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  2. NOTES FROM THE OBSERVATORY.

    Next in importance to the transit instrument, or transit circle, in an observatory is the astronomical clock or chronometer, and the greatest precision of workmanship combined ...

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  3. SYDNEY AMATEUR TURF CLUE RACES.

    The Sydney Amateur Turf Club Races took place to-day. The weather was cool, but the attendance was only fair. Lady A. Loftus[?] His Excellency Mr. F. A. Weld, ...

    Article : 523 words
  4. SATURDAY'S SPORTS.

    This match was continued ou Saturday on the M.C.C. ground, but not completed, the result so far being in favour of the M.C.C. The St. H. C. C. were 30 behind in the first innings, and Melbourne made 122 ...

    Article : 1,282 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL BOAT RACE.

    The above important event in aquatic annals was rowed on Saturday afternoon between eight-oared crews selected respectively from the amateur oarsmen of New ...

    Article : 3,194 words
  6. THE THEATRES, &c.

    The announcement that Bizet's attractive opera "Carmen" would be performed at the Opera-house on Saturday evening had the effect of crowding, the house in every ...

    Article : 1,433 words
  7. THE PATTI CONCERTS.

    The third of these concerts took place in the Town-hall on Saturday night, in the presence of a numerous audience. The selections made by Madame Carlotta Patti were ...

    Article : 1,095 words
  8. YARRA BANK SITES.

    Sir,—I heartily congratulate the Government on having the courage to cancel the sales made by their predecessors of various allotments of land in close proximity to the ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. HIGH WAY MAINTENANCE.

    Sir,—In your isue of the 5th inst. appeared a letter from a Mr. Harrison on the subject of "Highway Maintenance," which, when treating of shires, enters into a comparison ...

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  10. THE BOTANIC GARDENS.

    In the group amaryllideæ on the palm-house lawn may be seen some rare and choice species of agave, commonly called American a[?]oes. Conspicuous amongst them ...

    Article : 546 words
  11. THE M.C.C. CURATOR.

    Sir,—As the paragraph in your issue of to-das is likely to leave an impression on the minds of your readers that the E.M.C.C. have lost the services of their curator, I must crave ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. FISH SUPPLY.

    Sir,—Seeing that a deputation waited on Mr. Gillies, the Commissoner of Railways, on the subject of the reduction of rail freights on fish, and whose decision is deferred, it would ...

    Article : 448 words
  13. LADIES COMPARTMENTS IN RAILWAY TRAINS.

    Sir,—As a stranger to the country, it has struck me that if the strict rule as to the exclusion of gentlemen from ladies' compartments were modified it would be more ...

    Article : 293 words
  14. TICKET CLERKS AT WINDSOR.

    Sir,—Mill you be kind enough to publish the following fact? I go often into town from Windsor station. Several times it happened that I didn't get sufficient change ...

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  15. YOUNG OFFENDERS AND HARDENED CRIMINALS.

    Sir,—In your paper of the 10th inst. I noticed, in your telegrams from Adelaide, that the Chief Justice there had spoken in very strong terms as regards our young offenders ...

    Article : 184 words
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