A fact new to us was stated by Mr. P. O'Meara, at a meeting, on 10th April, of the institution of Civil Engineers. His paper gave a description of the irrigation system of ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Ottoman Government has drawn up a scheme of reforms in Asia Minor, which has been approved of by the Sultan of Turkey. Sir Stafford Northcote, in the House of Commons, ...
Article : 445 wordsAn inscribed loan of three millions has been placed upon the London market. Tenders are to be opened on the 8th July. The proceeds of the loan, which will be inscribed by the Bank of England, will ...
Article : 1,102 wordsA meeting of stockowners interested in the above was held at Cohen's Hotel, yesterday afternoon, to receive the trustees' annual report. The attendance of stockowners was ...
Article : 3,130 wordsSIR,—I wish, through the columns of your widely-circulated journal, to call the attention of the Department of Public Instruction, to the want of accommodation in the above ...
Article : 198 wordsIt is probably owing to the long tyranny of Austria over great part of Italy, stifling freedom of thought and of enterprise, that the Italians are as yet unable to build steam ...
Article : 158 wordsSIR,—Will you kindly allow me through the columns of your journal to call attention to the scandalous manner in which work is carried out on the above road. There are ...
Article : 840 wordsPossibly a pitfall of some sort would be the most likely institution to diminish the number of serpents in its neighbourhood appreciably. A friend of mine, living in Brazil, had a large disused cistern near his ...
Article : 238 wordsSHIP DESERTERS.—Oscar Yernberg, Hans Henrickson, Peter San, Hans Zimmermon, Carl Larson, and O. Neilson were brought up in custody charged with having unlawfully deserted from the barque ...
Article : 112 wordsSamuel Peden v. Alfred Allan, goods sold and delivered, £7. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. John Keating v. James William Cox, rent, £2 2s 6d, Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. ...
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Advertising : 227 wordsIn the early days of Macomb County, this State the next thing to town-meeting day was a horse-race, and any farmer who owned anything which could strike a gallop was always willing to put up at least ...
Article : 215 wordsSYDNEY PRODUCE EXCHANGE — We believe that a movement is on foot for the establishment of a Produce Exchange in Sydney for the regulation of trade transactions between producer and consumer. ...
Article : 1,891 wordsIn an article on the anniversary of the death of the late Earl of Beaconsfield the World says:—"He knew every note in the gamut of human sentiment; he knew that men are controlled for the most part, ...
Article : 283 wordsDEATH.—It is with much regret that I have to announce the death, in child-bed, of Mrs. Patrick Corbett. The deceased lady was well-known, much liked and respected in the district, and great sympathy ...
Article : 442 wordsMessrs. Brunker and Wolfe report: There was a heavy supply of lucerne bay forward this morning; sales were dull, and values obtained for all qualities quite 10s per ton lower than last week's. Prices ...
Article : 66 wordsOne day Le Bon Dieu determined to give a fete in his azure palace. All the virtues were invited, and only the virtues; no gentlemen were asked; all present were of the gentler sex. ...
Article : 147 wordsThe cylinders for the bridge across the Namoi at the end of Chandos-street have arrived, and no doubt the work will soon start Country and stock are looking well. Frosts ...
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