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Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 965, 26 June 1897, Page 23

?r&ther^wiH^b^ddWn\ directly; 1 - .I&tßarS^Ll^rhe^b^it fishiyarnrof the s^febjd - comes from up country. ' He f was a tourist^ fr'those' pajts/anid^hatf starteVont early' iron his-rod on the morning after his arti.vaJ. He found outra 'likely place, and- had '■"' been' patiently bobbing for a. bite for at " least a couple of hours, when a small^okel , hove in sight. * iron ain*t caught enythink ' yet; -'ave~yer, mister?' he iaidV '.No;* re-. . plied the lone fisherman, [ not yet, my boy.' T thought not,' returned the yoimgater; ' ' there wasn't no water' there * for. the larst , ' sis months till fche^rain came down larat - > night.' ' -\- r - -"" The ladies of St. Patrick's met last, week, when a strong committee was formed to carry oat arrangements for their annual social. Marriage's band has been engaged ' If there is a safer banking institution than the Bank of New South ' Wales within the entire range of these colonies, we should like to know its' name. TheD3rd report of the directors of the Bank of New South Wales appeared in these columns lately, and displaysr a record it would be difficult to match anywhere. The net profits for the half-year are £87,897, and the dividend iB at the rate of 9 per cent which is a splendid return in .these days of cheap money. The Bank's paid-up capital is a trifle short of two millions, and the reserve fund amounts v practically to £1,200,000. These results attest the confidence felt in the bank and the business tact and acumen which characterise its wise and prudent -management.

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