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  2. WORK WANTED.

    Sir—The contract of Messrs. Moorhouse and Jesser for sleeper-cutting in Wirrabara Forest has become a thing of the past. There were five engines and about 120 men, employed at ...

    Article : 520 words
  3. Correspondence.

    Sir—According to the Governors speech the Ministry intend to introduce a Bill for the consolidation and amendment of the laws relating to the Crown Lands. I hope that the ...

    Article : 270 words
  4. THE INSOLVENCY BILL.

    Sir—I was exceedingly surprised to see what "South Australia" says about the new clause in the Insolvency Bill passed by Parliament, providing that no certificate should ...

    Article : 336 words
  5. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—The sooner we have a State bank the better for the development of our resources. The present rate of interest is far too high, and must sooner or later ruin the producers, store ...

    Article : 267 words
  6. LAND ORDERS,

    Sir—In a leading article in your issue of the 24th ult. you state that we have lost from 8,000 to 9,000 our adult population, and no doubt there are hundreds more ready to follow as ...

    Article : 299 words
  7. NORTHERN RAILWAYS.

    Sir—The break of gauge on our northern lines has been a matter of serious difficulty, and various plans to overcome it have been suggested, but all appear to have been failures. ...

    Article : 226 words
  8. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—The public mind, is awakening to the urgent necessity for the establishment of a State bank; and I quite agree with your correspondent "Nemo's" remarks on the ...

    Article : 501 words
  9. WORKING MEN'S BLOCKS.

    Sir—It is amusing to many, of your readers, working men included, to Bee the beautiful picture of working men's blocks drawn by Mr. Cotton. If be is in earnest be must imagine ...

    Article : 351 words
  10. COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY.

    Sir—It is to be hoped that your correspondent "Atholl" does not put himself forth as a specimen of the good breeding he professes to know so much about, although he does speak ...

    Article : 434 words
  11. THE TOTALIZATOR.

    Sir—Mr. Rees in his speech on the Totalizator Bill indicated that he thought it his duty to take the view recently advocated by the Bishop of Peterborough, that it would be better ...

    Article : 532 words
  12. THE PROJECT OF A STATE BANK.

    Sir—Having in a previous letter given the alphabet, so to speak, of monetary transactions, with your permission I propose to summarise a few more aspect of the currency question. ...

    Article : 1,294 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,118 words
  14. OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

    Sir—People are finding out that the present education system is not the elevating thing that its admirers would have us believe it to be, and I hope the matter will not be allowed ...

    Article : 845 words
  15. THE TOTALIZATOR AND PRATER.

    Sir—I am glad to see that the proposal to use prayers was negatived yesterday in the House of Assembly, as to have used them would have been a solemn mockery. The ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. SELLING THE LAND.

    Sir—The ruin or prosperity of this colony lies in the power of our M.P.'s to effect, and on the action they are about to take on the motions of Mr. Bosworth and Mr. Fox great ...

    Article : 583 words
  17. AUDITING.

    Sir.—The letter of your correspondent, "Practical," escaped my notice till to-day I do not intend to enter into a correspondence with an anonymous writer save to say that had ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. THE GAME AMENDMENT BILL.

    Sir—As this Bill will come before the Upper House on Tuesday, and as it is proposed under it to protect teals, which appears to be very unwise I submit the accompanying facts, ...

    Article : 263 words
  19. FOUR TEARS FOR A PETTY TBEFT.

    In reading your impression of to-day I see that a man named James Knight was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for stealing 9s. 1½d., his second conviction only. I consider ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir—In the Chronicle of the 17th inst. appears a letter from "A Father of Six Children," in which he justly condemns the present system of education. known as "Hartley's ...

    Article : 266 words
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