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THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL.

The Bill to incorporate and regulate
certain Friendly Societies in South Aus
tralia has now been reported on by
the Select Committee of the Legislative

Councii, to whom the measure was re-
ferred. The report is not yet in print;
but we have before us a copy of the Bill
is amended by the Committee. The legis
lation applies only to the' Societies by
rrhich it has been promoted. They are—
3ih3 South Australian Ancient Order' of
7orcnt2.3 FricaQy Sosietyj the. South:
LnE.rc?Iiin Grrsd United Order of ^ Odd^
xHoto rikndlj Society : the Sbu&Aos* '
L:rH n UrK.d Laniznt Order ?pf'Dnacta;
7n~i£l^ Ccclctj; fcelndependinl'!Or^ar*
ol OddT;ll3'3 ; the South s rAjafialIln3
DLtrlcc, I?o. 81, Hdeperident-QMeeTor
Scchabitea, Salford Unity ; tha-:? Albe#
District, 2Jo. 83, Independent ^der; c*
BEch3bitea Friendly Sods^|1^^o||;of|
Icmperance, South-' Australian- Grand
Division, ;'^?-^^f'^:Ctepnc^outta::
Fiiendly Benefit Sodetyi the Protestant
MImce, I^d .South Australia,1.
ITo. 45 ; the'' ADgemeine Deutsche,
Krcnken und Sterbe Kasse. 3nfough'
tza operation of J'ifiBi'SBitti/CS^
^.AJ.zi to these SodetieB~itB^provision»
c_Tcct a Bumdently'- large^jMniber *^f ^
colonirb to invest them with general
I^l;:::t. Several amendmenis have been ;
cu^3c^;d hf members':''biJt&^difie^enitV
Or'-cra in letters .that ] have appeared
in czr columns, '\l^'.iso^^^J^;^^
c^. ceo none ? ..of '-Iheto*-,|«^^K been)'
ccioptcd 'by the Committee. The first
dici^tior haa been made ';tE ^section.
3^^ rir^ tho Societies powOT'jto'mozt-,
Z~z® pzepcrti-s belonging- :to.'««B»V^-'
tio c^~zz2 ru originally drawn their powaf;
?wan limited to selling, RgTgnfng,;|ei^g^'
and exchimging, and this additionaipQwe^,
i% is now proposed to confer upon them.:
It certainly will be convenient that they

powerful1 beuftedinamanneriniurfoM
I Li amending section 10 tha Committee
l|a^|B^-red-'a ^!v.ery obvious blutiatf to
pass. As originally worded the »ctiojj
provided- that when a new trustee is
^cdnted t the;; miriute; recording the
jpp^ntment Bhall ? be' in **. ihe ' ' form.
^e«^fied in-one of tiie schedules, the
tmnute to be signed by tho new trustee
ind wlfaieased-by the Secretary. The
ipparent intention ofthe Committee was
to make' the clause apply to the appolnt
ment of a new Secretary as well as of a
new trustee. Li some parts of tiieclanBe.'
^3^; ^Secrt^'vlila'bee^'inito
4u5e^^ but .In! ! others' It .has* beaa
onutted, 'and' _^g^BdiCHJg|e''r1big; : beam.
imperfec'Jy amended.- The clause.'
provides that , .when a trustee be
comes insolvent his ( office shall become -
vacant ; but the proviso Js not ;^
apply to tho position of Secretary though
it cettiiinly. ahpulcf apply to, it , abo. In.
Bection 12 an addition has bean made
wMch is an improvement. It pro—
vides that tho discharge of ft
mortgage- by. the affixing of th»
sealf In the : presenoe of two trustee»
shall also be counterBigned by the Seere
tary.:: Excessive formality. is sometimes,
troublesome, but it is weUnlgh impossible
to be too careful in dealing with the lands*
of Benefit Societies, because, if anything
goes, wrong an irreparable injury maybe
inflicted upon innocent persons. -: Sec
tions' 13_ and 14 have been amended so as
to require' the ofilcers of the Sooietiea who
have -the custody of moneys to glv*
Becurlty^by insuring iwith .a Guanatee
Society, and by striking out; the alterna
tive _of giving a bond signed by two
sufficient _ sureties. For many reasons we
think vthis is to be preferred, one of the
chief-beinst that in the event of an officer
embezzling any of the funds entrusted ta
bis care the Benefit Society would be com*
palled to institute criminal proceedings
against him before it could recover any
thuigj'irom ,the Guarantee1 Society. In
section 1C there are several alterations.
The .annual statement of account must
be furnished to the \RegIstrar - General *
on or1 before February 28 instead
of '_' March 31, as originally pro
vided; * and the statement must ba
foV &e -year ending on the previous 31st
of December. TEe return is to be in the
form Bet lout1 in two schedules which have
been prepared by the Committee, or ia
such other form as may from time to time
be required by the EegiBtrar-General, and '
a penally is to be inflicted upon the Secre
tary if he omits to furnish the accounts by
tile specified date ; but the penalty isjto
be recoverable only on the information of
the BegJBtrar-GeneraL The only other
amendment is in section 19, which now
makes', it clear that if a member dies with
out relatives the money payable on his
death shall revert to the Society. We are
hot sure that it is wise to make a hard
and-fast provision of this kind, though
there is unquestionably much to be said'
in favour of it. ,,
There are some important points which *.
ihe Committee have not touched. Thus,
section 9 allows the Societies to 'invest
their funds In the purchase of free
hold property as well as in other
ways that are specified. Remembering how
alluring this form of investment was three
or four years ago when the land craze was -
at its height, one cannot help -feeling that
a return of this ™*«ifa might present
a' strong attraction to some of the
Societies, and that in this way
their., funds might be dissipated.
Nothing has been done by the Committea
to regulate tho sick-pay or to provide for
the effective audit of the accounts of the
Societies. We believe we are correct in
saying that both of these points were
carefully? considered by the Com
mittee; 'and that they were strongly
of opinion that there Bhould ba
an annual ' audit by a thoroughly
qualified and disinterested person,
and a quinquennial examination of tho ?
rates, of payment by members and of
sick and funeral and other allowances by
a competent official.' Seeing, however,
that the Bill is a private one, it waa
felt that it would be hardly fair to
impose special conditions upon the --
Societies promoting it from which other
Societies would be free. These matters
are/ so' important that we trust they
?rill be embodied in a general Bill
next session. It is, indeed, to be regretted
that the action of those Societies which
have applied for the private Bill
pas not forestalled by the Government -
introducing a measure dealing with
Friendly SodeteB generally.. Great praise
Is due to the Societies which have'moreo! .
in the matter, but it would, on ; all
iccounts, be more satisfactory to have ?
general and not partial legislation on all -
questions- affecting the useful, organiza- -
tipn* k&own arJMendly Societies* — — 1
* Xbe W^%_;PAmAiiHH«.— The Council '
bavebeforft^thwn today.a variety of mjjwel-
[anetmanjattere, the- most interertlngl'ibf '
ffhich-la Mr. ScoU'a motion—11 ThtA-li?la ?
l«irable.,.tnst vthe ^northers portion of
*o;Nortiiern Teirftory ah esta-
aliaKe^ aa asei^t^oolony ot joined^^^ .
tonuB;other colony tfnjNorth' Austral&^m)-
?idedtbat'Batijrfa^ry Ki^gementi 'can b» -
madfe\|qr 'liguidatioii of the debt on th» -
KorUiern -3^toryTand^for7mamt^^ of '
the Tratt^oaanentaT'Telergrftphi line.' Mr.
