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MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1892.
The one particular of last week's pro- <*>
ceedings in connection with the Broken
Hill strike which can be reviewed with
satisfaction is the manner in which the
! crisis of Thursday and the following days
j was tided over. The degree of absten
j tion from anything that could be con-
I strued as actual violence—under circuni
> stances that undoubtedly afforded provo
cation—and the extremely limited amount
iof disorder, reflect credit on the miners
themselves and on the good sense of those
by whom they are guided. It would have
' been better, of course, if there had been
nothing of the kind at aIL Any breach
'of the law, however slight, is bound to
j bring discredit on those who are guilty of
it, and to injure the cause to which they
belong. The general welfare of the com
munity must be held superior to the inte
rests of any particular class, and for that
reason lawlessness in any form can
not be tolerated. Keeping well to
windward of the law is an essen
tial clement of permanent success in
any enterprise. The perception of such
facts as these has impelled the most re
sponsible men among those who are out
on strike to use ail their influence on
behalf of the u.aintenance of order, and,
on the whole, with signal effectiveness.
The magnitude and difficulty of their task
can only be appreciated when all the sur
roundings are taken into view. When
these are fully considered—the weeks of
weary waiting, the irritation and unrest
engendered by irksome idleness, the
heterogeneous and immense mass of
persons directly concerned, the intensity
of excitement necessarily produced aa the
situation gradually developed, and the
extent to which their worldly all was in*
volved—the men may fairly be congra
tulated on having kept themselves so
well in hand. Among so many thou
sands there are sure to be a few tur
bulent and intractable spirits in whose
case passion gets the better of prudence.
Without in the least excusing them or ex
tenuating their fault it is only fair to re
member how swiftly excited feelings rise
when there is a crowd swayed by a com
mon impulse. To regard lawbreakers as
innocent would be absurd, but to repre
sent one or two incidents as typical of a
policy to which they are diametrically op
posed would be monstrous. The authori- '
tics at Broken Hill have exercised suffi
cient severity in dealing with offenders to
justify the impression that they have
meant to exhibit a deterring example. |
Perhaps the sentences on Cox and Keough
may serve as warnings during the further
continuance of the trouble. We cherish :
the hope, however, that it is nearly at an
end. In that case, if peace and order are
maintained, surely in these instances
mercy may temper justice, and a mitiga
tion of the penalty may be allowed.
By far the most serious question for
the | miners at Broken Hill to con
sider at tlie present time is along
which of the two courses open
before them their true interests lie.
There is considerable danger of atten
tion being diverted to side issues and
subordinate considerations. In the*pro
gress of events certain elements have
necessarily come in that are liable to usurp
too much importance. Prominent among
these are the sentimental aspects of the
case. A certain tenacity of purpose has
grown, and with it a longing for victory
for its own sake, which includes a feeling
that defeat means disgrace. These are
ugly words, and the ideas they clothe are
eminently out of place when what is purely
a business matter is in consideration. As
between the two contending parties there
ought not to be anything like the feeling
that animates hostile forces. They are
not naturally enemies. On the contrary,
they are mutually dependent, and both
belong to the same commonwealth. la
view of the approaching termination
of their dispute—which cannot go
on for ever—the right principle to cherish
is that which dictated General Grant's
famous order at the end of the war be
tween North and South. He forbade any
demonstrations of triumph, remarking
that the former combatants were really
brothers, and added, " We must not even
hurt their feelings now." Sentiment is
all very well in its place, but it should not
be permitted to govern absolutely. The
vital question is which line of conduct
will yield the best results. It should not
be forgotten that Bince the beginning of
the campaign the battle-ground has been
changed. Two months have made a
enormous difference. The drop in the
value of silver is a factor that cannot be
lost sight of. Its bearing on the entire
subject is forcibly pointed out in the state
ment made by Mr. Howell which we
published on Saturday. Hence the
miners will consult their own in
terests by considering the situation
in the light of his significant words.
It appears probable that if they choose
they may prolong the struggle for not
only weeks but months to come. Both
sides indeed have developed a capacity of
resistance far greater than was expected
at the outset. The mines have not
collapsed, and the shareholders have not
weakened the directors' hands. On the
other side the resources of the A.M.A.,
reinforced by large contributions from
outside and husbanded by skilful arrange
ments for distributing help which have
revealed an organising capacity worthy of
high praise, are proving equal to a con
tinued strain. These resources are still
very far from being exhausted; but still
the question recurs whether any adequate
advantage will be gained by drawing upon
them to the utmost.
