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GENERAL NEWS

THE MAIL STEAMER.

So that he might not arrive too early for entrance into the Outer Harbor tire commander of the R-M.S. Oruba slowed the steamer down on the run from Melbourne. As she approached Glenelg a haze obscure»-! a clear view. * Therefore it wa^ 8.30 a.m. before the vessel was berthed' alongside the Outer Harbor wharf. Fine weather ruled on the run from Melbourne. 1 here were on board on arrival 1C6 passenger»., of whom 20 were booked to disunion k here. She took on board a fair compl'in^ut of passengers, the majority of whom were for Western Australia. The steamer sailed for London after the ceremony in connection -with the opening of the Cater

Harbor was over.

THE MELBOURNE EXPRESS.

Tile Melbourne_ express on Thursday morning arrived in two sections. Thi first portion reached the railway-station with the mails and the secoud portion ar- rived twenty minutes later with many pas-

sengers.

ALLEGED LARCENY OF BiOYCLES.

At the Adelaide Police Court on Thurs- day Roy Joseph Davenport was charged with, the larceny of bicycles on December 2f and also on January 6. Inspector Bur- chell asked for a remand, as he had not had sufficient time to prepare additional charges against the accused. Tne case was adjourned until January 20.

A FRUITERER'S ACCIDENT.

On Thursday morning an accident bcfel Mr. L. Cald'^ott. a fruiterer, of Hilton. H* was driving a two-wheeled fruiterer's cart, and when he reached the end of the Hilton road the horse took fright, broke the har- ness, and bolted down the road. The cart was upset and Mr. Caldicott was thrown out. Several cases of fruit fell on Mr. Caldicott, but fortunately he escaped with a few bruises and a rather severe shaking. While he was searching for his horse a part}- of boys stole a quantity of the fruit which, was strewn about the road.

OFF TO THE LIGHT^STATIOKS.

On Thursday evening the steamer Gover- nor Musgrave, in charge of Captain P. Weir, trailed for the Althorpe*, Neptune Island, Cape Borda, Cape de Couedie, Cape Wil- loughby, and Cape Jervis light stations, with the president (Mr. Arthur Searcy) and wardens of the Marine Board, who are making the annual inspection of those places. The steamer may also visit Port

lincoln.

DEATH AT THE HOSPITAL.

Catherine Hayes, of Port Pirie, who had been ordered to be detained in the Lunatic Asylum, suddenly became ill on her arrival at the Adelaide railway-station on Thurs- day evening. The constable who escorted her immediately removed her to Adelaide Hospital, where she died shortly afterwards.

TEACHER'S NEW RESIDENCE.

The tender of Mr. F. Fricker for the erec- tion of-a new residence for the teacher at the Oodlawirra public school for £869 19/ has been accepted.

DEATHS AT THE HOSPITAL.

The following patients, whose relition» ans unknown, or reside beyond the limits of the State, died at the Adelaide Hospital during the half-year ended December 31: Walter Bradley (78). ruptuied strangulated hernia; John Driscoll (71), heart disease; Michael Moore (53). cancer of ventricub: ? John James Ryan (32), pulmonary tubercu-

losis;, George Lloyd (l8), pulmonary tuber 1 culosis; John Jelfrey (36), pulmonary tuber-

culosis; Louis Temery (S3), cancer of oeso- phagus; Wiliiam Barrett (C5), hcemorrhagic colins; Henry Gribble (52), cancer of tongue; Agnes Howard (74), cancer' uteri; Richard Lloyd (71), meningitis.

DEATH AFTER AN ACCIDENT.

Dr. Poulton reported to the City Watch house authorities on Thursday evening that a man, named Davidson, an engineer, had died that evening at Miss Hand's private hospital in Hutt-street. Death was the re- sult «of injuries' received on December 24 last, when the deceased sustained a fni6 tured skull as a result of an accident on the Murray River.

THE ADELAIDE HOSPITAL.

A statement of accounts in connection with the Adelaide Hospital for the year

ended December' 31 last siiowf* that tin

amount of contrilutions, including 10 per cent, on all Ufe contributors' donations, was £911 1/6, and the expenditure was £18,057 14/2. Under the provisions of the Hospital Act Amendment Act of 1881 the contributors arc not entitled to elect any members of the board for the curreut year, as the contributions were less than one-sixth of the .expenditure. The amount of expen- diture mentioned does not include the Con- sumptive Home, £1,S40 12/. and the infec- tious diseases block, £301 2/.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments have been made by the Government:-Mounted-Con- stable Dailey to be district registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, for Talunga, in place of Mr- Thornton, resigned; George Orr, sub-inspector of pólice, to lie inspector under the Shearers' Accommodation Act, Mounted-Constable Peter Thornton to be representing officer for Destitute Board at Petersburg, vice Mounted-Constable OIT. resigned: Jiounted-Constable Frank Mc- Ewen and Mounted-Constable Harold Bayley to be inspectors under the Health Act,

1898.

SCHOOLBOYS AND STUDENTS FROM

INDIA.

One recent result of Dr. Arthur's letters in the Anglo-Tndian press has been a num- ber _ of enquiries from parents who are willing to send their sons to Australia to be educated. One gentleman wishes to place his son at the Ballarat or some other School of Mines; another stat« that this year he proposes to spend twenty-one months' leave in Australia, and if he likes the country will take up land and settle his family here, placing his son at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Others, whose sons are at school, either at a hui station in India or in Eugland, sug- gest withdrawing them from these and finding Australian schools for them, as the fathers state their intention of settling here when they retire..and so wish their boya to acquire a colonial education. The Im- migration League of Australasia invites the principals of schools, and also private in- dividuals, who are prepared to undertake the care of young people, to send particu- lars to the otfice of the league at 14, Moore street, Sydney.

Mr. P. Hogan, chairman of direct ors, and Mr. G. Crowley, managing director, of the City Mutual Life'Aiwuraiiee Society, who recently paid a visit to Adelaide, have de- cided to extend the operations of the so cieyt to this State. Mr. A. Graham Walo, of "Broken Hill Chambers, has been ap- pointed manager for South Australia.

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