It became known about the end of 1864 that the Wivenhoe Estate, the family residence of the Honorable Charles Cowper, was about to be sold by order of the mortgagee. Several friends of Mr. Cowper ...
Article : 481 wordsParliamentary life in the colony is an still as it was at the date of our last summary. The Legislature is in reces and the Houses are not expected to reassemble until the middle of July.—In the meatime certain ...
Article : 1,212 wordsSince the departure of the April mail, the bushrangers have ceased to ply their hateful trade. Whatever the cause, it is a fact that not a single mail has been stopped and robbed since the 22nd of April. And ...
Article : 339 wordsThe opera season at the Prince of Wales Opera House, under the direction of Mr. W. S. Lyster, has been attended with its accustomed success, so far as patronage is concerned, and the performances generally ...
Article : 608 wordsSince last mail an effort has been made to push on the Great Western line of railway to Bathurst, and when tenders were invited it was intimated that those contractors who would receive part payment by Government ...
Article : 1,655 wordsThe circumstances connected with Sir Charles Darling's dismissal from the Government of Victoria by Mr. Cardwell have aroused considerable felling in Sydney as well as in Melbourne, and when it became ...
Article : 476 wordsThe news from our gold-fields—the Western especially—is much more encouraging than it has been for many months past. On all the old established fields in the Western Districts the yield of gold at ...
Article : 1,401 wordsCards of invitation have been issued from Government House for the ball in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, on 23rd instant. The Colonial Secretary is on a tour to Queanbeyan, ...
Article : 1,119 wordsThe weather during the week haws been variable— very not dava with heavy fogs at night in the early part. On Wednesday we had showers awnd dense cumulose clouds; but on Thursday the weather was ...
Article : 658 wordsFor some years past, proposals have frequently appeared in the papers, and the matter has been mooted in various ways, that it was desirable to erect a monument, or to commemorate in some way, the discovery of ...
Article : 369 wordson the news of the death of the late lamented Prince Consort reaching the colony, a subscription was entered into for raising funds to erect a statue to his memory. The sum necessary—about £3000—was transmitted to ...
Article : 362 wordsWESLEYANS.—The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Australian Missionary Society was held in York-street church, on the 14th May, when the Hon. George Allen, M.L.C., presided. The total income of the ...
Article : 574 wordsOn Saturday last, the first day of the autumn race meeting at Randwick took place. The Governor and Lady Young Miss Dalton Lord John Taylour, and the Prince de Conde were present. The St. Legar Stakes ...
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Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Wed 23 May 1866, Page 2
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