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  2. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The Monthly Committee Meeting was held on Friday afternoon, at White's Rooms. Present—Captain Hart M.P. (in the chair), the Hon. Major O'Halloran, Messrs. D. Ferguson. J. Frame, J. D. Cave W [?] ...

    Article : 4,250 words
  3. THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

    Sir—You have invited a discussion upon the question, pending between the House, of, Assembly, and Legislative Council, and as you expect the discussion to be temperate, so has it ...

    Article : 893 words
  4. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL V. THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.—No. 2.

    Sir—In my last we found that South Australia possessed, a sort of hybrid House o[?] Commons, coupled in the centre, like the famous twins, but having two heads, directed ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  5. ELECTRO-BIOLOGY.

    Sir—Would you be good enough, while this subject is before the public, to allow me spoon for a few remarks. Experiments in this science (so called), at the length to which they ...

    Article : 610 words
  6. PAYNEHAM.

    Present—All the members. Letter read from the Hon. the Commissioner or Public Works; also, from the Central Road Board, received too late to be acted upon; and from the Hon. the Chief ...

    Article : 148 words
  7. RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS.

    Sir—If South Australia is to advance, an increased population must be added to our present from the shores of Britain, and it must of necessity appear clear that our new ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. BAROSSA WEST.

    Present—Messrs. Duffield (Chairman), Aylmore, and Emslle. The sum of £75 was voted towards the erection of a schoolhouse at Mr. Buttersfield's, near the Sandy Creek. ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    A highly interesting report on the railways of the United States has been presented to the Board of Trade by Capt. Galton, containing various facts worthy the attention of our own ...

    Article : 1,589 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE REGISTER.

    Sir—Notwithstanding the admitted general accuracy of your reports, still I think there must be an error in your issue of the 11th inst., where you make the representative for Encounter Bay ...

    Article : 1,303 words
  11. THE ASTONISHING BALLOON ADVENTURE.

    Sir—I read tho account of the wonderful serial voyage from France to Algiers and back, in the Times of last Friday, but did not expect to see it in your paper for the following ...

    Article : 526 words
  12. THE BOUNDARY BILL.

    Sir—On perusing Mr. Blyth's Boundary Bill, as published in your paper the 22nd June inst, it appeared to me that the 22nd clause. of said Bill contains in itself the principal feature of a ...

    Article : 292 words
  13. PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

    Sir—Under the above heading you have inserted an article in your journal of the 24th inst., in which you enter into an analysis of the several tenders for the erection of a bridge over ...

    Article : 737 words
  14. ROAD-MAKING.

    Sir—For a long time I have seen that the best pieces of natural roads have had an incline of about 1 in 10 from one side of the road to the other, and that such pieces of road as have ...

    Article : 633 words
  15. AMERICA IN 1856.

    The Times New York correspondent gives the following summary:— The year 1856 has been a fortunate year for the commerce of the country. Although its ...

    Article : 520 words
  16. THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

    Sir—This question appears to me to lie, in a great measure, in a very narrow compass— simply what is the grammatical construction of the clause in the Constitution Act. ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. DISTRICT COUNCILS.

    Present—The Chairman, and Messrs. Folland, and Pitcher. ADJOURNED LICENSING MEETING. A storekeeper's certificate was granted to Mr. J. ...

    Article : 317 words
  18. THE NEW ROAD BILL.

    Sir—Being a country settler, and taking a little interest in road affairs, it appears to me that the now Road Bill does not combine within itself the elements of utility. I hold that all ...

    Article : 881 words
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