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  2. NOTES AND QUERIES.

    From A. T. SAUNDERS:—In The Register of Saturday is an account of the "Martyrdom of Smyrna" and the sufferings of the Greeks. A very nice case for ...

    Article : 698 words
  3. THE MAN ON THE LAND.

    In his annual report to headquarters Mr. C. H. Beaumont (orchard instructor and inspector in the southern district) writes that the Strathalbyn district is ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. BOLT FROM THE BLUE.

    A tremendous meteorite has fallen at Quetta. It weighed 6 tons, and its total bulk was 500 cubic ft. It hit a straw-stack, and penetrated 23 tightly packed ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. CASUALTIES.

    At a quarter to 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon the police were called to Charles Henry Smith, of 127 Hindley street, who had sustained cuts on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,357 words
  7. GENERAL NEWS.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Adelaide City Council on Monday, the Chairman of the Parliamentary and Bylaws Committee reported that it would be ...

    Article : 244 words
  8. KANGARILLA THREATENED BY FIRE.

    KANGARILLA, February 24.—The heat of Thursday was greatly intensified by a huge bushfire, which burned furiously and spread rapidly, fanned by a hot wind. ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. HENRY VIII.'S LOVE-LETTERS

    A chapter of human frailty was tragically closed when Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. and mother of Elizabeth, was beheaded on Tower Green upon May 19, ...

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  10. THE PORT ROAD.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Adelaide City Council on Monday afternoon the Chairman of the works and highways committee said that the Thebarton ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. THROWN FROM A TRAP.

    KAPUNDA, February 24.—Last night Mr. H. A. Habel, who was driving a buggy and pair, accompanied by his daughter, had just left the Technical School, when ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN'S SUCCESS.

    The Western Mail reports the appointment of Mr. S. L. Kessell as Conservator of Forests, in succession to Mr. C. E. Lane Poole, who severed his connection with ...

    Article : 279 words
  13. DATE PALMS FOR KINGSTON GARDEN.

    The Chairman of the Markets and Parks Committee reported at the fortnightly meeting of the Adelaide City Council on Monday that three large date palms had ...

    Article : 229 words
  14. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

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  15. TAX ON MOTOR CARS.

    From "SHOCK ABSORBER":—The injustice of this tax, which is now due, must be apparent to all motor car owners. The present method is to mulct every owner ...

    Article : 215 words
  16. FLUE-CURING TOBACCO.

    Owing to the dryness of the season it has been noted that come of the tobacco is prematurely ripening. Growers who are Flue-curing their leaf are advised by the ...

    Article : 359 words
  17. LIBERAL MEN'S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

    The Liberal Men's Educational Association will hold its first meeting to-morrow at The Grosvenor. The President (Mr. E. W. Hawker) will deliver his address ...

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  18. CARPENTERS TO HELP.

    The secretary of the Carpenters and Joiners' Union (Mr. Lynch) stated on Monday stated that he had received a request from Miss E. Cleggett, hon. ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. AUSTRALIA, LIMITED.

    From "RATIONAL LIBERTY":—A few years ago I wrote you concerning a Federal Convention to amend the present Constitution, and the only prominent ...

    Article : 364 words
  20. FRANCE AND THE RUHR VALLEY.

    From "A." L.":—I had said" in my letter that, if Mr. Pech's claim that Germany had a right to seize Alsace, because she had once owned it long ago were ...

    Article : 476 words
  21. ADDITIONAL SHOPS AT CITY ARCADE.

    The acting Chairman of the finance committee, on Monday, at the fortnightly meeting of the Adelaide City Council, that the following tenders had been ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

    The Minister of Agriculture (Hon. G. F. Jenkins) stated on Saturday morning that the Agricultural Students Council had notified the Principal of the College ...

    Article : 59 words
  23. RURAL VOICE

    CHAIN OF PONDS, February 23.—The season for stripping wattle bark has almost ceased owing to the hot weather making the bark stick. The price, however, has been an ...

    Article : 169 words
  24. FRUIT DESTRUCTION BY BIRDS.

    "There are, from the fruitgrowers' point of view, two classes of well-known, birds— fruiteaters and non-fruiteaters—and it would be as well to compare the chief ...

    Article : 831 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE.

    "Nearly six months have passed since Henry Lawson, the poet, died, and the memorial fund in Sydney does not reach even £200!" was the comment made by ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. THE PRICKLY PEAR SUURGE.

    From ALBERT" SLATER:—Your leading article, in Monday's Register describes two experimental methods of extermination suggested for the destruction of the pest. ...

    Article : 457 words
  27. OLD NATIVE-BORN SOUTH AUSTRALIANS.

    From E. E. STUCKEY.—One day last week I was talking to Mr. John Locke Waters, of Darley road, Manly, and he mentioned that he thinks he is the oldest ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. KITTENS ABANDONED.

    The callous behaviour of a section of the community with regard to dumb animals is beyond comprehension. The secretary of the Society for the Prevention ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. AMERICA ON EUROPE'S BUGBEAR.

    Things in Asia Minor have long been bad (remarked Collier's - Magazine recently). Ten years ago, when the Turks quit Macedonia, an able war ...

    Article : 343 words
  30. £2,000 DIAMOND IN TAXI.

    A diamond worth £2.000, which was lost by Mrs. Clarence Hatry, has been found by a London taximan, who, thinking it was a bit of glass, nearly threw it ...

    Article : 294 words
  31. BOY'S DYNAMITE TOY.

    "To hear the bang " a nine-year-old English boy, Albert Hogg, recently threw a cartridge on the fire. It proved to be a dynamite cartridge, and as the result ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. EYRE'S PENINSULA.

    From W. HARTLEY, Port' Lincoln:— Once again I desire to encroach upon your valuable space, and in doing so I express my gratitude to you for the ...

    Article : 794 words
  33. ANGLER'S CATCH OF GOLD.

    An Englishman, Mr. Thomas F. Foreman, while fishing from Eastbourne Pier, landed with some difficulty a weighty metal object. It was covered with ...

    Article : 128 words
  34. SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  35. BURNSIDE AND ST. DAVID'S CHURCH.

    From "E. G. N."—I resided in Burnside from September, 1894, to April, 1896, and during that time, no one but the late Mr. Henderson, of St. peters, was at the organ. ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. BURNSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL.

    From A. T. SAUNDERS.—I wonder why Mr. Peter Anderson came to this State in 1839 with an introduction to Governor Hindmarsh when that gentleman ...

    Article : 356 words
  37. BATTLE ABBEY A GIRLS' SCHOOL.

    Battle Abbey is another of the historic English homes to change hands, temporarily at least, as a result of war and post-war taxation. For some time it ...

    Article : 394 words
  38. MISCELLANEOUS.

    "Millbrook."—You have omitted to supply us with your name and address. ...

    Article : 14 words
  39. FAT AND THIN.

    "Let me have man about me that are fat,” said Julius Caesar. Did he also hanker after the society of fat women? (asks Henry Devon in The London Daily ...

    Article : 302 words
  40. Advertising

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