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  2. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.

    The foundations of the Herbert Hospital at Woolwich have givon way, and for some months past the operation of underpinning that enormous building has been in progress. It was at ...

    Article : 960 words
  3. THE GREAT BLACK ANT OF AFRICA.

    Bashikonay is the name given it by the Bakalai, There aro two other varieties of Basbikonay beside the black kind. These black Bashikonay may be well called the lords of the ...

    Article : 497 words
  4. QUEENSLAND.

    We have Brisbane papers to the 15th inst:— As we expected, says the Courer, the Upper House has commenced vigorously to worry the Land Bill. It spent all day yesterday, and to a ...

    Article : 986 words
  5. RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.

    The returns recently issued for the year 1865 show that in that year 24,891 recruits were examined; 9,289, or 373 per 1,000, were rejected at the primary inspection, and 1,309 more ...

    Article : 966 words
  6. THE GALLOWS IN LONDON.

    October 14th was a great day for the patrons of the gallows and the amateurs of death in London. Mr. Calcraft, like some versatile actors, had two engagements, following close upon each other, in ...

    Article : 548 words
  7. ORIGIN OF CIVILISATION AND PRIMITIVE CONDITION OF MAN.

    A PAPER READ BY SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., BEFORE THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT DUNDEE, SEPTEMBER, 1867. The author controverted the arguments of ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  8. RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA.

    The following is from a now work on railways by Sir Cusack Roney, which was still in the press when the mail was despatched. It has been forwarded for insertion in our columns by the ...

    Article : 1,419 words
  9. OPENING OF THE CANADIAN PALIAMENT.

    The Parliament of the Dominion of Canada was formally opened by Lord Monek, the GovernorGeneral, at'Ottawa, on the 7th of Novoember. His Excellency dolivered the following ...

    Article : 915 words
  10. CHEESE MAKING.

    The fine qualities of English cheese still command the best prices, and so long as this continues our dairymen should exert themselves to improve their manufacture. If we investigate the variety ...

    Article : 1,390 words
  11. NEW MAIL CONTRACT.

    It is not very long since we gave the history and statistics of a commercial association protending, with some reason, to the dignity of a national institution. The Peninsular and ...

    Article : 1,410 words
  12. VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND.

    A volcanic eruption has taken place in Iceland, of which an account has been sent to Mr. Buchan, secretary of the Meteorological Sooioty, by two of the society's observers at Reykjavik ...

    Article : 628 words
  13. THE JEWELS AT THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.

    The following is from the letter of the Sydney Herald's Paris correspondent:— " No Sovereign has sent to the present show the collections of Crown jewels which have ...

    Article : 514 words
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