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  2. MR. JOHN THOMAS SMITH.

    According to a Dublin paper it appears that this gentleman has had the honor of dining with His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, at the Vice-regal Lodge. Mr. Smith was to be in London on the ...

    Article : 1,872 words
  3. THE OPEN COLUMN.

    [The Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed in this portion of the paper. It is open for purposes of free discussion, provided the topics selected are of public interest, and are temperately argued.] ...

    Article : 25 words
  4. RIDING FOR LADIES.

    The art of riding is nowadays considered one of the necessary accomplishments of a lady, and, as a health-giving exercise, cannot be top highly extolled or too much encouraged. Independently of its beneficial ...

    Article : 1,971 words
  5. CHRISTIAN UNION.

    Sir—The Church of England, of late years, has been the witness of many strange events; she has been the subject of many controversies, and the object of many attacks; contrary to design, she has ...

    Article : 1,312 words
  6. THE CITY SURVEYOR,

    Sir—Our worthy City Council seem going on in a fair way to gain repute and favorable consideration from the citizens generally. Some time since, an advertisement appeared for tenders for the situation ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. THE SEARCH FOR COAL.

    Sir—I understand that the Government have recently been expending money in searching. for coal, &c., in the neighbourhood of the Square Waterhole, a place I should suppose well known, and where ...

    Article : 247 words
  8. PORT ADELAIDE CORPORATION.

    Sir—Referring to an article in the Register of this morning, by which it appears that my instructions received from the Port Corporation, in reference to the removal of a wooden building connected with the ...

    Article : 200 words
  9. THE LATE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    Sir—At the election of a Councillor for Grey Ward, Mr. Hubble, the successful candidate, is represented as saying that he had neither friend nor foe in the Council, and would act on all occasions for the best ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. MOUNT GAMBIER.

    The weather has been for the past week of the most extraordinary description—one day hot as Port Essington, and the next bleak and dismal as a November day in England. We now appear likely to have a ...

    Article : 504 words
  11. THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CUT.

    Sir—I should be glad to know upon what principle the City Valuator proceeds, or what instructions he receives from the municipal body in reference to the valuation for assessment of properties within the ...

    Article : 308 words
  12. RAILWAY TENDERS.

    Sir—I desire to draw your attention to a matter which is of great moment to the working classes of this colony. The railway officials invited tenders for 30,000 ...

    Article : 311 words
  13. THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET.

    Sir—Your paper of this morning has the following scrap:— " The 21st verse of Ezra VII. has all the letters of the alphabet in it." ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. THE COST OF LIVING,

    Sir—Having noticed in last Saturday's Chronicle a letter signed "A Hard-up Government Clerk," and as I think such letters are calculated to do a deal of harm in giving a wrong impression to strangers as to the ...

    Article : 368 words
  15. THE RIVER MURRAY.

    Captain Johnston reports the waters of the Murray as very low, on his voyage up to Maiden's ; that it was with the greatest trouble he was able to work his way up, and had it not been for heavy rains on the ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT.

    Sir—For some years past I have been troubled with the complaint called "a very bad "husband," and hearing that the above Act provided a remedy, I have just bought it. ...

    Article : 242 words
  17. LITTLE HAMPTON.—SHOCKING SUICIDE.

    An inquest was held at little Hampton on the 18th instant, before F. Davison, Esq., J.P., on the body of Charles Skurrey. The Ivory baying been sworn, Mr. B. Gray was chosen foreman. ...

    Article : 901 words
  18. OUR PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.—THE CUSTOMS.

    Sir—The Sydney press attributes the gross and successful frauds on the revenue chiefly to the officers of Customs, who were unfit for the performance of their duties, either through age, dissipated habits, ...

    Article : 476 words
  19. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

    Sir—At the present time, when business is dull, and people are all complaining of the shortness of money, Mr. Burton with his satellites has paid us another visit, order to relieve us of our surplus ...

    Article : 360 words
  20. RE ELLIOTT.—INSOLVENCY COURT.

    Sir—I was much surprised, on taking up this morning's Advertiser, to see (to say the least of it) so erroneous a version of this affair; and as it charges my father with the grossest inhumanity, I trust that ...

    Article : 760 words
  21. SCHOOL INSPECTION.

    Sir—In the report of the meeting of the Preceptors' Association in your issue of last week I consider remarks were made by the Secretary thereof (Mr. Hosking) that might have been spared, without ...

    Article : 354 words
  22. THE NEW BUILDING ACT.

    Sir—Many of the citizens of Port Adelaide wish to know when the Building Act came into force, inasmuch as no notice has been publicly given of the same. The notices which many persons hare received here ...

    Article : 242 words
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