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  2. THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT NEW CASTLE.

    SIR,—I think few will be disposed to deny that Mr. Par[?]es deserves the thanks of the community for having tried to grapple with many social questions of great importance; how far he has done be wisely or successfully is of course a ...

    Article : 832 words
  3. NOTES OF THE WEEK.

    ON the 26th ultimo the Prince Alfred Literary Institute (connected with St. Michael's, Surry Hills), gave an entertainment in the schoolroom, Fitzroystreet, for the purpose of assisting the organ fund. ...

    Article : 707 words
  4. MILDEW ON THE GRAPE VINE. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—It is now beyond doubt that the oidium—that terrible pest, better known as mildew—has made its appearance in our vi[?]eyards; and it behoves us to use every possible precaution to arrest its progress. ...

    Article : 716 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    OUR files from Melbourne are to the 30th November. A feeling of surprise—in some cases not a little tinged with indignation—(says the Argus) has been created by the peremptory action of the municipal authorities in the ...

    Article : 593 words
  6. CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 450 words
  7. INSOLVENCY COURT.

    In the estate of Daniel Ray Lonargan, a single meeting. The official assignce lodged his report. In the estate of Margaret Pearce, an adjourned single meeting. One debt was proved, and insolvent was ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. INDIA.

    FROM the summary of the Times of India of the 21th October we take the following extracts:— The past week has been barren of fresh subjects of interest. The famine which prevails in Rajpootana, ...

    Article : 796 words
  9. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—With reference to the series of letters from me so liberally inserted by you, I wish to be pormitted to show how it happened that my attention was attracted to astronomy. It is now about ten years since I commenced ...

    Article : 857 words
  10. PURE WATER TO SUPPLY SYDNEY, ALL ITS SUBURBS, AND NEARLY THE WHOLE OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, BY DAMMING GEORGE'S AND COOK'S RIVERS.

    SIR,—As public attention has of late been again directly drawn to the present deficiency of water supply, and as Mr. St. Julian has, in his letter which appeared in to-day's Herald, alluded to my endeavours to ascertain how this ...

    Article : 1,275 words
  11. CENTRAL POLICE COURT.

    Sixteen prisoners were brought before the Bench. Of these, eight were discharged. Three persons were fined 5s. each, and other three 10s. each, for drunkenness; one was fined 20s., for riotous ...

    Article : 582 words
  12. LAW. SUPREME COURT.—FRIDAY.

    This was an application for an attachment against James Sevill, for having been concerned in a rescue of certain sheep levied upon under a fi. fa., at the suit of one Sydney, against the estate of the present respondent's late brother. ...

    Article : 639 words
  13. SCHAFER THE TRAVELLER'S ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    WHAT caused Schafer to attempt to perpetrate the "rash act" no one knows. Whether it was "the pang of despised love," or the contumely of the Maoris and the contempt of the pakehas, it is impossible to tell; or that ...

    Article : 560 words
  14. WATER POLICE COURT.

    Francis Mooney was fined 40s. and James Wilson 20s., for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, the former in the Police Court, the latter on board the ship Scotsman. Ann Forster, brought up for drunkenness in the streets, was ...

    Article : 985 words
  15. THE MURDERER OF D'ARCY M'GEE.

    THE proceedings on the last day of the trial of Whelan for the murder of D'Arey M'Geo are reported as follows by the New York Herald:— The court opened at 9, and the prisoner when brought in ...

    Article : 697 words
  16. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—From time to time, during the last few weeks, unfair attacks have been made upon me through the Press. I can ill spare the time, and have not noticed them; but Dr. Barry's letter, which appears in your columns to-day, ...

    Article : 432 words
  17. THE VINE DISEASE. To the Editor at the Herald.

    SIR,—From the appearance under the microscope of specimens of diseased vines, brought to me from Hunter's Hill, I believe that there can be no further doubt that the Oidium Tuckerii has made its appearance in this colony. ...

    Article : 256 words
  18. METROPOLITAN QUARTER SESSIONS.

    In the case of the prisoners Williams and Jones, charged with stealing, the jury, who were unable to agree as to their guilt up to the time of the rising of the Court on Thursday, returned a verdict shortly before 11 o'clock on ...

    Article : 822 words
  19. To the Editor of the Herald.

    SIR,—My attention having only just been drawn to a letter signed by Mr. James C. Fisher, which appeared in your publication on the 1st instant, complaining of the delay, &c., in lighting up the Masonic Hall, on the evening of the ...

    Article : 151 words
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