The following is the finding of the Local Marine Board with reference to the collision between the Hunter River Company's steamer Maitland and Mr. John Dalton's lighter Champion, off the port of Newcastle on the morning of the ...
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Article : 364 wordsWe have had our first severe frost this morning, though light, frosts have not been uncommon for the past month. The higher land has been favoured with a light fall of snow on one or two occasions latterly, and I presume the many flocks of ...
Article : 398 wordsNow that the animal race meeting is at an end, the town has settled down into its usual state of dulness, unaffected either by the plethora of amusements or the prospect of a beneficial change which the late abundant rain gives ...
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Article : 406 wordsHaying visited these diggings a few days since, J. was greatly surprised that there has been no account of them in the papers for a considerable time past. These diggings have been worked for upwards of twelve months in two shallow ...
Article : 342 wordsThe weather since my last has been very cold and damp, but not enough rain to keep the ground wet. I fear it is a case with the grass in this district for this season, for if we should get a good rainfall the frost would be sure to nip ...
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Article : 272 wordsThe weather during the past week has been of a changeable nature. Rain fell on Tuesday last, and since then we have had a few slight showers. Frosts have appeared, and must prevent the growth of grass more than a little, and as these ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 5 May 1877, Page 10
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