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  2. GOLD FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TREASURY.

    Our Melbourne correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday:—For some time negotiations have been proceeding between the Prime Minister and the associated ...

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  3. THE HOLIDAYS.

    The following public holidays have been gazetted:—Friday, December 25; Saturday, December 26; Monday, December 28 (anniversary of the proclamation of the State); ...

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  4. VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FOR INSTITUTES.

    In order to raise the status of institutes and to assist the committees of management to acquire valuable books of general literature for their respective libraries, the ...

    Article : 268 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    Messrs. C. C. Driffield (Chairman), F. G. Davidson, A. N. Day, S. IT. Good, and C. M. Reid have been elected the committee of the Adelaide Circulating Library for the ...

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  6. AFTER OIL.

    Our Kingscote correspondent writes:—"Dr. Wade, the oil expert engaged by the Government to investigate and report on the possibilities of oil being discovered in ...

    Article : 75 words
  7. MILITARY WORKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archibald) has approved of expenditure in connection with various public works, included in which are the following:—South ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. WHERE MINERALS ARE SCARCE.

    Commenting upon the possibilities of discovering valuable minerals in the Musgrave and Everard Ranges country, the Assistant Government Geologist (Mr. ...

    Article : 276 words
  9. THE GOVERNMENT AND CHEAP FISH.

    On Wednesday morning the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. T. Pascoe), accompanied by Mr. W. R. Gave (owner of the trawler Simplon) and Mr. W. L. Summers ...

    Article : 460 words
  10. AN UP-TO-DATE LUBRA.

    A few struggling aborigines have been camping on the outskirts of the town lately (writes our Quorn correspondent). One lubra, who had been given some rather ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Sir Richard Butler) last week stated:—"Mr. Blundell, M.P., in his oration at the unemployed meeting, referred to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. THE ENGLISH LETTERS.

    Elder, Smith, & Co., Limited, have received advice that the R.M.S. Morea, from London, in due to arrive at Fremantle on Tuesday. December 1. and at Adelaide on ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. WHY POPPER IS CONTRABAND.

    One of the most important materials used in modern warfare is copper, used in the manufacture of shells and cartridge cases (writes the military expert of The ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. NORTHERN WATER SUPPLIES.

    The water supply in the Musgrave and Everard Ranges was investigated by the Government officials, who explored those regions between June and October, and ...

    Article : 471 words
  15. TRAMWAYS REVENUE.

    During the fortnight ended November 18 the electric cars carried 11580,740 passengers. The revenue was £11,317. a decrease of £328 compared with the takings for the ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. DIPHTHERIA IN SCHOOLS.

    There are still country districts from which cases of diphtheria among children are being reported. Tintinara, Keith, and Port Wakefield are recent instances, ...

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  17. THE RAILWAY SMASHES.

    The Railways Commissioner (Mr. A. B. Moncrieff, C.M.G.), when spoken to on Monday regarding the two smashes which occurred at the Adelaide Station last week ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. PROGRESS OF NEW RAILWAYS.

    The following statement indicates the progress of new railways for the week ended November 21:—Goodwood and Willunga line (divisions 1, 2, and 3), 31 miles ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. PAY UP, NEW SOUTH WALES!

    It is surely about time that some definite steps were taken by the Federal Government to enforce the payment by New South Wales of the expenditure incurred in ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. A FIERCE SHARK.

    Mr. G. C. Daviee, of Port Noarlunga. writes:—"One could not help admiring the pluck of the fishermen in this vicinity in their struggle with ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. WILLUNGA LINE STATIONS.

    The Railways Commissioner (Mr. A. B. Moncrieff, C.M.G.) has received 13 tenders for the construction of station buildings and goods sheds at Willunga, and that of ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. RAILWAY WORKS.

    The Railways Commissioner (Mr. A. B. Moncrieff, C.M.G.) has entered into the following contracts:—Clutterbuck Brothers, for supply and erection of pumping planta ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. THE CHURCH MILITANT.

    War terms, war similes and metaphors —scarcely a public meeting these days is without them. They figured very largely in the gathering at the Central Methodist ...

    Article : 362 words
  24. AN APPEAL TO LOYAL GERMAN AUSTRALIANS.

    Mr. A. F. Heinrich, of Yunta, writes:—"As one who has patiently, but vainly, waited for some one of greater ability to give this serious matter the requisite ...

    Article : 468 words
  25. NEW PASTORAL COUNTRY.

    According to a report by the Assistant Government Geologist, the far northern areas of this State—or at least the country through which the Musgrave and Everard ...

    Article : 496 words
  26. CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN'S ADMINISTRATORS.

    Mr. H. Howard Smith, of the firm of Howard Smith Company, returned to Melbourne by the mail steamer Malwa. Accompanied by Mrs. Smith, he left ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. SNAKES AT DENIAL BAY.

    Snakes have been rather plentiful again this season over on the west coast. Mr. E. McLaren recently killed a death adder at the goods sheds, and Mr. "Dad" ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. WITH THE BIRDSEEKERS.

    The ornithologists this year chose Mallacoota Inlet, Victoria, for their scientific rambles, and from that picturesque corner where the birds chant with uninterrupted ...

    Article : 271 words
  29. WHAT THE RAINS HAVE DONE.

    The recent rains in the northern districts of the State have added 361,000,000 gallons of water to the Bundaleer Reservoir. The total quantity of water now ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. CONSIDERING THE FARMERS.

    The steps recently taken by the Parilla Vigilance Committee (Mr. Murray Shannon, Chairman) to secure a modification of the railway demurrage regulations during ...

    Article : 127 words
  31. A DASTARDLY ACT.

    Some evil-minded poison on Monday night placed a large stone on the railway near to where the North and Port lines join, and the engine of the 10.20 Port train ...

    Article : 82 words
  32. EAST-WEST RAILWAY WIRELESS.

    According to the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archibald), arrangements are being made to equip the Transcontinental Railway works with wireless plants, so that ...

    Article : 76 words
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