The collections at the Albury custom house, for the month at February, amounted to £1867 18s 5d. The local court of Foresters announce a liberal programme of athletic sports for the celebration of their ...
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Article : 498 wordsLast Saturday we had a great race here. About 40 or 50 persons of the neighbourhood gatherad together to witness a spin of half-a-mile for £5 a side between the chestnut filly Whitefoot, owned by Mr. H. T. Stevens, and the ...
Article : 181 wordsNearly every day for the past fortnight the rain has deseended in torrents, and the mining reporters existence is thereby rendered a misery and a sorrow. Mining matters are down in the dumps, and it's no use ...
Article : 1,396 wordsWEATHER.—Rain is badly wanted throughout the district. Farmers are unable at present to carry on farming operations owing to the hardness of the soil. Threatening clouds have passed over with a few light showers not ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 13 Mar 1880, Page 38
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