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  2. PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Sir—The public school system of this colony requires remodelling. At present it is in antagonism to its own demands. To be any advantage to the community it should be placed ...

    Article : 250 words
  3. ARRIVAL OF THE DAVID McIVOR, WITH 383 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS.

    The David McIvor is an American-built vessel, with every requisite on board for the transport of emigrants, being lofty between decks and well ventilated throughout. She ...

    Article : 582 words
  4. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH BAZAAR.

    A bazaar in aid of the funds required for completing the above handsome religious edifice was opened to the public at White's Room on Tuesday, and the abundance, elegance, and, in some instances, the richness of the articles ...

    Article : 2,060 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 367 words
  6. SIR GEORGE GREY.

    Our files of papers recently received from the Cape are to a very great extent fi[?] with expressions of regret from all classes of the community—English, Dutch, and Kaffir—at ...

    Article : 1,294 words
  7. TRADE WITH INDIA.

    Many of our readers, probably, will be surprised to find that the free port of Singapore, so often spoken of as the great maritime depot of the East, is, notwithstanding the inducement ...

    Article : 848 words
  8. BUILDING SOCIETIES.

    Sir—There is nothing like decent tenements to raise the habits and character of the sovereign people. They constitute an important, indispensable element in the education ...

    Article : 444 words
  9. THE POLITICAL ASSOCIATION.

    Our readers must have noticed from time to time reports of meetings held under the Auspices of an organization calling itself the "Political Association." These meetings have ...

    Article : 1,148 words
  10. DRINKING FOUNTAINS.

    We hope, as the City Waterworks are advancing to wards completion, that father the Corporation or the citizens themselves will not fail to give due attention to the question of ...

    Article : 830 words
  11. GOLD AT THE TINPOT.

    Sir—You are probably aware that Messrs, Bassett & Squarey are working a silver-lead mine (principally carbonates) near the Tinpot, and that a sufficient percentage of gold has ...

    Article : 414 words
  12. A POLICE COURT POOR-BOX.

    Sir—I have often been surprised at the absence of the above from the City Police Court, where, it is well known, there are many very pitiable cases brought before the sitting ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. THE KANGAROO ISLAND TELEGRAPH.

    Parliament has again been prorogued; and with the prorogation must be postponed attention to the injunctions of the Home Government with respect to the Kangaroo Island ...

    Article : 1,020 words
  14. TIMBER LICENCES.

    Sir—Some months ago the District Council of Port Elliot laid an information against two men for cutting timber without a licence. The offence was laid under the Crown Lands Act, ...

    Article : 179 words
  15. THE ELAND.

    Sir—It has often been a subject of great surprise to me that none of our wealthy and enterprising stockholders have ever thought of introducing the eland (Boselaphas oreas) on ...

    Article : 381 words
  16. MR. COBDEN AND AUSTRALIA.

    Our readers may recollect that Mr. Cobden, in a speech at Rochdale, delivered just on the eve of the departure of the August mail, indulged in some sneering and unworthy ...

    Article : 1,107 words
  17. PATENTS.

    Sir—Cau you inform me in what way a patent is to be obtained here, and what may be the probable expense? The local Act, No. 18, 1859, authorizes the ...

    Article : 286 words
  18. WRECK OF THE ADMELLA.

    Sir—In answer t "Eye Witness's" statement in the Register, that the Ant did not tow the lifeboat to the Lady Bird, I refer him to the following. ...

    Article : 88 words
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