A PUBLIC MEETING was held Monday evening, to take into consideration the advisability of requesting the Government to erect the new gaol on the outskirts of the town. The mayor occupied the chair. Mr. W. H. ...
Article : 705 wordsThe opinions of most of the readers of this journal respecting the doings and tendency of the Salvation Army, are doubtless formed by the accounts they read of the absurdities of th[?]se ...
Article : 1,838 wordsIn the beginning of negro minst[?], when the first band of "Ethiop[?]an Serenaders," as they were then called, came into existence, its sole excuse for being was that it endeavoured to ...
Article : 1,294 wordsWEATHER fine[?] with heavy frosts. This is the mildest winter that [?] been experienced here for many years. [?] MATT[?] are not very bright. Our minister left [?] last December[?] and no successor has yet been appointed. ...
Article : 197 wordsCOMPLEX INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT.—Here at the de[?]e of the united Albert and Logan rivers is an establishment in which, in addition to the manufacture of sugar, is carried on [?] distillation, brickmaking, and the ...
Article : 77 wordsPeate's Ferry is called Peate's Ferry because a party by the name of Peate used to ferry people across the Hawkesbury in the days when the Hawkesbury was the Hawkesbury before Sydney ...
Article : 1,228 wordsCOMPLIMENTARY PRESENTATION.—On Saturday Mr. P. Murray, teacher at Fer[?] public school, who was just about leaving for Currububula, was entertained at a picnic by the parents and friends of the children. He was ...
Article : 459 wordsWE HAVE BEEN FAVOURED with numerous light showers; but, from a "stock and station" point of view, they were perfectly useless, although householders were thankful because the rains [?]ded in replenishing domestic supplies, ...
Article : 1,021 wordsSUNNY DAYS, white mornings, cold evenings, chapped hands, chilblains, and murmurs are a medley of causes and consequences here just now. No rain; and, though it is strange to complain of want of wet at this time of the year, ...
Article : 429 wordsSOME TWO INCHES OF RAIN fell within the last few days, which has made the grass spring[?] up and the surrounding country to look quite green. Stock are also beginning to look much better, but a little more rain is wanted. ...
Article : 246 wordsA SAD ACCIDENT occurred at the railway station last week to a man named W. New, who was shunting some trucks. His foot slipped and he fell under the trucks. One ear was torn off and other serious injuries inflicted. He is a ...
Article : 202 wordsTHE WINTER, SO FAR, has been remarkably mild, and stock are in fair condition. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.—On Sunday evening, the 12th instant, the mails from here met with a series of troubles. ...
Article : 328 wordsGOOD TEM[?]LARISM.—The Gunneda[?] Lodge [?]G.T. celebrated their first anniversary in the School of Arts, 24th instant, when about 150 sat down to tea. Addresses were then delivered by T. P. Wills-Al[?]en, Esq., chairman; ...
Article : 187 wordsA SHOCKING ACCIDENT occurred on Thursday afternoon to Mrs. [?]ippins, the wife of a selector, at Mimosa. It appears she mounted a horse to have a ride round the paddock, which was studded with stumps and thick scrub. ...
Article : 344 wordsEARTHQUAKE IN PROGRESS.—The work of surveying [?] proposed railway line has been completed to within seven miles of Merriwa, and the townsmen are already making preparations for a movement extraordinary, which will ...
Article : 212 wordsAN ACCIDENT of a very severe nature recently occurred to a son of Mr. Thomas Crain, of this town. It appeals that the lad, with an elder brother, was driving in a springcart, when the wheel struck a log[?] capsizing the vehicle, and ...
Article : 273 wordsTHE SKATING [?]K recently formed in Braidwood has proved a success. Mr. H. A. Abbott, one of the promoters, acts as hon. sec. LARGE CATTLE SALE.—One of our local auctioneers ...
Article : 300 wordsJuly 14. NORMANTON HAS AS HISTORICAL RECORD of about 16 years, but only within the past two years has the town made any remarkable strides towards holding the position[?]—in the not far distant future—of being one of the leading ...
Article : 221 wordsSEVERE FROSTS prevail; the nights are very cold. The [?]egatation that spr[?]ng up after the late rains is dying off, and the outlook again becomes threatening. If we do not get rain, and plenty of it, next month, the ...
Article : 752 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the TIMES, among other items of intelligence, which he says have reached him from an Irish source and which, without vouching for them, he forwards for what they are ...
Article : 193 wordsA correspondent writes:—I notice your paragraph [?] stench arising from emptying cesspits along the railway line. I may mention that I was resident for some years at Zurich, where all the cesspits are ...
Article : 203 wordsTHE WEATHER continues very dry and cold[?] the rain which is [?] badly wanted still h[?]lds off. Yesterday it was very dull and cloudy, but no rain fell. This morning there was a slight fall of snow, the thermometer falling to ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Mon 4 Aug 1884, Page 6
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