Sperice-MIl'ask-the'iaenabflrs toaf5rm—
'That'it iiiadviflablo to, arrango withSUo
Qovemment of New South Wales- that
meaaagefijfetwesn Saverton and South Ann
feraliafblitpie same rate tm local menaseA.
and that tBlBgrams to and from stations on
TranBopntinental line may ba transmitted as ?
oelajedtelegramB i (that is, at'eonvenienoeof
department) at local xato.' iTh«thirdartMa
ingsof the Insolvent and Silvertpn BaHway
Bpi%wm be movedf lie mnbiidiiwct' of H» -
AB^mbly in the Game Bfll will t»Jf^- ,
Bidered, tiae Heoond reSkdlng «f the JusSoer
IBi*I!ri8ntlr^SocIfia« Bui '?wUl^mrseoBr ?
Bill I farfter dealt with fa r€onmiittea, -
tiZm *thel 'ttfadt -wad1nit^«l^|effttpo ??
BTof the IioeMO* Survejow !BflL The^
T^dBDltedtbel^oal-Courts^Bmiwni be
fjMher cUsouifled ia Committee; * Anotner
:.Bfli;;upon:wH(*;^^gw^|M»'
liyely debate.^ It fa notiudil^i.tbat^««rli8r
inthe^to111*^ t^Prra!^ ^-^ caUed '..
BPon ? Baywhat the Government intend
to jdo ' ^ *oimeetio^T5rffh;' i^ fiwuudal
position. So far is oaiBbaWwnt they hwe
not altered their detenninaUon as already
annonnooa, and thereiB nowausoa toi^ve
that the Opposition will do anything more
eerfons than vigorously pwitecl. The other
rtanding bustoeas ecmpletes Tnesday's paper,

TfiWfta^-;gEHg-in;5. (Smhntfefe^Jariha
defeats* n$-* Mr, Giyd«'« proposal- to- gm
priMS at the Jabflee Exhibition for local
products andinranfiSaST Mr. Hawker's pro
poidtiaffoifTireiialbomiser to Gold-mining
Campania whohave ~ai ^present sank shafts
to.a~«a*ter dget&than 250 fee$, and other
3Ba#^ which willfiardly lie .reached. ? The
onlyfentey. xm Thcnd&y'&paper is the second
res«ag*f the Thistle and BarrBflt -
, TBaTucDHiso Maie.- The' RM&rMas-
?nBar'urnsd'-ai AlBany from. Colombo ~ab
4,lS[jm .Monday moVntriffi and aBajirjms. for
the— nsnaL detention, may be expected' at
Gfen^cnThnrsdayeTOnrng; — .~ * . i_
T^a BiBKTO.-ADZLiiDk— The 'Directors
lave 'decided to pay an interim dSHeadat
the rate of 8 per cent, per ajmirm on ^Toyem
ber9next. ? ° '
THB SZBAET0WAY&*; SPBXKGS ~~ BOBB.—
further information' received by the Con
servator of Water Hhowathat the second bow
at Strangfrays Springs is proving a - great
success^ As &.proo£o£ the.immenm quantftj
of water m the dutpcfrit may tie stationed
tfcat'iheihore which only yielded/lOCUMO
gallons per day when firafcrdiscOTdredaSthow
-yfelflmg cfcae; upon ^OO^OOO^sa&Kwilhe
-water Is reported to ,b& qoite «gp&'3b7iihaf
obtained, from Hergofct The experimental
irrigation at Hergotf is progressing: .'satisfac-
torily; . ; . . U u j' :'S , ,;
Easkkhgxb xr igfcCHTM-RfrRAiff.— Theonl;
saloon passenger booked by this steamer from
AaebidewaaMr.'A; HLEoberfa; / .
r.QPESISG 07 *nrp ADELAIDB WOOL SALES.—
The first wool sale of the season in? Adelaide
wip: be ? neld by JEHder'r Wool ana-ProdTude
GompanrrLmdtedi at their Port. Adelaide
warehouses this afternoon at ,3 oTcIocki We
understand that there are a considerable
somber of foreign bnyera here waiting fpJTtHe
sale, and ihat local; woolscourers are? also
ready to begin operations. About 2,00abalea
wHIbe offered7, comprising Bpm& well-known
Northern and' North-Eastern clips, /and a
go^sale Is anticipated. ThelocaLaarketis
improving every year, and it is expected that
an increased quantity will be sold here this
season. ' ?-
MxrsicapAL Yisit to Sxnirar. — The
members of the City Council whb'Tiave ac
cepted the invitation of the Mayor of Sydney
to visit thardiy next 'week for the purpose
cf taking-part in a- jubilee municipal meet
ing will leave AdeMdeT.on Thursday and
Friday next. Free passes over the railways
have bear, granted, throughout the 'journey.
, In South Australia the ConnoinSarqpqly have
bees: supplied with, passes, whilst- in. both
Victoria and New South 'Wales' -the
privilege has been ^extended to* the wives
and' families of the ' chic' represetit&iveB.
The acfira of the. South Australian {Govern
ment in'thia matter. TfaB' severely icenanred
at the Council meeting on Mondayr 'His
Worship the Mayor? the Town Clerk, Alder
xnenlJnflock, Shaw;- and SolcraiOT, Councillor
Kbtaer and Mrs. E3auer, Councillor Fox and
Miss Fox, Councillor .Robertson and, Mrs.
Kobertson, Councillors Sketheway, Packer,
Nicholla; Downs, and Jtabexts will compose
the J party. Councillor Fuller has- been ap
pointed Acting Mayor, and the Assistant
Town Clerk (Mr. Lynn} will officiate as Town
Clot. It ifl eipected that the'r'representa
tivea will be away from' Adelaide about a
fortnight; -
Oijtb Oil.— Mr. North, -of Kensington,
has shown us a sample of very fine-looking
virgin olive oil which he has m^de from
September berries, and which he intends to
exhibit at the Jubilee Exhibition next-year.
The Proposed Gbaitd Coefkb Pjlulce.— In
our business eolumna will be found the pros-,
pectus ottha -rtGrand Coffee Palace Company
of South/Australia.' The idea of having a!
large Coffee Palace in a central position was!
first mooted a few days since, and' tenders
for a rite were called for. . In re
sponse sixty-one offers were , made,
and 'it was decided that the premises
in King William-street recently occupied by
Messrs. D. & W. Murray were the most;
suitable. All expedition was used in5 issuing
Ae prospectus, the object being to begin the
necessary alterations at once, ,so that the
Palace wOl be ready for the opening of the
Jubilee Exhibition. TaebuildtDgasproposed
will contain a public1 reafatoant, cafe*, lun
cheon-bar, supper* sample, private dining,1
drawing, and sitting rooms, and 100- bed
rooms, and a further convenience wui be a
large elevator. The lease of .the pro
perty is for 100 yean at 4the- rate
of £1,000 per annum. It a proposed
to expend £30,000 in altering the premises:
These alterations will include the construc
tion of four shops with frontages' to King
W3Ham-street^ which it is anticipated will
each brine in £250 per annum. Thereare 25,000
shares available in tins colony, the other half
having oeen reserved for issue in Melbourne
and Sydney. We are informed tnat the
project is under distinguished patronage, and
that influential rapport has been readily pro
mised.