Outside of Broken Hill, and apart from
the men who are directly concerned in the
straggle, its termination is desired with
increasing earnestness. The trade of the
town is paralysed, collateral industries far
and near are stopped, the general revenue
of this colony is largely diminished, and
many thousands of people are suffering
more or less. Here in Adelaide a dull
season is made duller, and in very many
families the effect is felt acutely. Hun*
dreds of men who have nothing to gain
by the success of either side are forced to
endure severe losses by the blight that
has fallen on their ordinary avocations.
It is quite possible that in places far re
moved from the Barrier mines cases may
be found of a more distressing character
through the loss of income than in the
locality itself. Members of the various
charity organisations could tell a harrowing
story of the scenes they witness almost daily
and the tales they have to hear. Among
the men who are out of employment
through the stoppage of the mines and
other works to which the mines have given
activity are many who have left their
wives and families in other parts of the
colony. For several weeks they have
been unable to send the usual remittances,
and meanwhile necessary expenses have
absorbed the small accumulated savings.
It is pitiable to know of the plight to
which women and their children are re
duced by no action of their own or of the
breadwinner on whom they depend.
Their case is aggravated by the fact that
no possible compensation can come to
those of them who are. as it were, only
secondarily affected by the issue of the
the strike, their incomes being derived
from say Tarrawingee, Dry Creek, or
Islington. The prevalence of terrible
deprivation in so many homes through
the diversified ramifications of this great
national calamity emphasises the current
anxiety that it may promptly come to a
close.
Foe about a mouth the Victorian budget
debate dragged its slow length along with
scai celj an episode to relieve its tedium.
Then came Sir Henry Wrtson's amend
ment, which was promptly voted out, and
monotony returned. During the greater
part of the discussion the proportion of
useful criticism to the amount of talk has
been about that of Falstuff s poor " half
pennyworth of bread to an intolerable
deal of sack." It w;is generally disagree
able work that the Legislative Assembly
seemed bound to do, and at the same time
it was profoundly dull. The situation in
tLe House faithfully represented that out
side, and depression reigned supreme.
When the heads of a family in bad times
get trying to square their accounts they
commonly have a rather gloomy experi
ence. The income, will not stretch be
yond a certain limit, contrive how they
may, and no adding up the figures in a
different order makes the total any
more. It is worse on the other side. To
pare down the fishmonger's bill means to
increase the butcher's, and to stop the
children's allowance of sugar is not only
hard lines but will be followed by their
taking it out in something else. Many
members of Parliament have talked very
much as they might have done at such a
family confabulation, and with corres
pondingly unsatisfactory results. The
truth is that the Government have grasped
the nettle boldly, but a good many of
those who have tried to do so in a more
gingerly fashion have only got stung by
the contact. The country at the time of
the elections had a definite policy before
' it, and with regard to financial matters
[ there were at least three duties declared
to be imperative by general consent. These
were to put the finances of the colony
lon a sound footing, to introduce
! radical reforms in the railway adminis
i tration, and to effect a consider
able retrenchment in the public service.
The Government claim that they have
embodied the will of the people in their
j policy, and that the House has a mandate
from the constituencies to carry it out.
Yet, however fally the general aud abstract
■ principles may be admitted, the details are
I of such a character as make their reduc
■ tion to practice unpleasant in many
1 quarters. ; Every one whose interests are
prejudicially affected is sure to squirm,
and a good many cannot help crying out.
Hence the nibbling and nagging which
have gone on day after dayand week after
week ; nothing really effective or states
manlike being evolved in the way of pro
tests or counter-proposals.
The most noteworthy opposition to the
Government programme came when the
debate seemed as if it were going to fizzle
out, and was of a kind little likely to win
general approval. Sir Bryan O'Loghlen,
with unconscious Hibernian humor,
propounded the theory that the way
to get out of the difficulty was by
returning to lavish expenditure. What
was wanted according to him was
merely a bold policy. Before its
beneficent influence the deficit and the
depression would instantly disappear, and
like the baseless fabric of a vision leave
notawrackbehind. Neither retrenchment
nor economy was in the least degree neces- j
sary. The main trouble was occasioned j
by there being so many thousands of un
employed. Very well, Baid Sir Bryan,
employ them all, and the difficulty will
vanish at once. Such a remedy for press
ing evils is something like that of the
sympathetic princess •who said that if
the poor people could not get
i bread they ought to eat cake.
