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203 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 11
SIR,-The captain of the Southland, in a letter published by you on Friday last, stales that I did not offer him half the towage of the John Bullock. My passengers and crow can prove that I did make him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following account of Mr. R. W. Thomsons roadsteamer was read by Professor Archer at the recent meeting of the British Association. We quote from the report of it in the Engineer:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following cases were heard before the Uiladulla Police-court on the 12th July—Messes. Hind[?]rsh, Miller, and M'Lean, J.Ps, being on the Bench:- Thomas Hopgood was charged by constable W. Beatty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Since suggesting this matter in the Herald of the 8th instant, I have waited to see if any of your correspondents would state such objections to the scheme as should deter my making on effort in giving it practical effect; but secing the only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following account of Mr. R. W. Thomson's road- steamer was road by Professor Archer at the recent meeting of the British Association. We quote from the report of it in the Engineer:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Yokohama correspondent of the Sacramento Union gives the following graphic account of the descent of the divers to the wreck of the ill-fated Oueida:-" On' the 24th day of February, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Yokohama correspondent of the Sacramento Union gives the following graphic account of the descent of the divers to the wreck of the ill-fated Oneida:—"On the 24th day of February, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BARTON AND MEL[?]ADO.—The share market remains inactive— transactions for the month being considerably below the average. The reports presented at the half-yearly meetings have not been so satisfactory as was expected, with the exception of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PARLIAMENT having been summoned to meet on the 11th instant for the dispatch of business, there is a revived interest in politics. But the movements which have attracted most attention…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the end of last month. Mark Lemon, the veteran editor of Punch, died. He was well known as the writer of amusing books and dramatic pieces, and tad recently personated Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON the 3rd of May last, eight gentlemen, of whom the writer was one, left Sydney for "Wreck Bay," where the remains of the ill-fated Walter Hood and her cargo lay at the mercy of the waves and of a horde…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the meeting on Thursday of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, rewards were granted to the crews of different lifeboats for services on the occasion of shipwrecks on our coasts. The Willie and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the 3rd of May last, eight gentlemen, of whom the writer was one, left Sydney for "Wreck Bay," where the remains of the ill-fated Walter Hood and her cargo lay at the mercy of the waves and of a horde…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BOUND TO NEW CALEDONIA.—The Aurifera sailed from Newcastle on the 18th July, with a pleasant breeze from the N.W., and fine weather until Thursday, 21st, when the wind hauled to the N.N.E. with increasing breeze; at 4.30 p.m. took in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have received from Captain John Rees, of the schooner Spunkic, the following count of the loss of the Queen of the Isles, at Apia, on 30th July last, while on a recruiting voyage for native labour for the Fijis.—"On the 4th of August I lowered the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Earl of Clarendon in dead. He was one of the principal supporters of the present Government, and respected by all shades and sides of political partics. The whole English and Continental and American Press…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE last monthly overland mill by the Malta conveyed the intelligence that members of the New South Wales Legislature had been summoned for the despatch of business Parliament was opened on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOUNDERING OF THE BARQUE AURIFERA, FROM NEWCASTLE BOUND TO NEW CALEDONIA.—The Aurifera sailed from Newcastle on the 18th of July, with a pleasant breeze from the N. W., and fine weather until Thursday, 21st, when the wind hauled to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Gladstone Government is strong in the Lords, not that it increases in votes, but because it meets with no resolute opposition. The Land Bill for Ireland has furnished the most…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The fine iron steamship, which has for some time past been in the course of construction at Mort's Dock and Engineering Co.'s establishment, Waterview Bay, was successfully launched this morning. The steamer has…
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