The Octobeb Cbubtal Sittings.— Tne
October Criminal Sittings of the Supreme
Court will begin this morning. -At present
the 'dt»Tirt-vr contains, only «»ghyw» cawa,
involving twenty-seven prisoners, nine of
whom are on baO. His Honor the Chief
Justice will preside, and the ffftljmfor ia as
f oHdwb : — Tuesday, October 5 — Arthur
McCarthy, larceny; James Bloomfield (on
bail), attempting to obtain money by W*k
pretences ; Gerald Francis Partridge, forgery;
&&; Robert Smith, alias LJeweHan, laroeny
in a vessel, &c; Bicholt Theodor Wflhelm
Cammed indecent ivvfftnlt ; (T^arl0^ MftmhaTl'.
forgery; John Pearson (on bail), larceny;
Henry Seymour, forgery, &c; Patrick Boxley^
robbery from the person, Wednesday
October 6— Samuel Tredinnick and James
Wilson, housebreakiBg; Herman Kakoechkel
shespstealing ; Oscar Schwartzkopff (on bafljl
rape ; Edward Tell James, forgery ? Eiohard
William Barman Rose, insolvent neglectr
ing to surrendsr; Mary Emfly Edgertonl
aggravated assault; Rudolph MuUne^^i
bau% false pretences. Thursday, October 7-f
Henry Dawson (on bafl), aheepstealing^
Frederick Rtiss, David Brown,; Charles
Anderson, John McKenzie, nrnT Tnhn Wamj
larceny ; Patrick 'Tawam^ Willianv Burns;
John McGrath (en bail),'and'WfllumF^arrell
. (t^baO); attempt to cominit a rape* \
Catsttk ts ths Pobe firvHS— -Saturday
afternoon furnished a stiff breeze, ^which was
much -enjoyed by a number of yachtsmen^
who were manoeuvring their, crafts preparaf
tozy to the evolutioas or ra«es for tlw open}
ing of the season next weetc. The prevailing
wind was a fair; one down- the riven
but short tacks had tol» resorted to for the
return journey. The weather proved too
mnch for a sailing-boat with five occupants,
b^wiBva^^fxa^when ^ at the lforalAna tte
craft becama onmanftgeable, turned over, and
. fuled, and tie ? unfortunate voyagers were all
adrift ip the water. '-Fortunately the eastern
bank, was -near, and .those who^could not
' BwM^^Kr'- aBBMB4r:--:ther«_--' by.- :.ti«ar
ia. a pasHtyTboat saw the disaBter,. but tiiej
n^ej^-pf^toas^ those In tiw,- watarL
who afterward* took -occasion to M thank?
them^m'tiieir-oondncft in the most ironical
Tfiqwifcifr,. ?.-'I.. £1.. ~'';-— r'-' . ?!..-.?.:?; t) v.'''.; ]
- F/^^ ? A(Xiaa5i 'ai, 5CT M^MHErt
siEmCBDskH^r-An^oidfoTtoate a«dden!
happened «t A* Jtopliifeiftwrt ifitilip;
Croamag qn^ Monday laftemoon, by wine;
'an eldarly^^ man' namidi '-WBfiBri Drcve
- lost . bis ?, lif e. , I^wrer ? w^ emplpye
?1*: Vba t'V8^Z.Z&Blifa£&t*,i£
- *toranan at their: ^i^-terrace, shedi
StcrtIybefcOT2o'clockfaewa»«lkin!iacroe
tie line near the overway bridge, when hi
was knocked down by a shunting en^aia, and
' ' Aocedxhs at ihb Cc&i^ Gc&xs&i
Wa^-Oii S^OsJi^M^^^m
the'MBrtnfiTa'fell overboard froni tito Copper
aboard, andtreated by Dr. MttcbeD, wh -
fooad tiw patient bruWiremkncMJdn t
^fcst^ ship and ?wnarf.:K,SS
affianod that bswa» perfectly aober, and
ftttrDmtrftheacddetrttoad^rouaSato
in tie whart ' 'Instead of having a ledge as
3«atwharfi hare this wharf « roonded off
0^S^f^B^^i&Sr-mthr iron. Ifa person'.
jfcjfpa'arponritfrBa Wold ta fcalj Era clip I
&«5*he boofenoU' teiaj able So ;=; c ^i- « :
ynVkfiootiffiurfacs. R ': : '. '? ' ' ? *
5£ff*aSd:acddent c: ±z '-L-l - ' ...
'jfcuIar.Vharf vi:hl; - — . _^ . -. I.
*tiwa instBncea tzn , - . _- . .;. - ..
fectlyi aober, —h'lz '; ..-_.-- :'-.-..
taken plsce in trc- 1 1 ;l'jl -,
BATOiAiJO^rli'SPZcn ? ? ~~ ?--??--- ^ — -.-.?' -
jOwen began «hs lz~ ~ '~ , _- --^ — \iz \
of the2ndEii zllzz -. . '1_.r, - ;.;--
*day *vex.iEj s.i _; 2..' ',. ~2. z — ''~ '?
-tije-battiiicn !:._ . '; _, '„;?* ' ' .': .; I
,oii Saturcaj ::::.-.:-- , Zi. .:_ -'.: I
^inspected wcra C - - - 2 _ I I __I: ^_ :'.„:£:
-well, und3? ?zz . . :~. ; -z— '^ ' '--- ?
itahaJUStstsHz.-zz.P-' .-
; I Thb City Co— -~z,— Jil .— z 'r.^, ~:zo
:waa elected in --::;:: *.r ; 'I_. J, ~.
.Davis, was p~-;-; .:' ^3 !._'? L;x- zt i
.Monday's aiect^zj c' „ 3. - Z:z^.z'S- -is. j
stock part ia tij'l-/-. ; zl ~lz -:..:r:o=. |
'The improTe=c='- 0 '__-, '.:-.— z\ Z:lf cr~ n j
(wul be compls::! S.z :'..-, :zl P:c:::::r '
^IveStWliG gnsrin:;:-: '...:* -,''1- -zz zzzz *
Tof the'ad-iiu:c^3 ~o .^c l__.r^_:~ , ^-^r^ .
vgtvisg opening ;;;' ~* 't ' — r — ; zl
texbibitins th^izll -:t:j :' -':: ~::_ -, -iz. J
'raising the sura h: ~.Ll2—zzzJL ? z~zi~Vz'.2
|for consequent upon '.Ls z'lClJzz. c* --3 |
^fourth ' manual. The 3zz-zlzi ^zzzzlz^z-z
rchoif on Monday applied fcr -zzz-zzzzzzzzi .0
jise,theji£W manual a,5 a recitil i=d choral
^service they, intended giving shortly, find
-t&e 'concession sought been made by the
CpuncQi' Professor Ives's recitals would have
iBuffered^as't&e choirvconcert was fixed for a
^date-'dErecdy' following his'msb Several
CouQcnioaRLStrove to get the request granted,;
-but thet majoriftrwere loyal to the City
?Organist,' and preferred to offer no impedi
'mentjonim tn-fisr' endeavours', te^Taisef the
T amount he~ guaranteed;^ The, rjgpek^ ttiare
Lforejnas! ! refused'. :Some JMsnpns ^ave .been
-isjunog: the. treer in' the^pjaniatibaia^ain,
'and ?attentions: Vwas r drawn jlto v the'
'fact by -the . City*' Gardener to. his- report.
A reportis'to befurniBhed* by- the Surveyor
as to the.costof boards wbica isotidltibnally
are toU&5Bxed,inf th^*parks'wi& ^notices on
them; aaking-i tixe 5 public ..to- support the
= Council in^heckn^'the-wflfttl destruction of
' Borahs asid^freeVgrdwing -there. Mr. Lang
don will 'also supply information as to tha
'prac&abQhy of lighting the Town H^Tl pre
misea witiv electricilry. A long special report
.wast -presented by the Works Committee
respecting the- working of the City Sur
veyor's andfPark Idnds Gardener's Depart
ments. - Various; Bnggestions * were made
;with _a' viewJ.of ' reducing the coata of
the establishments^ tSedactionft were ad
vised and adopted, the only amendment;
to the ^report -being an alteration in tha
wages, of gtogers,i%h»-jwillobe' paid 8s. a
dayjnstestd'of 7s. 6d;-, & recommended by
the committee. ~ AT considerable ''amount of
:«xtnTwork7 will nave ,to- be kdone by ? the
gangers;- m- consequence of1 the discharge of
subordinatefc employes/ rand~ the Council
thonghf ft waa1 unfair-to heap* niore 'duties
, on their, flhoqlderfj 'wliilst* at file same time
their^Balaix^ras'lreducedl The Gardener's
1 Department, as a'distinct department, is to
be abolished, andthelaboucemployed placed
-under the -control of the Surveyor. It waa
also resolved thatthe Parks Lands Gardener's
Eervicfis should be dispensed with, but that
he' ahoold 'be eligible as a working
^ganger in the' same branch of the service.
