To-day we publish our annual cricket returns. They show that the season of 1877-8 has been a toy successful one, and that the popularity of the game remains unabated, while our players ...
Article : 5,875 wordsPresent—His Worship the Mayor (Mr. D. Bower, M.P.), Councillors J. Rann, C. Hains, R. Honey, W. Cleave, T. Hack, G. Bollen, R. Kestle, and J. Bennett, and the Town Clerk (Mr. ...
Article : 747 wordsPresent—Captain R. H. Ferguson, S.M. (President), Captains J. W. Smith, J. P., and D. Tapley, and Mr. J. Formby, J.P. (Wardens), and Mr. Robertson (Acting-Secretary). ...
Article : 1,476 wordsSeveral of our farmers have already arrived here, and are settled on their new sections. We have had some heavy rain, but the ground continues very hard. ...
Article : 31 words"When I last wrote I was rejoicing because we were having such glorious weather for our vintage, but a change has come. On Thursday, the 18th, the rain commenced, and we had it off ...
Article : 143 wordsWe had a splendid rain during yesterday, and this morning the weather continued drizzly, but now (at noon) it seems inclined to clear up. It would be a great blessing to the ...
Article : 69 wordsNice showers of rain commenced to fall on Thursday last and have continued until the present date. It will be of inestimable value to the farmers in this district, as many of them ...
Article : 222 wordsThe long looked-for and much-needed rain has come at last. During the past week we have been visited by very heavy falls, especially on the 19th, when the rain fell in torrents, and ...
Article : 409 wordsSir—Mr. Severn in the report of his lecture at Port Adelaide is made to say that it could be proved by experiment that the earth became a magnet by the reflection of the sun's heat upon ...
Article : 87 wordsWe had a nice change in the weather during last week. On Thursday and Friday there were some fine showers of rain, and on Sunday afternoon it again began to rain, and the downfall ...
Article : 154 wordsSir—As a passenger from Melbourne by the South Australian, steamer, which pained Glenelg on Thursday morning, I wish to complain that we were not allowed to land there, as ...
Article : 238 wordsSowing is being pushed ahead vigorously, and some farmers are nearly finished. A good many of Dobbie's seed-sowers are being used here. The wheat that is up looks well, and has been ...
Article : 266 wordsThe drought has now broken up. Heavy rains fell here last Thursday, and on Saturday night they commenced again, falling steadily all day yesterday. Nearly all the tanks and ...
Article : 119 wordsSir—White the above subject is fresh in the minds of the public, and if not trespassing on your space. I would like to submit the following, showing. I think, a screw loose ...
Article : 300 wordsYesterday we were favoured by a fine, quiet, steady rain for about five hours, which thoroughly saturated the ground, and every advantage is being taken of the favoured ...
Article : 71 wordsVery heavy showers fell during last night, letting fanners fully going, also starting all weeds, oats, and drake, so that these to a great extent may be destroyed, thus insuring cleaner crops next season. ...
Article : 39 wordsFine rains fell here last Thursday, and again yesterday (21st). raining steadily some hours. Some of Dr. Browne's teams passed here on Saturday en route for his new country. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe sixth anniversary of the Wesleyan Church here was celebrated on Sunday and Monday, the 21st and 22nd. Interesting and instructive sermons a were preached on Sunday by the Rev. ...
Article : 153 wordsThe weather has been all we can desire Nearly half an inch of rain fell during the past week; heavy dews followed, and vegetation is coming on rapidly. Great dissatisfaction is fell here ...
Article : 81 wordsWe have had a splendid rain (about 1¼ in.), all of which has good into the ground. It came, too, just in time to save the growing herbage, much of which mast hare perished had the ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Sat 27 Apr 1878, Page 1
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