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  2. NORTHERN DISTRICT.

    The Illawarra Turf Club races came off on the 11th October, and two following days. The attendance on the course each day was very numerous, and the sport came up to what even the most ardent sportsman could desire. ...

    Article : 1,698 words
  3. POLITICAL SUMMARY.

    THE Cowper Ministry resigned on the 20th October, having been defeated, by an immense majority, on the Education Bill. We take up the thread of events since our last. On the 13th October ...

    Article : 1,305 words
  4. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

    THE dullness of trade complained of is usual at this season of the year, an may be partly accounted for by the excess of purchases and investments made by country dealers, in anticipation of greater ...

    Article : 1,314 words
  5. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    THE improvements that are being earned on in the principal thoroughfares of Sydney are creditable alike to the enterprise of our leading merchants and capitalists, and to the taste and skill of the architects they ...

    Article : 1,863 words
  6. TELEGRAPHS.

    THE introduction of the telegraphic system into this colony has been attended with very beneficial results, both as a remuner ative public investment and as the most convenient means of forwarding commercial and ...

    Article : 737 words
  7. THE ALPACAS.

    THE flock of Ilamas and alpacas imported by Mr. Ledger, and now the property of the colony, are still dapasturing near Liverpool, about twenty miles from Sydney. It is nearly three months since Mr. Ledger ...

    Article : 668 words
  8. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    SINCE the departure of the last mail for Europe the residents of Sydney and its vicinity have manifested a decided appreciation for the charms of music of a high character, and also an obviously increasing disposition ...

    Article : 724 words
  9. COUNTRY WORKS.

    THE principal public works undertaken by the general Government throughout the interior are those of maintaining and repairing the public roads. The urgent importance of these works in developing the resources ...

    Article : 1,434 words
  10. RAILWAYS.

    IN the progress of railway construction during the past month there is little calling for remark. The contracts taken by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts comprise the principal portion of the railway ...

    Article : 911 words
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