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  2. The Advertiser FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.

    ONE of the principal causes of the present stagnation in commerce in this colony is said to be the fact that the banks have decreased their advances to the public by ...

    Article : 7,864 words
  3. NEWS BY THE MAIL

    Mr. Reginald Brett's Land and Mortgage Company has been floated. It certainly would not have been had it not been for the advent of Mr. Bray, who, I believe, induced ...

    Article : 2,034 words
  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    The Prince of Wales, Prince Edward of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh left England to-day en route to Berlin to be present at the festivities on the occasion ...

    Article : 56 words
  5. DEATH OF MR. JAS. PILE.

    Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning Mr. Jas. Pile died at the age of eighty-three. Mr. Pile had been ill some weeks and an operation was performed on Sunday week for hydatids. ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. GLADSTONE CIRCUIT COURT.

    At the Criminal Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, John Moore, of Belalie, farmer, was fined £5 for non-attendance, which was afterwards remitted. Ah Ling, charged with ...

    Article : 243 words
  7. MINING EXPLOSION IN PRUSSIA.

    A terrible disaster has occurred at Saarbruck, a town in the province of Rhenish Prussia, where a violent mining explosion took place, through which 200 ...

    Article : 38 words
  8. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Wm. Jervois left for New Zealand to-day by the Manapouri. The following horses arrived from Melbourne to-day :—Coriolanus, Anchorite, The ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. FRANCE AND CHINA.

    It is authoritatively denied that the German Government offered its mediation between France and China. On the other hand it is announced that M. Jules ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. REPORTED DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON.

    Most perplexing rumors are current as to the fate of General Gordon; but the probabilities are strong in favor of the conclusion that he was killed on the fall of the city he defended ...

    Article : 4,704 words
  11. SHIPPING

    The Messageries Maritimes Company's steamship Salazie, which left Marseilles on the 11th inst., passed here to-day bound for Australian ports. ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Charles Smith, lessee of No. 2 Percy Island, arrived at Mackay to-day with two French escapees. He reports to Mr. McCarthy, sub-collector of Customs, that two Frenchmen ...

    Article : 261 words
  13. STRIKE OF MEN ON THE PETERSBURG LINE.

    About seventy men struck work this morning for one shilling per day extra at the 15-mile camp. They are considered worthy of it, as they worked well. A great many are coming ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. COMMERCIAL.

    Consols are at 98[?]. The market rate of discount is 3¼ per cent. Tin (Straits and Australian) is worth ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

    The annual general meeting of the above society was held on Thursday afternoon in the Exchange Arbitration-room. There was a good attendance of shareholders, and the ...

    Article : 837 words
  16. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN AFGHANISTAN.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. Gladstone stated that the British Government had demanded that the Russian troops be withdrawn to Sarakhs, ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. CONCRETE V. STONE

    Sir—There has been a good deal said and written o late on the above subject, and in a new country like this it is worthy of attention. Now, while sympathising with the stonemasons ...

    Article : 559 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    The debate with reference to the dispatch of troops to the Soudan was continued in the Assembly to-night, when miscellaneous speeches were delivered, a majority being in ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN

    Major-General Sir Gerald Graham, who proposes to start for Berber next week, with the forces under his command, has sent a messenger to Osman Digna ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. GENERAL GRAHAMS MARCH.

    The whole of the force under the command of General Graham left here at an early hour this morning with one day's rations and 100 ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. COUNTRY TELEGRAMS.

    A fire occurred on the farm of Mr. Matthias, about a mile west of Sevenhills, yesterday afternoon, and destroyed the out-buildings, a stack of hay, a winnowing machine, and ...

    Article : 553 words
  22. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The hearing of the action brought by Louis Barnard for wrongful expulsion from the Victorian Betting Club was continued to-day. Mr. Topp, for the plaintiff, held that Mr. ...

    Article : 570 words
  23. OUR COAST DEFENCES.

    Sir—In the event of our Government making any preparations in the above direction I wish to point out that Fort Elliot is a very suitable place to form a depot for an auxiliary branch ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. GARDENERS' SOCIETY.

    A conversational meeting of the members of the S. A. Gardeners' Society was held at Register Chambers, Grenfell-street, on Thursday evening, March 19. There was a moderate ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. DESTITUTE BOARD.

    Forty personal applications for relief were considered, rations being granted in thirty-three and declined in seven cases. Applications from two women for the admission of children to the Industrial School ...

    Article : 163 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 244 words
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