The suggestion that by borrowing money
: freely and spending it liberally
prosperity would certainly be secured has
such a rich Irish flavor that one can hardly
take it seriously, and yet no doubt the
learned author of it was very much in
earnest. He laid all the blame for the
present state of affairs on the shoulders
of Mr. Munro, who would persist in try
ing to make the revenue of the country
meet its liabilities. This is about on a
par with the famous Beau Brummell's
comment on a deceased acquaintance of
his—"No wonder he died poor; he frit
tered away his money paying his debts."
Sir Bryan seems to have exercised some
influence over those of his fellow-members j
who had Irish blood in their veins, for one
of them, Mr. W. T. Carter, at the late
division left the Government corner and
voted with the Opposition. This gentle
man's change of attitude is due to his ob
jection to retrenchment in the public
service, and that is easily accounted
for. <The railway workshops are in
his constituency, and he has felt himself
compelled to espouse the cause of those
whose incomes are curtailed by the new
administration. His plea of injustice,
however, will not bear examination. It
is undeniable that the bloated public
service of Victoria and the extravagance
of the railway department are largely
responsible for the prevailing difficulty.
Equally certain it is that those who have
been sustained thereby have hitherto
suffered less than other classes. Indeed
the general depression by cheapening
house rent and commodities has made
rather for the advantage than otherwise
of all who have had fixed incomes and !
regular employment. The general interest j
requires the pruning away of overgrowth,
and there is no intrinsic injustice in
Government servants sharing to some
extent the fortunes of producers and
j artisans.
I Out of the medley of generally feeble
and ineffective criticism of the budget
there emerged at length something which,
to use an Americanism, it was hoped that j
the discontented of all classes might tie
to. This was the omission from Sir
Graham Berry's scheme for raising
revenue of an income tax and a pro
perty tax. It was like the string dipped
in a chemical solution on which it was
I expected that the particles would crystal
j lise. Sir Henry.AVrixon was authorised
i to make the experiment, and, as we know,
I it resulted in an ignominious failure. All
I that the Opposition gained by it was the
i transfer to their ranks of some three or
j four members formerly Government sup
! porters, but the number of the deserters
I was too few and their influence too slight
!to make any practical difference. What-
I ever may be said about the abstract merits
I of the suggested imposts—and we admit
j that in this respect the arguments used
| have considerable force—the answer Jof
j the Government to the challenge of its
| policy is reasonable. The covert design
I of those who make the attack is to break
■ down the fiscal policy which has become
' firmly established and to which Victoria
' owes so much. An attempt of that kind
: would be perilous at any time, but is
doubly so at the present juncture. The
position of the colony just now is such
that it cannot afford to make risky experi
ments. Hence instead of introducing
what is novel the Cabinet has judiciously
resolved to adhere to methods that have
borne the test of several years' expe
rience. If the expansion of existing
sources of revenue will meet current re
quirements it will be better to rely upon
j them than to adopt a plan that may prove
j worse than a failure by working in
juriously. These considerations have
! shaped the Government policy, which is
' approved by the majority of the Legis
: lative Assembly and fairly holds its own.
; His Excellency the Governor and Major-
G ccci al Downee, and probably several members
1 of the Ministry, will pay an official visit of in
-1 epection to Forts GlanviUe and Largs to-day.
' The party will leave Adelaide by the 25 minutes
! to 12 train. After Fort GlanviUe haa been
i visited, the party will have luncheon at Largs
I Hotel, afterwards going on to Largs Fort, where
active military operations will be carried out
under Lieutenant Colontl Gordon. Arrange
meats have been made to inspect the
Permanent Force at fiwgo, indmding the
contingent of men destined for the psrb at
King George's Sound.
Sir William Jervois will arrive in Adelaide
from Wellington by train at 9.45 this morning.
The Premier states with referenoe to the tele
graphed report of the meeting of the Silverton
Tramway Company published in The Adver
tiser ot Saturday that the Government have
been notified by the company that unless an
agreement is approved by the South Australian
Parliament before September SO they will pur
chase tbeir own plant and conduot the wholo
of their business and haulage operations on
their own account. This determination has
been expressed on several occasions daring tha
pact two or three yeara. At present Mr.
