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  2. "A CLAUSE:" MUCH REQUIRED IN THE LAND ACT.

    SIR,—I own a comparatively small number of acres over the required number allotted to a selector; the soil is poor, consisting principally of rough steep hills, adapted more for grazing than agriculture, most of it ...

    Article : 478 words
  3. Suicide of a Schoolboy.

    EARLY on Tuesday morning a shocking and very sad case of suicide on the part of a schoolboy wasdiscovered to have taken place on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway at Richmond. At about ten ...

    Article : 783 words
  4. HILLSTON.

    Friday, the 1st instant, was the hottest day we have experienced this season. The sun was something terrible in its force. On that day six men were struck down by it, whilst excavating a tank or cellar for Mr. Lindsay, who purposes ...

    Article : 337 words
  5. DENILIQUIN.

    On Tuesday evening a number of gentlemen assembled at Bignell's Royal Hotel, to do honour to Mr. F. G. Finley, district surveyor. In the course of the evening an address, accompanied by a valuable silver inkstand and a purse of ...

    Article : 565 words
  6. CONSERVATION OE WATER IN RIVERINA.

    SIR,—Riverina has just been visited by one of those downfalls, of rain which generally occur after a considerable period of dry weather, and in viewing the enormous bulk of water now lying on the vast plains in this district—a considerable, ...

    Article : 585 words
  7. Norfolk Island.

    A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Norfolk Island, says:—The drought has broken up; following last year's and a dry winter, it was beginning to look serious; cattle dying in all-directions, water getting ...

    Article : 349 words
  8. Aboriginal Settlement of St. Joseph, Burragorang.

    DURING the year 1877 the aboriginal tribe of Burragorang, numbering sixty souls, has been settled upon the farm of St. Joseph, where they have made some progress in civilisation. ...

    Article : 1,178 words
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    A match has been made between D. Fife, of Lambton, and B. Brince, of Newcastle, to ran 150 yards, for £100 aside. The race is to take place two weeks after the latter's race with Wright. ...

    Article : 550 words
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    A correspondent begs to direct public attention to the working of the rascally nefarious truck system by sub-contractors on the railways. The evils of this system, briefly, are the bartering of labour for board ...

    Article : 397 words
  11. BRICK-MAKING FOR A WAGER.

    SIR,—Have you any record of the largest number of bricks made by hand by one man in any given time, or the largest number made by one man in ten hours? Last week, at Ashfield, one man made in ten hours 6614 ...

    Article : 278 words
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    The challenge that has been thrown out by Mr. Langan, the recognised champion handball player of the colonies, remains unaccepted. It is not likely to be, for the Victorian has fully proved his ...

    Article : 156 words
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