The last mail from Sydney brought news that immediately on the arrival there of Mr Fleming a meeting was held to prosecute the petroleum works of the South Pacific Company with vigour. Mr Weaver, the borer, proceeded to the works on Tuesday. A chromo is known by the tea it sells. Often a Slip-noose—The nuptial knot, An Obsequious Tradesman—An undertaker. Some say disease is transmitted by kissing. Heart desease is, and the only remedy is matrimony. There is one method of transportation not affected by the inter-state law—the horse. The dead-head travels there as usual. “An eel can live out of water for at least 18 days. Some people can live without watei for a whole lifetime. New York had 60 fires due to celebrating on the Fourth.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 47, 29 September 1887, Page 3
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