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  2. HOW WE SPENT THE RACE DAY.

    Our servants went to the races, so W. and I (two girls who had passed University examinations) resolved to show ourselves equal to kitchen work as well as to ...

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  3. PASTORAL NEWS.

    Another splendid fall of rain took place on Sunday last, the registration at Deniliquin being 81 points, making about 3 inches for the month. During the two ...

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  4. STAGELAND.

    A few marked types among the denizens of a peculiarly attractive country are sketched in this little book by an artist possessed of a ...

    Article : 1,543 words
  5. COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.

    Good Friday was kept as a close holiday. Religious services were held in some of the places of worship. A cricket match was played at the Oval between Clare and Burra, which was won easily ...

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  6. SCIENCE OF THE DAY.

    The question of the temperature of the moon is one that has a pure scientific interest of its own, but its popular interest resides no doubt in its bearing on the possibility of the ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN MINERS' ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of members of this Association was held on Monday morning at the Mine Stage for the purpose of dealing with correspondence received from the Mine Directors ...

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  8. YUNTA, APRIL 5.

    A very successful athletic meeting was held to-day. The principal event, the Yunta Handicap, was won by Coombes, Buttery being second, and Coulis third. A special prize given by Mr. McGregor Day ...

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  9. PORT ELLIOT, April 8.

    Easter time passed over quietly here. We had a fair number of visitors to the seaside. On Saturday evening a concert was given in aid of the local Institute Funds by Mr. Lyons and Company, which ...

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  10. COROMANDEL VALLEY, APRIL 8.

    A tea and concert were given in the Institute in connection with St. John's Church on Monday. There was a large attendance at the tea, and the Hall was filled for the concert. The programme ...

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  11. ARTHURTON, APRIL 7.

    Anniversary services in connection with the Arthurton Wesleyan Sunday-school were celebrated on Sunday and Wednesday, March 30 and April 2. Sunday services were ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. BOOK LORE.

    Sir—What ridiculous blunders are made even in apparently carefully got up books. Reading Dr. Lankester's "Our Food" a little time ago I came across the statement that the ...

    Article : 512 words
  13. CLARENDON, APRIL 3

    An entertainment was given in the Druids' Hall to-night. Mr. B. F. Lloyd, J.P., presided, and the hall was well filled. The entertainment, which was in aid of funds of the local Druids' Lodge, was ...

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  14. ELLISTON, APRIL 8.

    The weather was very pleasant up till Tuesday, when a very heavy fog set in from the west. We are feeling the want of a good downpour rather severely. I hear that the rabbits are very bad ...

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  15. THE OLD WIFE.

    By the bed the old man, waiting, sat in vigil sad and tender, Where his aged wife lay dying; and the twilight shadows brown ...

    Article : 370 words
  16. ROUNSEVELL, APRIL 8.

    The weather is still dry and cool. A good soak of rain would be very welcome just now to start the feed and cereals and ensure an early season for grass. ...

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  17. TEMPLERS, APRIL 7.

    The Rev. G. Rendrew, the newly appointed minister to this Circuit, has arrived here in place of the Rev. G. Ball, who takes the Gumeracha District. On Sunday Mr. Kendrew conducted the anniversary ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. EDITHBURGH, APRIL 7.

    The grasshoppers have appeared in large quantities, doing some damage. ...

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  19. TALIA, APRIL 8.

    The weather here keeps cool and dry with high winds. The farmers are busy sowing again. Our roads here are frightfully cut up with the wheat-carting, and as the Government have reduced the ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. NARRIDY, APRIL 5.

    A large meeting of ratepayers was held to-night at Kirby's Hotel to consider the best means to take to get several from the Georgetown District Council on account of the expensive character of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. LAW AND CRIMINAL COURTS.

    [At the Supreme Courthouse, before one of their Honors the Judges of the Supreme Courts.] Appeal from Police Court, Adelaide. ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

    Present—All but Councillors Harris, Reid, Pellew, and Wigley. The Town Clerk read some additions to the minutes of a previous Council meeting. At a subsequent meeting ...

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  23. BARRIER TRADE.

    Sir—The utterances of Sir Henry Parkes at Broken Hill assure the residents of that important mining district, the squatters of adjacent country, and the public of South ...

    Article : 539 words
  24. HAMILTON, APRIL 1.

    We were favoured with rain on Sunday morning, but it is now as dry as ever. The locusts have made their appearance in countless myriads, and are devouring every green thing ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. DISTRICT COUNCILS.

    CAMPBELLTOWN, April 2.—Present—Crs. J. Mines (Chairman), A. G. Martin, S. Pierson, and M. Byan. Tenders accepted—No. 19, 200 yards of 2½ in metal. Rostreyor-road, at 4s. 10d. per yard. ...

    Article : 1,694 words
  26. THE GRIEF OF OLD AGE.

    Harsh Sorrow I enter not To wreck that time-worn soul, Hast pity quite forgot, So merciless thy role? ...

    Article : 178 words
  27. POLICE COURTS.

    Tommy Walker, an aboriginal, and Sarah Ryan, for having used indecent language, were fined £2 each. Mary Raffan, for drunkenness, paid £1, and John Russell, Henry ...

    Article : 269 words
  28. PERMISSION TO GO HOME.

    Bess went to Church one sultry day; She kept awake, I'm glad lo say, Till "fourthly" started on its way. The moments into hours grew: ...

    Article : 403 words
  29. REMOVAL OF TATTERSALL'S CLUBROOMS.

    Sir—With your kind permission I wish to publicly thank the members of Tattersall's Club who attended the last general meeting with a view to keep the clubrooms in the ...

    Article : 281 words
  30. SIMPLIFICATION OF LAND TENURE.

    Sir—Allow me to submit for consideration the following propositions:—1. All land now belongs to the State. 2. Stop the sale of lands by the Crown. ...

    Article : 166 words
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