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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
By way of experiment the mail signal
lamp on the Post-Office Tower will be lighted
at half-past 7 this (Saturday) evening.
We are requested to notice an adver-
tisement in another column, that Mr. J. W.
Daniel will commence a singing class at the
Town Hall, Norwood, on Monday evening.
To-day the Adelaide Amateur Athletic j
Olub will hold a field meeting on the Adelaide
Racecourse. There are a large number of entries
for some of the event** and a, good day's sport
may be anticipated.
We understand that Mrs. Jas. Pollard
sustained a slight sunstroke on Tuesday last;
but we are glad to learn that through the
prompt attention of Dr. Blood, serious results
were averted.— Kapunda Herald.
By the Oavbler Times we learn that the
Victoria Crushing Company is to be wound up.
Only 93 tons of cement had bees crashed
daring the half-year. This speaks discourag
ingly for the position and prospects of the
Barossa diggings.
It will be seen by an advertisement in
another column that the time of sailing of the
steamer Kangaroo for Wallaroo next week is
altered from "Wednesday to Tuesday, to suit the
convenience of consignees on the Peninsula,
next Friday being a, close holiday.
The following is Friday morning's
weather report from the interior:—"Bel tana,
R, light, fine; Stranways Springs, 8., light,
fine, warm; Peake, S., very light, dear, warm ;
Charlotte Waters, E.. light, clear, fine; Alice
Springs, S.E., light, fine, clear, pleasant;
Barrow's Creek, £~ moderate, fine; Tennant's
Greek, E., light, very fine."
We are informed that Mr. A. McDonald
met with a serious accident whilst coming to
town on Thursday morning. He was walking
beside his horse and cart, and, in attempting to
get in while it was in motion, he stumbled,
fell, and before he could recover himself the
wheel passed over his chest and right arm. He
was taken into a house close at hand, and Dr.
Maurau attended him. He is now lying in a
preoarieus state.
On Friday afternoon last Mr. Charles
Horlook, of Gould's Creek, got a nasty gore
from a cow. He was baling it np for milking
for Mrs. Smith, a neighbor, when the beast
turned short round, and inflicted a gore on the
inside of his thigh. Dr. Nott was sent for,
and found it was a "severe cut, some two or
three inches in length. He sewed it np, and
the patient is now progressing very favorably.
— OinoUr Tima.
Some weeks back indications of copper
were discovered in a section some three miles
from Strathalbyn, and we have now placed
before us by Mr. Joyce some specimens of black
ora taken from a lode which has resulted from
the subsequent search. It would be a fortunate
thing for this district if by the introduction of
capital a copper mine could be brought into
full work, and we hear that it is proposed to
form a company for the purpose.— Southern
Argus.
The Northern< Ai gui states that some
oae, feebly imitating the pranks of the Marquis
of "Waterf ord, has imposed as a ghost
upon a number of timorous and weak-minded
people in Clare. The apparition is described as
tall, with an elongated visage, spring heels, and
several chunmt of raiment. It prowls about,
dogs tie footsteps of unprotected females,
( knocks at doors, and indulges in divers other
freaks worthy ot the spirit of a rowdy convi
vialul, out upon his nocturnal rambles.
We have received the following abstract
of the trade and revenue returns of New
Zealand for the last quarter of 1871:—Total
imports, £1,085.410; total exports, £1,008,201.
Export* as f>Uows—Gold, £596,918; wool,
£256.420; barley, £1710; malt, £960; oats,
£8.435; wheat, £6,7<9; flax, £22.222; tallow,
£6.291; Kauri gum, £31,715; preserved meats,
£19.285. Bevenu-, £355,427 35., of which
£106.891 Us. 9i. ?as from land sales and rents,
and gold-fields revenue, &c. The European
population, as per census February 27, 187 L,
was 256,393. Ships entered, 201; tonusge,
78.791); cleared, 180; tonnage, 68,913.
The Northern Argus speaking of Clare
says :— ** The locusts have not yet quite de
serted our district, considerable detachments
remaining behind, as if to eat up every particle
of green vegetation that had been spared by the
main body. Flocks of a small species ot king
fisher have appeared in many places, and Beem
to feed greedily upon them, but the birds are
not sufficiently numerous to make any impres
sion on the insect plague. A correspondent
states that " one consequence of this visitation
his been a sudden cessation in the supply of
fresh butter, which has hitherto been unusually
abundant and cheap for this time of the year."