Holder cays he has nothing more to communi
cate.
Although the recent wet weather has maoh
interfered with the work, excellent progress
has been made with the new parade ground on
the banks of the Torrena in the old polios
paddock. Owing to the nature of the ground
a large amount of filling in has to be done, and
it will be a considerable time before the whole
of the paddook is levelled. The parade ground
will be 130 yards long from ea3t to west and
90 yards wide. It will be made firm by means
of metal, and will be covered with screenings.
Several grass plots will be laid out and a
number of trees planted in the neighborhood,
bo that eventually the site will be of mtuti at*
tractive appearance instead of the eye3ora
which it has been for many years.
At the reoent show in Melbourne of tha
Victoria Agricultural Society, South Australia
carried off a good number of prizes. Among
others the cheep from Kadlunga, belonging to
bis Honor the Chief Justice, secured a high
place. They competed in six classes, and took
four first, three seoond, and two third prizes.
Mr. Bea.ttie, a Victorian, took two first and
two second prizes in the same classes, and a
first prize in a class in which there was no
competition. The Kadlunga sheep were greatly
admired, and at the subsequent sale fetched
prices in advance of any offered. The sale,
however, was dull and dispirited, especially for
cattle, and very nnlike former years. Tae
show from Kadlunga reflected great credit on
Mir. F. Weston, manager of the estate.
Whether the small attendanoe at Mr. Jas.
Gordon's daily levee on Saturday is doe to a
lack of vigilance on the part of the "fooroe"iti?
difficult to say, but on Saturday the prooeed
ings at the Police Court were over a few
minutes after 10 o'clock. One solitary "drank"
put in an appearanoe, and he was immediately
disposed of with a 6s. fine.
Special arrangements have been made for
late trains ani trams for those attending the
Mayor's ball on Wednesday evening. Trains
will leave the city for the Semaphore, stopping
at all the intermediate stations, and for Glenelg
at Lls a.m., and trams will,leave at L 45 foe
North Adelaide and Kensington.
A meeting of the committee of the Blind and
Deaf and Dumb Institution was held atthe Arbi
tration-room, Madborough Chambers, Way
mouth-Btreet, on Friday, there being present
Sir John Colton (president) in the chair. Sit
Edwin Smith, and Messrs. James Scott,
(vice-president), G. W. Hawfces, B.M.
(treasurer), D. Nook, A. Spenoe, J. Carnow,
J. Pawning (Mayor of Brighton), W.
Bickford, and R. Knowles, the superin
tendent (Mr. Samuel Johnson), and the
secretary (Mr. Eoffe Searey). A sub-com
mittee reported that the verandah floor had
been relaid and cemented, and that the work
hadjseen performed in a thoroughly satis
factory manner. The report of the meeting of
the ladies' committee held on Monday,
August 22, when there were present Lsdy
Colton, and Mesdames Sanerbier and Either,
and the acting secretary {bliss Calton), was
read and adopted. The superintendent re
potted that the present number of inmates
was 46—12 blind and 34 deaf—the
whole of whom, with one exception, were
in good health. A library wasMttuch needed
at the institution for the use of the deaf
mutes. The mayor of Brighton, Mr. Nock,
and Mr. Kither were appointed a sub-'
committee to examine tenders for bread,
meat, groceries, &a, and to report to the
general committee. The president reported
that the sub-committee appointed to endeavor
to get increased eubseriptions had sent out
circulars and collecting-cards to all corpora
tions and district councils throughout the
colony. An application for the admission as a
free inmate of a deaf mute lad, aged seven
teen years, was granted; the lad to be admitted
on probation for three months. The treasurer
reported that he bad received from Mr. C. W>
Cbinner the sum of £8 ss. 6d., being the net
proceeds of a concert given in the Brighton
Town Hall on August 9 by ladies and gentle
men residing at Parkside and neighborhood.
A vote of <Jimil™ was awarded those who
kindly took part in the concert, and likewise
the Mayor and Corporation of Brighton, who
lent the Town Hall without charge for the
performance. The receipts were—Subscrip
tion account £47 Bs. 61., and tnaintenanoa
account £26 55., there being a debit balance
at the bank of £412 16s. Accounts were
passed for payment amounting ..to £180 16a.
6d., in which is included the cost of board and
lodging of five young persons previously in
the institution at Brighton, but who are now
in the Industrial School for the Blind at
North Adelaide, where they are baing in
structed in brash and basket making.