ADEtim* LnsBABT-SociBTY.— At the
first meeting for the new year of this Society
ield in Stow Lecture Hall on Monday even
ing, the Eev, W.RFletener;M.A.,'delivered
an address entitied 'Ten Years Ago,' to a
fair audience. The President began by read
ing a paper which 'he gave at the inaugura
tion of the Society ten years since, in which'
he ,pr6dicted. that the Society,' though then
prosperous, ^would,^ like all similar institu
tions, have: its time o&reverse* That time had
now -omer-and he attributed it to the fact
that the YIMjC. Association and so many
new Young Men'r Societies had sprang up in
the d^and'suburba of late yeais. He, how
ever^ clalmed_tliat*~ the interest .engendered
among the-jyoung men of the city originated
from the? efforts of the Adelaide Literary
Society.- His idea was that if the Society
wished tarimprove~their position a deeper
' religions feeling should pervade their gather
ings,- and in accordance with this sentiment
the r meeting was opened and closed with de
votional exercises. : ' . '
T GovEESOtEST^TErpHis. — Tenders were
.'opened at'We^Engin^-in-(2iiefflJP|5c8 on
JMonday, October 4, f oKthe supply and- deli*
very iof 'fencing ?TrmtnrfalB. Three were
received; the lowest being that of Messrs. Gl
WiIIh&Co.* For tha consftuofion^J deli:
very of four cranea'.forrthe 'Murray' Bridge
Wharf four tenders' were sent in, the lowest
being that of Gray -Brothera*' For the supply
and delivery of- bran and crushed oats for
Hergoft and Sftahgways Springs four tenders
were obtained, She tender 'of the Adelaide
Milling' Company 'being the lowest for the
former, and Messrs. W. B. Cave & Co.'s for
the latter. Two tenders were opened for the
supply1 and delivery :of 50 tons No. 1 Gart
aherrie pig- iron,- the lower being Messrs. G.
Wills & Co. . Messrs. McLean Brothers,
Bigg* & Co.'s tender for the supply and deli
very 'of wrought-iron chequered footplates
for bridges and flood openingawas the lower
of two- sent in. ^ At the1 Traffio Manager's
Officelwo tenders .were Bent in for the lease
of the retoyhtnent-ruoiiui at Terowie, and
the higher waa that of Mr: Charlton.
Ambueahcb Gff*88 as *PTni Shmaphobb.—
fa 7«Lig«»yTnhni^TM?fl|T*1-y-T f«r lftdipfl I'm been
'started at the' Semaphore, in charge of Dr.
Mitchell. . Overforty members attended tha
first meeting, which was held in the Sema-
phore Institute Hall.
Riverina Rainfall.— The only place where
rain-was registered in this district during the
forty eight hours ended Monday, October 4,
rat 9&m.rwaBLoutK» where 0*460 points fell.
MOUNT LOFTY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
— The Rev. John Lloyd, of Wallaroo, has
accepted, an invitation to take the pastoral
oversight of the Congregational Church at
Mount Lofty without relinquishing his charge
at Wallaroo. He will conduct the services
at Mount Lofty not less than once a month,
and; the pulpit will be supplied chiefly by
lay preachers in the intervals.
i- . -?pbiarcS ; ''fcojTEi ' Kews.— Mr. S. Beddome,
P.Mii disposed of the business at the City
Pdfce Court on Monday morning in less than
a minute, the on^ cases being two of
drunkenness, for which, offence Steph.sn
BroTrawaafinedlOs., while the other aefei:
danthad topay -5&i it being his first ofitencei
5 ?' : -HAifc-aarf-'Bdimffi Towir.~The Postmaster
General; has forwarded us a copy of the
follbwfcg?^egram, received from Border
Town on Saturday :— 'Heavy thunderstorm,
accompanied by large hailstones, fell, at 12.45
and' bated half an hour. The ground waa
covered thickly with hail. The quantity 0!
rain'rtgSteredwasraso.''
, 55 C[jiTTJtT-TiTr PAcrm Kahsoad. — The agents
of th^TT'io' Steamship Company have been
'-advtoed'tiiat'1 Messrs. J0I12 D. Sprackela rmd
';Br6theia. have 'made arrangeseata with the
rw^tfrm Pacific Eaiiroad by rrhioli a ? reduc
tidn of £5 has been asom-sd la tha faro across
the .American 'continent
:»:06irinsEcui.'TsATEiii33' Association.—
^TM.Cwnmittee'of MansssmenS of th.2 Soath
Australian, Commercial Travellers' Assocla- j
tipnmet on Saturdaj evaiing lasS at Beach's
iJlooini,' There waa a large attendance of
imemberss-and the President (Mr. G. C.
.kEtdght);-occupled the cfcair. The Tre^rarer
J^-:A;Mackie)repO'rtea tiiaS tlio Imdz to
rdate amounted to £270 2s. Sd. T'm Se oratory
:(Mr^^:Aubrey) tabled savsral nic-llorj j
;'P*«ed!at-laat:gpecial general zzzz:±i,%, Ii j
waanot fiiought advisable' tirf zzis z-zzzn.
.should be admitted aa membaia cf the I
'Airo^tion. '_Wita, referencs to the qualin- j
; cation of a member, the comsiittea ihonshi |
.Rule 13 was Buffidenily eaplicife. Th-3 sotios I
inferring: to jcharges . ? for comncroial {
trsvellerB travelling on raflwaya seii czxihii \
&mmjSk to discussed, but so dcoisioa j
?^^ain^vea/ifc^ ;Mr.-W. Su: EH13 vzs \
^g^nted to act an the special cominl'itcj i:
|t|i*?iliiifflWBBJPg:iPlaM:: and ? stataE-s^ti {
EitotE'ijbife-^;l-efere-i-^the--CoiaiEir:Io='2r cf I
pE^So^gW^^infii a vi:-? zl ca
*. fcttffn^iTir, OQnOffHB yfi^ * It^j^i 4til3 ^ STT nfr -,, ? ..* '' *
^^^^.jE^nbexa ia r=ccr.=:=di=3
fjiiyiivliig'H&Bta for . the Hoop! hi, a iz n 2\ ,
^B^-e»iiaa been elected since lass msatisg,
%foli '^ maae of one mmxbes waa removed
frtoa thVroH. The Freajdcnt, - ?icePred
1 .. ' - i
dent (Mr.'''J; Tr ''McLeaa), Ht=ts, 2.'
Buriiig, A. Eir^. csd 77. T7. T7arr:;i) rzd
'—A zzzzzi CD i-c-.; 1- ;^;1: c^-;~:z:3'
__r, 3., _*c ? cr.t_ _;' zzz ™s is,; [^cn), !??
un.cn ??--! ? ? -— ----- — - .j w —s. ? u. o*
Artl.rr,;'c2. '-.'zz cc^i..;r-jro'c:::Io^3crij&
wtre ako zt.~~z?:t:~ 1, 'ZJzz nr .zzzr. is LL:p'it3
.having -::;i .'tillj cl*_cc:z:d, tha Secretary
waaiiijtrcc.;- .o-_--ir-;~ z npcckl masting
shortly, wh:2 CzzLzl.j Cs.z~-.i023 ttIH be
adopte d f cr ia r^. 3 : c ::oa.
