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  2. OUR VTNEYARDS AND ORCHARDS.

    Once more we must ask our readers to imagine themselves ascending that magnificent belt of hills encircling Adelaide, and to look down with us upon the vast panoramic landscape we hare had so ...

    Article : 951 words
  3. THE OPEN COLUMN.

    Under this heading—and subject to the conditions and regulations published in another column—we offer to our readers a medium for the free interchange of opinions upon topics of public interest, If temperately discussed, and ...

    Article : 59 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    By the arrival of the Rangatira we have intercolonial files to the following dates:—VICTORIA March 21. NEW SOUTH WALES March 17. ...

    Article : 778 words
  5. A GROWL.

    Sir—I desire to have a growl. I am in a very savage frame of mind towards many things and persons, and towards the newspaper press of Adelaide, and yourself to begin with. How can you ...

    Article : 951 words
  6. XVIII.—MORIALTA, THE RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN BAKER.

    If in the selection of the site of his residence at Morialta it was Mr. Baker's intention to be monarch of all he could survey therefrom, he has almost literally accomplished his object. He has built his house ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  7. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—As you will perceive by the reports of the Supreme Court the last few days action has been taken against the Corporation of Gawler by a warrant from the Equity side of the Supreme Court ...

    Article : 750 words
  8. FRIGHTFUL ERUPTION IN THE MOLUCCAS.

    A frightful volcanic eruption has taken place in the Moluccas. In the afternoon of the 28th December the sky to the south of Ternate gave signs of a conflagration and continued to do so until the following ...

    Article : 364 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Sydney Warning Herald, March 15, says :— " During the week we have received some startling announcements respecting these (the Lachlan) diggings. If the private information is true, they eclipse ...

    Article : 363 words
  10. A YANKEE SPEECH ABOUT THE WAR!

    The following is an extract from a Washington newspaper of a speech delivered on the presentation of the sword of honor to the captain of the San Jacinto ...

    Article : 756 words
  11. MR. TOWNSEND'S LECTURE.

    Sir—There are some men who are so profoundly impressed with the truth of every opinion that they form, that they think anyone who differs from them must be either a knave or a fool, while, in the absence ...

    Article : 608 words
  12. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.

    Sir—I do Dot know if you are aware of the fact that all the Regents of England from the time of William III., with the exception of William IV., died on a Saturday, viz. ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. THEORY OP THE SCREWDRIVER.

    Sir—With reference to a letter which appeared in your issue of the 26th February, signed " C. D.," in which, the writer put forward certain questions relative to the screwdriver, and called upon persons ...

    Article : 398 words
  14. TASMANIA.

    There are no items of interest in the news columns of the Tasmanian papers to hand. We take the following report of the Launceston markets from the Cornwall Chronicle ...

    Article : 197 words
  15. IMPORTANT DECISION IN INSOLVENCY.

    Colonial Legislature—Discharge of Debtor - Conflict of Laws.—[To an action on a bill of exchange the defendant pleaded a discharge under a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria, authorised by an ...

    Article : 986 words
  16. RETURN OF H.M.C.S. VICTORIA.

    H.M.C.S. Victoria, 7 guns, Captain Norman, from Gulf of Carpentaria (Suaeer's Island), on the 12th ult., is now in Keppel Bay for fuel, on her way to Moreton Bay. ...

    Article : 1,498 words
  17. GAWLER CORPORATION.

    Sir—The validity of the Gawler Corporation is, it appears, to be contested; and, on reading the proceedings of the body, I was much struck with the explicit and, full account of the steps taken by the ...

    Article : 415 words
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