The fortnightly meeting of the Marine Board took place on Thursday afternoon in the boardroom, Port Adelaide. Present—Wardens Hamilton (in the chair), Campbell, Berry, Phillips, ...
Article : 1,197 wordsThe sitting of the Council on Thursday was not a long one, but it was only commensurate with the amount of business on the notice-paper. That members of the ...
Article : 2,106 wordsSir—The suggested experiment of the Engineer-in-Chief in the Port River ought to make the House of Assembly pause before passing such a scheme. At Marino ...
Article : 1,053 wordsThe President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. THE KANAKA BILL. The Postmaster-General, Senator Drake (Qld.), moved the second reading of the ...
Article : 55 wordsThis is the lull before the storm. Congress meets the first week in December seven weeks hence—between this and then there is an election for many minor ...
Article : 1,939 wordsSome boys at Horsham were firing at a [?]in with a pea rifle, and one shot went wide of its mark into Smith-street. Mrs. A. Beaumont was speaking to a friend, and ...
Article : 120 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day the Public Works Committee Election Bill was carried through committee. A Bill to amend the Land and Income Tax ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. The afternoon was spent in the discussion of grievances on a motion to go into Committee of Ways and Means. ...
Article : 936 wordsWhile dipping some sheep on one of the western stations, two men dipped 300 sheep in a mixture they thought to be sheep dip, but which turned out to be coal tar. ...
Article : 35 wordsA generous man at Terrick East did a fellow creature a good turn by allowing him to lodge in his house for the night. On using next morning the benefactor found ...
Article : 52 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr Reay moved—"That in the opinion or this House the Government should proceed with the consideration of the Convention Bill ...
Article : 221 wordsTowards the close of the sitting of the Presbyterian Assembly to-night consideration was given to the question of religious instruction in schools. The Rev. G. Tait ...
Article : 189 wordsMrs. Rose Spencer, of La[?]obe-street, Melbourne, to-day, sued Wallet Smith, rag and bone dealer of South Melbourne, for £259 damages for injuries caused by a dog ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the course of the hearing at the City Court to-day of a charge against two Chinamen of conspiring to evade the provisions of the Chinese Influx Act, it was stated that ...
Article : 74 wordsOn Thursday afternoon the committee and officers of the Port Adelaide branch of the District Trained Nursing Society met in the Port Adelaide Town Hall ...
Article : 1,032 wordsSpencer-street station was alive with Salvation Army officers and soldiers this morning, awaiting the arrival of the Adelaide express, with Commissioner and Mrs. ...
Article : 103 wordsWhile James Roberts was looking down a lift-well at some wool stores in Pyrmont, the lift-eage descended, and struck him on the top of the head, with the result that ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, in reply to Mr. Cowley, the Premier said he had not received an invitation to attend the coronation ceremonies next year. ...
Article : 177 wordsEarly in March last a well-dressed young man named Charles Louis Becker called on Mr. Donald Hillyard, an engineer, and Mr. James Alston, a windmill manufacturer, ...
Article : 133 wordsAt Narrabri, two men were engaged in sinking a well. One, named Cox, was lowered down 90 ft. by his mate, whose name is unknown. The latter then made ...
Article : 120 wordsIn the Assembly to-night during the discussion of the Electoral Bill new clauses were inserted, making the appointment or agents to conduct election campaigns ...
Article : 84 wordsThe detention in Melbourne at the request of the Swiss police of Frederick Gerhard, who is charged with fraudulent bankruptcy, under the law (of that country, has ...
Article : 114 wordsAt an early hour this morning a watchman on duty in Hunter-street heard a crash of glass in George-street, and on running to ascertain the cause he saw three ...
Article : 115 wordsWhen the Assembly met this afternoon Mr. Leake said that before leaving office he would ask the House to pass the Supply Bill for £600,000, to enable his successor to ...
Article : 740 wordsA quarrel between two flower-sellers in Swan[?]oon-street a fortnight, ago, which resulted in one of them, an Italian name[?] Vasquize, being stabbed in the right side by ...
Article : 111 wordsAfter four years' sinking the Sydney Harbor Collieries Company at Balmain has struck coal at a depth of 2,880 ft. The coal so far taken out is stated to be of excellent ...
Article : 49 wordsResidents of South Australia now have an opportunity to secure the "Library of Famous Literature," which has recently met with such success through the ...
Article : 315 wordsThe English cricketers arrived in Sydney this morning by the express from Melbourne, and were greeted at Redfern by the officials of the New South Wales Cricket ...
Article : 226 wordsNovember 21.—Present—The Mayor (Mr. J. W. Caire), Ald. Malin, Todd, Moyers, Hains, Crs. Widdop, Fricker, Wilks, Cooper, Channon, Biglands, Butler, Dowsett, Gille[?]and, Lambert, ...
Article : 798 wordsIn the championship tennis tournament to-day the ladies' and gentlemen's double championship event provided the two most attractive items. The South Australian ...
Article : 296 wordsSir—Flinders has always been looked upon as a huge pastoral district. The settlements along the west coast, Cowell and Cleave, have made it chiefly agricultural. ...
Article : 108 wordsSir—In to-day's "Advertiser" in discussing the second reading of the Pinnaroo Railway Bill, Mr. Livingston is reported to have said that he believes farming will be ...
Article : 280 wordsA storm of unprecedented fury broke over White Cliffs at 6 o'clock last night, unroofing houses, tearing up sheds, and scattering household belongings in every ...
Article : 122 wordsA meeting of the East Torrens County Board was held at the Town Hall, Norwood, on Wednesday, November 20. There were present Messrs. Binks (chairman). Story, Osborn, Revell, ...
Article : 242 wordsOn Wednesday evening the committee of the Hindmarsh Horticultural, Floricultural, and Industrial Society paid a visit to their president (Mr. A. W. Ralph), at Henley Beach. Mr. Ralph, ...
Article : 215 wordsA special meeting of the Executive Council to-day authorised the issue of a proclamation, providing that masters of ships leaving Sydney for other ports in the ...
Article : 55 wordsGreat interest was shown in the shooting of the final stage of the King's at the V.R.A. matches to-day. The weather was nearly perfect for fine shooting, there being a ...
Article : 749 wordsA young man, John McKinnon, son of an old resident of Bathurst, was terribly mutilated by a mowing machine to-day. He had stopped his team, and was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsSir—I see that a deputation representing the fruitgrowers and exporters has waited on the Minister for Agriculture to ascertain whether the Government would make, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 383 wordsSir—The terrible suffering caused by the war in South Africa, particularly to the women and children, many of whom are British, seems to us a loud call on all ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Fri 22 Nov 1901, Page 6
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