A preliminary meeting of the Norwood
Parliamentary Club was h-Id on Friday even
ing, the 220d iost., «.t Mr. Caterer's school-
room, BeuUh-road, Norwood, to decide upon
tbe course of procedure for the eiisuiui; session.
Mr. Laviagton Glyde, M.P., occupied the chair.
Thirty-eight geatlemen entered their names as
members; and Mr. Fred. H. Wigg mu reap
pointed Treasurer, and Mr. Bayfield Moulden
electe I to the o *ce of Clerk of the Club in the
place of Mr. TV. L Glyde. Tbe day and hour
of weekly meeting were fixed. The last session
closed with a satisfactory balance in the Trea
surer's hands; and the coming session is looked
forward to with great interest and every pros
pect of success, several of the gentlemen now
on the roll being new members. Mr. Glyde has
kindly consented again to occupy the position
of Speaker, and to him is mainly attributable
the past success of the Olub.
We are informed that it is the inten
tion of Mr. Roediger, of this town, to build &
mill in the vicinity of Gawler for the purpose
of dressing and preparing flax for the market.
The order has been already sent home for the
necessary machinery, which includes appliances
for the pressing and crushing of linseed ; and it
is expected that it will be ready for use in
plenty of time for next season's crop. This should
serve as an inducement for those fanners in
this neighborhood who have already commenced
the cultivation of flax to persevere and also en-
courage others to give it a trial. There is no
doubt that on land tuitable for the purpose (of
which there is said to be plenty in this and the
surrounding districts), and with ordinary care,
the crop is a highly profitable one, and will find
a ready market. We wish Mr. Boediger all the
success which his enterprise deserves.— Gawler
Times.
On Friday, March 22, a bazaar in aid
of th« funds of the local Institute was held at
Gumeracha. Recently two rooms were erected
at the rear of the Institute, at a coat of £90.
Towards this amount subscriptions and ar
ticles have been given worth about £50,
and it is anticipated that by this bazaar
the remaining portion of the sum required
will be made np. A debitdcg society holds
i'fl meetings at the Institute, which is the
oldest-established country Institute in the
colony, and these rooms will be very convenient
for the members. There was a very fair at
tendance, the township having an additional
number of visitors in consequence of the ihosr.
The articles at the bazaar were of the ordinary
kind—those usually found at bazaars—and a
very fair trade was done. Refreshments were
provided, and many availed themselves of the
means thus provided of obtaining a quiet cap of
tea or coffee and a. sandwich. The proceeds
were estimated at about £50.
A man was bitten on the foot whilst
going to a small waterhole on Mr. Yeates*
station—Tulloch Station, near Penola—on last
Wednesday (March 13). A ligature was imme
diately placed above the bitten part, which was
squeezed and scarified. Tobacco juice was
freely inserted in the wound. Vomiting com
menced half an hour after the bite was inflicted,
and continued incessantly with great faintness
till the man got to the station, where a small
piece of flesh round the wound was cat oat with
a. razsr, and the wound sucked, and after
wards blasted with gunpowder. Repeated
nips of whisky ware given. Vomiting confined
till 4 p.m., when drowsiness came on, anditwas
with great difficulty that the man was kept
awake. He was taken into Casterton at mid
night, vomiting at longer intervals, and strongly
disposed to sleep. On arriving at the medical
gentleman's house, he was pronounced to be not
like a person suffering from snake-bite, and he
seemed to be very hungry. He was given a.
ittle bread, which immediately brought on
vomiting, evidently only the result of the large
quantity of spirits previously administered.
There were no other symptoms, so after the
doctor had watchei him till 4 o'clock on Thurs
day morning, it was not thought necessary to
apply Halford's remedy. The man was taken
home, and vomitei a little the next day. The
snake either was very young, or else the imme
diate action taken, after the bite prevented any
bad results.— Spectator.
On Friday evening, March 22, the
Adelphian Class Meeting in the Christian
Chapel, Grote-street, held a tea and public en
tertainment in connection with the reassembling
of the class, after a vacation of three months.
