GLORIOUS RAIN fell for about thirty hours on Sunday add Monday, rejoicing the hearts of the farmers. The weather since has been mild, and there is every indication of an early spring. ...
Article : 190 wordsTHE BRIDGES— And so the big deputation business is over. Though not completely satisfactory its result, there is some assurahoe in it, never-theless, when the Minister tells us that although he does ...
Article : 683 wordsAN UNPRECEDENTEDLY DRY TIME, with crops languishing and grass at a premium. Signs of rain are not wanting, but they are delusive. Water holds out pretty well, but there is a great dearth of grass, ...
Article : 525 wordsPASTORAL— Shearing has commenced on most of the stations in this district. The first wool of the season, belonging to Mr. French, of Bland, passed for Sydney last weet., Lambing has been very good ...
Article : 512 wordsMUNICIPAL COUNCIL— A very important motion was carried unanimously at last meeting of the Council, viz., " To ask Government to resume the head of the Lane Cove River for the conservation of ...
Article : 494 wordsWEATHER very dry; Tain, threatening for some days, but none has fallen. Pastoralists are getting anxious, and are on the lookout to rent summer country. ...
Article : 162 wordsRAIN! RAIN! with, a big " R." It was urgently wanted: has been threatening off and on for a week, but on the 12th it connnenced in earnest, and up till now there has been a total fall of 2 inches 5 points; ...
Article : 544 wordsUPPER AND LOWER COOMERA are the terms by which are indicated a beautiful river coming down from the ranges, of which Mount Tambourine forms the most prominent feature. In a dry time ...
Article : 264 wordsConsiderable, excitement prevailed in, Sydney on Tuesday evening, respecting the total loss of the fine cargo steamer Gulf of Carpentaria on an unknown rock, on the voyage hence to Melbourne, ...
Article : 444 wordsTHE NICHOL EXPEDITION PARTY have passed up the river going to Lismore. There, a hall is to come off, for which invitations have been issued. The party had a rough time coming up the coast, but, ...
Article : 157 wordsWEATHER very dry; rain badly wanted. CROPS backward on account of the very backward season. Grass scarce. Stock in low condition. A NEW SILVER MINE has just been opened here. ...
Article : 44 wordsPASTORAL SHOW— The Twenty-first show of the Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association was a marked success, and goes to prove the wisdom of the enterprize in this direction. The new show grounds, ...
Article : 400 wordsGOOD WORK— As I do not see any one else taking the necessary interest in Rockley, I am going to try. Mining has been dull of late, bat it appears to be reviving again. ...
Article : 222 wordsLOOKING UP— The John Bull, very promising claim, continues to give satisfaction. The quartz is increasing in richness, and the stone is looking well at the bottom. They are now down 80ft, having very ...
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Advertising : 234 wordsQUIETNESS las come over the land market here after the large sales of a few months since, and very little indeed is selling, hut still there is no falling in the value or reduction in the price where sales haye ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 19 Sep 1885, Page 17
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