Thb Isztztaozoz-z-'i, 2tiiL\7AY. — The
Argus cf October 1 ~rit;3 as follows : —
11 Arrange::; .; i-ve 2:22 ncide by the
Railway Czzz^zzizzlozz^z :o v!::c, 02 Saiurd3y
morniujj :'-s c^Iz^jT)::; r j -, ^rrnrooi:, freni
'?which jrz-crfil fcr 'r:!--^^ the DizibcDb
line 13 cbtiizei. Thj Ccr:n::::c2cr: ~:;h
to gsin cc~3 idci of '±3 eztair; of is ti'.z,
and of iho facilities ~hich crLi icr ihsir
future devrilcpricsu. Tmy vriil prccc;d
from Warrancok zo Dinboolr., Thlch —ill
be reached at 3 quarter-pi^i 4 p.a, Gn
Sunday the CommLrrlocEra Trill rcitira
to Melbourne$ and 'ill irsvcl in c-o
of the sleeping 'cars imported by the
South Australian .Government from Troy, in
the United States, for usa on the Intercolonial
Railway. The appointments of. the' car' are
said to- be so coacpleta as to render It the
moat luxurious railway carriage la Australia,,
The South Australian Hallway Department
are constructing tares additional canr of the
same type, -?which vriU also bs ran with' the
express trains between Adelaide and Mel
bourse. Tha cairiasa ^3 tsea ssat from ths
adjoinimii colony 'to enable -the Bail way Com
missioners to personally deoida whether the
continuous footboards and steps attached to
it 1*111 & in ?Kith the platforms ia nse'on the
Victorian portion of the 'railway. . The Com
mbjionera vpJl stop at each station en routs
to Melbourne/' ..?..- ? :
CoLOinAii Exhibits at ths Coletdeeiks.
— In a despatch' addressed to the Colonial
Governments', in' NoTember, 1884,' the Prince
of Wales stated thai; speciallata of known
reput3 would be aakea to make 1 reports on
the resources of 'the -various colonies repre
sented at the Colonial and' Indian \EsMbi- .
tion. He has (writes the London corrsspon
dent of tha' Argus), on ' tha recom
mendation cf the Council of the ? Sooiet ?
of Arts, appointed a number of gentlemen of
«sperienca to make ? these - reports. They
will, however, be- of a general -nature, 33
it will not be possible 'to enter into any
detailed criticism ' of tha various eshibite,
Ths reports mil form, a volume 'of from 350
to4C0 pages. The subjects dealt ?with will
be minerals, timber, meat, grain, frnitSj tea,
coffee, &C., sugar, -nines, tobacco, cotton,
?wool, silk, miscellaneous fibres, leather, sklna
and fursj oila and fats, ghma and' resin:!,
drugn, chemical and pharmaceutical products,
and machinery. Ths greatest prominence ia
point of length will be givea to minerals,
timber, and' winea. Fourteen out ' of- the
eighteen ? speei&Hsta have been appoint-ec^
but thoae to deal with grain, tea
and coffee, sugar, and tobacco are
not 'yet nominated. Mr. J. Reynolds
Gregory will' report on minerals; Mr. T.
Laslett on timber ; Mr. Clare Sewell Read,
of Boningham Thorpe, Norwich,' on meat ;
Mr. D. Morris, of the Royal Gardens, Kew,
on fruits ; Mr. £., Bannister, of Somerset
House, on wines; Dr. F. H. Bowman, of
Halifax, on wool ; Mr. J. Powell on leather,
skins, and furs; and Dr. 5. H. Paul on
drugs, &c. '
DlSOEGASIZATION TS THI AUSTEAUA^
Eleven.— To most cricketers it will not be
news (says the Argus) to learn that the
present Australian team in England has
been far from a happy family, though with
the entire' absence of any friction a& home
and the hospitality ?everywhere shown quita
an opposite result might have bean ospected.
When the team returns to Australia ths
whole history of these internal bickerings
will sooner or later bs made public, but
letters received from members of tha eleven
already show that in addition to fighting the
Englishmen the Australians have Jjeen
fighting against ezch other. Scott, zs
captain, has been a failure. In Home cases—
notably the usa ci 3van3 2s a bowler — he ha3
failed apparently for want of judgment ; in
other .cases, where 16 h stated hs allowed
himself to be infiaeaced by the growling of a
coupls of irreeoncllablea ia the fsasa, a want
of decision has been hh weakness. Murdoch,
who waa a bom captain, and never allowed
his instructions to be triflad withj found a
difficulty in keeping oca member of the
team— uaf ortanatsly, zn invaluable cricketer
— perfectly under command, but with a
weaksr captain tills player's rebellion went
co far that at one time the advisability of
sending him bask to Australia was .seriously
con::dered. Aa a result some of thb leading
piajers stats that no consideration would in
dues them to take anoS-ksr trip to England in
this particular player's company. From other
experienced insmbera of ths team Scott Ma
received neither tha ccnaideration ncr assis
tance to which ha waa entitled, and for the
first time an An3urali23 team cf erioketera
has failed to work togethss in harmony and
for a common purpesa. Sad the team under
the23' dicccuragiag circumstsnoea aohieved a
brilliant record it v?otsld have been more ear
priB.isg than thss f ^Eare.' !
EA33I3S is Khw Sotjzh Waxss.— Areport
on the rabbit pest ia Sew South' Wales, fur
nished to ths Under-Sscretary for Mines by
the oiHeei in charsa of ths Babbit Depart
ment, shows that during August an area of
4,210,823 acres WZ3 inspected, with the rEsult
that S,872,CS8 acres were reported' to ba
rabbit infected. On 140 rasa the rabbita ara
increaaingj on 143 they aja decrsMinu, and
on 1S8 they ars staticnary. On £hs runs
m^pacled tl:3 nmnbas 0! men employed in.
ths destruction of rabbits ia 1,523, tea number
aataai naatET el rabbits which the Inspectors
'knew to inva teen killed is 227,336, but, in
addiiicn, large nmntsrs ha~3 bsan drowned
in tlio iicC'dCid cGw2'br?r
2fe'w CAXisoiiiA.— Nev? Calsdoalan pspara
iroia tha cz& to tho £CSi c£ Ssptembar in
clUiivs sntJiDly tha fsllowsg iniorsstioa :
— Tz2 ConEcII-G::r:-;ral ci ts9 colony \rz3
dlzzoivzi by Sis Go career en ilia 13th'
TjT'iV *^T^ '''p ^* jK ;13- TT f3i** CrT*'?-^ 1llr'17 'n1*^11**?' ^T^ 1.'^* P7| ?''!-??. 1TI I1*! ftiHt5^!|
ICth 12S0, A tiok'iu-cMEjve rsaa mma
Be;229on lias 2^y£3 Mc^clf up to ths
pdic3 '3 tho smrdersr ci a woaaii
CO ?2-13 O'i'/U -iStC232.'2j EG3 lliu GnaoySQ
hizj, zz& ha had cut her head .off with a
ra^Gi oy way 01 %z\x&t2Ztj ptiDL-sniEitii, xjn
~hV±:z tl:3 hc~sa ia which they trd lived ths
in a pcol oi Meed vtVu. £ha hzz& completaly
C37SI-EC1 ITCZ3 U. JtL'D H2v. ChTOWH QW3y t'ti3
erlrailrsl zzzz^Ij ca a '7::SoT7lsdy syirlioinis
ho lafi; tho Iicucij TS'TCi'jii'S'd to Ills liiimi
sratlon OScaj and zdkzd tobs_ ami to. ths
J^isnij is Mb adslress had fiiasaisssd Mia,
He was aibEsqaeatij.'-laiea .into '01260%. '.
