Harvest operations are drawing to a close in this district. The sample is very fair, but the yield is not so good as was anticipated a short time ago.—On Sunday last it rained very heavily ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsThe water supply has improved since my last, thanks to the thunderstorm that passed over some evenings ago, and when about half an inch of rain fell.—A ha[?]ar in aid of the Baptist ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsOut harvest in this locality is over, and as far as I can learn the yield will be about eight bushels to the acre, which is very good, considering the hot weather the crops had to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 wordsJanuary 19.—Present—Councillors Sudholz, Donaldson, Day, and Turner. Nominated as members of Central Road Board—Messrs. R. S. Kelly, of Modbury, J. H. Angas, Morris, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 wordsOn last Monday night the residents of Geulburn were surprised by hearing a report, which was freely circulated, to the effect that Mr. James Slocombe, a well-known resident of ...
Article : 652 wordsOn Friday last it rained hard for about four hours, swelling the creeks banks high and causing some parts of the flat to be flooded, but I have not heard of any material damage ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsEverything is looking very dry and bare, the weather and locusts having caused much desolation. We have had no rain except a slight shower on Sunday last The Post-Office and ...
Article : 179 wordsThe creek at Port Wakefield presented quite a gay appearance on Sunday, there being no less than 27 crafts of various sizes and tonnage, besides three vessels lying at the anchorage. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 wordsThe harvest is over on this area. The yield is fair. The dryness of the season, quite unusual in Port Lincoln Districts, has been felt on all kinds of cultivation here. Extensive ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsFarmers around here will not add much to their banking accounts or to their stock of good humor this season, for the various crops have turned out very light. The wheat suffered much ...
Article : 189 wordsThe following curious account of the way in which Mr. Bright's speech was telegraphed appeared in the Birmingham Morning News:—"The orator of England, addressing one of the ...
Article : 1,085 wordsJanuary l7.—Present—All. Belvidere Council will meet this Council re road through Section 7597, on 25th, on grounds. Council to meet Gawler Corporation at Sheaoak Log respecting ...
Article : 72 wordsWheat carting is now in full swing, and while some tell doleful tales, others speak of satisfactory returns. There is occasionally a special engine required for this station, and ...
Article : 102 wordsWe have had nice cool weather since the tropical rain that visited us last Monday, and which, I see by the papers, caused so much damage in various parts of the country. On ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 wordsA PRACTICAL JOKE.—Everybody remembers that capital story of the immortal Pickwick, who in his antiquarian researches grovelled in the mud to decipher an inscription on a stone ...
Article : 462 wordsWheat does not come in very fast yet; I suppose, because the farmers have not yet finished clearing. The prices here are extremely high; a deal higher than at the port, with cartage ...
Article : 303 wordsJanuary 5.—Present—Councillors D. W. Scott (Chairman), Pinches, Burge, and Bishop. Cr. Howell's application for month's leave of absence granted. Mr. Hall's matter left to ...
Article : 191 wordsJanuary 17.—Present—Messrs. James Rankine (Chairman), F. W. Mitchell, and Hy. Hawkins. Clerk reported culvert near Mr. Crawford's completed satisfactorily; passed. ...
Article : 138 wordsNotwithstanding the continued firmness of the metal market, Cornish tin smelters have not yet given any indication that they mean to make an official announcement of an advance ...
Article : 757 wordsJanuary 13.—Present—Councillors Wylie (Chairman), McDonald, Peckett, and Savage. Letters—From solicitor re cost of obtaining order for sale allotments in arrears. Clerk to ...
Article : 228 wordsOn Saturday last at the Magistrates' Court here William Holley, of Hackham, innkeeper, was charged by Bridget Dwyer with committing wilful and corrupt perjury. The prosecutrix ...
Article : 300 wordsJanuary 19.—Present—Chairman, Councillors Longmire and Treloar. Application from Mr. C. B. Young, for depasturing sheep; Clerk to reply; Nominated as members of Central ...
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South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881), Sat 24 Jan 1874, Page 5
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