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  2. AMERICAN DEFENCE.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. McClintic charged Mr. Wilbur (Naval Secretary) with a deliberate attempt to mislead the American people with regard ...

    Article : 534 words
  3. COAL MINING.

    Mr. Frank Hodges, M.P.,(Labor), in a speech at Crosshands (Ayr), put forward outspoken proposals to save the coal industry from ruin. ...

    Article : 201 words
  4. A DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST.

    Sir Charles H[?], who will [?] by the R.M.S. Ormonde to-day, [?] a scientist of world-wide fame. He holds the degree of Doctor of Laws of St. ...

    Article : 508 words
  5. FOOD IN BRITAIN.

    That economic necessity and not cho[?] has compelled the British workers to [?] imported meat was the contention of the managers of the English and Scottish ...

    Article : 534 words
  6. TROPICAL DELUGE IN ADELAIDE.

    Adelaide and its suburbs en Friday experienced two cloudbursts during a thunderstorm lasting 2[?] hours, and the rainfall constituted an unapproached record in the history of the metropolitan area. People who remembered the deluge of February, 1913, at once realised that this rain was very much heavier, and were greatly relieved when they found that it was a local storm, and had not extended to the Mount Lofty Ranges, in which case the devastation likely to be ...

    Article : 1,212 words
  7. WASTED OPPORTUNITIES.

    If the Outer Harbor is the front entrance of the State the environment to which it gives access should be made more inviting. At first sight the wharfs against which ...

    Article : 1,384 words
  8. THE GRAMOPHONE IN EDUCATION.

    The educational use of the gramophone has hitherto been confined almost exclusively to the teaching of music. By means of this admirable invention many students ...

    Article : 694 words
  9. GOVERNMENT HOUSE WALL COLLAPSES.

    The domain of Government House slopes iv a north-westerly direction, and to the north-westem corner the five or six inches of rain gravitated. There its ...

    Article : 285 words
  10. TELEPHONE Aid TELEGRAPH.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. J. W. Kittoi advises that during January the service of 337 new telephone subscribers were connected, and the ...

    Article : 185 words
  11. ROYALTY IN REALITY.

    We publish to-day the first of a series of eight articles on "Royalty in Reality," by "A Court Historian." These intimate studies of members of the Royal Family ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. PREVIOUS VERDICT REVERSED.

    After having bad a verdict of guilty returned against him, the trial being subsequently quashed, as one of the Jurymen had not ...

    Article : 359 words
  13. TERRIFYING THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

    The ram was accompanied by lightning of the most vivid kind, and peals of thunder close at hand. Many suburban residents, particularly women, were terrified by ...

    Article : 517 words
  14. WE CALL OF OUT-BACK.

    Not the least interesting of the passengers who left Adelaide by the East-West express yesterday were three lads, who were conspicuous by reason of the fact ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. INCIDENTS OF. THE STORM.

    Aged ladies standing almost knee-deep, in water with their skirts hoisted to a height which ordinarily they would consider out of the question; young girls in ...

    Article : 858 words
  16. WESTBOURNE PARK CHURCH.

    Following close upon a similar ceremony in connection with Clarence Park, Methodist Chinch that the Rev. William Shaw, a former superintendent of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. AN IMMENSE RESERVOIR.

    The Manchester Corporation has decided to expend £10,000,000 immediately on a water scheme. This will include the lengthening of Thirlmere Lake from 2½ to ...

    Article : 102 words
  18. POSED AS A WOMAN.

    The "Petit Parisien" relates the history of a man named Trappe, who lived in Paris for ten years as a woman. He went to the battle-front as a corporal ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. SYDNEY GRAFT ENQUIRY.

    Ex-Alderman Walker was clearly questioned to-day before the Royal Commissioner about his voting on the [?] contract. He was pressed to [?] ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. EDUCATION DERAILMENT.

