IRRIGATION has a very long history and has been found in places where perhaps least expected. The natural advantage gained by the overflow of the Nile in Egypt is a decided variety of the process. ...
Article : 1,976 wordsCORAKI, TUESDAY.—The weather for the opening day of the above races was beautiful, and there was a good attendance. Results:- TRIAL STAKES, of £20, w.f.a. 1 mile. ...
Article : 360 wordsTHE advent of 1889 was not heralded in Grafton with any specially significant demonstration. In the evening of Monday the strains of the City Band could be heard ...
Article : 366 wordsTHE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinion expressed by correspondents. ...
Article : 19 words"ALTHOUGH some of the clerical abilities and accomplishments expected to be constantly in readiness at a moment's notice for the use of Christian congregations and the general public are ...
Article : 1,327 wordsTHE Argus in Melbourne, having in view the lamentable state of the country through drought, has succeeded in obtaining the opinions of the Government astronomers of ...
Article : 707 wordsSIR.—As it is approaching the time for the annual election of members to serve in our Municipal Council, with your permission I would make a few remarks on the important subject of Municipal ...
Article : 900 wordsTHE Marquis of Salisbury, in his last speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, said that the Persian Government had conceded to England the right of free navigation upon the River Karoun. The ...
Article : 411 wordsRESULTE of Monday's racing:- FLYING HANDICAP.—Spoilt Child 1, Tuscarora 2, Lady Kingsborough 3. PARK STAKES.—Mormon 1, Amusement 2, ...
Article : 135 wordsABOUT 400 assembled to witness the athletic sports held at Brushgrove. They were held on the Cricket Ground, at the lower end of the town, at one side of which very fair tracks were roped off ...
Article : 1,000 wordsNEWS is to hand that the British-India Company's steamer Bhundara, a well-known visitor to Australian waters, has had a narrow escape in a cyclone on the Madras coast. She had a native crew of 88 ...
Article : 433 wordsAlberts v. Lawrence.—The second eleven of the Alberts visited Lawrence on Tuesday, and in consequence of the absence of several second eleven players, had to meet a mixed team of the ...
Article : 579 wordsA WRITER in one of the London sporting journals draws attention to the phenomenal succees achieved by the two-year-old horse Donovan. The Duke of Portland's colt, making allowance for the ...
Article : 251 wordsTHE weather for the past week has been splendid, and a number of visitors are enjoying themselves on the beach. The young cane and other crops are looking well. ...
Article : 440 wordsSIR.—According to the code of good behaviour it ia not permissable to cross our legs, to lean on the back of a lady's chair, or tilt our own, to spit on the floor, to slam a door, to sit still when a lady ...
Article : 434 wordsON Friday night, at the Y.M.C.A. hall, Sydney, Miss Jessie Fowler, of London, gave a lecture upon the " Talent of Love" to a very appreciative audience. Miss Fowler referred largely to the science ...
Article : 343 wordsTo THE EDITOR BULLETIN.—Sir: It seems to me to be a national disgrace that the aged mother of our Australian-born and most characteristically Australian poet should be neglected [?] ...
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