News from Waterhouse state that two new reefs have been discovered, and that at Fingal new alluvial sinking had been struck. A man named Carter washed an ounce and a half, and found a half ounce nugget. Mr Gunn has returned from Waterhouse. He d ies not recommend any outlay on the road* till the reefs are tested. A Dilemma. —A gentleman asked a clergyman the use of his pulpit for a young divine, c relation of his. “ I really do not know,” laid the clergyman, “how to refuse you ; but if the young man can preach better than I can, my congregation would be dissatisfied with me afterwards; and if he should preach worse, I don’t think he’s fit to preach at all.”
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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2030, 6 November 1869, Page 2
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124Untitled Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2030, 6 November 1869, Page 2
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