Darkly and dimly broke the morning of the day, big with the fate of the rival champions, and momentous for the money of their respective hackers Many a "sport " took an early look out o' window ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 307 wordsThe Inflexible, the only steamer allowed to follow the race, left Circular Quay punctually at 2.30 p.m., with her complement of 350 people on board, and from the excellent ...
Article : 765 wordsWilliam Beach's boat ia a presentation from " Jack Smith " to him, and was built by Donnelly and Sullivan. The dimensions are—Length, 31ft. 6in; beam, l0? in; depth, 6in. Sho is fitted with four ...
Article : 142 wordsOur Parramatta correspondent wrote as follows on Monday:—Through the accident to the Parramatta River bridge, the spectators of the boat race who were stationed on the northern shore, were obliged to ...
Article : 525 wordsUp the river puffed the steamers, from ocean-going ships to the snorting little suburban ferry craft steamers of all shapes, sizes. build, and tonnage; steamers whose hulls were barely visible for thw ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 298 wordsA deputation, consisting, of Aldermen R. James and W. Relton, waited upon the Minister of Works, 27th ultimo, to request him to permit a piece of ground not required far railway purposes, but i ...
Article : 192 wordsAbout au hour after, the race a representative of the JOURNAL waited upon Beach at Gascoigne's. In the course of conversation, the champion said: " I feel none the worse for my pull, although I have ...
Article : 967 wordsThe following particulars in connection with the Dubbo railway were supplied to the members for the Bogan:—The railway line is an enormous dam across the Dubbo watershed. An intercepting ditch has ...
Article : 288 wordsIf the people were mad on Friday night, enthusiasm was at its height on the succeeding evening, and the atmosphere was positively charged, with electricity. From all the suburbs people flocked in ...
Article : 603 wordsThen the excitement began to wax intense. There was little betting; books were all full up. Steamers kept on arriving, and the water police launch tootled away, stopping these late arrivals from proceeding ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 4 Apr 1885, Page 28
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