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207 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 11
SIR,—We are told that there are always two sides to a question, and I think I shall be able to prove the truth of this assertion before I have done with this subject. Dr. Lang has given his view of the question,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE learn by telegram that there was every probability of active operations commencing immediately in China, The allied French and English troops had left the Gulf of Pecheloe, and were encamped within eight miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are indebted to Captain Barron of the barque Breadalbane, for a week's later news from Tranaki (New Plymouth), viz., to the 21st ultimo. Our Auckland contemporary, the Southern Cross, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TARANAKI, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11.—From a person from Bell Block we hear that the forces, campoil at Mahoctahi last night, started before daylight this morning, and were seen at Ngateiparirum and Kairan pals, which were in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have China papers to August 25th, and some particulars of the interval news between that and the previous dates, from the Bombay papers, in their order:— TALIEN WAN BAY, 23rd July, 1860.—We are at last on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To the news in yesterday's Herald we are enabled to add some additional particulars as to the strength and disposition of the allied forces at Rehtang. These details we quote from a supplement to the China…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BY the mail steamer Lord Worsley, we have news from Taranaki (New Plymouth) to the 12th instant. The commander of the Lord Worsley reperts that on October 12th, at 7.30 a.m., he spoke H.M.S.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday, lst October, a public meeting of the colonials of New South Wales, was held in the Temperance Hall, Sydney, "to express sympathy with and provide assistance for the suffering families in Taranaki."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY the mail steamer Lord Worsley, we have news from Taranaki (New Plymouth) to the 12th instant. The commander of the Lord Worsley reports that on October 12th, at 7.30 a.m., he spoke H.M.S.S…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN our last Summary we briefly referred to an expedition which set out on the 10th September, to attack Wiremu K[?]gi's stronghold in the bush. The force numbered over 1400 men, and was commanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →IN addition to the above we are enabled to add some additional particulars as to the strength and disposition of the allied forces at Pehtang. These details we quote from a supplement to the China…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five hundred men in command of Colonel Leslie, 40th Regiment were employed on the 29th ultime to fill up the rifle pits of the pahs destroyed by General Pratts expedition on the 11th ultimo, with orders, it is stated, not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—After waiting patiently, but in vain, for Dr. Lang's reply to my last, in which I think I showed to the satisfaction of every sane man that the war spirit (as it has been called) now prevalent in those colonies is justifiable on purely Scriptural grounds,I shall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →According to an extract from the Turin Military Gazette, in a Paris paper, Franco has sold to Piedmont, at a reduced rate, 50,000 rifles, and is to let her have a further quantity; also a certain…
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Continued on Trove, page 11 →THERE has been another great gap in our Taranaki intelligence; nearly a fortnight having elapsed since the date of our last advices. "Any news from New Plymouth?" is the almost hourly question which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUNE— "Up with the Standard of England" THE day of fierce strife is approaching— The sword flashes back the sunshine: For tyranny's step is encroaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are indebted to the Admiralty agent. Captain Reid. HongKong to the [?] [?] captain news from The OVERLAND CHINA MAIL gives the following [?] of the failure of negociations with Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By way of Singapore we have Hongkong news to the S8th September. We subjoin particulars of the capture of the Petho fortifications, and of subsequent proceedings, from which it will appear (says the Strai's Times)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DURING the last Sikh war an officer in a regiment marching upon the Sutlej received intelligence from his agent in England that a legacy of £1500 had fallen to his lot, the information being accompanied by a…
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