The Pharmaceutical Sjoiety, whioh was
established in 1886. has been steadily ad
vancing ; its efforts of late years being chiefly
directed to obtaining a Pharmacy Act. This
has at last been accomplished and the regal*«l
tionE approved by the Governor, having been
before Parliament for the required period, are
now law. The board, therefore, is prepared to
register those whose applications are correct
and credentials satisfactory. The Pharma
ceutical Society is also having numerous fresh
applicants for membership, its new by-laws
of February, 1892, giving extra advantages to
those desiring to become members. The
operation of the new regulations commenced
on July 1 last, when the president and vice
president retired so as to give them more tima
for council duties. The newly-elected pre
sident (Mr. W. J. Main) and the vics-pre
eident (Mr. Radcliffe) were previously mam.
hereof the council.
Under the heading of "An Australian Itm
Mountain, 9 Iron of July 22 states*—Forty
miles from Port Augusta, Spacer's Gulf,
South Australia, is an immense deposit of
iron, reaching a height of some 800 ffc abave
the level of the plain, which promises in point
of extent and quality to eclipse any of the
wonderful "mountains of iron" which from
time to time are discovered in the United
States. The colonial ferriferous elevation,
which has been appropriately christened the
lion Monarch, was, it seems, acquired two or
three years ago by a syndicate, not for
the iron which it might produce, but for the
tilver which experts believed most lie under
the ferric surface. The eanguine expectations
of the company were, however, never destined
to be realised. The Iron Monarch boob
showed that it was not going to belie its name,
and that its superficial thow was an accurate
efltx of its interior —in short that it was never
intended by nature, as its anxious explorers
has fondly imagined, to prove a rival to
the famous Broken HiU. It is never
theless probable that the Irjn Monarch
will, in course of time, become as graat
an iron mine, or rather quarry, as the
celebrated bill in New South Wales with the
disreputable title is a silver mine, which is
equivalent to saying that it will eventually be
the largest iron mine in the world. At present
the owners cf the Iron Monarch are undecided
with respect to the probable best markets for
their ore, which is said to assay from 95 to ST
per cent, of iren oxide. But negotiations are
in progress, and the full development of tins
remarkable mine is apparently within measure
able distance of consummation.
A correspondent writing on " The Money of
the World" says :-Mulhall (18S0) gives the
money of the world at-Gold, £698.000.000;
silver, £491,000,000; paper, £751,003.080;
total, £1,940,000,000. From 1800 to 1870 the
value of gold was about 15£ times that of
silver (the ratio so called); from 1870 (Fraooo-
German war) to 1880 it was lGj times the valua
of silver; now, 1892, the ratio is fully 34 to L.
Ficm lfcoO to ISSO the world consumed, by
melting down plate, &c, 4,230 tons of euvec

note than it mined. Yet it is gravely asserted
that the fall in the value of silver has been
caused by an overabundant eapply of the
metal.
The earthworks in connection with the
Blyth and Gladstone railway are (uys the
Area* Exprets) practically finished M far aa
Georgetown, the exception being a large
cutting now being taken out by contract
about two miles down. Earthworks are now
in progress and nearly completed to 14 miles
on Gulnare. The gang started work this week
*boot two miles from Yacka and working
back towards Gulnare. Tenders for rook
catting abeut the 21-mflepoet have been
-? received, and a start will probably be |tnada
next week. At the Blyth end the earthworks
•re nearly complete to a distance of five miles.
Tenders for taking out cuttings in the vicinity
of Yaoka will be called next week. About 459
men are employed in aIL
Electricity (says a writer in the London
Horticultural Timet) is about to find fall em
ployment in horticulture. Spring vegetables
we hear, are already being forced by its aid for
the market. There is no doubt that roses and
other flowers can be made to bloom mare
plentifully and more profitably with its assis
tance. In short, the discovery affords promise
of possibilities not yet estimated. It has been
found that lettuce is particularly susceptible to
the influence* of the electric light, by means oE
which it can be grows for market in two
thirds the uEual length of time. Other vege
tables respond likewise in varying degrees.
Bat everything depends upon the proper re
gulating of the light, and how to do this can
only be learned by careful study of the results
produced under all sorts of conditions. The
tffect of electrioity being to hasten maturity
too much of it causes lettuce to ran to seed
befote the edible leaves are formed. It must
not be imagined that electrioity is employed
for such purposes as a substitute for sunUght.
