Thursday, as Commemoration Day, the most popular holiday of the year, was blessed with the fine weather which has characterized in an unusual degree this Christmas week. ...
Article : 280 wordsThe record of the public works of the colony during the year just ended is satisfactory. In the Public Works Department the total expenditure during last financial year was ...
Article : 2,773 wordsThe record is one of progress on not quite so large a scale as last year. The expenditure then was £155,737 against £98,597 this year. No new buildings of any magnitude ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 wordsPatron, His Excellency Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B., Governor-in-Chief, &c.; Vice-Patrons, His Honor the Chief Justice (Mr. S.J. Way), the Hon J. C. Bray ...
Article : 4,465 wordsIn the official Moniteur of the 29th ultimo is published a long letter written by our new Governor, Monsieur Pallu de la Barriere, as one result of his visit to various parts of the ...
Article : 966 wordsThe Corney Point Lighthouse, finished at a cost of about £2,900, was brought into use on March 1. From the Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, for which the contract price was ...
Article : 99 wordsOn June, 1880, there were 4,915 miles of line and 6,496 miles of wire; 215 3/4 of line was erected in the intervening year, and 251 3/4 of wire. The number of telephones ...
Article : 66 wordsParticulars of the works carried out during the past year by the Hydraulic Engineer's Department have been furnished us. Owing to the resignation of the Hydraulic ...
Article : 1,301 wordsAs to roads (outside the boundaries of Corporations and District Councils) 600 miles have been made passable, at a cost of about £14,587. There are 3,687 miles of decfared main road ...
Article : 58 wordsThe first picnic in connection with the licensed draymen of Adelaide was held on the Hon. J. Crozier's grounds at Oaklands, on Thursday. The draymen number ...
Article : 258 wordsFORT GLANVILLE.—The sandhills at Fort Glanville have been removed and planted with rushes and shrubs to prevent sand drifting and to increase the range of the guns ...
Article : 108 wordsThe new works undertaken during the year have not been numerous, but the record is satisfactory. The Kingston pier has been completed. The old jetty has been left ...
Article : 827 wordsSir—I think it is well for the Board of Management of this valuable sanitary establishment to devise some means for keeping it clear of pickpockets. While bathing with ...
Article : 291 wordsThe 28th of December was a strictly observed holiday at Port Adelaide, the town being nearly deserted throughout the day. In the morning the wharfs presented a very ...
Article : 111 wordsThere were 4,000 passengers on the North Railway line, and 18,000 on the Port and Semaphore line on Commemoration Day. We have also been informed that 20,000 travelled ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Fri 29 Dec 1882, Page 6
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