THE escorts brought down to Sydney during the week ending the 31st March the following quantities of gold:—Bathurst, lOloz; Gulgong, 920oz.; Sofala, 410oz.; Hill End, 659oz.; ...
Article : 1,489 wordsNOTWITHSTANDING the severe drought, which has materially retarded mining operations in this district for some time past, the prospects of the field are undoubtedly "looking up." Several ...
Article : 641 wordsIF an enlightened administration be necessary for the entire success of such a measure as the Divisional Boardas Act, one can scarcely expect fitting men to turn up at once to match the ...
Article : 316 wordsAPPOINTMENTS.—Henry Blaney and wife, keeper and matron respectively of her majesty's gaol at Toowoomba, to be superintendent and matron of the Industrial and Refromatory School ...
Article : 389 wordsTHROUGH the courtesy of the Colonial Secretary we are enabled to publish the following letter, received from Mr. Chester, the policemagistrate at Thursday Island:— ...
Article : 464 wordsAFTER repeated meetings it has at length been decided to proceed with the erection of our provisional'school. The timber is ordered, the contract given away, and in a very short time I hope ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsWARDEN TOWNER'S report from Georgetown for the month of March is as follows:— "I have to report for your information that I left here on the 14th ultimo, with the intention ...
Article : 877 wordsTHE inhabitants of the Clarence, and especially of Grafton, are greatly disappointed at the omission by the Government, in their railway policy, of a railway line from the Clarence to the ...
Article : 240 wordsYESTERDAY afternoon, about half past 5 o'clock, our usually quiet township was thrown into a great state of excitement upon hearing of the very sudden death of Mr. M. Goldstone, of the ...
Article : 461 wordsA SERIOUS case of poisoning occurred to a lad named Enright, living here, through eating a berry called by the blacks wylbah, and tho recovery of the boy is still very doubtful. The ...
Article : 377 wordsBEFORE the police-magistrate and other justices of the peace. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Frederick Hughes, for bahaving in a disorderly manner in Stanley. ...
Article : 248 wordsI WAS misinformed about the land on the Isis, in the Childers district. That portion was, on Commissioner Francis's suggestion, placed under the Homestead Areas Act, and still remains so, ...
Article : 260 wordsTHE Park Committee of the Acclimatisation Society held a meeting on Wednesday last, the 6th instant. Present: John Scott, Esq. (in the chair), Dr. J. Bancroft, Colonel E. D. R. Ross, ...
Article : 584 wordsTHE great Day Dawn mining case, to which I referred in a previous communication as then pending, was commenced on Monday morning last, in the Warden's Court, before Mr. Warden ...
Article : 1,952 wordsA WEIGHING-MACHINE, capable of weighing up to twenty tons, has just been finished at the railway station here, and is now ready for use. It is the most perfect one on the line, and can ...
Article : 363 wordsSINCE the heavy rainfall in all in the beginning of last week we have had fine weather. The solar heat is great, and the grass is coming on with great luxuriance. Its growth will soon be ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 9 Apr 1881, Page 6
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