THE 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 wordsTHE MAITLAND MAGISTRACY.—A meeting of the magistrates of Maitland was held in the local courthouse on Thursday to discuss the rumored removal of the police magistrate, Mr. J. N. Brooks, to ...
Article : 79 wordsA TERRIFIC STORM raged for about two hours on Monday night last. The wind blew a hurricane from the south and south-west, and created great havoc among outbuildings and verandahs in several ...
Article : 158 wordsTHE ELECTION, with its accompanying excitement being now over, we are setting down to our usual quiet avocations. THE LATE RAINS have destroyed more than half of ...
Article : 100 wordsSNAKES.—Not frequency is this municipality troubled with the presence of these reptiles, yet sometimes the brown and black snakes and the death adder are killed within the boundaries. Last ...
Article : 599 wordsTHE ELECTIONS have been engaging attention during the last few weeks in this district, with the result that Mr. T. G. G. Dangar is again our member. He has been 22 years in Parliament and for the one ...
Article : 530 wordsA hot, dusty, sweltering day. The bulb registers 108deg in the shade, and the dusty, sunburned pedestrians eagerly throng the iced-drink establishment; for, be it known, lemon squashes deftly concocted ...
Article : 948 wordsTHE SEASON.—Since the flood there has been very little fine weather, consequently farming operations are seriously retarded. FLOOD FUND.—Up to date the flood relief fund ...
Article : 153 wordsMUNICIPAL.—Alderman Blackburn has resigned, his seat in the Singleton Council. The vacant seat in the South Singleton Council has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Henry Kirkwood. Alderman ...
Article : 82 wordsPOLITICAL.—Since the election things have been very quiet here; and it is a good thing that they are, for everyone admits that the electioneering season was lively enough to suit the most boisterous. There ...
Article : 234 wordsSNAKES.—Now is the most dangerous time for snakes, of which all kinds are plentiful here. Mrs. Longley, at the public school, courageously killed a large one the other day. ...
Article : 182 wordsPOLITICAL.—Thursday, the 23rd instant, was the day appointed for the election of the members to represent the Murrumbidgee district. Election day caused very little excitement here. ...
Article : 119 wordsSCHOOL OF ARTS.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Thargomindah School of Arts, took place on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. A. Hill presided. The balance-sheet showed a balance of ...
Article : 461 wordsWEATHER.—A severe thunderstorm passed over this district on Monday evening last, accompanied by a light shower of rain. HARVEST THANKSGIVING.—The sermon preached ...
Article : 64 wordsTHE FLOODS.—The second rise in the river, which began at an early hour on Saturday, the 12th, and continued until Sunday at noon, attaining a height of 16ft, with a strong easterly gale all Saturday ...
Article : 303 wordsTHE LATE FLOOD.—This district has to share, with other northern rivers, the disasters of a flood, which has certainly come at a very bad time, both for our farmers and business people. Fortunately ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 5 Mar 1887, Page 17
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