-The Smniea'or^ea and cavege brutality of
ths 2?ev HebridesEs ia Hosmea are gMns
rka itrzzT.zi' niz.r -!?:'.',-.- ui is zzSLzzsd'
'cril harcl'*' '--£ ~^ — ;;~~ £_-;; thai ci
-.r'i:? r:~:rl- en 1*_3 eel zz\'~z3 0:
'c~ C~I:d'~'- Iv ? \--~z\ ':::;:r. :.1 Lo ths
'^ Zi*7z*.jizzt * ?^^r~i'-''» ?- ^ - -*^'7 *-Vrt ^^miCw^^3
cridisjj raa.ci *~~Z3 31^3^'-^ -~* --'» c~ni«a C3 j^i3
1'Jth viz. ~c2z~~zzzl cz. cloven ckc-C' frod z'z 3
? vw*.J i — U Caw / U- u— .J — i-I.- -1 d-,l- ? *i'
Club. vUca izzziz :o c? cenpc.:S of
!a-:~r cc=rc£ 1C3 end :ha former CD r^na only.
Tn.2 vlo.c^y ci U:j Icc^l loara I: aialrij z-
iribzt:i 'lo 'zz.z czccllszi fccwIL^c-'^ ncaccr
zin:u Colin. *1j -Zzz c:;;jid C-c-'3il of I7cr
en ^hj 7«h izr., z convlcj czzz.c. 7_!znv,
c-irr^ei with c.zzz'—z iczi ^riroz, tcok qS
c; rr j Pr-:I£:n';, Eid 15 ldj nicrel i' c:i2,
i: jj bc'licved Lh3 clowwculd h-.-zl.z2zi Iz'.zl*
? Z\ZZlj 7713 Z *«Z2'7iZzZz COZlZ..ZZZZZ'l to U.aLh.
ci 2Tew Z:aluiid -ot.'j Iu3 bssa corapilcd by
wcs'i cudlz^ S-pl-cabsr £3:— 'Th9 rre
'rLo^cr, ^:.3 isca co^cluC:d3 cud J:=
priiczcra h^va 2 ecu conaii.i^d to tako
jlicl? bh', tril i:i=^_ :'0^-ca. I- J -ovr
stated tha'j Urc. - -V, rsfecs :o S'I^e
Temnczt havo been c^ked 'o au'.hcriss
tha oriuinc::on of »kj ccdy ci the
1c*ab CJa^^a*^ f^^i** ZTr ' '^''TV*- *'rt'li':i'a nr7
in vicn.r c.T recent clrcurar lancer, nsma cf :b3
syepiczaa wbicn a;:eniecl lib cLeath ara con
sidered ;zrp:clcuj by JJzo medical Cir.andozit.
There h zlzo ;c™^ «:.lk el crhr^xln^ :io
body of ^ .'criaer paitner o.' Hall, c Hr. Tale,
who wu eup-.casJ '_c bare coaiEiitted
cuic:d33 a3 ho was found dead under circum
stances which le-d to ztzz) bslisi ; but Z3 hh
death tcsk plaoo dbau'; ilireo yeara z.%0,
it is coaeidersS Iz ^wcald bs usslesa
to erhunia ib.2 tcdy re™. |Ths Govern
raent r^ro cendderir- the quscticn of -?raut-
:n~ pemicelon ki ths cr5;3 cf Cap lain Cain,
The fir:! Iruil^ ol c new industry in tie
zhzrs of 2,tC0 c-^ioh :ea.her3 hare juct bser:
shipped to London. These are 'the result of
an experiment 'made in keeping an ostrich
farm on a small scale bj -Mr, J. T. Matson,
near Chriatcharch, Another prominent
Otago settler, -Mr.- John ??Bathgate, M.L.C.,
baa died, Mr. Eathgata cams -to the colony
as tho first ? Manager of the . Bank of
OtsgOj which has ' since 'been formed into
.tha .. National Bank 'of Hew Zealand.
Ho waa 'afterwards managing Director, and
for a short period' Editor, of the Otdgo Dally
Tim.es.. \ After his election tofeka Assembly
he joined, tha Yogsl Ministry, ..and retired
from politics, to-become, a. District Court
Judge. Mr,- Bathgata waa a native of Scot
land, and was 78 yeara of age. -He had been
associated with the lat-o 'Dr. Chambers and
others in securing for Scotland' its. first rail
way, that- from Edinburgh to 'Peebles. In
Dunedin.' two ?' children .have been killed,
ona' by being -ran- over by- a tomcat and
another by being run over by a brewer's cart,
both dus to allowing children' of tender age
to .play about tha streets. In Wellington a
man named William Ward has bean found
to have died from- sheer starvation, leaving
behind Mm a wife and eight children. It is
feared that; . the crew of the schooner 'Cleo-
patra have perished. = Ths vessel, laden with
timber, 172.3 found bottom up on1 'the- rooks
near Uapier, and a-search baa felled to' dis-
cover cay trace of those on board, namely^
Captain HeflemsyeiyJ', Williams' (mate), and
a- craw of four. ? Ths Government; have re
ceived intimation that -the Admiralty Office
will make a present to the colony of tha sis
guns, valued- at £3-30 each, which Admiral
Tryon lent at the time of the war scare. ' .: ?
SOTODETGS E7 TH3 PACIFIC, — So far S3 13
known (writes tha London correspondent of
the 'Argus on August 27} »the 'Admiralty have
nofe as yet made any reply to Mr. . Handolph
Want's suggestion that they should detach
a man-of-war to' complete- the Eoaadinga
in the Pacific partially undertaken by
the Challenge;', tha Enterprise, and the
Gazelle, .on- behalf of Great Britain, the
United States, and Germany respectively.
Ten years ago the Challenger made a serie3
of soundings in about 40° S. 1st.' At the
close.- of last year ths Enterprise- sounded
right across the South Pacific, from Welling
ton to the ? Straits of Magellan, a distance of
4,500 nautical miles. The intervening spacs
between the Challenger and ths Enterprise
lines has been sounded by the Gazelle in
1875,' The three series of soundings
appear to afford a fair idea of the general
depths in this part of the Pacific.
It would seem that the main bed of the
South Pacific commences sontlrof Chatham
Island, ' and attains a masimuin depth of
3,002 fathoms in long. 170' W, Between
this point and long. 150° W. the depth
varies from 2s50S to 2,915 fathoms, The
depths decrease quite regularly from 1S53
to 118° W., where it ia only 150 fathoms.
From thera to the South American Continent
there is again, a regular increase.in depth. It
is surmised 'that there is a risa in ths ocean
bed, running north and south, -from East
Island to Dougherty Island. The line of
soundings taken by the ? Challenger and -
Gazelle indicate a remarkable uniformity in
the depths between lat, 40° and 50° S,, and
110* to 150° W. - Lines of soundings should
be run much to the north of the Challenger's '
line in order to achieve tho objects that Mr.
Want has in view, but the experience already
gained respecting the Pacific depths is not '
discouraging for cable purposes.
' Beitish T&AD3 AbeoAjD,— The European '
Mail of August 20 saya : — ''A Parliamentary
Bluebook was Issued on August 17S contain- '
taining the annual statement of the trade of L
ths jUnited ' Kingdom. It appears that our
largest customer is still the United States, 33
we are also by far the largest purchaser of
American productions, In 1SS5 we bought
from the United States merchandise valued
at £S6,47Sj8133 and sold to them goods (mostly
manufactured articles) worth £31,094,589.
