Windsor & Richmond Gazette, Saturday, March 3, 1900 - page 4 Richmond. Ex-Alderman Watson will address the ratepayers from the balcony of the Commercial Hotel on Monday night next, 5th inst. Another ostrich has arrived at the H. A. College to take the place of the one which died on the way from South Australia some time ago. The new one is a female, and is said to be a fine specimen. Ostrich farming is to be tried at the College, and no doubt Mr. McCue, under whose care the birds have been placed, will have something interesting to tell about them bye-and-bye. Messrs. B. E. and John Sullivan, of East Maitland, have been home on a visit to their parents. Each of these gentlemen has a thriving business at Maitland, and they are among the most popular citizens of the place. Mr. B. E. Sullivan was recently appointed to the Commission of the Peace. The luncheon-room at the rear of the grandstand at next show will be sold by auction by Messrs. Guest and Skuthorp, at the showground, on Wednesday, March 14, at 3 p.m. Diploma day at the H. A. College on Wednesday. The Hon. J. L. Fegan, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, and many other Sydney and local visitors will be present. A great number of people went from here on Wednesday to witness the demonstration in Sydney in honor of the departure of the Bushman's Contingent. Flags have been flying across the street from the military office this week in honor of Lord Roberts' successes in South Africa. A good sample of broom millet grown by Mr. R. Watts on his farm near the bridge, may be seen in Woodhill's shop. Broom millet is worth £40 a ton just now. This is an inflated value, but the stuff is scarce and the price extraordinary. Mr. Arthur Hoskisson has received word from his brother that he had joined the Natal police, and expected to be sent to "the front." Mr. Geo. Bush went off directly they reached Durban, and is now serving with one of the mounted forces. Mr. W. Mitchell has received direct to his own order from America, a splendid lot of sulky and buggy wheels and axles.