SIR JAMES HURTLE FISHER, who died on the 28th January, waa one of the pioneer colonists of South Australia, and for nearly forty years one of her foremost citizens. His connection with the colony may be said to date from its very ...
Article : 690 wordsTHE sketches under this heading are illustrative of the marine survey now in progress in Banks' Strait. This strait, which includes part of Flinders' Island, as well as the north-east coast of Tasmania, lies between the two, and its ...
Article : 392 wordsTHE Museum proposed to be erected in King-street, Dunedin, will, when completed, be an artistic addition to the public buildings of the city. The design is that of a central structure, to which wings can be added when funds are ...
Article : 617 wordsPORTSEA is to Melbourne what Manly is to Sydney, a seaside resort for city and up-country excursionists. Hitherto, it has not been very extensively patronised by picnicers or fashionables afflicted with ennui; but the favourable ...
Article : 183 wordsTHE courage displayed by these lads (the former nine years and the latter eleven years of age) in rescuing persons not only in imminent danger of drowning, but almost drowned, was so great that their names were laid before the Royal ...
Article : 312 wordsTHE Mosgiel Woollen Factory is situate on the Tareri plain, about ten miles from Dunedin, in close preximity to the township of Mosgiel. The first operations at the factory were commenced in May, 1871, by its then owners and ...
Article : 187 wordsTHE sheep stations in South Australia are of two classes— "those in the settled districts consist of purchased land, and those in the north are held as squattages at a rental from the Government. Anlaby, the subject of our illustration, ...
Article : 422 wordsTHANKS to Mr. Du Faur, who, besides being the principal promoter of the benevolent but unfortunate expedition which went out from New South Wales in charge of Andrew Hume last year, has also been to considerable trouble and ...
Article : 1,388 wordsThe colonization of New Guinea is again being agitated by a number of adventurous spirits who do not seem to be greatly, impressed with the dangers said to attend all attempts at settlement in that tropical region. A meeting, ...
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