9. DISTRICT COUNCILS.

    Present—All the Councillors. The minutes of the hist meeting were rend and confirmed. The following letters were received:—From the Central Hoard of Education; from Mr George Young, offering his ...

    Article : 315 words
  10. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF KIDNAPPING.

    Sydney has recently been thrown into much excitement by the frequent disappearance of young lads, who, it was supposed, were decoyed into the interior by bushrangers. The newspapers at first expressed ...

    Article : 1,538 words
  11. FRIDAY, JUNE 1.

    George Woods was charged with being drunk and damaging a door belonging to Joseph Fisher, on Thursday evening. Woods admitted he was drunk, and the damage done having been proved, his Worship ordered ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. LOCAL COURT—POUT ADELAIDE.

    WOOLRIDGE v. RICH.—The plaintiff claimed £8 10s., being the value of 13 gallons of port wine missing and short of a hogshead shipped on hoard the Hooghly, and imported by the plaintiff. ...

    Article : 144 words
  13. PURIFICATION OF LONDON AIR.

    Since active measures have been put into operation during the last few months, in order to abate the smoke nuisance, not only has the air been cleared with astonishing rapidity, which was hith [?]o considered almost ...

    Article : 498 words
  14. TALUNGA.

    Present—Messrs Lilleerapp, Piltz, and Jos Cooke. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Clerk laid requisitions for slaughtering licences, from ...

    Article : 187 words
  15. POLICE COURT—PORT ADELAIDE.

    On the information of William Johnston, master of the John Sugars, William Taylor, a seaman of that vessel, was brought up for refusal of duty. The prisoner came out for one shilling a month wages, but ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. THE PANAMA RAILROAD.

    This road, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which, has hitherto attracted but little notice in England, is now completed, and at this date the trains are probably running through from sea to sea. Its effect ...

    Article : 757 words
  17. FRIDAY, JUNE 1.

    REMANDED CHARGE OF DESERTION. —James Fitzgerald was charged with deserting from the ship John Matthie. The captain's evidence showed that whilst the ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. HIGHERCOMBE.

    Present — Messrs Milne (Chairman), Smith, Smart, McEwin, and Haldin. The Chairman reported a letter received from A. H. Davis, Esq., Chairman of the Association of District Chairmen, ...

    Article : 202 words
  19. A HERO OF INKERMANN.

    A public dinner, us we learn from the Ayr Observer, win given to one of the heroes of Inkermann, Dr Wilson, of the 7th Hussars, by his fellow townsmen of Stranraer. The chair was taken by the Provost of the ...

    Article : 548 words
  20. WEST TORRENS.

    Present—Dr Wark (Chairman), Councillors J. Cobbledick, J. Townsend, E. Nurse, and A. S. Clark. A letter having been received from the Chairman of the Onkaparinga District Council, with reference to the boundary ...

    Article : 406 words
  21. SATURDAY, JUNE 2.

    A Baechante and a Marino Bacchanal were severally fined 10s. and 5s., for an excessive zeal in their devotions to their god. James Fitzpatrick was again placed at the bar, charged ...

    Article : 527 words
  22. MYPONGA.

    Present—Messrs Hewitt, Chairman, Wilson, and Tonkin. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. The Clerk reported having received since list meeting rates to the amount of £9 2s. 3d., which he paid to the ...

    Article : 279 words
  23. WANTED: A PRESSURE OUT OF DOORS.

    In the ease of a dead look we have to consider, first, what it is that stops the way; then, what amount of force can be brought to bear upon it. The obstacle in the present instance is that certain statesmen, who ...

    Article : 467 words
  24. A BOLD RECONNAISSANCE.

    The Monitenr de[?] Armec publishes a letter dated from the French camp before Sebastopol on the 3rd instant, from which we extract the following interesting account of a gallant enterprise successfully accomplished by a ...

    Article : 2,017 words
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