The s.s. Menmuir, which has arrived at Brisbane from Hong Kong, brings the following news, date Dec. 27:— French transports continue to pass ...
Article : 421 wordsThe attendance of children at the public school is steadily increasing, and shows that the parents are not unmindful of their children's welfare. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Hobart Regatta of 1885 is now a thing of the past, and although it passed off fairly' successfully, I must say that I have seen better regattas on the noble ...
Article : 826 wordsWe (Hong Kong Daily Press) have reason to believe that it is really intended to despatch vessels from Woosung to raise the blockade of Formosa, and, if possible, ...
Article : 390 wordsMr. John Sly, of the National Mutual Life Assurance Society, lectured here last night, on the three great benefactors of the age—viz., life, fire, and accidents ...
Article : 310 wordsThe Pall Mall Gazelle of December 4 says:—" An association consisting of about a thousand navvies has just arrived at Rome. They are about to drain the ...
Article : 313 wordsThe site decided upon at Scottsdale for the railway station by the Minister of Lands and Works is looked for with much interest, and It is the general opinion that Mr. Brown will ...
Article : 672 wordsTwo residents of this district, W. Skyem and E. Duckworth, charged with sheep stealing, were tried at Richmond on 22nd inst. Skyem was acquitted, but ...
Article : 228 wordsThere is nothing very particular to record; but I may just allude to things in a general way. Since the new year began the weather ...
Article : 843 wordsThe following is a summary of news brought by the Pacific mail steamer Zealandia, which arrived at Sydney on 19th inst. ...
Article : 1,183 wordsA lot of black polled Angus or Aberdeen cattle, consisting of three bulls, fifteen cows, with a dozen each of heifers and calves, recently passed through Sydney. ...
Article : 2,091 wordsSaturday last was another big scoring day on the Launceston ground, the event being a trophy match between the L.C.C. eleven and eighteen of the King's ...
Article : 1,601 wordsA "Voice from the Parramatta River" in Town and Country deprecates the vague way in which some of the Sydney papers " slate" our professional oarsmen, espicially ...
Article : 1,256 wordsBrave Burnaby is down, His triumphs are all o'er ; The foremost in the fight, He fell to rise no more, ...
Article : 96 wordsOnly a boy with his noise and fun, The veriest mystery under the sun; As brimful of mischief and wit and glee As ever at human frame can be, ...
Article : 299 wordsThe more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages ; A day to childhood seems a year, And years like passing ages. ...
Article : 147 wordsMy learned friend," observed an advocate during a recent trial, " practises his arguments before a glass." " Better practise them before a glass than after a ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Sat 31 Jan 1885, Page 1
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