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  2. LATE EDITION

    The imperial assent has been withheld from the Queensland Coolie Emigration Bill. At the meeting at the Mansion House ...

    Article : 576 words
  3. Country News.

    Last night we were visited by a heavy thunderstorm with a steady rain, and it is still raining. This will cheer the hearts of our new settlers, and be a great benefit to the residents. ...

    Article : 181 words
  4. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Cup Race, of two miles ana a length, for £500, was won by Fishhook, with Hippocampus second, and Fallacy third. ...

    Article : 30 words
  5. HAMLEY BRIDGE, MARCH 21.

    A case of housebreaking took place on Saturday night last. The offender has been tried and sent to gaol for three months. We are very much in need of police protection. We have ...

    Article : 104 words
  6. RAIN AT PORT PIRIE.

    The rainfall between 7 o'clock on Thursday evening and 9 o'clock this morning is registered as 0800 inch. The total fall between 9 o'clock on Thursday morning ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. LOCAL TELEGRAMS.

    Rain fell at intervals during the whole of Monday night. The registered fall at 9 o'clock this" morning was 0070. To-day we have had heavier showers, and at 6 ...

    Article : 95 words
  8. KAPUNDA, March 19.

    One of the most brillant meteors I ever saw was visible here shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday night—The roof of an old building opposite the Victoria Hotel caught fire on ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. BELVIDERE, MARCH 21.

    Mr. C. Gould, who has been a resident here for many years, and has gained the esteem of all for his urbanity and usefulness in connection with the Band of Hope and the Sabbath School ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. HEAVY RAINS AT PORT AUGUSTA.

    The heaviest rainfall occurred here to-day that has been known for the past six years. ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. MALLALA, MARCH 19.

    A largely-attended meeting of the settlers of Grace Plains and vicinity took place at the Mallala Hotel on Saturday, March 17, to consider the desirableness of a line of railway being ...

    Article : 227 words
  12. THE FLOOD AT GLADSTONE.

    Gladstone is still submerged. The damage to the railway embankment is increasing. I hear that a team of four horses and a ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. BLACK ROCK PLAIN, MARCH 20.

    To-day a very heavy thunderstorm passed over this place, accompanied by heavy rain, the lightning being so vivid that itself and the thunderpeal were almost simultaneous, shaking ...

    Article : 103 words
  14. WEATHER ON YORKE'S PENINSULA.

    There was a heavy thunderstorm during the night, with showers of steady rain, and there is now every appearance of a fine downpour. It is still thundering. ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. FLOOD IN THE NORTH.

    All the country between Horrocks's Pass and Port Augusta is wider water, and the creeks are running bank high. I have not yet heard of any damage being done. It ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. BROUGHTON, MARCH 21.

    Yesterday morning we were visited with a rather severe thunderstorm. It commenced about 6 o'clock, and continued the greater part of the day with occasional heavy showers. In the ...

    Article : 305 words
  17. FLOOD AT GLADSTONE.

    A portion of the railway embankment near Moorhouse's has been washed away by flood, and the train is stopped from coming into Gladstone. ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    The ketch Broughton was caught in a squall this morning and had her sails bolwn away. The schooner Moonta has gone in with ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. MENINGIE, MARCH 17.

    The continued dry weather is bringing about a second edition of the late drought. The cattle are feeling it unmistakably, and unless we soon have rain serious consequences must inevitably ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. GEORGETOWN JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  21. RAIN AT AUBURN.

    A steady rain came about 2 o'clock to-day, and it is likely to continue. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The members of the new Ministry were sworn in to-day. Simonetti has completed a bust of Sir Alfred Stephen for the Legislative Council ...

    Article : 207 words
  23. STEADY RAIN AT PORT PIRIE.

    Rain still continues; 0.046 of an inch, fell up to 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning. From Wednesday till 7 o'clock on Thursday evening the fall was 0.390; and it is still ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. CLARE, MARCH 19.

    The match between the Port Adelaide and Clare Rifle Clubs took place on Saturday on i their respective shooting grounds, the results being telegraphed. Mr. Price, of Clare, acted ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. MINLACOWIE, MARCH 17.

    Wheat carting is about finished. The return is not so good as was expected, but it is a wonder we have had so much when the dryness of the season is taken into consideration. The quality ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. THE STEAMER ALBURY SNAGGED.

    A telegram received from Overland Comer states that Mr. W. R. Robertson, of Chowilla, reports the Albury, steamer, as having got snagged just below Chowilla on ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. PEKINA CATHOLIC PICNIC.

    The above event took place on St. Patrick's Day on a very picturesque spot on the eastern slope of Hogshead' Hill, and known as McGrath's Flat. After. mass had been ...

    Article : 708 words
  28. CRYSTAL BROOK, MARCH 18.

    Whilst I am writing the sky northwards is overcast, and rain appears to be falling, heavily. I trust it may reach this, part of the country, for it is very much needed. Many have had to ...

    Article : 228 words
  29. NORTHERN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.

    The twenty-third annual show of the Northern Agricultural Society was held in the Foresters' Hall, Watervale, to-day. The entries were small in number, but the ...

    Article : 145 words
  30. PORT AUGUSTA, MARCH 19.

    The weather has been fitfully unpleasant the last few days with heat, dust, wind, and sultriness. Heavy black clouds around three fourths of the horizon during Sunday, with heat ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Brisbane arrived at Townsville at 8 o'clock this morning. Communication with Cooktown is still interrupted. ...

    Article : 178 words
  32. FREELING, MARCH 20.

    Ophthalmia has been prevalent lately. Young and old have been afflicted by it, but children particularly have felt it severely. The schools were nearly empty, and are still half empty.— ...

    Article : 103 words
  33. PORT RAIN AT AUGUSTA.

    There was a splendid rain last night. Nearly an inch and a quarter fell, making two inches and a half in two days. This is the finest rain we have had here for two ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. ROCHESTER, MARCH 20.

    Heavy rains visited this place last night and to-day, washing away roads and doing considerable damage to property in the township. The Board should make a drain to carry off the ...

    Article : 68 words
  35. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The Locomotive Board, in their report, state that they consider the Engineer-in-Chief's statement well founded in regard to the engines made at the time his report was ...

    Article : 610 words
  36. GLADSTONE, MARCH 19.

    We are again flooded. The only thing to save this township from floods will be the clearing out of the silt in Mr. May's. section; also in part of a section belonging to Mr. H. ...

    Article : 336 words
  37. SADDLEWORTH, MARCH 19.

    A very interesting ceremony took place in the Baptist Sunday-school on Sunday afternoon, when Mr. James Robinson, who is leaving the district, and who has for several years been ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. RAIN ON YORKE'S PENINSULA.

    Continuous rain has fallen since yesterday at noon. The mine township is completely flooded, and many houses have been partially washed down, while a large ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. STIRLING EAST, MARCH 19.

    For some years past the idea a Telegraph Station being required at Stirling East has occupied the minds of residents and travellers, and many of the latter have frequently ...

    Article : 343 words
  40. TASMANIA.

    The revenue of the colony for the past year was £322,284. There was a considerable increase at Launceston, and a decrease at Hobart Town. There was an increase ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. RAILWAY DESTRUCTION.

    Thirty feet of the embankment of the railway between Blyth and Hoyleton was washed away last night. To-day three miles of the same route was destroyed. ...

    Article : 55 words
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