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  2. THE MAY MEETINGS.

    The annual meeting of this Society was held on May 2, at Exeter Hall. The attendance was not quite equal to that of many anniversaries. The chair was taken by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and on the platform were ...

    Article : 4,895 words
  3. TOPICS OF THE WEEK.

    By private advices we learn that Mr. Thomas Gill and Captain Robert McKay have gone to the River Plate, sheepfarming. Amongst the English obituary notices of the ...

    Article : 4,213 words
  4. LAND SYSTEMS.

    Sir—Seeing "the people's grass," as it is commonly called, is getting such a hackling since Mr. Strangways let the cat out of the bag, I consider as an old subscriber you may allow me a little place to say my say ...

    Article : 618 words
  5. THE OPEN COLUMN.

    [Under this heading—and subject to the usual conditions and regulations—we offer to our readers a medium for the interchange of opinions upon topics of public interest, if temperately discussed and free from ...

    Article : 81 words
  6. THE BOUNDARY LINES OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir—In reference to the matter of the boundary lines of New South Wales, I perceive a leading article in your contemporary the Register, taken from the Riverine Herald, in which, inter alia, the writer ...

    Article : 1,046 words
  7. WORKING MEN AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.

    Sir—Knowing the interest you take at all times in the working classes through your widely circulated journals, it has induced me to ask of you the favor to insert the following :— ...

    Article : 586 words
  8. THE RESERVOIR.

    Sir—A great deal has been written about the Reservoir which supplies the City of Adelaide with water, and I have felt great surprise that a most simple, cheap, and, I believe, effectual plan to stop the leak ...

    Article : 421 words
  9. PORT-ROAD.

    Sir—At the last meeting of the Central Road Board the Chairman announced, apparently with great glee, that Mr. Mason had given up his contract for the I Port-road. He should have given some reasons for his ...

    Article : 532 words
  10. LABOR AND IMMIGRATION.

    Sir—I read with much interest the report of the meeting held at the Town Hall on Friday, and agree in one opinion expressed, viz., the importance of pressing on public works, but not in the other, viz., the ...

    Article : 540 words
  11. INTEGRITY OF THE GOVERNMENT IMPUGNED.

    Sir—Permit me to make a few remarks upon passing events. There is little doubt but that hundreds of able and willing men are out of work, causing much, distress in many families ; but this state of things has occurred ...

    Article : 535 words
  12. THE CENTRAL BOARD OF MAIN ROADS.

    Sir—I beg leave to call attention of yourself and the public to tho absolute necessity of doing away with that effete institution—the Central Board of Main Roads. It is patent to every one who takes the trouble ...

    Article : 318 words
  13. THE LABOR MARKET.

    Sir—Fourteen or fifteen months ago you were kind enough to insert a couple of letters which I addressed to you upon emigration. I then wrote, because, notwithstanding there was a country outcry for labor, I ...

    Article : 928 words
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