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  2. RELIGIOUS.

    [?]band of Australasian missionaries leaves Sydney on the 25th inst. to join the China Inland Mission staff. The party will include Miss Lizzie Hunt, Miss Eva Bell, and Miss Alice Harding, of ...

    Article : 1,730 words
  3. HUMOR.

    W. S. Gilbert and Burnand (editor of "Punch") met at dinner, and a facetious friend went through the ceremony of introducing them. "Ah, Mr. Gilbert," said Burnand, passing the ...

    Article : 353 words
  4. MINING NOTES.

    The Mines Department has prepared the following statement, showing the quantity and value of the gold produced in New South Wales during the three quarters of the year ended September ...

    Article : 2,286 words
  5. 'BUSES AND 'BUSMEN.

    "Fare,.1d." That was the first thing which caught my eye as I saw a 'bus going along Boomerang–street in the direction of William–street. And I had only Just ...

    Article : 1,572 words
  6. CYCLES AND CYCLING.

    The English cycling papers which arrived about the time that Piatt–Betts made his appearance here were full of the wonderful mile record he had just achieved. The English riders ...

    Article : 1,452 words
  7. LONDON OUT OF TOWN.

    LONDON, September 1.—In Australia the term "floating population" is not associated with aristocracy or riches, with luxury or fashion. The gentleman who with swag at back tramps ...

    Article : 2,001 words
  8. THE LATE NEAL DOW.

    Neal Dow was born In Portland, March 20, 1804, and is accordingly over 89 years of age. It is doubtful if there are many men of 70 years of age who are as well preserved, active, and strong ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,220 words
  9. THE LIMPING MUSE.

    An Iowa editor returned from a ball deeply smitten with a lady he had met there, who wore (inter alia) a rose and diamond pin in her dress. And thus he apostrophised her in the ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. A "PUNCH" POET.

    The death is announced of Mr. B. J. Milliken, a writer whose name is perhaps little known to the general public, who none the less enjoyed his anonymous contributions to the pages of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 168 words
  11. GOOD RUNNING BOTH TIMES.

    When a French colt won the Derby some years ago some Frenchmen who were on the course jubilated at the tops of their voices. "Aha," said one of them to Sir William ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. JUDICIAL JOKERS.

    Once in the throes of a case that had been fearfully prolonged by the wordiness of one of the barristers, Mr. Justice Hawkins handed down to a friend at the bar a piece of paper with this ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. PUNS.

    About the nicest pun on record is that ascribed to Sir Charles Napier, who, on conquering the province of Scinde half a century ago, is reported to have sent this dispatch:—"Peccavi" (I have ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. THE LATE SIR JOHN GILBERT, R.A.

    Sir,—There will, no doubt, be striking interest manifested in the results, yet to be published, of the expedition under Professor David among the coral reefs, a progress report of which appeared ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 513 words
  15. THE BADINAGE OF PARKES.

    Now and again, Sir Henry Parkes got in the smart answer that turneth away wrath. During a warm Federation debate in the Assembly five or six years ago a member of the present ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. THE COMPOSITOR GETS IN HIS FINE WORK.

    A certain journalist went down to New Zealand and fell among comps. One day he wrote about a Royal Commission for the Consolidation of New Zealand Statutes. The typesetter's ...

    Article : 307 words
  17. "A VOICE FROM THE RICHMOND."

    Sir,—In your Issue of the 28th ult you published, under the heading of "The Sugar Industry in New South Wales: A Voice from the Richmond," taken from the "Coraki Herald." Had ...

    Article : 357 words
  18. LADY CYCLISTS AND SCHOOLBOYS.

    The following articles are reported have been found in the knickerbocker pockets of a lady cyclist, who lately collided with a brewer's dray and was for a long period rendered insensible:— ...

    Article : 262 words
  19. THE SNAKE IN NATURE.

    Mr. James S. Bray, besides being an eminent naturalist, has developed considerable skill as a draughtsman in pen and ink. He has just completed a large study from life of a fine specimen ...

    Article : 207 words
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