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  2. Notes and Queries.

    The following is a copy of a " Government order, " which appears in an old Government GAZETTE:— "The Governor has been pleased to order medals to be given to seven natives at Port Macquarie, in ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. The Whitehead Torpedo.

    WE are indebted to the London ILLUSTRATED NEWS for the annexed engraving of the launching of a Whitehead torpedo from on board ship. This weapon consists of a long cigar shaped case of thin steel built ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,334 words
  4. INTERESTING QUEENSLAND NOMENCLATURE.

    We have unearthed the following interesting "Government Order," which will be read with interest by our Queensland subscribers and others:— Mis.Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. A KANGAROO'S MOTIVE POWER.

    SIR,—Can a kangaroo hop as usual if deprived of its tail? I have of ten heard this answered in the negative. But I and other eye witnesses can affirm that there is on this run a veritable tailless kangaroo. Whether ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. AN ABORIGINAL CURIOSITY.

    Sir,—I noticed in your issue of the 23rd ultimo a letter signed "M.," in Notes and Queries, to the effect that insanity, so common in the civilized world, in the writer's belief, is altogether unknown among the ...

    Article : 118 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS.

    SIR,—(1.) Do you know if any of the writings of the late Mrs. Calvert, formerly Misa Atkinson, were published in a separate form? (2) Were any of them Published as posthumoua writing? (3.) Do you know ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. A HOT DAY ON THE MACQUARIE.

    Sir,—I see by letters and reports in your lagt issue that November 21 must have been an exceptionally hot day in the colony. The highest reading of my thermometer on that day, in the shade, was 110deg, ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. ANOTHER DUEL IN THE EARLY DAYS.

    SIR,— In jornal of to-day I havejust read an account of a duel that was fought in the early days of this country between Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson and Captain M'Artkur, of the New South ...

    Article : 159 words
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