MISSING.—Much surprise was caused here last week by a report that Mr. E. H. Oakes, Secretary to the Gas Company, was missing. Not only were many friends on the qui vace for the above gentleman, but the directors of the company ...
Article : 623 wordsOn Friday a man namad James Crossling, a bricklayer in the employ of Mr. David Bratoy, of Burrundulla, was committed for trial to the next Quarter Sessions on a charge of attempted suicide. The prisoner had attempted to out his ...
Article : 1,171 wordsWhen I last wrote (more than two months since) we were to trouble at the long continuance of the drought. Very dismal were oar forebodings of coining evil. After that date we had still to bear our sad fate, and the prospect became ...
Article : 877 wordsThe weather here is just as fine as can reasonably be expccted at this season of the year. The valions improvements in the way of budding going on in the town show that the future requirements of the ...
Article : 313 wordsA petition is on feet to obtain a bridge for Woodstock Creek, which has long been required.; and as the surplus seems to be one of the Colonial Treasurer's difficulties, hew ll no doubt be glad to get rid of some of it, by commencing the work ...
Article : 244 wordsGreat consternation wan caused en Monday by the report that a ohild of Mrs. Bourke's was lost in the bush. It had been out with two others who were minding sheep, and had strayedawny. when the children came home without the ...
Article : 245 wordsTHE WEATHER.—For the past fortnight we hava had very severe frosts a night and delightfully warm sunshine? days, but we have a chaine to-night, the sky being obscured with heavy clouds, and the rain beginning to palter upon the ...
Article : 230 wordsA correspondent writing from Cowl Cowl, which is situated on the Lachlan, nour its junction with the Murrumbidgee, notifies beautiful rains in that district, which have had the effect of calling home myriads of travelling sheep, nick-named ...
Article : 183 wordsThis place, Darlington, from which I now write, comprises a district of country on the north side of the Murrumbidgee River, 40 miles from Narandera, and 80 from Hay. The other side of the river, called Waddi, is connected by a public punt ...
Article : 361 wordsOUR MEMBER.—Mr. Joseph Leary has had Borne very severe censures passed upon him in the Gundagal district latterly in consequence of his sllunce in the House when the matter of the branch line between Gundagai and ...
Article : 903 wordsMINING.—The result of crushing at West s reef, on the Mandurama creek, gives an avreage of 30oz per week, and the quantity of stone runs about 100 tons. All that has yet been crushed, or nearly all, has been stone taken from ...
Article : 593 wordsThe weather is delightful, and herbage luxurnnt. 1000 head of well-bred young cattle bound for Victoria, in charge of Mr. J. Gillies, from Mount Hutton, on the Dawson, Queensland, now passing in line order. ...
Article : 91 wordsSince my last, dated hence, I have made many visits to the residents around, and timi that the continuance of line weather has enabled the farmers to complete their field operations for the ensuing crop of cereals, yet, the lateness of the ...
Article : 610 wordsThe drought is now positively ended. Bain has fallen in great quantities mid grass is growing linely. There lias teen much said relative to losses ot stock on this river, but a much louder complaint has been made than the actual truth ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 17 Jun 1876, Page 10
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