School Estimates—fair Play
WE find the following notice of motion given by Mr. HOLT, for Tuesday next, March 3rd :—" Mr. HOLT to move, That the sums of £20,000 and £17,350, voted by…
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An Episode of the Romance of the Digger's Life Exhibition in the Late Rush to Mount Hope. (From the Bendigo Advertiser February 17.)
The report of a new-discovered gold-field at Mount Hope in[?]nced three diggers of Bendigo to take the road, according to received directions, by the Bullock Creek. On arriving at the Loddon plains they met with a party…
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The second monthly meeting of this society took place at the Royal Hotel last evening, there were about thirty persons present, and Mr. T. W. Shepherd was aalled to the chair…
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On the 20th ultimo, the show of the above Society was held in Kiama, in a building erected for the purpose in the Market-square. As all your readers must know we have had nothing but rain and mud every day and…
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ON Tuesday evening the second monthly meeting of this Society was held at the Royal Hotel. The place of assembly being more centrical, the attendance was much larger than at either of its former meetings,…
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LAST year, during the Exposition, Paris was visited by the same mania for lodging-letting which Tavaged London in 1851, during the Great Exhibition. From the middle of April,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Mr. Paragreen and His Family Spent Their First Night in Paris. (From the Paragreens on a visit to the Paris Universal Exhibition. By the author of "Lorenzo Benoni.")
It took some considerable time to collect the luggage of our party, which, exclusive of what they themselves carried, consisted of seven trunks, four carpet-bages, and six bonnet-boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Fair Play's a Jewel." (From the United Service Gazette 6th December.)
WE are not the apologist of Vive Admiral Sir Charles Napier; but we may add, although we trust our reader do not require to be told so much that we althogether repadiate persecution of any sort. " A fair field and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Poultry Show at the Crystal Palace. (From the Morning Chronicle, 12th January.)
No place could be better adapted for the purposes of a poultry show than the wing of the Crystal Palace at present set apart for that purpose. It affords protection from the weather, has abundance of light, and…
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LAST night, the third monthly meeting of this society took place in the Royal Hotel—Sir William Denison in the chair. Two papers were read—the first by Mr. Milne,…
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On Tuesday evening the third monthly meeting of this society was held at the Royal Hotel, the Governor in the chair; when Mr. Milne, of H.M.S. Herald read a paper on " the Articles used for Food…
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THE usual meeting of this Society took place last evening, the President of the Society, his Excellency the Governor, taking the chair. His EXCELLENCY laid upon the table a paper of…
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THE following paper, by Mr. Robert Meston, on the subject, "Muriate of Soda, or Common Salt, as a Fertilizer of the Soil," was read at the meeting of the Society held on Tuesday last…
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Pernicious weed I whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect ia banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours;…
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ALL very fine, my most gallant A. Z., And yet, methinks, 'tis not politely said, When, striving to impress a sense of duty Unto the Fair, you talk of "art and beauty."…
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SIR,—Your correspondent of yesterday was probably not aware that he was competing not with an unknown A. Z., but with the poet Cowper. He has shown, however, such good judgment in the choice of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Orange. Annual Agricultural Exhibition. [From Our Own Correspondent.]
Yesterday was a "rememmberable" day in the rising town of Orange, and was observed by a umber of the inhabitants as an important holiday. The annual ploughing match, which, is the greatest event in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fancy-fair Lotteries. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—Your correspondent " Consistency" appears to pass a somewhat barsh judgment upon the proceedings at the Bazaar held in support of the Sohool of Industry, and before we assont to his propositions, it may be…
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THE fifth monthly meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday evening, at the Royal Hotel. According to the usual arrangement, a meeting of the Council of the Society preceded that of the monthly meeting…
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THE Sixth Monthly Meeting of this Society was held last evening, at the Royal Hotel. The attendance was more limited than usual, probably from a number of public attractions which invited the attention of…
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