The tea was provided in a first-class Btyla, and
was partaken of by a great number of friends.
After the tea a pnblic entertainment took
place, Mr. H. a Earl, M.A., the critic of the
class, presiding. The Chairman, in a short ad
dress, explained the objects of the class—to in
crease the Scriptural knowledge of its members,
and to qualify them for future usefulness. He
spoke at some length upon the advantages of
the class, and of the amount of usefulness it
was calculated would be imparted to those
of its members who were regular in their
attendance. No greater or nobler object
could be engaged in fcli«? that of extending
the knowledge of Christ, The young man of
the class fully realised this, and hence studied
to prepare themselves in order te contend for
the faith once delivered to the saints. The
Adelphian Class had already been the means of
doing much good. Several of its members were
now engaged in making known the GospeL and
several others, who did not appear in public,
were exerting a good influence in various ways,
while all were engaged, in a greater or lea§
degree, in laboring for one common, end —the
benefiting of society. This -was the very foun
dation of the Adelphian Glass, and to this end
the members would still persevere. Ihe fol
lowing exercises were then engaged in:—A
reading, by "Win. Green, "The Battle of Life,"
from & lecture by Hugh Stowell Brown ; a reci
tation, by F. G. Bales, Jan., "A Dream;"
essay, by M. Collis, "The Perfect Guide;" a
recitation, delivered in a very creditable style,
"The Mysterious Mnrie," by W. 6. Dairies;
and a short practical discourse by J. Hawkzs.
Several hymns were sung during the evening,
and the gathering, which was a very large one,
dispersed shortly before 10, after having en
joyed a very interesting evening** entertain
ment.
The Bev. John Newton formed the
subject of a lecture given by the Kev. T. J.
Smyth, M.A., in the Pultepey-street school
room on Friday night, in aid of St. John's
Sunday-school. Mr. W. 8. Moore presided
and briefly explained the object of the lecture.
The Bev. Mr. Smyth stated that the Bev. Mr.
Newton was born in 1725. His mother, who
was a pioo? -woman, taught him at an early age
the (.reat truths of Scripture, and these first
impressions clung to him throughout his
life, and when three years old he was
taught to read, and at six he com
menced latin, but his *""*'*'"'* mother dying,
that wai discontinued. When his father,
who was at sea, returned, he was sent to a
boarding-school in Essex, where, however, he
learnt very little. Bis father married again,
and Newton went to Bea, On his return, a
Liverpool merchant offered to take charge of
young Newton. Consent was given, and it was
proposed that he should be sent to Jamaica.
His father, however, sent him to Kent, where
he met some friends of his mother's, and he
found in that family one whom he could
never banish from his thoughts. He stayed
so long in Kent that the opportunity to go
abroad was lost, and he then shipped on board
a ship bound for Venice. He was next preued
into ths navy, and here he unlearned all his
good mother had taught him. Not liking the
service he deserted. He was, '.however, cap
tured, brought back, and flogged before the
whole crew. So much did he feel his position
that he determined to put an end to his life,
but the thought of one for whom he had
great esteem prevented him. He obtained
his discharge on the coast of Africa,
and had to endure slavery for two
years. He afterwards entered the carvice
of a kind master, who placed him in a position
of trust. A ship happening to call at the
place where he was stationed, enquiries were
made for him, and he was induced to return to
England. Here he obtained command of a
vessel, and subsequently married the lady who
had first engaged his attention. During one of
his voyages he became converted, and from
that time seized every opportunity to study
the Scriptures; he also learned the dead lan
guages. He first determined that he wonld join
the Dissenters, because he felt that he could
not subscribe to the Articles of the Church
of England, but, altering his mind, he applied
to the Archbishop of York for ordination, bnt
met with refusal Bis ministerial labors, from
the time he endeavored to preach bis first ser
mon in a, Dissenting meeting-house, in Leeds,
and failed, to the day of his death ata npe old
age, were next commented on. The lecturer
having mentioned several hymns of the Kev.
Mr. Newton's composition, condaded hu lec
ture by repeating the lines commencing—
" lives of great men all remind as. - There was
a fair attendance, aad the proceedings were in
terspersed with vocal and instrumental mono
and reading*.
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