The Rainfall— The total rainfall here for the year just ended was 29 inches 20 points. The rainfall for 1890 was 33 inches. The mean annual fall for the past 25 years is 27 inches. Barely half an inch has ...
Article : 134 wordsBanqnet— A few of the personal friends of Mr. John S. Barrow entertained him at a banqnet at the commercial hall, on New Year's Eve, on the occasion of his resigning the management of Meryula Station, ...
Article : 179 wordsA Case of Snake Bite occurred at Mr. Edmond Egan's residence near Merriwa. Mr. Egan's youngest child, a baby a year old, was playing on the verandah of the house, when the poor little thing was bitten on ...
Article : 73 wordsA Peculiar Accident took place at the residence of Mr. John Reilly, Wattle Flat. A few pounds pf gelatine stored in a bedroom flared up, setting the calico ceiling of the room on fire. A son of ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Dora Dora Blacks— Sergeants Brennan, Oldfield, Trooper Finneran, and a blacktracker are still in pursuit of the Dora Dora murderers, and after reconnoitering they discovered where the blacks were ...
Article : 143 wordsFire— About midnight on Tuesday the fire bell rang out an alarm. It was soon seen to be near Camp Hill and proved to be Bray's brewery on the river, a large wooden building which was past all saving when ...
Article : 69 wordsSuicide— The residents of Gundagai were some what startled on Thursday last, when it was made known that Mr. Robert Elliott, an old resident of the district, had shot himself at 7 a.m. that day. An ...
Article : 246 wordsSingleton Benevolent Asylum Hospital— A few thoughtful and charitable townsmen provided a bountiful supply of good things for a Christmas and New Year's dinner to the inmates, which was done ...
Article : 124 wordsDeath— Mrs. Stewart, the wife of Thomas Stewart, selector, Ballot Creek, died on Thursday last; from influenza. Her mother, who lives near New castle, was not expected to live, and Mrs. Stewart ...
Article : 109 wordsAccident— A little boy, son, of Mr, S. Richardson, was badly burned about the mouth and throat by carbolic acid on Tuesday. It appears that the little fellow found a bottle with, the acid in and attempted to ...
Article : 158 wordsProgress Association— There was a good attendance of members at the usual fortnightly meeting of the progress committee on Tuesday, December 29. The subject of the sewerage farm at Lower ...
Article : 162 wordsFruit— During the past Christmas season the star of the orchardist seems to have been in the ascendant. The fruit trees appeared in capital trim. The few weeks of dry weather following the copious rains ...
Article : 601 wordsThe Trade of the Port for the last year shows a very satis [?]ry increase in every item. The Customs revenue was the largest on record, being for the year ended December 31, £166,048 2s 9d, or an increase of ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Fire Brigades Demonstration on New Tear's Day in Goulburn was one of the best afforded previously to the public. On the evening before all tho brigades that had up to then arrived marched in ...
Article : 244 wordsA Sad Death— On Boxing Day Mr M- Tuohy, the, district coroner, went to Batlow to hold an, inquest on the remains of a well-known minor, Henry Webber, who was crushed to death in his claim. Mr. ...
Article : 248 wordsVisitors— The festive season over, matters have resumed their wanted quiet. There was an unusual influx of Sydney visitors to the district, as a consequence of which all the boardirig houses and hotels ...
Article : 229 wordsA Curious Find— On Tuesday last a son of Mr. Chapman, of Kincumber, while walking along the beach known as M'Master's Beach, came across a human skeleton. ...
Article : 325 wordsThe Harvest— The weather during the past week has been the hottest experienced for a long time, the last day of the old year being celebrated with the thermometer at 93 degrees in the shade, and ...
Article : 384 wordsOur TOWN has about 1200 inhabitants, and is 200 miles by rail from Sydney, and 2000 feet above sea level. It contains scyoral public halls, a school of arts, branches of the Commercial Bank and of the ...
Article : 642 wordsThe Cherry Crop was a failure around Cooma, as far as quantity was concerned. The wet winter and early spring induced the growth of too much wood, of course, at the expense of the fruit. Trees ...
Article : 197 wordsAccidents— While driving from Carrathool to Howlong Station on Monday last, Dir. Wyatt, of Hay, and Mr. Mather, of Howlong, were shrown out of their buggy. The doctor sustained a broken arm and ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 9 Jan 1892, Page 16
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