It ie merely used in a supplementary fashion.
MJeEsre. Edwards, Dtmlop, & Co., of Sydney,
have sent us a valuable pamphlet relating so
"The Labor Party in New South Wales,"
giving a history of its formation and legisla
tive career, together with biographies o£ the
members, and the complete text of the
"Trades Disputes Conciliation and Arbitra
tion Act" of 1892. The book contains an a
vignette an excellent portrait of Sir Georga
Grey. The contents are divided into seven
parts showing (1) the events which led up
to the formation of the party; (2) biographies;
<3) the party in Parliament; (4) the defeat of
the Parkas Government; (5), the general work
of the party ; (6), the labor municipal plat
form; and (7) the Trades Disputes Concilia
tion and Arbitration Act. The Bams firm of
publishers have also sent us " Notes on Capital
and Finance in Australasia," by Mr. Edward
Pnleford.
Mr. H. Hampeon, advertising agent, of
Leigh-etreet, has cent ns a list of South Aus
tralian newspapers with the dates of publica
tion.
We have received from the Church Office a
copy of the Year-book of the Church of Eng
land in the diocese of Adelaide for 1892. It
contains reports of the proceedings of the
thirty-eighth annual session of the Synod and
cf the Bishop's Home Mission, with a dio
cesan almanac. The volume is prefaced by
sn interesting article on "The Church of
yngl«nrt in Australia and Tasmania," while
it contains much information concerning the
institutions and government of the diocese o£
Adelaide, in addition to a detailed directory of
the clergy.
The S.A. Poultry and Dog Society will
bold their annual show next Wednesday and
Thursday, the latter day offering an excellent
opportunity for the public to visit it. The
committee decided on having the show later
this year so as to give the public this chance,
though some of the fanciers were opposed to it
as being too late. His Excellency -.the Gover
nor and Lady Eintore have notified their inten
tion of visiting the show on Wednesday after
coon at half-past 4. The entries are numerous
and the classes most largely represented are :—
Zn dogs—Collies, S& Bernards, fox terriers, and
epaniels; and in poultry—Game, malay, lan
thanf, brabmas, plymouth rooks, Spanish,
minorcas, leghorns, andalusians, and pekinand
tonen ducks. Some classes of pigeons and
canaries are also well to the fore. Victoria will
be represented in dogs, poultry, and pigeons, as
■well as many of our provincial towns. The
public are reminded that dogs are on view on
both days in the daytime only, as the Northern
Annexe is not fitted up with any artificial
light. There is a novelty in connection with a
special prize offered by Messrs. Nitechke an!
Co. for die most attractive exhibit in dogs, t >
be decided by the public by coupon voting, and
aealeof exhibits will be held at the show by
Messrs. Thyer & Co. on September 1 at 4
o'clock.
A service for young men will ba held at tha
V.M.C. A. Booms this evening.
An entertainment in connection with the
ilajlands Bible Christian Church will be given
this evening.
A complimentary concert and social to Mr.
O. E. Pasooe will be given in the Rechabite
Hall this evening.
The half-yearly meeting of G. F. Clelani
and Co, Limited, will be held at Broken Hill
Chambers at noon to-day.
t Mr. David Lindsay will lecture oa '^Ex
ploration" before the Australian Natives'
Association this evening.
The annual meeting of the Adelaide Philhar
monic Society will be held at the Widows'
fund Buildings, Grenfell-street, this evening.
It is announced elsewhere that arrangements
have been made for con tinning school duties at
the Glenelg Grammar School.
This is the last day for receiving tenders for
catering, gates, and sideshows in connection
with the Journeymen Butchers' picnic
The preliminary competition at EGndmarah
in connection with the Literary Societies
Union competition for August 30 will not be
fceld.
The half-yearly meeting of the Port Wake
field Shipping Company will be held at the
company's offioe, Lipeon-Etreet, Port Adelaide,
this afternoon.
Tfce members' of the St. John's Literary
Society will give a variety entertainment in
aid of the funds of St. Paul's Church, Port
Adelaide, in the Oddfellows' Hall, DAle-street,
this evening.
An error occurred in Saturday'd Advertiser
in the leport of the fortune-telling case at (he
Police Court. It was stated that
the itifArm?inrai was dismissed with costs
against the defendant, whereas it should hare
been costs against the plaintiff.

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