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INTERCOLONIAL
ADELAIDE.
Mr Outhherteon the manager of the Ban
of South Australia, loavoB for Europe by the
mail stenmor to-day, He has boau the reci
pient of a presentation of plate from tho
officers of the bank,
The Minister of Education has opened
four large state Bchools daring the present
week;
There have boen sales of wheat at 5s 1 i d
afloat.
The mail steamer passed Oape Jorvls a4
eight o'olook.
General business is dull .
SYDNEY.
To'day is being observed as a general
holiday, boing the ninetieth anniversary of :
the settlement of tho colony,
The ABBombly, nftor rejecting Mr Stuart's
motion of censure last night, dealt with the
necessary supplies for the month, and then
adjourned,
It rained in several parts of the colony
.last night, and the downfall oontinoos in the
northern coast distriots. It is evidently
beating down from tho north.
Lord Belmoro is to be asked to undertake
the duties of representative commissioner
for New South Wales at the Paris Exhibi
tion.
The Sydney Rowing Club's four-oared
crew easily defeated that of the Mer
cantile Olub at tho anniversary regatta, Tha
race was won by five clear lengths.
"So," observed a friend to the fnthor of
a pupil who had carried off a prize at tho
Pnris Conservatoire "your son hns earned his
spurs." "Yes," replied the prnotioal siro; "nnd
now he has to earn his boots."
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