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  2. VARIETIES,

    If you were at the North Pole freezing, what animal would you wish to be? A little [?]otter. A sensible writer puts his strength into his arguments. A silly one puts his epithets. ...

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  3. SUPREME COURT.—IN BANCO.

    Mr. Belt applied for an order to have this cause set down for trial. He explained that the defendant was the widow of one Custance, deceased, who, at the time of his death, was in partnership with the plaintiff. The suit was instituted ...

    Article : 910 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    There are great and increasing troubles on the diggings resulting from the presence of the Chinese. Much disaffection exists, and the resistance to the tax is rapidly spreading. ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. CRAFERS.

    Present—All the members. Letter read from contractor on Mount Lofty road, stating that the work was completed. Ordered to be inspected. Accounts were passed for payment amounting to 42l.16s. ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. EAST TORRENS.

    Present—Messrs. Mitehell (Chairman), Baye, Sutton, and Norton. Various letters were read, and the Clerk ordered. to reply to them. ...

    Article : 290 words
  7. POLICE COURT—PORT ADELAIDE.

    VAGRANCY.—James Reley, charged with loitering about without visible means of subsistance, and not giving a satisfactory account of himself, made an incoherent statement that he had been in the Lunatic Asylum lately. From the ...

    Article : 131 words
  8. PRICE OF MEAT.

    Sir—In your issue of Tuesday last you invited discussion relative to the high price of butcher's meat, and I hoped some one ere this would have responded. No one having done so, I feel a desire to ...

    Article : 678 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY SPORTING.—We have been favoured with a copy of the following list of winners received in Adelaide from Sydney by private telegram, on 3rd June. ...

    Article : 141 words
  10. NOTICES OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE DAY.

    NOTICE OF MOTION:— l. Captain BAGOT— "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances connected with the conveyance of the English ...

    Article : 683 words
  11. PORT ADELAIDE CORPORATION.

    Present—His Worship the Mayor, Councillors French and Wald. SURVEY OF THE PORT. His WORSHIP stated that the survey[?] was being proceeded ...

    Article : 405 words
  12. PUBLIC TELEGRAM.

    The following was yesterday posted outside the Telegraph Office:— MELBOURNE SHIPPING. Port Phillip Heads, June 3. ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. INSOLVENCY COURT.

    This was an adjourned meeting for the choice of a Trade Assignee. Mr. E. T. Smith was appointed to that office. In re CASPER HEINRICH DORNHEGGE, This was a first hearing. ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. GAWLER CORPORATION.

    Present—His Worship the Mayor. Alderman Martin, Councillors Nott, McLaren, Howard, Harris, and Coulson. Letter read from the Under Secretary stating that repairs of South Para and Willaston[?] bridges would be effected by ...

    Article : 266 words
  15. LOCAL COURT—ADELAIDE.

    ELDER AND OTHERS V. WEDIN.—This case had been held over from Thursday. It was a claim against Captain Wedin, of the ship Solly, for 22l. ins., the value of 45 gallons of sherry, deficient from two casks consigned to Messrs. ...

    Article : 938 words
  16. THE LABOR QUESTION.

    Sir—Not content with the laurels of being the champion of the new Property Act, your contemporary puts forward his pretensions as the arbiter of the immigration question also. ...

    Article : 781 words
  17. THE HEALTH OFFICERS.

    Sir—It has been a matter of no unfrequent occurrence of late, that vessels arriving from beyond the province have not been boarded by the Health Officer or his assistants, in proof of which I will mention ...

    Article : 294 words
  18. GLENELG CORPORATION.

    Present—Mr. Monteith (Mayor), Alderman Barklay, Councillor Wicksteed, Wright, Trevenon, J. Muirhead, W. R. Wigley (Town Clerk), W. Hodges (Surveyor). Sealed tenders for 'painting bridge, for culverts, fIlling-up ...

    Article : 80 words
  19. CLARENDON.

    Present—All the members except Mr. Chandler. Omissions in the assessment to be entered and the necessary notices to be given. Mr. Cumming applied with reference to road from sections ...

    Article : 93 words
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    EXCESSIVE GLUTTONY.—Samuel Osborne, aged 55, went to the shop of a butcher at Stratford, Essex, to purchase ¾lb. of beef-steak. The steak when cut weighed more than deceased required, and the surplus ...

    Article : 923 words
  21. BRIGHTON.

    There being no quorum, the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, June 14. ...

    Article : 16 words
  22. ONKAPARINGA.

    Present—All the members. Clerk reported that the tracings regarding roads at Sections 4000 and 100, and at 5106 and 5109 had been forwarded. Resolved, that all streets or townships coming under the ...

    Article : 204 words
  23. STOCKADE CHAPLAINCY.

    Sir—As the Estimates are about being passed, and retrenchment appears to be the order of the day, could not the £150 per annum, voted for religious instruction at the Stockade, be saved? ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. PARA WIRRA.

    Present—Mess[?]s Blackham (in the chair), Harvey, Hooper, and Shillabeer. The Pound-book was examined, and found correct. Paid over, ll. 9s. ...

    Article : 119 words
  25. GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES.

    Sir—As a working man and a voter, I would like to know if it is right for a member of Parliament to supply the Government with anything, because I knows as Duffield and Turner supplies them with ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. BREMER.

    Present—Messrs. Rankine (Chairman), Adamson (afterwards Chairman), M'[?]enzie and Paterson. Received, Treasury receipt for 50l., paid on account of the Milang Jetty. ...

    Article : 171 words
  27. POLICE COURT—ADELAIDE.

    DRUNKENNESS.—J. Spencer pleaded guilty of being drunk, but urged his poverty as an excuse for the offence. He was discharged with a caution. Ellen Jones, an old offender, answered to a similar charge. She acknowledged her crime, ...

    Article : 903 words
  28. OUR INDIAN ARMY.

    The valor and the endurance of our army in the Crimea, the glories and the sufferings of our troops in India, whose deeds shine with unparalleled brilliancy in the pages of the world's history, have during ...

    Article : 1,847 words
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    AN IRISHMAN'S LETTER.—The following is the true copy of a letter received in Boston from across the water:—"Tipperary, Ireland, March 27, 1856. My dear Nephew,—I have not heard anything of ye sens ...

    Article : 342 words
  30. PORT GAWLER.

    Present—All the members, except Mr. Wilkinson. Clerk to advertise and Gazette annual meeting of ratepayers. James Wilson appointed to take charge of public cemetery. ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. GREEK VERSUS ENGLISH.

    Sir—When I was a youngster I was taken to see a relative, who was receiving his education at Christ's Hospital. Here among hundreds of blue-coated, yellow-stockinged, closely cropped, and most uncouth ...

    Article : 433 words
  32. ANGASTON.

    Present—Messrs. Wm. Clark (Chairman), A. Shannon, J. Bidgway, and H. H. B. Pepperell. The following applications for publicans[?] and slaughtering licences were received:—Mrs. Amelia Wilhelmina Young, ...

    Article : 222 words
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