POLITICAL.—The re-election of our member, Mr. J. H. Want, Attorney-General, was not surrounded with the usual excitement and importance. No opposition was looked for, and therefore very few ...
Article : 394 wordsPROSPECTIVE.—At the Macleay Agricultural Society's banquet the chairman stated that the new show ground; which is being fenced, by next year would be laid out and planted, and a pavilion and ...
Article : 457 wordsA SEVERE CHANGE in the weather took place during Friday night, Rain, snow, and hail fell Saturday morning, with thunder and lightning. The cold was terrible. Since Saturday fine and cold, with frosty, ...
Article : 536 wordsTHE PROGRESS COMMITTEE held their usual monthly meeting Friday evening last. The president, Mr. J. Driscol, J. P., occupied the chair. The secretary read a letter from Mr. R. H. D. White, M.P., ...
Article : 240 wordsWEATHER.—At last we have been blessed with a good downpour of rain, and not before it was wanted. For months the residents of this locality have been wholly dependent on the railway engines for water ...
Article : 521 wordsSTILL VERY DRY.—Water disappearing fast. The townspeople have to depend upon wells for their use, and also for their stock. There is some talk of the Government sending an engineer to inspect the lake ...
Article : 154 wordsTHE ALL-ABSORBING TOPIC is the intended visit of his Expellency Lord Carrington. The whole of the people of Mudgee are actuated with the one desire, i.e., to accord to him a reception that will ...
Article : 608 wordsGOOD.—By your permission I purpose sending a few items of local news sometimes. RAIN BADLY WANTED.—The grass is very short and dry, and stock of all kinds are getting very low ...
Article : 147 wordsACCIDENT.—Early last week a young man named I. Hubbard met with a serious accident, several of his ribs were fractured, besides receiving internal injuries. It appears that he was driving a horse in a ...
Article : 783 wordsST. PATRICK'S DAY.—All the stores are closed in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. The chief attraction is the Sheffield Handicap on the show ground, which no doubt will provide a good day's ...
Article : 663 wordsSTOCK.—Thursday last, thirty-three persons were summoned at the Taree Police Court with neglecting to comply with the Stock and Pastures Protection Act. Thirty-two were fined 14s each. This Act is ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 20 Mar 1886, Page 16
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