Sir—Any individual interested in the welfare of the colony cannot help noticing the large sum of money annually voted by Parliament for the education of our rising generation, ...
Article : 175 wordsMr. Downer, who arrived on Saturday, is staying at the Hotel Metropole. On Monday he had an interview with Sir Henry Holland. Mr. Downer ...
Article : 1,629 wordsSir—In my previous letter I have supported your general proposition that whit is wanted to advance South Australia is "population." But to ensure prosperity the population must ...
Article : 1,087 wordsSir—As the day of opening oar Exhibition is fast approaching I would suggest that we celebrate the event by having a grand monster procession composed of the naval and military ...
Article : 125 wordsSir—A telegram in Saturday's Advertiser runs as follows:—"New Russian Loan.—An internal loan has been issued for 100,000,000 roubles at an equivalent of £84 per cent. ...
Article : 516 wordsSir—Unquestionably every true lover of progress has been wounded by the publication in the London Times of the letter condoning the assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr. ...
Article : 385 wordsSir—In your issue of to-day you give a sermon, said to be preached by the Rev. W. R. Fletcher yesterday at Stow Church, and in clause 1st he is reported to have said, "The ...
Article : 161 wordsSir—Your article having reference to the great land asset of this colony must be extremely gratifying to the public of South Australia, as well as a pleasant surprise to ...
Article : 258 wordsThe announcement in the Standard on Monday last that an organised plot to murder the Czar on the previous day had been frustrated by the timely arrest of ...
Article : 2,853 wordsSir—Mr. John Ramsay asks to have pointed out to him a church in Adelaide where the man of means is not preferred to the poor man ? I will point out one, viz., the Mission Church ...
Article : 277 wordsSir—Can any of your readers inform me when the affairs of this institution are likely to be wound up ? Whether there is likely to be a call or dividend ? and why the liquidators ...
Article : 153 wordsSir—In your issue to day "R.G.W." suggests borrowing four or fiye millions of money from the English markets because our land assets are so large. Is this done for the purpose of ...
Article : 181 wordsSir—With reference to the subject "Shipowners and maritime labor," a letter on which you kindly inserted a short time since, allow me to append two extracts which bear still ...
Article : 694 wordsSir—One of the principal causes, if not the principal came, of the prevailing depression is undoubtedly attributable to the unprecedented deficiency of the rainfall, which, as registered ...
Article : 687 wordsSir—Although all classes are united in urging the Government to commence without delay works for the relief of the large number of men who are out of employment, still the ...
Article : 1,213 wordsSir—In your issue of to-day I notice a letter signed "Z," asking for information as to the position of the above mentioned institution. I quite agree with him that the shareholders ...
Article : 154 wordsSir—To-day there is a paragraph in your columns stating that the Government are parleying with that trades union, the Bankers Association, with the object of putting ...
Article : 164 wordsSir—I and many other shareholders are with your correspondent. "Z." in asking what the liquidators are doing. They were appointed by order of the Supreme Court on April 13, ...
Article : 198 wordsSir—In your issue of this day I perceive that my friend Mr. Theo. Bruce is greatly exercised in mind that the Government should have instructed Mr. H. E. Downer to conduct the ...
Article : 236 wordsSir—The suggestion of your correspondent, "Celt," is, I think, well worth consideration. Such a petition numerously signed by her Majesty's loyal subjects, who are enjoying ...
Article : 100 wordsSir—Your correspondent "James Gardiner" seeks to show in his letter that the reintroduction of the totalizator would not be a disgrace to Parliament, and farther states "I don't think ...
Article : 355 wordsSir—There has been some talk of late of tree-planting on the grounds of the public schools throughout the colony. I should like to make a suggestion that I think would be taken up ...
Article : 105 wordsSir—Like the ten inhabitants of Golden Grove and its neighborhood, whose names are appended to a letter in the Advertiser, I was pleased to find that the Commissioner of Crown ...
Article : 805 wordsSir—After an election it often occurs that ugly tumors get about concerning the conduct of candidates or their agents. "Observer," in your issue of 20th inst., only refers to a ...
Article : 605 wordsSir—In to-day's issue I notice you publish a paragraph referring te a supposed new treatment of typhoid fever advocated by Dr. Pecholier, namely, by ...
Article : 96 wordsSir—Will you kindly let me ask through your columns how it ia that a widow is compelled by Government to bury her husband? My late husband was long out of employ, ...
Article : 150 wordsSir— Charity begins at home, and I think we should help cases of distress occurring in our midst before we send money away to other colonies. I refer to the inquest in ...
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South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1881 - 1889), Sat 30 Apr 1887, Page 6
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