Articles from page 6: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

    Punctually at half-past 12 o'clock his Excellency the Governor and Lady Duff, accompanied by Major the Hon. Rupert Leigh, A.D.C., arrived. His Excellency was formally received by Mr. John See, ...

    Article : 2,979 words
  3. THE METROPOLITAN WATER AND SEWERAGE.

    Sir,—Those who think that any great change is the law atfectiug the constitution of the Metropotitan Water and Sewerage Board, of the relations of the Government or of the Government bondholders to the ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  4. GERMS IN SEWER GAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Some astonishment—possibly real—has been manifested over the detection of certain microbes at the sewer's mouth, although such a place is just where a novice in bacteriology would set bait for, ...

    Article : 538 words
  5. EASTER HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    Cheap railway excursions will be run to-day to the Hawkesbury, and will he followed by others to-morrow, on Sunday, and on Monday. Trains will leave tho Redfern terminus at 9.20 a.m., and Milson's ...

    Article : 486 words
  6. NEWS FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA. IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY AT SUDEST.

    It was pretty evident on board the Ivanhoe, as that vessel yesterday anchored in the harbour from New Guinea, that something out of the common had taken place in the tropical British colony that lies off ...

    Article : 374 words
  7. CANARIES.

    Taken right through, the canaries are about the finest lot the society has had at its exhibitions for some time past. The crested birds are especially a good collection. On account of the show being ...

    Article : 184 words
  8. HORTICULTURAL.

    Judges: Messrs. G. Moore, F.L.S., H. C. D'Ardier, R. T. Henderson, G. Harwood, and H. R. Whittell. The show of flowers was not a large one, but there ...

    Article : 200 words
  9. PAPUAN FOSSICKERS.

    The presence of the hardy gold-miner at Sudest has not been lest on the simple Papuan. Indeed, it has lately led to disturbances between natives and miners. The former rush the new patches, and ...

    Article : 230 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The following extract from Mr. M'Garvie Smith's report to the Water and Sewerage Board upon sewer gas appeared in your columns of the 6th instant. It says "that microbes dangerous to human ...

    Article : 706 words
  11. THE NEW TUNNEL AT THE GREAT ZIGZAG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—It is not seemly for a layman to criticise a professional gentleman on matters p[?]taining to his profession, but Mr. Charlos Cowdery, C.E., has erred so strangely in his facts while writing upon the ...

    Article : 334 words
  12. MEETINGS. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' CONFERENCE.

    A conference of representatives of the various orders of friendly societies connected with the Friendly Societies' Association was held at the hall of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, ...

    Article : 641 words
  13. CANNIBALISM AT ROSSEL ISLAND.

    On Rossel Island tribal fights have taken place, and the victors held a grand cannibal feast to commemorate their success. A dozen unfortunntes were sacrificed. This unsavoury spot is where a ...

    Article : 122 words
  14. SURVEY OF NEW GUINEA RIVERS.

    At Samarai the Government steamer Merrie England was met by the Ivanhoe, en route to the N.E. coast. Sir William Macgregor was on board, and purposes surveying some apparently large rivers ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. CATTLE.

    Judges: Durhams—C. W. Dargin, Walter Douglas; Ayrshires—T. Brown, H. Fredericks; Jerseys—P. J. Cheffius, T. A. Wright, M.L.A., G. P. Kerrison; Dairy cattle—J. Love, E. Anderson. ...

    Article : 660 words
  16. SIR WILLIAM MACGREGOR ATTACKED BY NATIVES.

    Upon returning from Poorari River, in the Gulf of Pua lately, his Excellency the Administrator camped near a powerful savage and warlike tribe. An account received by the Ivanhoe thus describes what ...

    Article : 496 words
  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—It is with pleasure I notice the interest that is now being taken in the expenditure of a verv large sum of money (upwards of a quarter of a million pouuds) for the purpose of creating a deviation so as ...

    Article : 603 words
  18. "ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN."

    Sir,—William Mainer is altogether wrong in his conclusion as to the cause of the depression and stagnation in business, inasmuch as he entirely confounds cause and effect. The vapouring and irresponsible ...

    Article : 503 words
  19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—A letter signed "James S. Spalding" appears in your issue of this morning on the subject of the very important question now agitating the public mind, namely—"Germs in Sower Gas." ...

    Article : 436 words
  20. POULTRY.

    Judges: Messrs. R. H. Judd, W. Hope, and R. Baldwin. Taking the show of poultry as a whole it is not equal to that of former years, and the entries are far ...

    Article : 815 words
  21. DURAL—PENNANT HILLS ROAD.

    On Tuesday last a number of residents of Dural met to consider what steps should be taken in the matter of getting a good road between their district and Pennant Hills. It was finally decided to write ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Over 3in. of rain has fallen here since the commencement of the mouth; the grass is now shooting beautifully, 14,600 ewes, from Cubby to the Boilingdown Company, Bourke, Australian Pastoral ...

    Article : 223 words
  23. THE MANIFESTO OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

    Sir,—The manifesto of the above association is the strongest argument for the vigorons support of the labour party that has yet been advanced. The writer of this remarkable document, like the ancient ...

    Article : 338 words
  24. HORSES.

    Judges.—Blood stock: E. Hassall, W. G. Dodds, A. Benson, G. Coulson, T. Morria, Coaching and roadster stock R. Rouse, Hon. J. Lackey, W. G. Dodds, J. Dunston, Trotters and trotting ...

    Article : 1,542 words
  25. PIGS.

    As was the case last year, the pig section has far too many empty pens. The judging was very well performed at noon yesterday, but in more than a dozen classes there was no competition, that ...

    Article : 485 words
  26. THE PHYLLOXERA PEST.

    Sir,—In your issue of the 6th instant I noticed a report of a meeting held by the Vine and Trait Growers' Association, Liserpool, at which Mr. Watt drew attention to the quarantining of ...

    Article : 440 words
  27. THE COMING ELECTIONS.

    Sir,—With your usual courtesy, kindly permit me this opportunity of expressing through the columns of your valuable journal a few words to my fellow-citizens, who, perhaps, like my self, are interested in ...

    Article : 436 words
  28. CONSUMPTIVES.

    Sir,—In a fugitive note the other day "A. B C." admirably demonstrated the cruelty and impracticability of the proposal that consumptives should be segregated into special hospitals until they die, lest ...

    Article : 341 words
  29. WORK FOR TBE CONCILIATION BOARD.

    Sir,—Seeing that the secretary of the Conciliation Board has, for want of occupation pertaining to his own office, offered his services gratuitously to another board, it is accordingly evident that the Conciliation ...

    Article : 348 words
  30. UNWHOLESOME DOGS.

    Sir,—It was with no small amount of satisfaction that I read the letter of Mr. William Tebb F.R.G.S., in your issue the other day, drawing attention to the many mangy and otherwise diseased dogs and ...

    Article : 284 words
  31. DOGS.

    Judges: Messrs. Bell, E. F. Stephen, G. C. M. Pain, A. Cornwell, J. E. Pemell, E. Roberts, J. B. Alpress, Baldwin, W. Beattie. As there are only 209 dogs benched, this section ...

    Article : 1,775 words
  32. PIGEONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 367 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$