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  2. IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULT.

    Two months' imprisonment with hard labour was the sentence of the Adelaide Police Court Bench on Tuesday in the case of Walter G. Spooner, a young man ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. COMING ELECTIONS.

    The trouble in connection with the selection of a Labour candidate to contest the vacancy in the House of Assembly caused by the resignation of Mr. E. A. Roberts ...

    Article : 893 words
  4. FACTORIES ACT.

    At the Full Court on Tuesday, before His Honor the Chief Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Homburg, Mr. T. S. O'Halloran moved that the rule ...

    Article : 559 words
  5. ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA.

    German publicists are warning the Government at Berlin that Lieut.-Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-in-chief of the Southern Division of the British Army, has ...

    Article : 82 words
  6. GERMAN TRADE.

    Official statistics have been published in Berlin of the volume of German trade with the other nations of the world, and the figures show that the business of the ...

    Article : 340 words
  7. NOMENCLATURE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Crafers, in the hills keeps green the name of Mr. David Crafer who conducted a bush inn at the locality when the hills were know as The Tiers. ...

    Article : 2,207 words
  8. BOOL LAGOON.

    Sir—The author of your articles on nomenclature includes Bool Lagoon among the missing derivations. According to Morris's Austral-English Dictionary "bool" is ...

    Article : 56 words
  9. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    "I am afraid this will be the last time we shall meet in this room," remarked His Excellency, the Governor at the annual meeting of the Cottage Homes at North ...

    Article : 983 words
  10. RUSSIAN EXTRAVAGANCE.

    The Duma's budget Committee has reported against the expenditure of £1,100,000 in the construction of new battleships. ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. BALHANNAH.

    A Mount Gambier correspondent says that James Thompson in naming Balbannah used the Gaelic word "Bal," meaning "vale," and the name Hannah—that of ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. MORE LIGHT ON BURNSIDE.

    Sir—Reterring to the interesting article on nomenclature in The Register of May 13, and to the letter of Mr. Randall of May 16, I beg to say that both accounts ...

    Article : 273 words
  13. FINLAND.

    The Russian Premier (M. Stolypin) has delivered an ominous speech in the Duma commenting on Finland harbouring revolutionaries. He foreshadowed legislation to ...

    Article : 410 words
  14. FRENCH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    In July the Antarctic expedition which being organized by, Dr. Jean Charcot, the son of the famous doctor who himself led a successful expedition in the Antarctic ...

    Article : 684 words
  15. BURRA BURRA AND CHICAGO.

    Sir—In referring to my assertion that Burra Burra is Australian, the only reason that I can give for the aborigines having bestowed their word for "great" on such ...

    Article : 287 words
  16. TRANSACTIONS OF A BOOKMAKER. CIVIL SERVANT'S GRATUITY.

    The Full Court, to-day heard appeals in the cases Benjamin v. Sawtell and Burns v. Benjamin, which s were decided at the Broken Hill District Court by Judge The High Court delivered judgment to day in the action in which the State of New South Wales sought to recover from the Commonwealth £264, which was paid ...

    Article : 454 words
  17. JAPAN AND KOREA.

    In a speech at Seoul on Monday Prince ItO (the Japanese President-General in Korea) stated, that Japan's peaceful development of that ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. To the Editor.

    Sir—Your correspondent "An Australian," who in your Saturday's impression differs from your remarks about the meaning of Burra Burra in your interesting ...

    Article : 183 words
  19. CHINA.

    The Hongkong correspondent of The Standard states that the rebels in the Yunnan province in the extreme south-west of China are extremely active. They have ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Since the establishment of the Hobart Town, gasworks in March, 1857, "experiments hare been made with different coals and wood for the purpose of obtaining ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. BUGLE RANGES.

    Sir—I am very much interested in your articles on nomenclature. In reference to the name Bugle Ranges, my mother's father (the late Mr. F T. Scown. of ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. FLOODS IN THE WEST.

    To-day heavy rain fell in the coastal districts, and the wind blew with great velocity. At Magnet in the northern goldfields, 2.16 was recorded during the day. ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. BRITISH IN EGYPT.

    Six thousand landowners and notable citizens resolved at a public meeting at Alexandria, in Egypt, to send a cable message to Sir Edward Grey (Foreign ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. BASKET RANGE.

    Sir—About 60 years ago a number of people came here from the Hartz Mountains, Germany. Most of them went to the Burra copper mining. About a dozen ...

    Article : 133 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 688 words
  26. "MOTHER GOOSE."

    A supreme court writ was issued to-day in connection with the performance of "Mother Goose" in Victoria. The plaintiff is the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Limited, ...

    Article : 143 words
  27. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  28. NATIVE NAMES FOR TOWNS.

    Sir—I have own wondered why the native name "Mobilong" was not retained for the town of Murray Bridge. I am sure Mobbilong is a very pretty name, and should ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. BLACKROCK.

    Sir—A gentleman signing himself "Yatinowie" has given you information re Blackrock. As one who lived there in the fifties may I supplement it? The native ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. AMPLIFICATION.

    Sir—In your articles on nomenclature I see the name Lake Bonney. There is also a granite rock near the railway line through the desert called Bonney's Lookout, while ...

    Article : 190 words
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