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  2. BRIGHT AND FAIR.

    The following bulletin was issued from the Weather Bureau at 9 p.m. on Friday. Fine weather, with cool to moderate temperatures and southerly winds prevailed ...

    Article : 258 words
  3. THE SOMME OFFENSIVE.

    Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief on the western front, has issued a despatch of about 16,000 words. It is dated December 23, and deals with ...

    Article : 198 words
  4. COAL.

    An order was issued by the Navy Department on Friday that all the remaining restrictions regarding the use of coal and the supply of electric and gas power for ...

    Article : 162 words
  5. GAINS AND LOSSES

    Inventive genius has been unusually busy, but its productions are mostly war implements. Medleaf and surgical triumphs in military and naval ...

    Article : 877 words
  6. THE WINNER LOST!

    Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphed on Friday.—At the Fowler's Gap Races' on Boxing Day, after Wild Wave had passed the post in the Flying Handicap, ...

    Article : 104 words
  7. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Mr. W. Herbert Phillipps, a son-in-law of Mr. R. A. Tarlton (who was at one time among the leading legislators and commercial men of South Australia), has ...

    Article : 1,328 words
  8. INCREASED RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

    The railways authorities in New South Wales have made a 10 per cent, increase in the goods tariff on the Government lines within the State. The new rates became ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. SOLDIERS' POSTAL ADDRESSES.

    The Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Laird Smith) has announced that it has been found necessary to change the mode of addressing mails to soldiers serving ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. HUNDREDS OF RAIDS.

    "During the four and a half months from July 1 to the middle of November, 360 raids were carried out, as the result of which the enemy suffered many casualties; also ...

    Article : 335 words
  11. THE WILLUNGA RAILWAY.

    The railway to Willunga, which was opened for traffic on January 20, 1915, has more than pleased, those who advocated its construction. That the railway will ...

    Article : 255 words
  12. PRICE OF BOOTS.

    A special Federal Gazette was issued on Friday night giving publicity to a proclamation under the War Precautions Act bringing boots under the price-fixing ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. THE ASSAULT ON POZIERES.

    Describing the operations against Pozieres, Gen. Haig says:—"The Fourth Army on July 23 advanced on a wide front from Guillemont of Pozieres. We found the ...

    Article : 263 words
  14. STUPENDOUS PREPARATIONS.

    The report mentions the stupendous preparations for the Somme battle, including the accumulation of vast stores of all kinds hear the front; the construction of new ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THE INTERIOR.

    Some people may think Mr. T. E. Day, the explorer, is romancing when he talks of fruit and vegetables of great variety and abundance in the interior. But ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. JACKS-OF-ALL-TRADES.

    At the Bow County Court (London) lately a man who was questioned regarding his occupation said he was a tinsmith, job-buyer, a milkman, a general dealer, ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED.

    Gen. Haig defines the threefold objective of the battle as follows:—First, to relieve the enemy pressure upon the French at Yerdun; second, to assist the Allies in ...

    Article : 334 words
  18. SATURDAY'S MAGAZINE JOURNAL.

    To-day's issue of The Saturday Journal will offer features of special interest. It will contain many complete stories and excellent contributions appropriate to the ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. BRITISH GAS ATTACKS.

    The employment of lachrymal and poison gases and of liquid flame by the enemy necessitated our devising similar instruments. Great fertility of invention was ...

    Article : 160 words
  20. ENEMY SALIENT GONE.

    When the enemy's weak sailent into the allied line finally disappeared on September 9, it had become evident that our new armies were not only able to rush the ...

    Article : 416 words
  21. COLOSSAL STATUES.

    The Digest statue in the world is the Statue of Liberty at the entrance to New York Harbour, which was recently damaged by a dynamite explosion. It was ...

    Article : 214 words
  22. OLD LADY'S ADVENTURE.

    At about 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon Mrs. Leo, of 17 O'Halloran street, city, reported to the Glenelg police that her mother, Mrs. Isabel Williams, 70 years ...

    Article : 199 words
  23. DESERT OR PARADISE?

    "Is Central Australia a desert or a paradise?" This question was put yesterday to Mr. T. E. Day, who returned recently from a long official exploration of ...

    Article : 470 words
  24. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    A telegram received from Melbourne on Friday stated:—Enquiries made to-day at the Federal Attorney-General's Department with regard to the reason for having fixed ...

    Article : 208 words
  25. THE GERMANS' LESSON.

    In concluding his report, Gen. Haig says:—"The responsibility of the Somme battle was entrusted to Gen. Rawlinson and Gen. Gough, who for five months have ...

    Article : 287 words
  26. BRITAIN'S GREATEST FEAT.

    Regarding the achievement of the third objective—the effort to wear down the strength of the enemy—Gen. Haig admits that any statement he makes must depend ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF ARCHITECTURE.

    Our Sydney correspondent telegraphed on Friday:—The State Government has endowed a chair of architecture at the University of Sydney, with a sum of £2,000 ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. HOLIDAY RAILWAY BOOKINGS.

    The following statement shows in interesting comparative form Boxing Day bookings on the State railways this year and last. The figures in brackets are for ...

    Article : 243 words
  29. A DOUBLE SUCCESS.

    The results of the University Senior and Junior Commercial Examinations published recently show that a student of Muirden College, Grote street, occupied the highest ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. LAUNCHING OF THE BATTLE.

    The test of the despatch occupies 24 bages of The London Gazette, and covers the period from May 19 to November 12. At states that all the Allies were agreed ...

    Article : 441 words
  31. NEW YEAR'S EVE.

    The absence of a late tram service to the suburbs on New Year's Eve will probably damp the ardour of many of those who are accustomed to foregather in the ...

    Article : 264 words
  32. CAPTURE OF THIEPVAL.

    "The success gained by the Fourth Army enabled me to assault Thiepval. Unfortunately, a period of unfavourable weather interfered with the advance in the ...

    Article : 363 words
  33. Advertising

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  34. TO A. R.—16/12/16.

    Soft summer night and silv'ry stars agleam, The air so still we scarce can feel its breath, And over all a strangeness as a dream, Our life upon the borderland of Death. ...

    Article : 227 words
  35. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE

    An extraordinary experience is related by Mr. Charles Carlin, of Allandale (writes our Mount Gambier correspondent). He states that while walking in ...

    Article : 168 words
  36. ALTERED TRAIN SERVICE.

    Attention is directed to an announcement in our advertising columns, made by the Railway Department, of the ordinary rain service, which will be in operation ...

    Article : 148 words
  37. WAR-TIME INTERCESSION.

    It was announced in The Register on Friday that His Majesty the King had approved of Sunday, December 31, being observed throughout the Empire, instead of ...

    Article : 202 words
  38. Advertising

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  39. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    The new Bible Christian Chapel at Maciren Vale was opened on December 23. The preachers were Messrs. Way and Burness. It cost £321, of which £113 is owing. ...

    Article : 101 words
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