Autumn to spring in Punjab and Kashmir river voyage
The Punjab climate from late October to mid March is praised as Italy like with cold nights and sunny days. Travelers reach Baramulla at cashmere valley western frontier and journey by boat along the Jhelum to Srinagar. Boats, camps, and river life offer fishing, shooting, and glimpses of Indian market life, palaces, and gardens.
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Punjab
Murree
Simla
Dalhousie
Cashmere
Europe
Baramoolla
Jhelum
Srianggur
India
Baramanila
Woolar Lake
Barmmoolla
Anle
Srinugeur
Venice
Shalimar Gardens
Manufacture and Use of Gun Cotton In Stow Market
The article details the process of making gum cotton at Stow market. Rough wilate cotton is cleaned dried and dipped into a sulfuric to nitric acid mix to form a nitric compound while sulfuric acid absorbs water maintaining strength. The cotton is dipped drained rinsed and washed in stages with water to remove excess acid and prevent burning.
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Stow-market
Gun cotton manufacture and properties described
The article details cotton processing in a series of washes and vats to remove acid, then pulp formation in a mill like paper making, drying, and boxing for use. It notes caps, damp-proofing, and 30 grains per No. II bore, plus intriguing sympathetic burning and explosive behaviors of gun cotton and its applications in mining and blasting.
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India
Abel
Steach
Obituary Speech Reports Death of Colonel Yall in Texas Senate
An obituary speech in the Texas Senate mourns Colon el Yall, a fellow legislator, noting his illness and death as the grim toll of a tyrant. The orator laments the loss and honors his colleague's service.
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Texas
Colonel Yall
Speaker
Andrew Jackson Yall
Death of a departed member at Mrs Jones boardinghouse
A mournful commemorative speech recalls a departed friend who died at the Pleasant boardinghouse kept by Mrs Jones on the hill. The oration, interrupted by a call for decorum, compares the deceased’s patriotism to enduring restraint amid harsh jibes.
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Leasant
Jones
Speaker
Laat
Bushranger robs Chartered Bank Mt Mount Egerton
Melbourne reports a bushranger stopped the Chartered Bank at Mt Mount Egerton and carried away £1000. Rumors circulate on bank defaulter in Collina Street who allegedly banked £2000. Wheat prices fall to 2d under gold. Springbok carries away several outdated calv anists to Fiji.
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Adelaide
Victoria
Melbourne
Old Colonists” Association
Ttt
Collina Street
Springbok
Fiji
Widespread floods and wrecks reported in New South Wales
The Government steamer Abetve assessed wrecks as 27 aboard with only three saved. Floods damage the Goulburn to Marulan line and Glenrock Bridge. Lifeboat rescues near Newcastle fail to reach the crew. Windsor Penrith and Hawkesbury suffer property losses. Camden mail-boat capsized with mail loss. two men drown. Newcastle reports the brig Burnett Fruaaiered with drowning crew. Port Stephens schooner Britannien wrecked but all saved. Three bushrangers rob a Southern mail at Port, bagging contents. one robber captured. Banquet for Chambers of Commerce delegates in Sydney succeeds. J S Bank at Braidwood robbery attempt ends with capture.
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Goulbourn
Marw Ini
Glenrock
Newcastle
Min
Windsor
Penrith
Hawkesbury
Camden
Sydney
Southern Mail
Port Stephens
Britanien
Don Juan
Eagleton
Chambers of Commerce Union
Braidwood
Kadina Mail Notices Show Frequent Daily Departures
Postal notices list multiple Kadina to Adelaide and Wallaroo departures with several daily runs before and after Sundays, including times such as 5.45 pm and 6.46 pm. Additional services to Moontha and Wallaroo are described, with morning departures around 6.25 am and 6.30 am and thrice daily schedules on certain routes.
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Adelaide
EU Sm
Wallaroo
Moonts
Usiaye
Por Kadina
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New South Woales
Burnett
Kadina
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