SALE OF CATTLE.—Strickland Bros. report having sold, on account of J. Fletcher, of Woollomumbi, 3500 head of cattle, being the whole herd. QUARTER SESSIONS.—All the prisoners tried in ...
Article : 146 wordsWEATHER.—Of late we have experienced a succession of cold easterly winds, with occasional squalls accompanied by heavy rains Yesterday proved an exception, as there was a return to warm ...
Article : 225 wordsTHE MOSQUITO, hiterto a rarity in these parts, has made its appearance; but it is novelty which the residents would willingly dispense with. GENERAL. — Through the inclemency of the ...
Article : 202 wordsGENERAL.—The election has passed, and the next thing is the race meeting, which will take place on the 1st and the 2nd of the month. The town is very lively, and you can see jockeys and sportsmen at ...
Article : 165 wordsSHOW.—The Bega Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society has already issued its prize schedule for the forthcoming show to be held here on the 23rd and 24th proximo, and it promises to eclipse ...
Article : 511 wordsWEATHER AND CROPS.—Gradually, the days are becoming shorter and the nights longer. The whether is also by degrees getting colder, and frosts will soon again make their appearance. The summer ...
Article : 437 wordsTECHNICAL EDUCATION.—Two lectures on gold-mining and the fallacies of mining were delivered in connection with the local technical school, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, by Mr. Herbert Cox, ...
Article : 260 wordsPROGRESS.—This town has grown rapidly within the last three years. It has now more than double the buildings it had then. Two new churches have been built, and a fine public school crowns a hill to ...
Article : 281 wordsDEATHS BY DROWNING.—One of the sa[?]dest affairs it has been my lot to chronicle happened here yesterday. Two boys, cousins, sons of Michael and Alfred Kett, were accidentally drowned in the ...
Article : 164 wordsPROGRESS COMMITTEE.—At a meeting of the Copeland Progress Committee on the 1th ultimo, the following gentlemen were elected for the ensuing six months:—Mr. John Driscoll, J.P., chairman; ...
Article : 126 wordsTHE BOGAN ELECTION is now over, and the old representative, Mr. G. E. Cass, has been rejected, and two new apsirants to parliamentary honors returned, viz, Mr. J. E. Kelly, of Myal[?]mundi, and Mr. ...
Article : 354 wordsFLOODS.—The heavy rains have culminated in great floods of which we have had two in succession. The Redbank River twice overflowed its banks aud did much damage to crops, in one case carrying away ...
Article : 365 wordsWEATHER.—Extraordinary weather has prevailed here during the past four days. Early on Saturday morning a severe thunderstorm occured. Sixty-seven points of rain fell in fifteen minutes. Early on ...
Article : 115 wordsThis place is situate on the Castlereagh River, and is worthy of notice as being the centre of a most fertile country, where grass, feed, and water abound; the latter inconveniently so at present, as it is ...
Article : 361 wordsTHE ELECTIONS are over, and Messrs. A. Lakeman and R. B. Wilsinson have [?]een returned. Politically, they represent nothing, as I said p[?]eviously But it may be safely said that they will support the ...
Article : 594 wordsPOLITICAL.—The election was warmly contested here. With one or two exceptions the utmost good feeling was maintained. The protectionist, Mr. Hatchinson, had contested this seat before, and then ...
Article : 202 wordsREMOVAL.—Tenders closed about a week ago for the removal of the public school at Baan B[?], which was built three years ago, from its present site to the opposite the railway station, which is regarded ...
Article : 282 wordsFREE TRADE BANQUET.—On Tuesday, night Messrs. Garland and Jesnn[?]ret were entertained by their supporters at a banquet. Several of those present [?] on the ability of Messrs. ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 5 Mar 1887, Page 16
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