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Article : 297 wordsThe following account of a trip to Fiji has been placed at our disposal:— "Suva, Viti Leva, Fiji, 30th June, 1872. "We had a long passage of five weeks, ...
Article : 960 wordsAt the usual monthly meeting of the above Council, held at Harrow on Wednesday last, there were present the President, and Crs. Broughton, Edgar, Smith, and W. G. Laidlaw. ...
Article : 605 wordsSIR,—I observe that Mr. Hinneberg has published a notice in the Spectator, contradicting a statement made by me at the late election, at Penshurst, that he had informed me that he was offered £30 by Mr. ...
Article : 158 wordsSIR,—Looking over your reporter the last Hamilton Land Board, I was greatly amused to see that an allotment of my purchased land was "recommended" to Archibald Malcolm. The allotment ...
Article : 133 wordsSIR,—An argument has lately been carried on between a few individuals relative to Submarine Telegraphic Cables, the writer maintaining that, they are laid, and do rest, on the bottom or bed of ...
Article : 349 wordsSIR,—Allow me to correct a mis-statement which appears in your paper of Saturday last. Quoting from the Mount Gambier Standard, you say that The Portland Railway Deputation informed the ...
Article : 292 wordsSIR,—I see that the price of the 4-lb. loaf in Melbourne has fallen from 8d to 7d, and would like to know why the Hamilton bakers continue to charge 9d. Flour I observe, according to the latest ...
Article : 161 wordsThe following verses by Lord Neaves, one of the judges of the Scotch Court of Session, will be read with interest at the present time:— ...
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Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918), Wed 14 Aug 1872, Page 3
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