Mr. Kenneth, M'Kenzie met with an accident thia morning. According to his usual custom, he was bathing in the creak in Mrs. Oxley's paddock. He took a leap into the water, got his leg caught ...
Article : 96 wordsIn the shooting case on board the Abner Coburn it appears that the assailant, Mars Macon, was an Austrian seaman who had lately joined. He has complained of not being treated fairly. On ...
Article : 142 wordsThe old man, Joseph Randall, who attempted to commit suicide by poisoning, has been committed for trial in the next Circuit Court, to be held in Bathurst. The poor old man seems to ...
Article : 64 wordsLord Denbigh, chairman of the Transcon[?]nental Railway Syndicate, has again applied to the Government for the payment of a large sum of money to cover survey fees and other expenses ...
Article : 60 wordsThe R.M.S. Khedive, which arrived at Gleneig from Albany on Sunday, encountered a fearful cyclone. After she left Colombo, she encountered south-east trades in latitude 9deg south. At about ...
Article : 909 wordsA largely-attended meeting was held in the School of Arts, Murrurundi, last night, to consider the matter of the incorporation of Murrarandi. Dr. Bell was in the chair, and spoke ...
Article : 106 wordsThe revenue returns for the quarter ended March 31 were issued yesterday. For the quarter the total receipts are £1,681,364, or £40,879 above the corresponding figures for 1884. The total ...
Article : 204 wordsA large meeting of the inhabitants of Angledool was held to-day to express their indignation at the apathy of the Telegraph Department in not anding an operator to open the new telegraph ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Moriarty, Engineer-in-Chief for Harbors and Rivers, visited the Wollongong lagoon yesterday, and expressed his surprise at the wretchedly inadequate and polluted water supply the ...
Article : 122 wordsA serious quarrel took place last night in [?]allagher's Hotel over some gambling transactions.A hawker, named Harris Solomon, had been card playing with a laborer named Patrick ...
Article : 55 wordsIt has been the custom hitherto to charge [?]ypher rates (ordinary rate and a half) upon all messages transmitted to or from any telegraph office in Queensland containing words which had ...
Article : 81 wordsSome unusual excitement was experienced in Bolton-street on Friday evening, and numbers flocked to the scene. The first intimation of something amiss was an Adamstown ...
Article : 219 wordsJohn Millar Killen was tried yesterday in Wogga Wagga for having murdered James Graham at Twelve Mile in November last. The parties lived on adjoining selections, and ...
Article : 165 wordsIn the police court to-day, Robert Williams, [?]etter carrier, was committed, for trial on a charge of having stolen a letter belonging to the Postmaster-General. A violent scene took place ...
Article : 85 wordsThe people of Clifton complain of their postmaster being overworked. There is great pressure of business, owing, to the railway works now in progress. The department, with its usual ...
Article : 179 wordsMr. Chester, police magistrate on Thursday [?]d, has telegraphed to the Colonial Secretary [?]hat the crew of a pearl-shelling boat, owned by [?]ne Clark, had been attacked by aboriginals near ...
Article : 100 wordsA meeting of the miners' delegates took place on Friday, to consider the question of a dispute between the Burwood, miners on the subject of the getting price paid to them by the proprietor, ...
Article : 270 wordsThe Newcastle Naval Brigade is to be doubled without delay. The commander is now calling for volunteers, and the young men of the town aro responding with enthusiasm. ...
Article : 121 wordsA darmg burglary was committed last night in the Miners' Home Hotel,, kept by Mrs. Alanson in the Glebes. At about 1 o'clock Mrs. Allinson was awakened by the clicking of a lock, and having ...
Article : 269 wordsADELONG, Wednesdays.—Over one mile of the Gap line of reef at Adelong is being prospected. Several parties have obtained good prospects. ...
Article : 33 wordsEMMAVILLE, Wednesday.— At the Ottery min[?] near Tent Hill, Emmaville, at the 205ft level, they are getting very good ore both in sinking and drivings A piece of the ore brought into town to-day was ...
Article : 77 wordsA man giving the name of John Hughes, and describing himself as a shearer and drover, was brought to the lockup by Constable Watson, stationed at Gran ville, on suspicion of being one ...
Article : 137 wordsAh Chit, about 36 years of ago was murdered last night by his cousin, Ah Tay, 40, in a furniture factory occupied by, Gee Hing, in Little Bourke-street. It appears Ah Tay has lately showed considerable ...
Article : 251 wordsBLAYNEY, Wednesdays.—The Blayney [?] is, now putting out some splendid ore, and large numbers of men are employed. ...
Article : 23 wordsBINGERA, Wednesday.—On March 13 a miner, best known as Bill the Tailor, discovered a splendid reef at Spring Creek, about three miles from here. Sincethen the lucky finder has washed out over 40oz of ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 4 Apr 1885, Page 14
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