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  2. THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

    The Secretary of the Victorian branch of the Rural Workers' Union (Mr. Vivash) has informed the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) that the majority of the men ...

    Article : 224 words
  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    His Excellency, the Governor has few public encasements this week. On Wed-nesday, afternoon he will be at the Port Adelaide Town Hall to witness a displa in ...

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  4. HARBOUR TRUST AS STEVEDORE.

    In behalf of the commercial community the Chamber of Commerce is watching with close interest a number of State and Federal measures now under consideration of ...

    Article : 274 words
  5. RIVALS TO NIAGARA.

    The reported discovery of a wonderful series of waterfalls in a remote part of the Malay Peninsula is a reminder that within the last few years several rivals to Niagara ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. WEATHER FORECAST.

    South Australia (issued at 9 p.m. Sunday).—Generally fine and Warm, with northerly winds; but unsettled weather affecting the western districts, ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. SHIPPING.

    Otway, R.M.S. (Orient), 6,690, F. S. Symons, R.N.R., from London, via ports. M. G. Anderson. agent. Passengers: From London-Messrs. Aldgate. White. Mathias. Mitchell, Chaffirs. ...

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  8. FIGHTING THE WHITE SCOURGE.

    Although the National Insurance Act in England is hotly opposed in various quarters, its provisions for the estab-lishment of sanatoria and other means ...

    Article : 650 words
  9. FRESH AND SECONDHAND AIR.

    Stuffy rooms, as Professor Leonard Hill maintains, may be responsible for many evils; still, there are people who thrive in them. Lord Bramoton, whom we ...

    Article : 264 words
  10. The Register. ADELAIDE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1912.

    Recent manifestations by indivi-duals ana societies of an hysterical im-patience of restraint, and a preference for violent to peaceful methods of ...

    Article : 924 words
  11. "LAND AHEAD!"

    The Federal Lighthouse Expert (Com-mander Brewis) bus made a suggestion to the Minister fon Customs (Mr. Tudor) for measuring the approximate distance of ...

    Article : 171 words
  12. DIVIDING THE DIOCESE.

    The Adelaide Church Guardian reports that the fund for the subdivision of the diocese by the creation of a northern Anglican Bishopric has increasede to £2.076 ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. THE FORESTS.

    The Conservator of Forests (Mr. W. Gill) left Adelaide on October 14 for the south-east, and on Tuesday inspected the Mount Burr forest reserve, near Millicent. ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. THE SPAN OP LIFE.

    The Mexican who has just died at the alleged age of 185 Las been predeceased (according to American news) during the past dozen years or so by a citizen of New ...

    Article : 202 words
  15. MAIL NOTICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 305 words
  16. A POSTAL CAUTION.

    Referring to the cablegram in The Resister of Saturday respecting thefts in London from letter receivers, the Deputy Postmaster-General specially advises the ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. BABY BONUS.

    The Commissioner of Maternity Allow-ances (Mr. G. T. Allen) said yesterday that it had been decided to send to every medical practitioner registered in ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. NEW YORK AND THE CANAL.

    The opening of the Panama Canal. The New York Tribune calculates, will be like moving New York a couple of thousand miles to the westward, so far as the great ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. GARMENTS FOR LEPERS.

    An all-day sewing meeting was held in the Grote Street Church of Christ Lecture Hall on Thursday, when 90 ladies met to work on behalf of lepers in India. The ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. CASUALTIES.

    There was a fracas at the West-End Brewery at about 12.30 a.m. on Saturday. It is understood that the trouble occurred between two employes of the company and ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. GILBERT WHITE'S TORTOISE "TIMOTHY."

    Some particulars are given in the August Selborne Magazine concerning the tortoise "Timothy," which Gilbert White made famous. It came into the possession of ...

    Article : 162 words
  22. WHY THE SCOT LEAVES HOME.

    Speaking at a Chicago banquet last month the High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) replied to a remark at Scotsmen were men who loved their ...

    Article : 245 words
  23. JAPAN'S V.C.

    The most coveted decoration the Jap desires is the gift of the Mikado, the Japa-nese "Victoria Cross." It is called, to give its proper title. "The Distinguished ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 304 words
  25. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BURRA.

