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  2. SUPPLEMENTARY SUMMARY.

    DURING the past month a portion of the Great Western extension, contracted for by Sir M. Poto and Co., has been opened for traffic. The first port of the line between Blacktown and Penrith having been for some time in a forward ...

    Article : 1,286 words
  3. THE INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. SEELY.

    SIR,—We have observed, with regret, a report in your newspaper of Saturday, of an inquest upon the body of a gentleman, named Robert Seely, which must have conveyed to the public quite a different impression to what we, ...

    Article : 152 words
  4. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND ITS AFFAIRS.

    SIR,—I don't know whether you will extend your former favours to find space for a few words on a subject which ought to interest many of that class to which I belong—the workers—viz., The Benevolent Society and ita affairs, ...

    Article : 316 words
  5. COPPER MINING OPERATIONS.

    OF the specimens of the natural products of this colony, now on their way to England, to exhibit its wealth in raw material at the Great Exhibition, few will give a more favourable impression of the extent of our resources than ...

    Article : 387 words
  6. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ARTICLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 456 words
  7. LABOUR MARKET.

    Since our last monthly communication this market has undergone no material change. The supply of labour, where only ordinary skill is required, is equal to the demand, which has no doubt been affected by the holiday season and the long continued dry ...

    Article : 576 words
  8. TELEGRAPHS.

    THERE aro no telegraphic extensions at present in progress, all the lines hitherto sanctioned having been completed and brought into use, with the exception of that between Deniliquin and the frontier of South Australia, which is not ...

    Article : 243 words
  9. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 342 words
  10. THE ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

    SIR,—I think it would be some gratification to the public at large if the Council of the Acclimatisation Society would show some signs of vigour, and that such a society is really in existence in this colony and has been well patronised by ...

    Article : 327 words
  11. STEAM CRANES.

    SIR,—Having recently returned to the colony after an absence in Europe of some years, I have been much interested in observing the alterations and improvements which have taken place in different parts of the colony ...

    Article : 1,935 words
  12. COUNTRY WORKS.

    THE Appropriation Act paving been passed a number of important improvements in the country will shortly be carried out, large sums having been voted for public works, principally under the departments of the Colonial ...

    Article : 925 words
  13. A HARD CASE.

    SIR,—Two of my paddocks have been wilfully and deliberately set on fire, and about 160 acres of grass burnt, together with about 80 rods of fencing—the posts of 50 rods being split with axes so as to be of no use in repairing. ...

    Article : 305 words
  14. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 37 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,969 words
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