CHRISTMAS DAY, 1885, will be long remembered, here on account of the splendid fall of rain which continued throughout the whole day. Indeed, it was so wolcome that old and young accepted it as ...
Article : 498 wordsTHE HOLIDAYS may be said to be over. Christmas was one of the most pleasant experienced here for yoars. A welcome rain a day or two before so moderated the heat and laid the dust that life was ...
Article : 866 wordsTHE NEW YEAR commonced very quietly here; beyond the playing of the local brass band, and the fact of the various Protestant churches being lit up at midnight for watch-night services, the first day of ...
Article : 994 wordsSOCIAL.—New Year's Night was celebrated by a plain and fancy dress ball, the joint effort of three well-known public spirited residents. The affair proved quite a hit; the hall was crowded with ...
Article : 231 wordsNEW YEAR'S DAY was kept here with athletic sports, which were run on the Rainbow reserve. There, was a good number present. The Maiden Plate was won by Brumy, a colored lad. The New ...
Article : 271 wordsTHE HOLIDAYS passed over very quiotly here, picnic parties being the order of the time. THE COAL PIT is working better than ever remembered at this particular season, when things are ...
Article : 152 wordsSPLENDID RAINS and warm day a after it; results grand crops, plenty grass and water. CHRISTMAS passed away quietly. Rained almost all day Christmas, but Boxing Day Host Taylor, of ...
Article : 382 wordsRAILWAY.—A public meeting is advertised to be held here on Thursday, to consider Mr. J. S. Robertson's proposition to complete the railway from Blayney to Cowra within six months of the contract ...
Article : 119 wordsTHE HON. R. M. VAUGHN.—On the occasion of this gentleman's first visit to Grenfell after his acceptance of the portfolio for Mines, a great number of the townspeople met him a short distance out, and ...
Article : 163 wordsPINE GROWING WEATHER.—The crops and vegetation show this. The rivers and creeks are running as yet from the effects of late rains. A UNITED WATCHNIGHT SERVICE was held in ...
Article : 611 wordsSOME SCOUNDRELS, supposed to to be cattle drovers, the other night broke open one of the new gates leading into the cemetery, and depastured a number of cattle thore, clearing out, it is believed, at ...
Article : 568 wordsSOCIAL GATHERING on the 1st to harald the new year by Mr. and Mrs. W. Burgo, junr., of this place. The weather was unfavorable, but dancing was kept up till old Sol waa making his appearance. The ...
Article : 72 wordsSUCH A LOT OF HOLIDAYS [?] So many that the puzzle was what to do with them all, from Thursday to Monday, two weeks in succession. Surely it must be the incomparable climate joined with the ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 9 Jan 1886, Page 16
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