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  2. ADELAIDE GERMAN KITCHEN BOY.

    After the capture at Fiji of the boat belonging to the See Adler, in which were Count von Luckner and others of the crew of the pirate ship, the Mayor of Levuka ...

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  3. CONCERNING POMPOOTA CONTRACTS.

    Serious allegations have been made regarding the conduct of a store at the Pompoota training farm,on the River Murray, and a contract for the purchase of milk ...

    Article : 279 words
  4. CORONIAL STATISTICS FOR 1917.

    During 1917 the City Coroner, whose jurisdiction is within 10 miles of the Adelaide G.P.O., received from the police 407 reports, and 46 inquests were held. There ...

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  5. MYSTERIOUS LONDON.—"INFESTED BY ALIENS."

    "That mysterious district of Loxton," which, according to Superintendent Priest has provided nine out of every 10 prosecutions against aliens for having failed to ...

    Article : 170 words
  6. CUTLERY FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier (Hon. A. H. Peake) has received the following letter from the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, dated November 14, 1917:— ...

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  7. POLICE COURT STATISTICS

    The statement of the transactions of the Adelaide Police Court for 1917 shows that the total number of cases summarily dealt with was 8,688, and 2,767 convictions were ...

    Article : 262 words
  8. ENGLISH FOOD RESTRICTIONS.

    Apropos of the food restrictions in Great Britain, the following, culled from a London daily, is interesting:—In his Margarine Order, the Food Controller ...

    Article : 275 words
  9. TRAMWAYS RECEIPTS.

    A return issued by the Municipal Tramways Trust, covering the fortnight ended December 24, indicates that during that period 1,735,109 passengers travelled over ...

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  10. AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS.

    Our Melbourne correspondent telegraphed on Sunday:—Military orders issued by the Defence Department yesterday contained an ...

    Article : 233 words
  11. KONGORONG ESTATE.

    The Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. H. Jackson) returned last week from the south-east, where he had been with the members for the district, ...

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  12. A MORGUE SENSATION.

    Uneasiness has been aroused in Adelaide in consequence of allegations made by a returned soldier and a Mrs. O'Leary, of Marlborough place, off Waymou h[?]treet, ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. REPATRIATION OF SOLDIERS.

    The re-establishment of returned soldiers in civil life was the subject of discussion at the annual meeting of the U.S.A. on Monday night. The President (Capt. A. ...

    Article : 274 words
  14. ATTACKED BY A SHARK.

    Proof has been forthcoming on several occasions recently that sharks are fairly numerous near the shores of Holdfast Bay, and now one of them has provided an ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. NEW PICTURE FOR THE ART GALLERY.

    On Tuesday a painting entitled "Making Hay While the Sun Shines," by Frederick Chester, was hung in the National Art Gallery. It was painted in 1876, is a ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. FEDERAL SHIPBUILDING SCHEME.

    The Prime Minister stated on Saturday (our Melbourne correspondent telegraphed on Sunday) that Victorian State officials had had several interviews ...

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  17. A LETTER FROM JAPAN.

    Mr. A. T. Saunders writes:—The following copy of a letter from Japan may interest your readers. I am sending the writer Dr. Maloney's speech on the Referendum ...

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  18. LICENSING LAWS AND DRUNKENNESS.

    Interesting figures dealing with drunkenness and the licensing laws are included in the statistics of the Adelaide Police Court for 1917. During the year 1,000 people ...

    Article : 155 words
  19. In the Courts. FLAGSTAFF HOTEL INCIDENT.

    Aliened breaches or the licensing Act were mentioned before Messrs. S. J. Mitchell, S.M., and J. Gray, in the Adelaide Police Court on Monday. Horatio Uren, of the Flagstaff Hotel, ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. A BADLY PAYING RAILWAY.

    A correspondent Writes:—A public Meeting to consider the Local rates recently, imposed on the Goodwood-Willunga line in consequence of the abolition of the ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. INSOLVENCY COURT STATISTICS.

    The following are the statistics of the Adelaide Court of Insolvency for 3917:—There were 27 insolvencies, of which 18 were voluntary, being 8 in insolvents' own ...

    Article : 402 words
  22. "LIVE" WHEAT STACKS.

    Weevils in the wheat stacks at Brikenhead are not only doing damage to the grain, but have become an unba[?]ble nuisance, to the residents of a great part ...

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  23. BROKEN HILL POLICE COURT.

    BROKEN HILL, January 4.—Jens Smith, an alien, was fined £2 and costs. in default 14 days' imprisonment, at the Police Count to-day for net having registered. Seven men were each fined 10/ ...

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  24. UNLAWFUL HOURS.

    BROKEN HILL, January 7.—J. H. Burrows, licencee of the Tydvil Hotel, was to-day fined £5 and costs on a charge that he was the licencee of a hotel on which a mail ...

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  25. SERIOUS CHARGES DISMISSED.

    On Monday M.C. West, officer-incharge of the Stirling West Police Station, and M.C. Jackson, arrested Reginald William Lampert, aged about 24 years, on a ...

    Article : 197 words
  26. BRILLIANT VENUS.

    The planet Venus is now at its period of greatest brilliancy. The actual date calculated for the maximum is January 5, but the planet will continue to show at ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. STATE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

    Two lads, 10 and 11 years respectively, were charged with theft, on the information of William R. Day, of Plympton. Informant stated that between January 8 and 5 a quantity of letters and ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. THE COAL SUPPLY.

    The Premier (Hon. A. H. Peake); on Monday, referring to the telegram in The Register regarding the control of the coal supply in the various States, said the ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. WHEATBAGS CUT OPEN.

    Our Mount Templeton correspondent writes:—During last week Mr. J. Mutter was going through one of his paddocks, which he had just competed harvesting, ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. SOLDIERS AS SETTLERS.

    Ex-soldiers settled on the land to date number about 600. Among the first soldier settlements was Lament, near Loverccargill, a report concerning which shows ...

    Article : 51 words
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