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  2. SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR ENGLAND, PER R.M.S. BOMBAY. POLITICAL.

    The political intelligence since our last summary is very meagre. The three great measures of the station were to be, as mentioned in the Governor's speech, the abolition of State-aid to telizion, the reconstration of the ...

    Article : 829 words
  3. THE BENTLEY MYSTERY.

    We very briefly noticed in our last mail summary same very extraordinary occurrences which had taken place, or were said to have taken place, in Sydney during the preceding month or two. Mrs: Bentley, a lady ...

    Article : 572 words
  4. THE COOLIE MOVEMENT.

    Considerable excitement prevails in Queensland and, to some extent, in this colony in reference to the attempts which are being made to inandate the eastern and north-eastern portions of Australia with coloured ...

    Article : 433 words
  5. THE GOLD FIELDS.

    The receipt of gold by escott during the four weeks ending July 19th, was 54,375 ounces, which was an increase of 14,386 ounces over the receipts of the previous month, and an increase ever the corresponding month ...

    Article : 1,023 words
  6. PUBLIC WORKS.

    The Western Railway was opened for traffic as far as Penrith on the 6th instant, thirty-four miles from the terminus at Sydney. A contract for tbe further extension of the line to the eastern bank of the Nepean River, ...

    Article : 525 words
  7. VOLUNTEERS.

    The principal occurrence, with regard to the Volunteer interest, which has taken place during the past month, has been, undoubtedly, the general parade and sham fight held in the Outer Domain, on Saturday, the ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. RELIGIOUS.

    DURING the month which has elapsed since the last mail left for England, the subjects which have atttaoted the most wide-spread attention among the churches are the formation of a city mission, and the agitation of the ...

    Article : 687 words
  9. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

    The justly celebrated Lyster operatic troupe have commenced their season at the Victoria Theatre, and the crowds who nightly visit that temple of tue muses, are a testimony not only to the excellence of the artistes ...

    Article : 317 words
  10. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.

    Amongst the most conspicuous objects in Sydney is the unfinished Cathedral of St. Andrew, the largest and most im[?]sing ecclesiastical edifice in Australia. This building has been in progress upwards of twenty-five years. ...

    Article : 767 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    The intelligence received from New Zealand during the last four weeks, has been of similar character to that previously recorded. From Otago we learn that the progress of gold-mining in that colony is steady. From the ...

    Article : 211 words
  12. MOVEMENT FOR RELIEF OF THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

    No sconer was the intelligence, which had been received by telegram from Melbourne, of the distress in the manufacturing districts, circulated throughout the city, than a movement was initiated for the purpose of ...

    Article : 677 words
  13. COTTON GROWING.

    Although much actual progress has not as yet been made is New South Wales in this branch of industry, it is pleasing to know that many small cultivators are turning their attention to the caltivation of cotton. A ...

    Article : 472 words
  14. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    THE desperadoes who attacked and robbed the Lachien Escort have not as yet been captured; but a portion of the gold stolen has been recovered, about one half of the whole quantity, namely, 1400 ounces. ...

    Article : 5,825 words
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