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  2. POSTAL TIME TABLE of Foreign and Intercolonial Mails for despatch during the month of JANUARY FEBRUARY, 1887.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 925 words
  3. DONGARRA SPORTS.

    An athletic gathering was held on New Year's Day at Dongarra, in splendid weather. The champion athlete of the district, P. Lawler, was in grand form. He won the 200 yds ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. ODDS AND ENDS.

    Four men played cricket—single wicket; one was named Runn, one was Dunn, one was Wann, and one was Nonn. Runn went in firet, got one run, got ran ont, and so was ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. WIT.

    Young ladies complain that the song of Cupid now is cupidity. It Makes a Difference.—" How much did You say this was?" "Three shillings and ...

    Article : 913 words
  6. A Breach of Promise Case.

    Hero is an example of the astuteness of Mr. Justice Byles as an advocate:—Once he Was for the defendant in an action for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff ...

    Article : 173 words
  7. THE WANDERING RACES.

    The annual race meeting of the Wandering Club is fixed to take place on February 16, The programme considering the population of the district is a very good one and of such a ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. Not for a Crown.

    During the past few weeks revival services have been held in the Wesleyan Chapel in a village situated not far from Bishop Auckland. One night the preacher was trying to ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES, 1887— £20,080.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 322 words
  10. The "Big, Big T."

    Mr. Toole lias been paying a visit to Stratford-on-Avon, and it is said he has had his little joke. Entering into conversation with the clerk in charge of Messrs. Smith ...

    Article : 194 words
  11. SPORTING.

    The nominations for the two handicaps at the Wellington Meeting (Bunbury) are disappointing, the only Perth horses named being First Prince and Randolph. The ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. THE W.A. GUN CLUB.

    A meeting of the members of the W. A. Gun Club was held at Bullen's ground yesterday afternoon. There was a fair attendance of members and some good shooting was ...

    Article : 195 words
  13. It Cured Him.

    In an account of a dinner at Sir William Gull's in 1873 the subjoined passage occurs in the "life of Sir B. Christison:"—Sir William told us the following delicious tale of ...

    Article : 222 words
  14. CRICKET.

    Cricket in thia colony will, we are sorry to say, suffer a loss in a week or so, by the departure of Mr. B V. Sorymgonr of the Perth C.C for South Australia. During the ...

    Article : 143 words
  15. FBEMANTLE YACHT CLUB.

    Reference to the advertisement of the Fremantle Yacht Club Regatta, will show that another race bas been introduced. This is No. 10, the "Lighter Race." This item was ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. PERTH BYE MEETING.

    Owners of race horses cannot do better than keep their nags at work for the next three or four months, as daring that time very nice plums will have to be picked up by ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. Perennially Unlucky.

    One of the bridegrooms of the week is notorious for his thrift. He complained of the [?]lergyman's fee. "A widower whom yon married at Easter," ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. He Trifled with the Court.

    "You were arrested at midnight working on the safe the bank with a sledge hammer, and yet yon protest you are innocent," [?] Judge Noonan to a burglar who had just ...

    Article : 87 words
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