We have had a remarkably dull week, there being literally nothing doing in the sporting world in Sydney. Some few people are gone to Bathurst, but not many, the expense, fatigue, and danger of the journey ...
Article : 1,220 wordsQuestions submitted for answers most have some distinctive signature. "Constant Subscribers," etc., are so numerous that they only produce confusion. We cannot answer questions on the following Saturday, ...
Article : 679 wordsThe following account of this distressing accident is taken from an English paper brought by the Monica on Monday last:— On Monday afternoon a most distressing event, the ...
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Advertising : 293 wordsWe have enjoyed opportunities of witnessing Mr. Hudson's performances in a "round of characters," and we must avow the candid opinion that his specialty lies in the representation of such national peculiarities as ...
Article : 3,224 words"INCOMPATIBILITY of temper," says the Argus, was at the bottom of it. The resignation of Mr. Duffy was occasioned by this general cause of domestic difficulty, and we are accordingly ...
Article : 1,777 wordsA meeting of the Australian Jockey Club is called for Monday next, at two p.m., at the Metropolitan, on "important business." One of the principal matters to be brought under consideration appertains to the ...
Article : 1,600 wordsEnglish opera has at last succeeded in London. The new opera by Balfe ("Satanella, or the Power of Love,) appears to have achieved an immense success. We find in an English paper the following notice of this event, ...
Article : 144 wordsHaving at length received a supply of Chess types, we shall publish occasionally original and selected problems of merit, which may perhaps excite the curiosity, and exercise the talents of chess-players ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 19 wordsMESSRS. MELLON AND ROCHE.—A match for £50 a side between these two gentlemen was played last Monday, at the Globe hotel, Swanston street, Mr. Rocho giving his opponent 5 out of 500 at the English game. ...
Article : 230 wordsWhy is an old chair that has a new bottom put to it like a paid bill?—Because it is reseated (receipted,) It has been suggested that the tail of the comet is caused by the dust it kicks up in travelling. ...
Article : 122 wordsHARTLEY V. DAVIES.—The remainder of the stakes in this match for £200 is to be made good on Thursday next. We hear that Howell Davies has had a pair of steel quoits made to order, which suit him exactly, and ...
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