The difference between imports and exports
is greatest in the casa of ths United State3,
chiefly beeauEs the imports consist
largely of raw material ' an food
supplies, .and ' bscausa . of the large'
investments of British capital in America,
Oar trade with America ia about 512,000,005.
aterling lea In the imports and £5,000,000
less- in tha .esports than it waa in 1883. TM3
is largely due to so much o£ our' 'corn supply
bgfcg now derived from. India. With India,
however,1 -th's commerce for 18S5 showed 3
declined £7,000,000 as compared withlSSS,
and nearly £3,000,000 aa against 188i The
Imports were £S1,SS2,€55 and the exports
££0,878,665, &3 lalt^ bains £1,2*,3,CCG less
than in tho preoedias year. We Imported
from Germany £23,€t}9,163 worth of goodn,
which was nearly £5,OCOJCC0 Iez3 than in
I8S3, tud we GOid co Germany £27,059,830.
EracCv, on the other hand, cold us goods
valued at 5S5,7CS,7-i?j whiis she only boughs
ccmnioditica worth £23,620,850. Ths quantity
of diver coin waa cant to India wa3 very
Ia.go, aaonntiaJ «D 02,843,853 0-., T?orth
37,103,625.'
Tee Fuitos 07 she English JELa.cs.—
Professor John Elate, of the United Ststa
(cayo. an ErglLh Gcch^e), cctimr.tsa that
ClO;CO3,CuD of Ib^lhli-up -aklns zVUzzjn v/ill
c^enrj tla TJ^Icn c:Iorc 2,CC0 a.d. In prn&
irnsa pcpnLition T7Z3 h^pj doraij end tha
averass of huzi:n I*fo chcrtoti^d 07 chronio
warsj p:ncJ:o lamln.a, md uwcepin^ pe^ti
and :n.dlz2^ati ^crjlicccs si- zzz z to 'dutc^ZuJi-
zblj csr:-lcct wili. lha modem syaSems of
call;v? ji-2, di~'Tibat!c j, rnd hy^'^i:;, Pro
.hu,*crisaa ellizEXw Is iio &zs c. cte? ^ea«
zzid la £lz brUEr: j ccoli on ' Aaurlcin Poli
iLalld — 'scc-ca ko ic.ccari Li,, IqcszogI
tha Ha^jh racw and tho v^la ac a5cci^d
by &acj.::n ciGTlb. TTlla rc^-rJ So tKa
federal ^rlndplo, lit, b^li^vcj iiaS tho
ccizcll:™* advirco zl ila Ha^II^h-^psrilans
Wu is cli qt^-riar^ L-nii io rrcpjro ths
\/qz11 Icr 2 , cziral c;ccr'.az^^ cl tz3 fc£crai
prlacEpla, 3r:t_b5 cnlo'rrc3 '-ifch ir. ? r^tin.9
supremacy, Laa ctcady talicn poErcsnlca of
every cfcatloa *1tho4 commands tha patii
wiya of commerce, or guards the approaches
to tbe barbarous coantriea which she Ip
tc^lz^iizz; io Tcs^rd rj ht ccna -irTy her
t:a»'ra» i.cr*'.-™-«' -^ ^—i'-a t-c»o are
UT3 £2nrI_hTij 2;'.:'.zz S.a:cz, rnd 'vhz
-.:jz C*zbj .~z~.z '.rit'iln »'o cr i'2.112
cz-'S-Z-zz. 07 z, raigLiy nz,zlzz\ cZ EritLh
^c;ccn», ar.c covcrcil witJ pjp'Iou3 clulcc
zzz. 2cz:b~zilz2z Izzrzziz, with raHrcaila zzc.
iz-hzrz.'f--, and ether Czrlozz cl c'.7UlzzVizz
zzzJlj a- larco zz '.ho Ucirsil S.atc^ and
.V. ~^'-'7''CIT.Zl X '* '^'^ ' 'V * e 3 *'t Ti'-» 7 -1 «-'?*« /'- r-^
in rarziy rich, :i:n&E c: tI-.3 ?a:ino Cccan ;
co fn Cazada, H~zr — 'her; '3 cridcnccj
thai tha wcri which tho 2rl^;h re:: 3 fcs^an
ir: cclcniaiES ijnerica 'is d:ari2sd ia go
?until every 1— d that b -oS drsady ihs teat
of _n old civillza'.ion rizll cccoxo Ezglich
in :l3 langu:.^?, zwl its T3ol:tic;l habits end
?trad:J:cn3: zzz to a -'':-'=!^-~3 c:r';cnt
in Iz^ blcod c! :I'r peels. Th3 car :.,
at hand whsn fcur-ilfthc cl tho h^ian
rac3 will Ltcc3 i.™ pidl^rea to ZTn^IiaTi
:cr:*-:bcr2.' Tha r-:o ~ili kesp Earri'jims
and eo~n:c;\'.:al cnpro~acr 5 izi lanjca^s,
bc:~' a l't;.'rr^ Ian^~r32j will 'oi C3 brohs^
np in~o c:a!c=.3 ; it3 practical c^lldarity will
z~yz3 D3 ^r::3rrcc3 and therefor- ib pro
ccniinancs is ths genera! re— ^7 of ths world ; :
and 'h:n thi3 dar con::3 ilio Statea oi
Eurora Trill be compiled to e'nrer !n:o a
Petrel Union to hold their cm rj:in:i
i:0,C; 3sCC0 c: v^o^lz lz AczztzJIo, end K'aw
Zsaland, EO.CCO.CCO in Canada, SD.CCO.CCO ;
in South £iricS) and a reaconabL number Gf
hundrcda cl millions in other Scglish
£p::.!iLE^ ccunt:ic3 allied to :hs British
Empire. Here h a inhiro, indsed, which
may well cake th3 mind cLzsy zo contem
plate. All thi3 counds like an Echo from
Uicpi', ; tics, however, will chow that it is
quits within she region of th9 Dractical.
Tac Busslut V7ab Soaez.— A return
recently kid on ths table cf the Honca of
Comnons supplies the infomarion (asya th6
Pda Hall Gazette) that the ccs'; 0: hiring and
cquippirg the EritLfn ra-rohan'; crukera
during tho lac; Euccian war c:are and
the Eubcsquent cuHay in rccbrins them to
order wa3 £598,086 123. lid. OI thi3 sum
£S5,84i 17a. 3d. waa p-idfor ihe s.r. America,
5,5S7 toaa, cf the Naiional Steamship Cora
pany'a iine ; ~o4,777 18:. lid. for the Oregon,
7,S75 tons, of the Cunard S:camship Corn
pany'a line ; 248,-ici 1E^. lid. for the Umbria,
7,718 tons, Ounard SteamEhip Company's
line; £28,703 '14a. '8d. for the Arizona,
5,148 tons,- owned 'by W. Pearce; £42,188
143, ' Sd.-, for ? ths Alaska, ' 6,932 ton3,
owned by W. -Pearce; £31,220 4a. lid. for
the Eosetta, 3,052 tons, of the P. & O. Com
pany's line ; £52,420 2s. lid.' for tha MasHilis,
4,908 tons,- of the P. & ComBany'a line;
' £28,908 Bs; 10d.-for the- India, 4,085 tons, oi
the 'B.IS.N. Company's line ; £28,265163. Id.
for the Glenoglei3,749vions; £31,741 for the
hire :only -of the : Pembroke Caalle, 3,938
?'tons, of the Castle :Pieket;liiie; £35,24123.
lOd. for ''the Lusitania, 3.8S2 tons, -'of the
: Orient Company'a line'; £28,850 for .the Moor,
8,688 tons,' of the1 Union Steamship Com
pany's line ; '£46,126 2s.' Sdrfor the'Mexicani
4,688 tons, of -the Union Steamship' Com
pany's line; £34,040 103. 3d. -for the Coptic,
4,448 tons, of 'the- Oceanic -Steamship Com
pany'a iine ; £33,430 for the Britannia, 4,129
tons, of the Pacific Steam Navigation Com-
pany's line ; and £36,870 for the hire only of
the Stirling Castle, 4,918 tons, of Messrs.
