THE town of Omaru is, as regards size and population, the second in importance in the flourishing settlement of Otago, New Zealand. Situated on the sea coast, about eighty miles by road north of Dunedin and rather more than fifty miles ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 480 wordsTHE first of our series of sketches, taken in the course of a trip from Melbourne to New Zealand, represents the deck scene on board the steamer just as she was about to start from Sandridge Pier. Being the first excursion trip of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,407 wordsVALENTINE'S day is one of the most remarkable relies of ancient institutions that have survived to our clays, and though we pride ourselves upon the practicability of our notions, and pay very little deference to matters of mere ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 318 wordsOUR illustration shows the Bass River Steam Saw-mills, near the Bass River, Queensferry, Western Port, belonging to Messrs. Crump and Grant. For romantic scenery the site is unsurpassed. It lies in a basin at the foot of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 423 wordsTHE recent calamity at Brooklyn has aroused enquiry aud research in all directions as to the best means of preventing a recurrence of the horrible scenes there enacted. Probably the most important among the many suggestions and ...
Article : 779 wordsTHE subject of our illustration is an example of one of the many strange freaks of nature that are plentifully scattered throughout the Australian colonies. The repellant uninteresting flat that lies between Melbourne and Geelong— ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 472 wordsTHE site of the Kapunda Hospital is on Dueell's Hill, to the north of the township of Kapunda, forty-eight miles from Adelaide. It is ten acres in extent, and was purchased at the rate of about £10 an acre. The structure is to be 70 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 322 wordsMR. RICHARD DAVIES IRELAND, Q.C, the well-known barrister, expired on the 11th January, at his residence, Balmoral-street, Prahran, after a long illness, consequent upon softening of the brain. Mr. Ireland was a very old ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 559 wordsOur landscape is a view looking up the Teremakau River, from Rocky Point, on the Hokitika-road. The small hotel in the sketch is just opposite the Big Paddock, a piece of flat country about 5000 acres in extent, separated from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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