SHEARING has started on many of the stations in this district and the clip promises to be clean and good. The substantial rise in raines of wool in the London September Bales has caused general rejoioing ...
Article : 173 wordsPASTORAL.—During the week the weather has been fine. Shearing is in full awing throughout the distript. Large quantities of wool have been arriving in town daily from the outlying stations and been ...
Article : 504 wordsTHE WEATHER is getting warm, and Kings Heat and Dust are giving notice of their annnal visit. The country, however, is in a beautiful state, one rolling sea of groon. Already stock are becoming fat, and ...
Article : 917 wordsSOCIAL MATTERS.—Although business has very nearly reached stagnation point, the same cannot be said concerning social matters, for the last couple of weeks have been a period of uninterrupted gaiety. ...
Article : 379 wordsRIFLE CORPS.—Considerable satisfaction has been expressed at the formation in Bathurst of a rifle association similar to the New South Wales Association in Sydney. Several members of the Orange ...
Article : 131 wordsTHE HOSPITAL BALL on Friday night was one of the best attended for some years. Mr. G. Hansen acted as M.C. Dancing was kept up till the wee sma' hours of the morning with vigor. ...
Article : 161 wordsPASTUREB looks splendid. The conntry is studded with flowers of different hues, and the perfume is pleasant. THE ROADS are drying up, and the coaches are ...
Article : 645 wordsDEPRESSION is INCREASING in this coal-mining district, just when it is easing off in most other paces. The phenomenon needs explaining. We in the place can't tell what are the economical forces ...
Article : 1,071 wordsTHE RAILWAY.—To say that most people are elated over the successful passing of the first-plans for the Grafton-Tweed railway, in the Assembly, is a mild way of putting it. Some people are most ...
Article : 292 wordsREMOVAL—In my last letter was chronicled the removal of Mr. Ashe, manager of the Bank of N.S.W. This week another change is announced. Mr. S. Farrell, manager of the Bank of Australasia, has ...
Article : 123 wordsPROGRESS.—The little town of Robertson is fast going ahead. They are thinking of starting a weekly paper here, and if they do the people will give it good support. Most of the houses around here are now, ...
Article : 123 wordsBAIL.—Our bachelors' fancy dress ball was a brilliant Bupqeas. The attendance was large. The entertainment throughout reflected great credit upon the promoters and the bachelors generally. ...
Article : 93 wordsHOME RULE.—On Sunday a meeting of those favorable to the granting of Home Rule to Ireland was held at Glennie's Creek. Messrs. Quinn, Ryan, Wilson, Taylor, and Millett attended from Singleton as ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 25 Sep 1886, Page 17
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