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  2. ANOTHER FATAL MINING ACCIDENT

    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 words
  3. DISTRICT NEWS. [FROM OUR VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS.] SINGLETON.

    SURETIES 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 words
  4. MOREE.

    Rain, 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 words
  5. SINGLETON MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    The 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 words
  6. PORT MACQUARIE.

    On 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 words
  7. HEXHAM.

    Since 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 words
  8. MANNING RIVER.

    The 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 words
  9. SERICULTURE AS A PROFITABLE FAMILY PURSUIT.

    The Melbourne Australasian publishes the following letter: SERICULTURE. Sir,—Your article on "Silk and Sericulture," in ...

    Article : 546 words
  10. SAFETY MATCHES.

    Sir—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 words
  11. GENERAL NEWS.

    WANT 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 words
  12. NEWCASTLE.

    A 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 words
  13. Experiments with Matches.

    1. 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 words
  14. SAFETY OR NON-SAFETY MATCHES.

    Our 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 words
  15. TAMWORTH.

    It 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 words
  16. MINING IN CALIFORNIA.

    The 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 words
  17. NEW ENGLAND.

    Those 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 ...

    Article : 631 words
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