The proverbial ill-luck which is said to attend Fridays was exemplified on Commemoration Day, when holiday-seekers were treated to the first really disagreeable taste ...
Article : 390 wordsThe year 1883 has been the busiest for legal work since the establishment of our Courts of Justice, and no doubt the Treasurer will rejoice, in consequence of the extra ...
Article : 1,193 wordsTo the number of between sixty and seventy the members of the Port Adelaide Licensed Carters' Association celebrated their tenth and the forty-seventh ...
Article : 1,182 wordsPort Adelaide observed Commemoration Day, the Customs being closed, and shipping work being stopped. In the morning three toes went away with valuable human fright ...
Article : 231 wordsCommemoration Day is generally held sacred to festivities at Glenele, and Messrs. Blackler and Ferry could hardly have hoped for a large attendance when they determined ...
Article : 1,816 wordsThe state of affairs at the Semaphore was unusually quiet for a holiday, and in fact, there was barely an apology for one, as the crowd of visitors was not greater, nor perhaps ...
Article : 188 wordsPatron, His Excellency Sir W. C. F. Robinson, K.C.M.G.; Vice-Patrons, His Honor the Chief Justice, the Chief Secretary, Sir Henry Ayers, K.C.M.G., Hon. R. D. ...
Article : 1,007 wordsThe Hills Railway had a large number of excursionists to Blackwood, Mount Lofty, Aldgate, and also to Mount Barker and Nairne. The weather was warm enough ...
Article : 96 wordsOur correspondent was telegraphs that Friday was observed as a close holiday. The united Friendly Societies' held a picnic at the local racecourse. Special trains conveyed large ...
Article : 102 wordsThe traffic returns on the railways were unusually large. The number who travelled on the Glenelg lines is estimated at over 40,000, on the Port and Semaphore line ...
Article : 42 wordsThe annual general meeting of the Adelaide Racing Club is to be held at the Globe Hotel this evening. Members—subscribers they should be called—are reminded by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 wordsAthletic sports were carried out on the Colley Reserve, and were watched with interest by a large number of people. The Athletic Sports Committee were the Mayor ...
Article : 460 wordsIn Letting very little is doing, as the interest centres in the cricket match. For Tattersall's Cup Coriolanus is supported at 4 to 1, closing at 3 to 1. Scratching—For the ...
Article : 73 wordsFrom some unexplained reason the aquatic part of the day's programme did not prove as interesting as usual. The sailing races were fairly well contested, but the wind was not ...
Article : 1,631 wordsPresent:—Messrs. W. F. Haigh (Chairman), J. St.G. Puckridge, C. B. Evan, J.P.'s, G. Dorwood, W. O. Bennett (Secretary), and T. Clark (Overseer) ...
Article : 472 wordsA picnic was held on the grounds of Mr. Bower, M.P., Woodville, in aid of the Port Catholic Preabytery Fund. The attendance was fair, considering the extreme heat and ...
Article : 532 wordsSir—I write to caution the public who intend travelling by the Glenelg Railways during the present holidays by stating my experience on their line yesterday. ...
Article : 249 wordsIn the evening the fireworks, which are now regarded as a regular feature of the (Commemoration Day at Glenelg, were let off from the staging leading to the baths, and ...
Article : 388 wordsThe appearance presented by the jetty and beach, and their surroundings, from the numerous points of vantage to which resort could be had, was of the liveliest description ...
Article : 1,389 wordsThe following are the handicaps for the bicycle races in connection with the Gawler United Friendly Societies' Fete on January 1:— Two-mile Maiden—H. Day and C. M. Wilkinson ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Sat 29 Dec 1883, Page 6
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