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  2. HIGH WINDS. DISTURBANCE APPROACHING.

    The high wind which has been blowing since Sunday is due to the approach of an unusually pronounced disturbance, from the west. The wind-gauges at the ...

    Article : 56 words
  3. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  4. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    In the grain markets yesterday, wheat opened fairly firm, though no further change in London is advised. Feed grains are in moderate request, but chaff is dull. ...

    Article : 268 words
  5. NOTES FOR BOYS. WEATHER GLASS.

    Can any reader give "Weather Glass" (Brighton) the formula for making a simple weather glass of the type in which the changes in the appearance of the solution ...

    Article : 42 words
  6. THE IMPORT MARKETS.

    Sugar.—Millaquin 1A sugar is quoted at £25, and No 1 at £22/15/. Messrs, Ireland, Fraser and Co., in their circular, dated Mauritins, July 28, state that good ...

    Article : 832 words
  7. A HANDY HE[?]IOGRAPH.

    Several correspondents write, sending descriplions and designs for a hcliograph, about the making of which an inquiry was made last week. While the designs in many ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 486 words
  8. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    The revenue collected at the Customhouse on August 29 amounted to:—Revenue, £14,081/7/; State, £150/10/6; contingent, £171/17/; pilotage, £228/9/2; wharfage, ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. ON THE BAY FRONT.

    At times yesterday the wind developed hurricane power, and the morning lines of vessels lying at the piers and wharves threatened in several instances to yield to ...

    Article : 56 words
  10. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Wheat was quoted to day at 8/10 for small lots, and 3/11 for parcels, and for forward delivery no business was done. Flour was very quiet at £10 for city brands. 300 ...

    Article : 274 words
  11. CAMP TRIPODS.

    F. L. Baxter, in "Outing," gives some diagrams of American camp tripods. He Bays:—"All you want for the three-pole tripod is a ball of string and a tomahawk. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 225 words
  12. WHEAT AND OTHER PRODUCE.

    Wheat.—There has been a fair inquiry, and sales of several thousand bags have been made at 4/, partly ex store. Small farmers' lota in the country ore quoted at equivalent ...

    Article : 676 words
  13. IN THE OPEN AIR.

    "Sylvia" writes:—"1 sometimes see dead starlings hanging to the barbed wire fenecs. They get caught by the claws. One evening I noticed one that had got caught struggling desperately, ...

    Article : 800 words
  14. LOOK-UP ROOF BLOWN OFF.

    RIDDELL, Monday—The fiercest gale ever experienced here occurred last night, and for a time much, alarm was felt. The roof of the lock-up was blown off, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. OFFICIAL REPORT.

    Forecast by the Commonwealth metcorologist (Mr. H. A. Hunt), 9 p.m. Monday:— "Unsettled, with strong and squally north-westerly winds ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 436 words
  16. SYDNEY LIVE STOCK MARKET.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—At Homebush to-day 13,000 sheep and lambs were penned. The sheep comprised a large proportion of good useful quality merino wethers and ewes, with a fair ...

    Article : 227 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL RECORDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 275 words
  18. WEEKLY PRODUCE STATISTICS.

    Arrivals of breadstuffs at Melbourne and Geelong from the country last week, according to the official returns, compare with the previous week and the corresponding ...

    Article : 433 words
  19. RIVER GAUGINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 words
  20. A FOOTBALL QUESTION.

    G. H. M'Lachlan (Blackheath S.S.) puts a football query. Two teams, A and B, play a football match. B wins. A protests, and the match is ordered to be played ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. ALBURY WOOL, HIDE, SKIN, AND PRODUCE MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 305 words
  22. A GORSE HEDGE.

    "Monowai" (Middle-park) wants to know the best way to plant gorae for a he[?]ge, how far apart the plants should be placed, and how long it would take to mature into a ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. A STAR GUIDE.

    Under the title of "The Stars for Threepence," Mrs. Edwin Field has prepared, and Mr. E. W. Cole published, a chcap and handy guide to the southern stars. ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. WIDTH OF A RIVER.

    H. M. White (Romsey) writes:—"In your 'Boys' Notes' a few weeks ago you published a diagram and directions, of an easy way to determine the width of a river. It struck ...

    Article : 212 words
  25. MAKING A STOCK-WHIP.

    "D.M." (Glenferrie) sends a lengthy desenption as to how "Nangus Jack," a famous Goulburn stock-whip maker of the fifties, used to work, Without an ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. MELBOURNE RAINFALL.

    To 9 a.m. MondaY, nil. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, nil. Average 55 years, from Jan. 1 to July 31, 14.11in. ...

    Article : 153 words
  27. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    WINDERMERE, Monday. — The residence of Mr. O'Connor was burned to the ground whilst the family were absent. Everything was destroyed. Boy Scouts' Parade in the Royal-park. See ...

    Article : 40 words
  28. RIVAL SONGSTERS.

    The following query comes from a Cumberwell school:—"Could you let us know whether our Australian birds are as good songsters as those of England? We know ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. FRUIT ARRTVALS.

    Arrivals of fruit at Spencer-street by rail Public Schools' Football: Scotch College v. St. Xavier's See illustrations in "The Australasian," Saturday, August 27. ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 934 words
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