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  2. GAWLER.

    Respecting the public feeling in Gawler in reference to the intended removal of the Post-Office to the Telegraph. Station, as stated in my letter of the ...

    Article : 2,441 words
  3. THE OPEN COLUMN

    Under this heading—and subject to the conditions and regulations published in another column—we offer to our readers a medium for the free interchange of opinions upon topics of public Interest, if temperately discussed, and ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. MR. GLAISHER'S NINTH BALLOON ASCENT FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.

    Sir—One of the principal subjects of research in the balloon experiments of last year was the determination of the law of decrease of temperature with increase of elevation. It is a subject ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  5. THE AMERICAN QUESTION.

    Sir—I avail myself with alacrity—as Mr. Coglin would say—of your permission to continue the discussion in your columns of the question between North and South. The discussion will be profitable ...

    Article : 1,280 words
  6. CIVIL SERVICE.

    Sir—Alerter signed "Fair Play" has appeared in the Register; I think that letter might hare been written with more fair play. An insinuation is oftentimes more damaging than a direct assertion. ...

    Article : 705 words
  7. THE DURYEA MINING COMPANY.

    Sir—I am instructed by the Directors of this Company, who hare recently visited the "Mine," to call your attention to the letter from your "Kadina Correspondent," which appears in your issue of ...

    Article : 220 words
  8. CLARE.

    This has been a memorable week in the annals of Clare, from the fact of the first bazaar being opened for the sale of fancy goods, the proceeds of which are to be given to the Churchwardens of St. Barnabas's ...

    Article : 436 words
  9. IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.

    Sir—In your issue of to-day you called attention to some supplementary regulations for issuing embarkation orders and remission certificates recently framed by the Governor-in-Chief, to the effect that persons ...

    Article : 247 words
  10. THE NEW UNIFORM.

    Sir—There can be little doubt the colony is progressing. We are arriving beyond the age of small-clothes, and accordingly stand-up collars and jackets are highly befitting and becoming. ...

    Article : 452 words
  11. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.

    Sir—A short time since I attended the remains of a deceased friend to their last resting-place, and was surprised to see the shallow depth of the grave, certainly not exceeding three feet from the lid of the ...

    Article : 243 words
  12. PORT MACDONNELL.

    Since my last communication there has been but little news to report; business of all kinds is very quiet, and this being the busy time with the farmers, very little agricultural produce is finding its way ...

    Article : 345 words
  13. EXPLANATION.

    Sir—It is not surprising to any one that knows your Port Elliot correspondent, that the fact of my nailing my colors to to the mast, at the very moment he is striking his (the "Blue Peter" having been ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—Having seen in your paper that a uniform is to be adopted for the civil service, and feeling that the costume worn at the European Courts is totally unfitted for our Australian climate, I have suggested the ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—The American colonies, when the rupture with the mother country took place, formed themselves into a confederation. They adopted "articles of confederation," the last one of which runs thus:—They ...

    Article : 2,028 words
  16. TRIFLES OF WIT AND HUMOR.

    Why is a woman living up two pairs of stairs like a goddess? Because she is a second Flora. Without the dear ladies we should become a stag nation. ...

    Article : 431 words
  17. Chief Secretary's Department.

    Hats.—White felt wideawakes, covered with a blue and white turban, the colors to be twisted alternately and let fly behind. Coats.—Naval blue Zouave jackets, white facings ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. MORE LARNING.

    Sir—I beg to say I am much delighted with Mr. Francis's superb answer to your correspondent Ornithorynchus, or Ornithogalum, or Ornithologist, like Mr. Francis, I forget which. I am so learned that ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. PORT LINCOLN.

    Since my last we have had the Rev. J. P. Buttfield amongst us, who held divine service in the Court House on Sunday, the 14th, and last Sunday, the 21st, both morning and evening. Poeple flocked in from ...

    Article : 288 words
  20. THE OSTRICHES' POOR FEET.

    Sir—Your correspondent "Ornithorynchus," or "Ornithogalum," or "Ornithologist"—I forget which —twits me about our ostriches and their poor feet, yet I admit good-naturedly, so that he deserves a ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. MR. VERCO'S METHOD OF PREVENTING COMMERCIAL IMMORALITY.

    Sir—Seeing in your impression of this day that you have noticed the new system now in operation at the Custom House, as regards stamping of invoices, may I beg you to find space for the following lines, which ...

    Article : 699 words
  22. FLAX.

    Sir—The prominence which you have lately given to the subject of the cultivation of flax in this colony induces me to recal to your recollection the indigenous plant brought a few years ago before the ...

    Article : 253 words
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