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  2. 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 : 40 words
  3. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

    Mr. Gisborne, whose name we have frequently introduced to our readers, as connected with a project for uniting Australia and India by telegraph, via Torres Straits, has arrived in Melbourne by the ...

    Article : 1,394 words
  4. THE AMERICAN FLAG.

    Sir—I was much pleased with your article in to-day's Advertiser, on the subject of the use of the American standard at the Napoleon Bonaparte, the day before. It expressed exactly my own feelings on ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. THE RIFLE AND REVOLVER.

    Sir—It has given me great pleasure to see that the subject of National Defence has been so warmly taken up by the people, the Press, and the Legislature. The suggestion of "Protective, jun.," that the arms ...

    Article : 781 words
  6. MR. HAMILTON TO MR. MACGEORGE.

    "Sir—I beg to acknowledge receipt of your communication relative to my letter in yesterday's Advertiser. "It certainly was my impression that I was rightly ...

    Article : 278 words
  7. THE INSOLVENCY COURT.

    Sir—A Bill is before Parliament, the object of which is to brand a man who is insolvent with the infamy of felony, without trial by Jury. May shame alight upon us, and may we be blotted out from ...

    Article : 357 words
  8. DEFENCE OF THE COLONY.

    Sir—South Australians are not disloyal; if our homes are to be well defended every man in the colony must be enrolled, and no favor or exception shown from the Governor downwards; the volunteer ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE.

    Sir—It was with feelings of great disgust and indignation that I read the report of the manner in which the majority of a large meeting received Mr. Torrens's proposal to form a Volunteer Rifle Corps. ...

    Article : 295 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE.

    Sir—In looking over jour paper this morning, I was somewhat surprised to find that my name had been rather freely made use of in a letter from "A Lover of Architecture," and I trust you will ...

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  11. DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH STURGE.

    This mournful and unexpected event occurred on Saturday morning, May 7, at Mr. Sturge's residence, at Edgbaston, Birmingham. He had risen at his usual early hour, about half-past 6 o'clock, and his ...

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  12. MAIL GUARDS.

    Sir—I see by your issue of to-day that the expenditure of £1,000 for mail guards is to be considered oil Wednesday next. Now is it not monstrous to see what a foolish, piece of humbug and waste of public ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE.

    Sir—I confess I was much surprised (I won't say gratified) to see the announcement in yesterday's Gazette that volunteers would be allowed, as a further inducement to enrol, the munificent sum of £1 to ...

    Article : 428 words
  14. FRENCH VICTORIES OVER THE AUSTRIANS.

    A subject very full of interest at the present moment is that of the various battles which have taken place between the two great countries now face to face in the marshes of Piedmont, and about to recommence a ...

    Article : 647 words
  15. VOLUNTEERS' UNIFORM.

    Sir—Having allowed my loyalty to outrun my discretion, and permitted myself to be enrolled as a volunteer, you will, I am sure, sympathise with, me when I state the unfortunate position I am placed in ...

    Article : 291 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE.

    Sir—I have ventured to break the silence which has followed with reference to the withdrawal of Government protection in the transmission of mails; and in so doing, I do hope Sir, that the honorable ...

    Article : 285 words
  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE.

    Sir—It is easy for any one conversant with the present state of the mind of the working men of the colony with respect to the volunteering question—the Government showing such distrust in wanting ...

    Article : 356 words
  18. OUR POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    Sir—I think it a very hard case that 60 many of our letters by every successive mail from home should be sent to Sydney; it must be most inconvenient for the mercantile portion of the colonists, and for the ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. THE ANEROID BAROMETER.

    Sir—I am frequently required to give a description of various instruments used, and becoming daily more valuable to the public as their respective qualities and worth are understood. The aneroid barometer being ...

    Article : 267 words
  20. ON THE CAUSES OF CHARGES IN THE WEATHER.

    Mr. Alfred Bird, of Worcester, has written a most interesting paper on this subject. It was written at the close of last January, being called forth, by the various speculations then afloat as to the ...

    Article : 1,426 words
  21. THE PARK LANDS.

    Sir—I am an admirer of "the soft green carpet nature spreads." Goodness knows there is little enough of it in or near Adelaide, yet the Park Lands in front of South-terrace are crossed and re-crossed ...

    Article : 103 words
  22. ALESSANDRIA, THE HEAD-QUARTEBS OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.

    Alessandria, or Alexandria, the capital of the province in Piedmont of the same name, and one of the strongest fortresses in Europe, is situated in a rich and fertile plain declining towards the east, 65 miles by road, 46 ...

    Article : 573 words
  23. DEPARTURE OF THE REV. THOMAS BINNEY FROM AUSTRALIA.

    The Rev. Thomas Binney—for notwithstanding the diplomas showered upon him, he has chosen to to retain the name ungarnished—will this morning finally quit our shores. For a period longer than the ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  24. CORPORATION JOBS.

    Sir—I am never surprised at our worthy citizens grumbling at the badness of the times and the increasing I assessments, but I am surprised when their representatives, in solemn conclave, should hatch such a piece ...

    Article : 313 words
  25. ORIGINAL POETRY.

    "What will he do with it?" Ah, little thought Sir E. L. B., When his last work began, Of how this motto soon woUld be ...

    Article : 294 words
  26. THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTROVERSY.

    Sir—Will you be bo kind as to insert the following correspondence? "TO E. A. HAMILTON, ESQ. "My dear Sir—I have ever been desirous to be on ...

    Article : 525 words
  27. THE WORKING-CLASSES AND THE VOLUNTEERS.

    Sir—In reading this morning's paper I was rather surprised at seeing a letter by one of the working-classes, respecting the loyalty of the above-named por-tion of the community. As one of the working classes ...

    Article : 427 words
  28. IMMIGRATION.

    Sir—In the House of Assembly the Attorney-General said that the majority of the thinking portion of the population were in favor of immigration. This insolent assertion is a direct insult to the ...

    Article : 376 words
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