    A slight railway accident occurred at Burra early on Sunday morning. A goods special to Terowie was tearing the station, when it ran into a siding. The engine, two ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. SUNDAY BAND MUSIC

    Queen Victoria was entirely on the side of the Sunday bands. "The Queen has read Sir B. Hall's letter," she wrote to Lord Palmerston in 1855, "and must say ...

    Article : 148 words
  27. BRAVE LADY SWIMMER.

    Mr. Lovell, while fishing at Ponta re-cently, accidentally slipped off the rocks into the sea, and but for the prompt as-s[?] by Miss Scott, who ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. MRS. CORNWALLIS WEST AND THE MUSICIANS.

    Mrs. Cornwallis West, who is one of the bess musicians in society, tells in "Great Thoughts" how she once met Liszt at the Russian Embassy in ...

    Article : 156 words
  29. MINER'S LEG BROKEN.

    BROKEN HILL, October 20.—Fritz Vestiar, who is employed on the employed on the Junction North Mine, had one of his legs broken on Saturday through a stone falling on it. ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. SCIENCE PLAYING TO THE GALLERY.

    Every year there comes a time when the scientist, be he real or dilettante, has a glorious opportunity of playing to the gal-lery. The British Association for the ...

    Article : 234 words
  31. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    While supervising the shooting at the gallery in connection with Brown & Co.'s merry-go-round. Port Adelaide, Mr. F. Pearce was accidentally shot in a hand. ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. DOWNFALL OF KING STORK.

    Sad news of the stork comes from Alsace (says The Westminster Gazette). In Ger-many this quaint aud lovable bird is be-coming more rare every day. German ...

    Article : 213 words
  33. FALL FROM A BICYCLE.

    PORT AUGUSTA, October 18.—Miss. Linda Mathiews was cycling down Cathe-deal Hill this morning, when she fell from the machine heavily on to the metal ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. SUCH IS HYPOCRISY.

    In Madagascar, where roads, are few and hotels almost unknown, the people are very hospitable. It is the custom for a traveller at the end of his day's journey ...

    Article : 176 words
  35. ESSAY COMPETITION.

    The local branch of the Victoria League recently promoted a prize essay competi-tion, and essays were received from all parts of Australia. The senior division ...

    Article : 186 words
  36. WIRELESS NOTES.

    The Norwegian Government has autho-rized Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Com-pany, Limited, to announce that a con-tract has been entered into with the ...

    Article : 285 words
  37. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    At an executive committee meeting of the Liberal Union on Friday the General Secretary (Mr. W. Hutley) was granted leave of absence for the month of ...

    Article : 99 words
  38. HOW A LIFE WAS SAVED.

    A missionary tells a suggestive incident that occurred during a voyage to India. "One dark evening," he says, "I sat in my cabin feeling thoroughly unwell, as the ...

    Article : 177 words
  39. INFINITELY GREAT AND INFINITELY SMALL.

    Discoveries of modern science have astonished men both by revealing how enor-mously large the universe is, and also by showing how infinitely small the minutest ...

    Article : 383 words
  40. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    Mr. Torrens, the author of the Real Property Act. will shortly leave for Europe. His name will be honourably as-sociated with the greatest legal reform of ...

    Article : 134 words
  41. TO-NIGHT'S DEFENCE MEETING.

    Those who have promoted to-night's meet-ing at the Adelaide Town Hall in favour of repealing the compulsory clauses of the Defence Act are not likely to have ...

    Article : 79 words
  42. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 201 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 167 words
  44. WAREHOUSE SAFE MYSTERY.

    The sensational robbery at the warehouse of Harris, Searle, & Co., Limited, remains unsolved. A substantial reward has been offered by the firm for the apprehension of ...

    Article : 101 words
  45. CRADLE OF THE BRITISH TURF.

    Doncaster is one of the four places—the other three being Chester. Epsom, and Lincoln—that claim to be the cradle of the British turf. In May, 1600. the minutes of ...

    Article : 124 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 109 words
  47. THE MAIL STEAMER.

    After a fine weather run from London the Orient Company's R.M.S. Otway reached the Outer Harbour at 10 a.M. on Saturday. Sixty-eight passengers, most of ...

    Article : 68 words
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