    The Minister of Education has awarded intermediate exhibitions to the following candidates, subject to the production of satisfactory proof of ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. THE NEW CONVERSION LOAN,

    The Loan Council met in Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday and was attended by the Treasurers of all the States. It was presided over by the Prime ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. GOVERNMENT LABOR EXCHANGE.

    Figures compiled by the Superintendent of the Government Labor Exchange (Mr. A. C. H. Richardson) show that during January 964 laborers, 27 youth laborers, ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. THE RABBIT PEST.

    Despite the effective work done with the aid of fumigators in the South-East, rabbits are proving a nuisance in that dis- trict, chiefly because simultaneous ...

    Article : 379 words
  24. LADY NORTHCOTE ROBBED.

    Robert Delanes, a civil engineer, aged 21, was convicted to-day on a charge of breaking into the house of Lady Northcote (widow of a former Australian ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. i INDEX TO AD\_RTISEMENTS. ? 1 I ! I j

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 words
  26. RATES OF EXCHANGE

    The following are the rates of [?] change in London (previous quotations being in parentheses):(86.60) Paris (Pairity 25.22[?] ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. SUPREME COURT SESSIONS.

    The following cases are down for hearing next week in connection with the present session of the Criminal Court:— Tuesday.—John Tate, indecent assault, ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. RAILWAY, TRAMWAY, AND ELECTRIC SERVICES.

    The railways were thrown into a state of confusion, first by the flooding of the Adelaide station yard and later by water crossing the line between Ovingham and ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. MADAME ELSA STRALIA.

    Madame Elsa Stralia, who is now on her way to Australia on a concert tour which will open in Sydney on Easter Monday and will be followed by an ...

    Article : 262 words
  30. ELDER CONSERVATORIUN.

    The first term of the Elder Con[?] [?] for this year will begin on March 2. The director, Professor Harold Davies, and members of the staff will be in ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. SHORTAGE OF WHEAT.

    The "[?]" says:-The French Government has decided to ascertain the quantity of wheat stocks all over the country, and to [?] power to requisition the ...

    Article : 100 words
  32. BOYS FOR AN EXPERIMENT FARM,

    On the steamer Barrabool, which arrived at the Outer Harbor from London on Friday morning, were. 40 specially-selected boys, whose ages ranges from 15½ to 19, for ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. PLANTS FAVORED IN EASTERN STATES.

    During a [?] States in December, last, the Director of the Bot[?] Gardens (Mr. J. [?] [?] that [?] growing weather had ...

    Article : 171 words
  34. THE CITY UNDER WATER.

    Mr. E. B[?]nley, the Government Meteorologist, in discussing the rain with a representative of "The Advertiser," said the fall was [?]ented in weather ...

    Article : 194 words
  35. THE WORLD COURT.

    The proposal that the United States should participate in the World [?] Justice has been virtually laid [?] the shelf by the Senate Foreign [?] ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. DENTAL EXAMINATION. i

    A New South Wales dental surgeon who is anong the passengers for Sydney on the Esperance Bay, stated that he considered migrants for Australia, should ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. MOTOR BODY BUILDING AT ISLINGTON.

    Questioned on Friday regarding the progress of the alterations and reconstruction of the Islington Work-hops, the Chief Commissioner of Railways (Mr. W. A. ...

    Article : 92 words
  38. THE MISSING LINK.

    British scientists are deeply interested in cable messages received from South Africa reporting that a [?] which is believed to [?] ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. CAR FARES REDUCED.

    According to a statement issued by the Municipal Tramways Trust, the reduction of car fares has resulted in a greater [?] ber of passengers being carried. This ...

    Article : 91 words
  40. THE MOTOR BOAT CHAMPIONSHIP.

    In the motor [?] championship, which will be contested at B[?] on February 21, the State will be represented by Tortoise, owned by Mr. A. G. Ry[?] ...

    Article : 74 words
  41. CLASSIFYING ADVERTISEMENTS.

    In order to ensure the correct classification of small advertisements in "The Advertiser" it is necessary that they should be handed in as early as possible on the ...

    Article : 66 words
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