HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Autum Flower Show of the above society was opened on Friday in St. John's Schoolroom, and was a success. The spacious schoolroom was neatly and tastefully decorated. Although it was a ...
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Article : 311 wordsBefore the first week in February our waterholes were nearly all dry, the grass parched up, and vegetation at a standstill. Since then we have been blessed with a copious downpour of rain, and have had some heavy floods. The ...
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Article : 251 wordsSince my last there has been very little change in the weather, so it could not be better for the farmers, who have now commenced ploughing and making ready for next year's crop. Grass and weeds are now abundant all over the ...
Article : 944 wordsPerhaps the most stirring circumstance that has transpired during the past week was the election of medical officer for the Parkes Hospital, at a meeting of subscribers held at Mr. Murphy's Royal Theatre. More than usual interest was ...
Article : 665 wordsThe permission given by the Legislative Assembly to Mr. S.W.Gray, in the past week of its sitting, to bring in a Bill authorising tho construction of a line of railway from Sydney to Jervis Bay, has in many parts in this district awakened a ...
Article : 1,245 wordsFor the third time within the past few months the people of Mudgee have been horrified by the report of a tragedy committed in the district. On Sunday last, news was brought into town that William Hatton had been murdered ...
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Article : 420 wordsI have been perusing the Town and Country Journal for many years, but, during that time it never contained a letter directed from this place; therefore, I think, it is nearly time that I, or some one else, let you know that there is sucu a ...
Article : 275 wordsOn a recent visit to Coonabarabran, I learnt that the Weslevan Conference that has just concluded its sitting in Sydney had appointed the minister here, the Rev. R. East, as the colleague of the Rev. Mr. Gardiner at Mudgee, but to ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 2 Mar 1878, Page 38
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