SIR,—The copy of report upon experiments made with Australian coal by Commodore Seymour, on board H.M.S. Pelorus, in June or July, 1862, and furnished by him to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and reported in the Herald of the 17th instant, ...
Article : 675 wordsA PRELIMINARY meeting was held at Messrs. Rankin, Rea, and Company's Auction Rooms, at 4 p.m. yesterday, to take into consideration the best method of maintaining Rockhampton as the shipping port of the Peak Downs Copper Company. About ...
Article : 1,227 wordsWE are in receipt of papers from New Caledonia up to the 2nd of August. The news they contain is unimportant. An immigration depot is to be established at the Port de France. ...
Article : 336 wordsIN the Legislative Council yesterday, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL laid upon the table a despatch, in reference to colonial contributions towards the expense of steam postal communication. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 895 wordsSIR,—The poor man's friend, as I may call the introducer of this bill, has at last succeeded in inducing the Assembly to a second reading of the above famous bill, which will do more to injure than protect the poor. I crave permission to say a few words on ...
Article : 327 wordsA YOUNG woman, named Fredericka Lees, aged seventeen, daughter of a farmer at Gundaroo, was found drowned near there. Deceased had been missing some weeks. It appears that, some few weeks since, she ...
Article : 78 wordsLast night Gilbert, O'Meally, and three other bushrangers, stuck up Mr. Roberts' station, at Currawang, twelve miles distant from here. They took three horses away with them. ...
Article : 37 wordsTHE amount of Customs duties paid to-day is as follows:— Brandy............ £236 5 4 Gin............... 72 2 10 ...
Article : 1,300 wordsSIR,—Will you have the kindness to allow me to say a few words with respect to pawnbroking and the profits derived therefrom. I have been in the business very near five years; my profits for that time have been about £800, which will amount to £160 ...
Article : 268 wordsThe flood here has prevented the arrival and departure of the mails. The boat has been washed away. Rain has been falling in torrents, but to-day there ...
Article : 44 wordsThe flood gradually subsiding during last night and this morning. The mail from Sydney was enabled to cross the river about 10 a.m. to-day. ...
Article : 69 wordsSIR,—In a recent issue of your journal appeared a letter as to the great loss among sheep by disease of the skin. This may arise from inflammation caused by the sun's rays, or by exposure to sudden changes of temperature, and I would advise the farmers ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Telegraph (s.), from Sydney, arrived to-day. The Quetnsland mail, for England, was dispatched to-day, by the Clarence (s.), for Sydney. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the Assembly, the Land Act Amendment Bill is still under consideration. The number of names registered to-day of Volunteers for New Zealand is 130. ...
Article : 87 wordsSAMPLES of ores and minerals from various localities; two cases showing the manufacturing process of cloth from the raw material to the perfect stuff; samples of wool from Spain, South America, Tasmania, and Germany; samples of Russian hemp and flax; ...
Article : 1,092 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly the motion for the discontinuance of the branch mail service to King George's Sound, should the fortnightly mail be established, was withdrawn. Mr. Coglan's motion for ...
Article : 990 wordsSIR,—I find by the report of the Parliamentary proceedings jus to hand, that the Honorable the Minister for Lands gave noti[?] of his intention to introduce a bill having for its object the prevention of scab in sheep. Mr. Robertson had, however, scarcely ...
Article : 659 wordsWE have received the following from a colonial gentlemen, now in London, on the subject of transportation:— It may be interesting to you to learn that I have been told by one of the Royal Commissioners upon " Secondary punishments," ...
Article : 237 wordsMR. THOMAS DAWSON.—At the Railway Depot, at 11 o'clock. Mess Beef, Milch Cows, Fat Sheep, Hay, Poultry, and all kinds of Live Stock. MR. W. FULLAGAR.—At his Yards, Western Road, at 11 ...
Article : 743 wordsSIR,—By the 18th clause of the new Impounding Act, now before the House, it is proposed to be enacted that— "The poundkeeper, notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, may, without other preliminary than an order obtained ...
Article : 335 wordsSIR,—In the report of this case, which was tried in the District Court yesterday, published in this day's Herald, it is stated that our client (the defendant) used the alleged slanderous words. This he positively denies, and accordingly pleaded not guilty; but ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 20 Aug 1863, Page 5
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