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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 wordsIn 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 wordsCan 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 wordsSugar.—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 ...
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Article : 486 wordsThe 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 wordsAt 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 wordsSYDNEY, 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 wordsF. 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]
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Article : 676 words"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 wordsRIDDELL, 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 ...
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Article : 436 wordsSYDNEY, 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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 275 wordsArrivals of breadstuffs at Melbourne and Geelong from the country last week, according to the official returns, compare with the previous week and the corresponding ...
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Article : 102 wordsUnder 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 wordsH. 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"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 wordsTo 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 wordsWINDERMERE, 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 wordsThe 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 wordsArrivals of fruit at Spencer-street by rail Public Schools' Football: Scotch College v. St. Xavier's See illustrations in "The Australasian," Saturday, August 27. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 30 Aug 1910, Page 9
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