In the pages of the Melbourne Yeoman we find an article which reviews at some length the proceedings of the Acclimatization Societies of this colony. The writer has a difficulty to ...
Article : 870 wordsThe Postmaster-General has been successful in getting the Post-Office authorities in Melbourne to accede to the wishes of the inhabitants of Mount Gambier to have the days of arrival and departure ...
Article : 594 wordsLast week there was a terrific fire raging in the Tatiora. Though fully 50 miles distant, it had a grand appearance from here. The long tail of smoke could not have been much short of 100 ...
Article : 186 wordsPicnics appear now to have become the most fashionable way of spending a holiday, and I am happy to say the Meadows people are not behindhand in following up this innocent and ...
Article : 1,291 wordsThe latest news from the seat of war is the following, which we extract from the New Zealand Herald of March 18:—TARANAKI—SKIRMISH WITH THE NATIVES AT ...
Article : 811 wordsThis place has presented a very busy appearance for the last six or seven weeks, owing to the great number of drays passing to and from the wharf with wheat. The Emily Allison and the Deva ...
Article : 268 wordsThe Easter holidays have passed off very quietly here. On Friday the principal attraction was a large picnic held at Lake Eliza, some six miles away from the township. There were about ...
Article : 399 wordsBy the brig Ziska we have received Mauritius papers to February 13th. On the 12th of that month Sir Henry Barkly submitted two important minutes to the consideration of ...
Article : 1,876 wordsThere has been some abatement in the wheat traffic through this district, caused partly no doubt by the slight decline in prices, and partly because stocks by this time must be getting low. Indeed. ...
Article : 237 wordsA large meeting of farmers and others was held, pursuant to advertisement, at the Riverton Hotel, on Tuesday evening, the 5th instant, for the purpose of consulting as to the advisability of ...
Article : 487 wordsThe strike still continues, and there is less reason than ever to think that it is near its termination. The miners state that they are determined not to go to work under the present agents either here or ...
Article : 884 wordsSince the Show of the Mount Barker Agricultural and Horticultural Association, held here on the 24th ult., and which has been already reported in your journal, business has been very dull, and I ...
Article : 173 wordsWe sadly want in Adelaide a Medical Board for the discussion of questions affecting the general health of the public. "In the multitude of counsellors there is safety." Thee ...
Article : 1,287 wordsOur township was quite alive on Easter Monday, when the annual shooting for the kingship of the Tanunda Rifle Club took place. At half-past 11 the members in their neat uniform, headed by the ...
Article : 393 wordsOn the 15th February list, between three and four o'clock, a boy belonging to George Burt who is about two years old, strayed from home during the father's absence, and, being missed, search was ...
Article : 710 wordsGARDINER IN SYDNEY. — The Sydney correspondent of the Goulbum Chronicle writes;—"Gardiner arrived in Sydney harbour on Friday, at midnight, and was taken from the steamer ...
Article : 739 wordsSince my last the weather in this quarter has been warm during the day and cool at night, so that a great many cases of hooping-cough and other kindred diseases are prevalent, scarlet fever ...
Article : 1,796 wordsA public meeting of the electors of Barossa was held at the Angaston Hotel last week, presided over by Dr Millner, Chairman of the District Council. The business of the meeting was to ...
Article : 740 wordsLast Sunday the Wesleyans celebrated their anniversary, and sermons were preached by the Rev. J. Watsford. On Monday a tea meeting was held, and a goodly company sat down and did ...
Article : 700 wordsA destructive fire broke out last night on the premises of Mr. W. Southwell, farmer, near this place, which has resulted in the loss of property in farm produce amounting to nearly £150, It is ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 9 Apr 1864, Page 1
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