On Thuraday afternoon it was rumoured through the town that another sad accident had occurred in Beyers and Holtermann's claim, and subsequent enquiry proved that the rumour was only too well ...
Article : 683 wordsSURETIES TO KEEP THE PEACE.—James Thompson was bound over to kepp the peace towards his wife Margaret Thompson for a period of six months, himself in £20, and two sureties of £10 each, in ...
Article : 109 wordsRain, and the consequent swollen state of the rivers and creeks, has been the main topic for the last week. A memorial has been drawn up, and numerously ...
Article : 312 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the members of this Institute took place on Monday evening in the large hall, about forty members being present. In the absence of the president and vice-president, Mr. J. P. ...
Article : 2,016 wordsOn Thursday night last rain set in, and it continued steadily all day on Friday, and up to about nine o'clock on Saturday, when the wind, which had been blowing from the south-west changed to ...
Article : 247 wordsSince I wrote to you from here some two months ago, scarcely anything has been done to the bridge over Iron Bark Creek, as the contractor has taken all his men away, I believe to work on the Wallsend ...
Article : 698 wordsThe new public school was formally opened in the presence of several ladies and gentlemen on Monday last. There were about 50 children in attendance, whose countenances beamed with delight at the ...
Article : 367 wordsThe Melbourne Australasian publishes the following letter: SERICULTURE. Sir,—Your article on "Silk and Sericulture," in ...
Article : 546 wordsSir—Having perused Mr. Francis's report on matches and fusees, I beg to hand you the result of experiments I have made with various kinds of matches. My method of procedure may have been ...
Article : 255 wordsWANT OF LABOUR IN VICTORIA.—Circulars have been sent by the Shire Council of Melton to most of the municipal bodies throughout the colony, suggesting that action should be taken without delay to ...
Article : 5,707 wordsA narrow escape from loss of life occurred last night near the steamer's wharf, owing to the crowded state of the wharf with bales of hay, so much so that only a narrow passage was left between the hay and ...
Article : 621 words1. I placed on a plate of steel, one each, Orebro Tandstickor, Wiehmann Tandstickor, Stockholm Sakerhets safety, Bryant and May's safety, Bell and Black's vesta, and put them within a few inches of a ...
Article : 456 wordsOur readers are probably aware that some time back a bill was introduced in the Legislature of South Australia to prohibit the importation of matches of any other kind than the alleged safety ...
Article : 1,759 wordsIt is our painful duty to have to chronicle a casualty through which it at present seems probable that a fine [?]ad about thirteen years of age, will come by his death. It appears that, at about half-past ...
Article : 222 wordsThe San Francisco correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes on the 27th May:— The mining interest is in a very depressed condition at present. The great Comstock lode, which ...
Article : 485 wordsThose who looked forward to benefits arising from the new telegraph scheme introduced a few months ago, ought not to be disappointed. The great increase in messages in Inverell alone—amounting, we ...
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