Adamson & Eonaldspn's line,
' Pbofsssiokal,— Mr. C. J. Stevens, %?bo '
has recently arrived from -Englaaid, is adver
tising that he -has begun tha practice of his
profession £3 a'tnusioiaa.- Tho Btrr.ungha:n
' Weekly ? Mercury of .June, speaking' of Mr.
Staveiia'a 'approaching 'departure1 from Bu-
?mingbam, says :—*' For - many yeara Mri
Stevens- has- been- associated : with * musical
?matters in this town, and has bean Identified
with numerous- organizations,. not ,a few of
'?which'; owe their ? success to -'his ^valuable
?assistance. Mr. ? Stevens ia ths only son of
the-late Mr. Jcasph Stevens, who- was for a
long time the Secretary of tne-1 Birmingham
-Musical Festival 'Committee. He, was. edu
cated at Chapal Boyal when a boy with tea
others, amoDg whom was the present -Sir
Arthnr Sullivan. Mr. Stsvens,- after con
tinuing his studies in London, waa appointed,
at the age of 21, to he -the qrganSit at St.
Michael's, Handsworth, ? the nidge ; on that
occasion-being ths Town Hall organist, Mri
Stimpson.- Mr. Stevens has held the appoint
ment fcr twenty-three years, and during his
residence numerous demands have been made '
upon bis Eervices. Of late Mr. Stevens has ?
aoted aa conductor of the band and chorua of
the Birmingham Musical Association, whose
great proficiency ia due to his unceasing
efforta'and practical teaching. Mr. Stevens,
it may also be mentioned, acted as accom
panist at the rehearsals of the five last
musical festivals.'
Btvee Levels. — Tha following figures show
the atate of the rivers at the undermentioned
places at 9 a.rn. . on Monday, October 4 : —
Murray — Albury, 8 feet ; Echuca, 18 feet.;
Swan Hill, 11 ft. 9 in. ; Enaton, 13 ft.
2 in. ; Overland Corner, 9 ft. 10 in. Mnr
rumbidgee— Hay.lOfeet.jBslranald, 12 ft. 5
in. Darling— Bourke, 31 ft. 6 in,3 falling;
Lonth, S3 feet., falling ; Tilpa, 38 feet., falling ; .
Wilcannia, .34 ft. 6 in., stationary ; ' Menin
die, 26 ft. 4 in., rising ; Pooncarie, 22 ft. 3 in. ;
Wentworth, 15 feet. Namoi and Barwon —
Mungundi, 11 ft. 6 in., rising ; Mogil, 9 feet,
stationary ; Namoi, 5 feet ; Barwon at Wal
gett, 18 feet; ; Brewarrina, 13 ft. 9 in.
Immigeatiost asi- Ehigsation.— One hun
dred and Sfty-six persona arrived by sea at
Port Adelaide during the week ending
October 2. Of these 11 came from Breman,
SO from London, 112 from- Victoria, and 3
from Marseilles. Two hundred and thirty- '
nine persons emigrated from the Port by sea
during the cams time. Of this urnnber -211
-west to Melbourne, 27 to Sydney, and 1 to
Queensland,- being a losa of 83.
Koe-ih Apklatdb Peitats Hospital.— A
large and influential meeting of ladies waa
held ' in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon
to make final arrangements for tha Jubilee ?
Exhibition to be' -held this month in aid of;
the Forth Adelaide ' Private Hospital. Tab- .
leans, theatricals, farces, and various other
perf omancss have been promised by the boya
of Whlnham College Club. We are requested
to call attention to tha fact that the time of
entry closes on the 14th, . j -
St. Augustete's, Usosy.— The fourth 0! pi
series oi'enterLainments to raise funds for
the extension of the schoolroom of St.
Augustine's Church was given in the Town .'
Hall, Unley, on Friday last, before a large
and appreciative audience. The programme
comprised an orchestral overturej a Christy ?
minstrel, drawing-room, entertainment, a
nigger farce entitled 'High Art,' and a.
violin solo by Mr. Mnmme,
Fas Pig.— Thew ia on view at Mr. L.
Conrad's shops, Hindley-atreet and Sundla
streeS,- a mammoth pig weighing about 700
Ib. It waa a prizeiaker at -the last Show,
and the Judges' remarks about ifea ponderous
proportions will be -fully boms out by those ?
who eee it, The pig -was .fattened by Mr.
Conrad at Walkerville.
Sa Bsdb's CmjKCH.--Th8 anrraal tea and
conceit in connection with the above Church
are to be held in tha Semaphore Institute to
night, when- ths Bev. Walter Wsa-d, M.A,,:
who succeeds ths-Ssv, M. Howitt in the
inenmbency, will be welcomed
EoyaIi Society.— The annual meeting will
h® bald over- fee Art Gallery to-night.
Papers will be read by Professor Tata upon.
' The HoUuec3 of Soufii Australia1' snd upon
'The Lamellibrancbs, the Paliiobrancha, tha
Pteropods, and the Scaphopoda of tha Older
Tertisrie3 of South Australia.' . - :
JUVSOTJJ COHCEBT AT NO2W00S.— Tha
juveniles attending the Bchool cosdeoted by
the Sisters of St. Joseph at Norwood will
give a concert in the Kenwood Town Hall_
to-night.
U5XVS3SITY - ShAKESPEAHK SOCIETY,— At
tha mesians thi3 eveain^lfr. G. S. Bowyear
will jread a paper 'Why do We Eeid
Shairpeare ?!
Zj'cra Oats,— Hi. Ssilly, of Penola^ haa
esn- nil a ciapk cf tntn hs ia now ^rosrlns.
Th.3 plants ara 4 ft. 6 L. Mohj and are no5
yet In esr.
Tr-T.,, B3EASTAS2.— Ti- fico brcalixaslgivca
on Sunday, Octobsi 3, tto prcTidcd oat of a
3UB ^cllssfced hj 21r. J. li, SobnuSj jnn,,
from a3cno3tic: Isindc.
A.O.1?. Juyz^su^ BnAja.— -1 ica cad
concirlwill ba hold iatio Adclaido Town ;
HJ1 i'u cyczIjis In cenno-tien vriSh tha
Javenils Bra-ch cf tho A.C.I?.
CurAHY Aira Viszqj Scoett.tA tpnzzd
rnsetiag is called fcr ihj ovmlng in tho
P.vets'bta Hall, wlicn rite prlr j t?on aS the
rccsas Show are to b*s dlzzzibzzcd.
Ai=i2-S23^:t Cbiszzz,, Iiitch.ii..,.— A
calo of gooib Z-.2. La end public mcctlnsa
vill t3 h Jd GuruiT; t^rs aitcrcoca ana even
znj m & 3 wbove C--'3d,
Cash JF aik.— n.o'T7alhervmo Cz±q Fair
vrill bo condnatd in tha Chaidi Schoolroom ?
tHn ovenins.
Qui22T Buiideg Society.— Tha usual
montHy meeting will bo hsld this eTening, , I
Satokday'3 Spobtb. — The time In fea
Maiden Pkla to 8| cec.aoS 8|sa Staled
in our report. {
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