It may be safely laid down that no State can exist without some provision for its defence against the possible inroads of hostile nations. From the mighty military monarchy of the ...
Article : 2,712 wordsSir—The following thermometric readings taken at the railway surrey camp, Olary Creek, N.E., by Mr. J. M. Bagot are, I think, sufficiently interesting for publication: ...
Article : 137 wordsSir—The Bill introduced into the House of Assembly by the Attorney-General, who moved its second reading on Tuesday last, deserves more than passing notice. I mean the ...
Article : 850 wordsSir—I notice by the correspondence from South Australia in the Queenslander that the Government of South Australia have decided not to construct a railway to the Queensland ...
Article : 576 wordsSir—I trust that a member of the Government or some member of Parliament who has the true interests of the commercial public at heart will at an early date introduce an ...
Article : 408 wordsSir—Will you kindly permit me to say a word in reply to "A Lover of True Manliness" re the doings of the Salvation Army at Kapunda. When a person writes under a ...
Article : 267 wordsSir—Permit me in the interests of the working classes to draw the attention of our legislators to the disadvantages under which working men are placed by the present hours of voting. ...
Article : 163 wordsSir—The subjects indicated above are receiving a large share of attention at present, as the many letters which have appeared testify. "Necessity" it is said "is the mother ...
Article : 782 wordsSir—The prolonged depression which is sapping the progressive spirit of the colony seems to be more due to funk than to anything else. Our bank returns show that money is plentiful ...
Article : 516 wordsSir—Looking through your columns on July 14 I came across "Salvation Army at Kapunda." And I must say that I was taken by surprise at the remarks which I read there ...
Article : 359 wordsSir—In common with many others I am very sorry to see this vexed question raked up again in Parliament, and I hare been requested to write yon a few lines, in the hope of ...
Article : 684 wordsSir—At a time when the subject of law reform is engaging the attention of Parliament, and the Chamber of Commerce is suggesting the establishment of "Tribunals of Commerce," ...
Article : 355 wordsSir—At the end of last month Mr. Kemp Penney dispatched one batch of sixty of the unemployed to New South Wales, myself amongst the number. He informed us we ...
Article : 453 wordsSir—Now that the intolerable nuisance caused by members of the so-called Salvation Army has again been brought so prominently forward by the Rev. T. Lloyd and others, I ...
Article : 635 wordsSir—Assuming that your correspondent "Bitumen" is correct in stating that "in the first place revenue is the primary object of taxation," it naturally follows that "fostering ...
Article : 158 wordsSir—I noticed your humorous remarks on the Victorian Premier and his suggestions as to the bunnies getting over fences. Now, although Mr. Service may not have known it ...
Article : 351 wordsSir—In all the letters for and against protection I have not seen any mention made of the great drawbacks to the colonial manufacturer caused by consignments. People in ...
Article : 407 wordsSir—At a crisis in the history of the colony as bad as if not worse than any that South Australia has ever known, it does strike the thoughtful onlooker at parliamentary jugglery ...
Article : 338 wordsSir—The letter signed "Practical" appears to be written by some one with an enquiring mind; but it is surprising, considering how much has been said and written upon the ...
Article : 579 wordsSir—In reference to a letter re our employed in Sydney I enclose yon the correspondence with my principals, which will show that I acted in good faith. Of course out of a crowd ...
Article : 59 wordsFrom A. Johnston & Co., railway contractors, Goulburne and Cooma Railway.—To J. Kemp Penney, Adelaide. May 26, 1885. ...
Article : 183 wordsSir—I notice by to-day'a paper that a deputation has waited upon the Commissioner of Crown Lands to protest against the proposed destruction of brush fences in the Venus Bay ...
Article : 187 wordsSir—Allow me to sympathise with the Rev. T. Lloyd re the annoyance of the Salvation Army. Poor gentleman, I do pity him sincerely when I think that the brass ...
Article : 377 wordsSir—The report of the Government assistant geologist after his visit to Port Lincoln re the probability of coal, gold, silver, &c., being found was read with much interest by all the ...
Article : 329 wordsSir—The arguments of your correspondent, "Lavington Glyde," have strengthened my views re payment of members. The answer to his first question, in my mind, is that members ...
Article : 391 wordsSir—The fixed salaries of headmasters being £400 and £30 house rent (where the attendance is 600 and over), besides a bonus for successful teaching, I would ask by ...
Article : 254 wordsSir—The enclosed extract from an English paper of recent date will serve perhaps to show the utter absurdity of an indiscriminate free-trade policy, which is, I venture to assert, the ...
Article : 677 wordsSir—I trust you will allow me space in reply to "Practical's" letter. I quite agree when he says that fostering local industries is subsidiary to revenue. The raising of revenue through ...
Article : 381 wordsSir—I notice strong complaints from the Kapunda people re the annoyance caused by a parcel of peace breakers calling themselves the Salvation Army, but I venture to say that ...
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South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1881 - 1889), Sat 25 Jul 1885, Page 6
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