OUR SILVER KING.—Mr. Solomon Wiseman, the owner of Cliffdale, has left us on a trip to Europe. He sailed from Brisbane on the 19th instant. Some two years ago Mr. Wiseman purchased Cliffdale (a ...
Article : 911 wordsTHE SEASON.—It is evident by this time that there is no wet season in central Queensland, whatover the season may be in the north. The rains come in a haphazard sort of fashion; one year giving us ...
Article : 786 wordsTHE WEATHER here is still as hot as ever, with the exception that the nights are frosty. Winter will soon be upon us; and the prospecta look verygloormy. Unless a change for the better soon comes, we shall ...
Article : 136 wordsFATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last an old traveller named John Lahy was baking a damper in a dosortod hut near Ponto, when ho foll forward into the fire, and before he could be reseued received very ...
Article : 457 wordsPICNICS.—The various public and provisional schools in tho neighborhood have been holding their annual picnics, which of course are very popular; the weather now being very pleasant after the great ...
Article : 121 wordsWEATHER.—The weathe rhas been very changeable here of late; the days being mostly very hot, and the nights as a rule rather cool, with heavy dows in the morning. We had some nice rain last week. But ...
Article : 227 wordsTHE GENERAL OUTLOOK.—With the smallest rainfall on record for 1888, with only a couple of inches since the beginning of the year, and with no rain to speak of dnring the last two months, this ...
Article : 527 wordsWEATHER.—Since my last the weather has been frightfully hot and dry. Although thunderstorms have gathered up all round us; and the surrounding district has had copious showers, we have ...
Article : 334 wordsTHE RIVER is hardly worth mentioning. The last small rise reported only incrcasod the depth of water at Tilpa hy 1ft lOin. We shall probably not feel any perceptible rise at Wilcannia. But the foul water ...
Article : 770 wordsFREETRADE ASSOCIATION.—On Thursday a wellattended meeting was held in the Protestant Hall, Taree, for the formation of a branch of the Freetrade Association of New South Wales. Mr. W. ...
Article : 536 wordsWEATHER, &c.—There is still complaint among the farmers, and not the farmers only, as to the scarcity of rain. A severe winter is anticipated. This can only be obviated by a plenteous downpour. There is ...
Article : 540 wordsAN EXCITED HIVE OF BEES.—An extraordinary accident happened last week to a man who was driving along the Bayswater-road, in the suburbs of Brisbane. He was in a springcart with a number of ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 30 Mar 1889, Page 16
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