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Article : 70 wordsThe "illustrious stranger" now on a visit to this colony, purposes visiting Adelaide by way of Echuca and the Murray; and afterwards proceeds to Sydney, returning hither in time to take his departure for the ...
Article : 3,962 wordsSir—Referring to an article in the Advertiser. I beg to state that Captain Freeling and Mr. Hanson have not "reported unfavourably" on that work in the broad sense obviously implied in the letter of "Justice" (I ...
Article : 1,097 wordsSir—You may remember that some months since an amateur performance was given at the Victoria Theatre, for the benefit of the Indian Relief Fund. The Theatre was patronised on the occasion by His Excellency the ...
Article : 257 wordsLAUD SALES.—The land sales for the quarter ended 30th June brought in £16,373 15s. The pasturage rents received during that period amounted to £7,394 15s. 7d. These amounts, together with £9 for ...
Article : 1,273 wordsSir—Having observed an advertisement in your last week's papers, respecting the above object, I would wish to be supplied with some information as to the intended way of carrying out this most desirable movement. ...
Article : 146 wordsSir—Having in my first letter endeavoured to draw public attention to the benefits of irrigation, and the means by which it may be effected when lands are situated in the neighbourhood of a river, or a sheet of ...
Article : 1,276 wordsSir—The Melbourne Argus complains bitterly when any geographical error respecting the Australian colonies occurs in the Times, and when the latter publication appears in South Australia, if no allusion ...
Article : 327 wordsSir—I observe in your valuable journal of the 10th instant, a letter signed "A Wesleyan," in winch my name is introduced. Permit me, Sir, to state, to prevent any false impression obtaining ground regarding my views ...
Article : 283 wordsSir—Having read in the Advertiser of Monday several letters throwing all the blame of the inefficiency of the River Weir on the contractors and Clerk of Works, I feel bound to state in my own defence (if you will allow me ...
Article : 279 wordsBy the arrival of the Alert in Melbourne, we are put in possession of a month's later news from the Cape. We take the following from the Age:—The columns of the Cape journals are chiefly filled ...
Article : 896 wordsSir—I perceive by your paper of to-day that the alarm bell has been rung by the Saints—fright has taken and shook their very insides at the palpable fact of entrance-fees being received before proceeding ...
Article : 370 wordsSir—Having been requested by many of my friends to lay the whole of the matter relative to the defective construction of the Adelaide City Waterworks, so far as relates to the River Weir, before the public, I shall feel ...
Article : 1,252 wordsSir—In your issue of yesterday, I observe a letter signed "A Thorough Noncon." in which he attacks rather vigorously a correspondent of the 10th, "A Wesleyan." "A Through Noncon." must certainly have paid very ...
Article : 522 wordsParliament has been further prorogued from the 10th August to the 7th September. Several gold mining companies have recently been formed. Mr. Brewer, an old-established barrister at Hobart Town ...
Article : 448 wordsSir—The New Insolvent Act does not give to the Commissioner a power to adjourn sine die; but practically the power exists, because the Commissioner is in the habit of taking time to consider his judgment, and no one ...
Article : 93 wordsThe arrival of the Victoria with the May mails, just three days before the next month's mails are due, has again drawn public attention to the unsatisfactory state of our postal communication. This is further stimulated ...
Article : 1,696 wordsSir—I fervently hope that the citizens will set their faces as a flint against the proposal of the Corporation to borrow £30,000 for the erection of a Town Hall. What occasion have we for such an edifice at present? How is ...
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South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1867), Sat 28 Aug 1858, Page 3
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