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171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9
WHEN the Baroda left last month both Houses of the Legislature had adjourned—the Assembly until the 11th, and the Council to the 12th June. The new Ministers were about to appeal to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W. BARTON.—A considerable decrease has taken place in the amount of business done during the month, and this decrease is espicially noticeable in gold-mining transactions. Bank shares are inquired after. Debentures are salable; so are Gaslight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CHALLINGER.—The brig Challenger, which not long ago underwent considerable alterations and repairs, has been totally wrecked near Dumar Island in the Straits of San Bernardino. The brig was bound from Newcastle, New South Wales, to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Each stanza contains the hidden names of two New South Wales townships. To a frail trembling raft on a wild stormy sea, See! a poor shipwreck'd seaman is striving to cling,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THE telegram that was received in Brisbane about 1 o'clock on friday afternoon from Cape Moreton, to the effect that the Young Australia was on shore at the Cape, induced her agents, Messrs. J. and G. Harris, to…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →WE are still without particulars as to the loss of the Clarence, as owing to Captain Curphey being absent at the scene of the wreck, there has been no communication received from him beyond the vague intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are still without particulars as to the loss of the Clarence, as owing to Captain Curphey being absent at the scene of the wreck, there has been no communication received from him beyond the vague intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →THE narrowest escape I ever had was when the breaking of my leg saved my life. When a youngster just entering my teens, my parents, who lived in Sydney, resolved to send me home to be educated. I was to go to…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →AT the annual meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, on the 8th April, his Royal Highness made the following remarks:—As a sailor, I must naturally take a great interest in a society which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Board of Trade inquiry which had extended over five sittings, was concluded at the Greenwich police court, yesterday, before Mr. Maude, the magistrate, and Captains Harris and Toynbee, nautical assessors,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE [?]rrowest escape I ever had was when the breaking of my leg saved my life. When a youngster just entering my teens, my parents, who lived in Sydney, resolved to send me home to be educated. I was to go to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON the 16th May, a Board of Trade inquiry, which had extended over six sittings, was concluded at the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Maude, magistrate, and Captains Harris and Toynbee, nautical assessors, into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Board of Trade inquiry which had extended over five sittings, was concluded at the Greenwich police court, yesterday, before Mr. Maude, the magistrate, and Captains Harris and Toynbee, nautical assessors,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →W. BARTON.—There has been no improvement in the share market since the date of my last report. On that occasion I noticed a considerable decrease in the amount of business transacted, particularly with regard to gold mines. Copper and tin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN the Summary dispatched by the Nubia, in June last, an account was given of the Ministerial changes, and of the course which the Ministry of Mr. Parkes had stated its intention to pursue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. DANGAR asked the Secretary for Public Works,—"1. How many miles are completed of the telegraph line from Narrabri Fort Bourke; how many poles erected not yet wired; and how miles are required to be completed to finish the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the 1st instant the Isabella, schooner, H. Bother, master, arrived at Mackay from a " recruiting" trip. Her passengers were Messrs. Romilly, Dorsey, and thirty-one Polynesians. Nearly half of the latter were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the 20th April, the schooner Lavinia, Captain Brodie, of Sydney, on beche-le-mer and trading voyage, anchored in a small bight at the eastern end of the Florids Islands, Solomon Group…
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