The rainfall in the Mount Gambier district for December proves altogether exceptional, if not entirely unprecedented. During the month just expired we received ...
Article : 243 wordsOn account of the high price of hay the owners of the compressed fodder works at Roseworthy have decided to restrict operations for the present. Between 30 and 40 ...
Article : 66 wordsJanuary 1.—Yesterday morning Mr. W. Shuttleworth's waggon, loaded with wheat, was standing in the street waiting its turn to be unloaded at Verco Bros. & Co.'s ...
Article : 88 wordsThe condition of the streets leading to the river edge between the wharfs is one that is causing considerable trouble. The ends have silted up, and in one case, at the ...
Article : 310 wordsJanuary 2.—On New Year's evening a public meeting was held in the Ashton Memorial Methodist Church. Mr. F. H. Snow occupied the chair, and delighted the ...
Article : 225 wordsJanuary 2.—Not very much benefit has been derived from the rains on December 16, beyond the filling of dams, while the washing away of railway lines, drains, and ...
Article : 113 wordsDecember 5.—The fanners are busy concluding their reaping. The weather has been much against them this season, and even now it is not what may be called ...
Article : 132 wordsThe three-year-old son of Mr. G. Darby died in the hospital of meningitis last week, being the second of that family to the carried off by the same disease. Nurse ...
Article : 183 wordsDecember 30.—A large number of people are staying here, and accommodation is at a premium. The Salt Lake is exceedingly well patronised, and the district council ...
Article : 71 wordsA shocking accident Happened at the Rose-brook races yesterday. In the Hurdle Race there were four starters—Monti, Charity Boy, Experience, and Electric Light. ...
Article : 270 wordsDecember 31.—A concert was held on Victoria Park Rotunda on Christmas Night, the combined choirs of the district and the Moonta Orchestra contributing to the ...
Article : 233 wordsDecember 30.—Owing to the many changes of weather reaping is much delayed in the district, and very little wheat has come forward. The yield will be light. ...
Article : 55 wordsJanuary 3.—Harvesting in the district is now nearly finished, and some heavy crops of wheat were cut for hay. The average must have fully been 1 ton 15 cwt. per acre ...
Article : 126 wordsYesterday Sergeant Deane received information of a bad case of damage to property which occurred at the residence of Mr. T. Parker, Gawler South, late on Saturday ...
Article : 159 wordsOn December 29 the Kookaburra club played a cricket match with the Second Valley team at [?]elamere, which resulted in a win for the visitors. In the evening the ...
Article : 75 wordsPastoral matters are much brighter at the opening of the year than was the case at this period last year. Though it cannot be said that the drought has broken up the ...
Article : 126 wordsMr. J. P. Stow, S.M., held an inquest at' Warnertown to-day on the body of George Frederick Braun, who was found drowned on Tuesday afternoon in Hughes' Dam ...
Article : 214 wordsDecember 29.—The River Murray is unnavigable, and consequently stores are scarce here. A team will probably leave Moorook for Morgan, to cart back the ...
Article : 79 wordsA serious accident happened here on New Year's Day to Mr. P. McCarron, mail contractor between Marrabel, Friedrick-schwalde, and Tothill's Belt. Shortly after ...
Article : 169 wordsJanuary 3.—It is estimated that nearly 2,000 excursionists have visited this place from across the water during the holidays, in addition to a number of visitors staying ...
Article : 46 wordsDecember 31.—On Monday evening a concert in aid of the regatta club funds took place in the institute. The first part consisted of songs and recitations by Misses ...
Article : 262 wordsA fire occurred at 2.30 this morning in a boarding-house kept by Mr. W. H. Smith, in Ellen-street, near the International Hotel, The brigade was called out, but the ...
Article : 117 wordsDecember 30.—A concert was given on Monday night in the Institute Hall by the "Snowflake Minstrels" from Port Adelaide, in aid of the Echunga Cricket Club, and ...
Article : 111 wordsThe evening local train from Goolwa met with an accident yesterday when rounding the sharp curve near the Gap-bridge. The" tender or the engine jumped the track ...
Article : 992 wordsRaspberry picking is drawing to a close, after one of the best seasons ever known here. It is estimated that fully 80 tons of fruit has been gathered in this place alone. ...
Article : 138 wordsGreat interest has been taken here during the last few weeks in the fact that the mail coach which passes through Norton's Summit from Magill to Forest ...
Article : 252 wordsJanuary 6.—At the meeting of the town council last night the mayor (Mr. G. Bright) mentioned that the rate collector and inspector (Mr. P. Cheek) had again ...
Article : 71 wordsDecember 29.—On Tuesday evening a continental in aid of the Blind Institution Federal Fair, and organised by the Sunflower Division, was held on the ...
Article : 91 wordsA fire took place at Buchsfelde early this morning, by which a haystack, the joint property of Messrs. a Preiss and C. Reinke, was destroyed. The blaze was first seen ...
Article : 183 wordsJanuary 5.—Bert Maxwell, son of Mr. R. Maxwell, blacksmith, of this town, was riding a horse through a yard at the rear of the premises, and came in contact with a ...
Article : 137 wordsDecember 31.—Despite the splendid. rains that have fallen here lately, sand has been blowing nearly every day since. There are no hopes of feed growing here this summer. ...
Article : 41 wordsThe heat recently has been intense. On December 31 the thermometer showed a shade temperature of 100°, on New Year's Day 102°, and on January 2 107[?]. The ...
Article : 80 wordsJanuary 3.—On Christmas Eve the town presented an unusually lively appearance, and the Minlaton Brass Band rendered some music in front of the post-office. There ...
Article : 144 wordsJanuary 5.—The news received on Saturday, that Mr. Henry Black, the local stationmaster, was to be transferred from Hamley Bridge to Eudunda, has called ...
Article : 133 wordsOn Thursday afternoon some visitors were returning along the beach from Victor Harbor to Encounter Bay in a buggy, attached to which were a pair of ponies, On ...
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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 10 Jan 1903, Page 14
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