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  2. THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR BOARDS.

    At various times during the past year or two the Kingston Government have had more or less friction with the Boards which have supervision, or are supposed, ...

    Article : 200 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The Right Hon. C. C. Kingston has telegraphed to the Acting Premier, the Hon. J. G. Jenkins, stating that the South Australian delegates to the Federal ...

    Article : 39 words
  4. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Two more summonses were returnable at the Warden's Court this morning in connection with the Ivanhoe Venture lease. A large crowd assembled to hear thorn, but ...

    Article : 326 words
  5. RAISIN DRYING.

    Mr. W. C. Grasby says that several raisin dryers have made further enquiries respecting the Smyrna method of dipping the cranes in an emulsion of carbonate of ...

    Article : 173 words
  6. WILLS AND THEIR WAYWARDNESS.

    One of the best abused public buildings in Adelaide, probably, is the Supreme (Court, where the Judges and the lawyers, not to speak of litigants, ...

    Article : 266 words
  7. MOUNT GAMBIER BUILDING SOCIETY.

    The adjourned summons for an orderfor the payment of a debt alleged to be due by P. Smels as contributor to the Mount Gambier Building Society came on ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wesleyan Conference passed a resolution to-day expressing the desirableness in connection with the opening of the twentieth century of raising a fund of £5,000 for the ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.

    Archbishop O'Reily is a keen student of human nature, and his observations have taught him several wrinkles concerning the governing of a public ...

    Article : 318 words
  10. COLONIAL TALENT

    We have been shown by Mr. A. Adamson a clever drawing by Miss Gwen Adamson, a young—South Australian aged fifteen. The sketch is from a photograph ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. THE CONVICT COLQUHOUN.

    The convict Robert Colquhoun, who escaped from the Stockade, in company with Jens Christiian Jensen on December 30, and who was rearrested in the city on ...

    Article : 955 words
  12. METEOROLOGISTS AT VARIANCE.

    The respective Meteorologists for South Australia and [?]eensland still differ in their weather forecasts. Sir Charles Todd in his report issued on Tuesday said a cool ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH SECOND LINE PROMISED.

    Speaking upon the incessant interruption of the telegraph service between Port Darwin and Adelaide, Dr. Cockburn, who has control of the telegraph lines in South Australia, ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  15. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

    Reuter's correspondent at Bombay telegraphed to London concerning the eclipse of the sun:—"As the eclipse reached its zenith the temperature fell rapidly, and ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. THE ACCIDENT TO MR. TURNER.

    An examination to-day of the spot where the coach, accident took place showed that the passengers had a narrow escape of all - being killed, The coach had just rounded a sharp ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. A DOCTOR'S LETTER IGNORED.

    The following amusing letter, sent by Dr. Hill on March 7 to the President of the Wesieyan Conference, was read at Wednesday's meeting:—"Seeing that a ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. A RECAPTURED CONVICT.

    "Hullo, Bob, caught at last," was the unwelcome greeting of Detective McKinnon to Robert Colquhoun, apprehended in Rundle-street on Wednesday evening last ...

    Article : 241 words
  19. THE CURCULIO BEETLE.

    The ravages of the Curculio beetle are very pronounced at present in the localities where the pest has established itself, and these localities are within a radius of ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    With referenced to the proposal that steps be taken towards the mitigation of the floods in the Brisbane River, the Treasurer, Mr. Philp, has announced that Sir Horace Tozer will be ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. THE CUSTOMS RETURNS.

    From July 1, 1897, to March 5, 1898, the Customs receipts amounted to £384,303, or a decrease of £25,966 on those for the same period in the previous ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

    "A fair exchange is no robbery" is an. old adage in which the Director of the Adelaide Zoological Gardens, Mr. A. G. Minchin, evidently believes. In order to ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. ALLEGED BURGLARY.

    The two men, Edward Armitage and George Scott,, who were surprised through the smartness displayed by Detectives [?]raser, Jones, and Dempsey, and their ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. AN EXCITED WITNESS.

    The proceedings of the City Police Court were somewhat enlivened during the hearing of a charge of indecent language on Friday morning. The contending parties ...

    Article : 297 words
  25. TYPHOID FEVER IN VICTORIA.

    The typhoid outbreak continues to be more severe this year than last. This, Dr. Gross-well thinks, is due to the excessive drought and heat, with the scarcity and pollution of ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. HIS EXCU[?] THE GOVERNOR AND PRECEDENT.

    The Directors of the Menzies Barossa Goldmining Company had hoped that His Excellency the Governor would be present at the starting of the machinery on ...

    Article : 156 words
  27. A SLIP OF THE TONGUE.

    "I beg to leave," announced the Rev. J. B. Stephenson to the Wesleyan Conference on Wednesday afternoon when concluding a speech on a Church subject. ...

    Article : 152 words
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