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ARRIVAL AND DESPATCII OF NAILS CALENDAR HINTS AND RECIPES SHEARING TALLY READY RECKONER 28 WAGES, INCOME, on EXPENSES TABLE .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 FIELD CULTURE AND GAI1DEN CALENDAR FOR DARLING DOWNS 29-45 DIRECTORIES- Toowoomba, Drayton, Pittsworth, 11fi11merran, Turallin, Leybnrn, Crow's Nest, Clifton, Allora, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Jondaryan, Dolby, Roma, and Gooudiwindi .. , 46-84 REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS .. , .. .. 85 WIRE FENCING .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 85 GOVERNMENT or QUEENSrAND .. .. .. .. .. .. 86-87 STATIONS AND THEIR POST TOWNS.. .. .. .. .. , .. 87-81 LOCAL COMMISSION OF THE PEACE.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 89-91 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS .. .. .. .. .. .. 91-93 POLICE MAGISTRATES .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 113-94 DISTRICT REGISTRARS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 94 ASSISTANT DISTRICT REGISTRARS .. .. .. .. .. , , , 94-116 ROYAL FAMILY .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 6 BRITISH GOVERNMENT , , , , .. .. .. .. 97 COLONIAL GOVERNORS .. .. .. .. .. .. • • .. 97 -98 COLONIAL AGENTS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , . .. 98 BISHOPS OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND.. .. .. .. .. .. 99 BISHoHS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH .. .. .. .. , , , 99 POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION .. .. .. .. 100-107 QUEENSLAND CUSTOMS TARIFF .. .. .. .. .. ., ., 107-115 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION- Directions for Making a Will, Treatment of Snake Bites, Victorian Humane Society, How to Keep Typhoid out of Houses, Typhoid Fever (Its Treatment and Cure), Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Agreement between Landlord and Tenant, To Ascertain the Weight of Cattle, Native Birds' Protection Act, Scale of Weight for Age, Placed Horses in Principal I landicaps. An Act to Regu- late the Fencing of Land in Queensland, An Act to Declare the Standard Weight of a Bashol of Maize, Wheat, Burley, and Oats 116-137 NOTES FOR FARM AND GARDEN .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 138-1 7 1 ADVERTISEMENTS . , .. .. PROPRIETOR OF THE HOTEL, HENDON, CLOSE TO THE RAILWAY STATION. Excellent Accommodation . Finest Brands of Wines and Spirits, and Pest Malt Liquors. Splendid G rass Paddocks . Bt12t=ies and Saddle horses on Hire. Ai,tln:ss : J. JACKSON, HENDON. AUGUST_ PHASES OF THE MOON. SUN. I MOON. o o I I u, u.M . U ILM w o ro ,Fitat Quar. ... 4 2.46 a.m. Last Qnar. ... 17 9.46 p.m. Ar`" A Full Moon .. 11 7.30 a,m. New Moon ... 25 1.63 pan .IRisesI Sets Rises Sets j MEMORABLE EVENTS. H.M. H.M. A.M. Y.M. IW Lammas Day. Bank Holiday. 6 305 18 9 2010 17 Th Collision between Barrabool and Q' land 1876 6 29,5 19 9 53 11 6 F Chris. Columbus sailed for America 1492 6 295 1910 29 A.M. 'S Percy B. Shelly, poet, born... .. 1792 6 2815 2011 8 0 2 Eighth Sunday afterTrinity 16 28 5 2011 52 0 57 Fenelon born ,. .. 1651 16 275 21 p.M. 1 52 Rev. J. D. Lang, D.D., died 1878 16 265 21 1 36 2 48 George Canning died 1827 '6 25,5 22 2 36 3 42 First land sale held in Brisbane 1843 6 2415 22 3 40 4 34 Possession taken of Van Dieman's Land 1803 6 2415 23 4 46 5 22 S.S. Austral arrived at Glasgow 1883 6 2315 23 5 52 6 8 Ninth Sunday after Trinity 6 2215 24 6 59 6 50 Battle of Blenheim .. .. 1704 6 21'5 24 8 4 7 32 Lord Clyde died ... 1863 6 216 25 9 10 8 13 Admiral Blake born ... .. .. 1699 6 205 2610 15 8 56 Beach defeated Hanlan 1884 6 195 2611 19 9 39 Sir W. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., died 1897 6 18,526 A.M. 10 25 Battle of Gravelotte ... .. 1870 6 1716 27110 22 11 16 Tenth Sunday afterTrinity 6 16 6 27 1 21 Y.M. Dunbar wrecked at Sydney Heads- 1857 6 15,5 28 2 17 1 4 Battle of Vimiera 1808 6 14 5 28 3 7 2 0 Hon. W. Miles, Minister for Works, died... 1887 6 1315 29 3 63 2 56 Soh. Enterprise sailed up Yarra ... 1835 6 125 29 4 34+3 51 St. Bartholomew. Huguenot massacre ... 1572 6 115 30 5 11 4 45 David Hume died 1726 6 1015 30 5 46 5 37 EleventhSunday afterTrinity 6 9531 6181 629 Diocese of Tasmania founded 1842 6 8 5 31 6 501 7 18 Cholera broke out in London 1852 6 7,5 31 7 22 8 11 J. P. Fawkner encampd. on site of Melb.... 1835 6 6,5 32 7 541 9 2 Sir John Ross died ... ... .. 1856 6 bi5 32 8 29I 9 55 John Bunyan died, aged 00... 1688 6 4,3 33 9 6,10 48 CAYENNEVINEGAR.-Half -ounce cayenne, one pint vinegar. Pour the vinegar on the cayenne, cork closely, and shake every two days for a fortnight ; strain and bottle for use. Cucu Eu Sour.-Peel a large cucumber, divide into pieces of an inoh thick. Place these in a stewpan with salt and pepper to taste , two onion s, a sprig of parsley, and sufficient veal and fowl stock to cover all. Simmer the contents of the stewpan till the cucumber is tender, then pass through a sieve , Fry together without browning 1 oz. of butter and the same quantity of flour ; on to this pour the cucumber puree. Bring to the boil while stirring, then add sufficient milk to make the soup of the right consistency. Just before .serving add a beaten egg with a tablespoonful of cream. Have ready dice of cucumber which have been boiled in salted water till tender, and serve in the soup. NoisETvES of MUTTONon BEEF.-Cut up the lean part of a well-hung neck of mutton or some pieces of fillet of beef. Cut the meat in slices about half-an-inch in thicknebs, and bat them with a heavy, wet knife. Trim neatly into squares or rounds, season with coralline pepper, a little finely minced parsley, esohalot, and salt, and a few minced mushrooms if obtainable; put them in a well-buttered frying-pan and toes them quickly for three or four minutes, first on one side then on the other. Fry a long, narrow crouton of bread, put on this some slices of tomato, which have been cooked in a greased tin in the oven , season them to taste, arrange the noisettes between the Slices of tomato, and pour some tomato esueu round, Toowoonnba,D 'ayton and Pittsworth. 61 ggann, C. Williams, G. Wall. P. Cleary, R. White, D. Loch, W. Stevenson, J. P. Butler , G. Hammond , Ben. Ship, T. Miles. ' Bus PROPRIETOR.-G. Soden. FLOURMILLS.-Dominion Flour Milling Co., Gisler Bros., Crisp, O'Brien and Co. Drayton. THE town of Drayton is one of the oldest on the Darling Downs, and at one time was the emporium of the trade of the whole western country.