The Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. R. W. Foster) returned from a trip to the west coast on Tuesday morning. When interviewed regarding his journey, he ...
Article : 2,507 wordsThe elections for the City Council passed off quietly on Tuesday. There was no really debatable question of municipal polities to affect the ratepayers on this occasion, ...
Article : 375 wordsThe net Customs and excise returns for the month of November, compared with those for November of last year, were as follows: ...
Article : 181 wordsAt Port Adelaide on Tuesday morning the City Coroner conducted on enquiry concerning the death of George William Henry Woolfe, whose body was recovered from ...
Article : 208 wordsIt was necessary to hold contests in only two of the wards in the Thebarton municipality, and consequently little interest was taken in the elections. Mr. C. B. Ware ...
Article : 239 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the third reading of the Old Age Pensions Amendment Bill was carried by 45 votes to 24. ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Marine Department at Port Adelaide received a telegram on Tuesday morning from the harbormaster at Port Pirie, which stated that the Adelaide Steamship ...
Article : 54 wordsA special meeting of the committee of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to meet Mr. C. A. Reynolds, the general manager of the Pacifie Cable ...
Article : 185 wordsLeave of absence for one month on a sick certificate has been granted to Colonel T. Price, C.B., Commandant of the Common wealth Military Forces in Queensland, to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe maximum readings of the thermometer at the Adelaide Observatory up till 3 o'clock on Tuesday were:—In the shade, 71.0 deg.; in the sun, 134.0 deg. On ...
Article : 46 wordsThere was an election to-day to fill the vacancy for councillor for the South-west ward. Result:- J. Shanasy (elected)........ 83 ...
Article : 32 wordsSome little time back Mr. Kirwan asked in the House of Representatives a question of considerable interest regarding the working of the telegraph line between Perth and ...
Article : 507 wordsOn Tuesday the shareholders of the Adelaide Steamship Company inspected their new vessel, Yongala, as she lay at the wharf, Port Adelaide. A number of other ...
Article : 61 wordsThere was little excitement over the election to-day, and only a small percentage of the electors voted. The candidates for the mayoralty were Lewis John Wilcher and ...
Article : 126 wordsAt Hindmarsh Mr. J. F. King, who sought re-election for the mayoralty, and Mr. I. Howson, a candidate for Hindmarsh ward, were returned unopposed. There ...
Article : 292 wordsThe steamer Somerset, which, grounded on the Lefevre's Peninsula bank of the Por[?] Adelaide River on Saturday morning, was refloated at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday and ...
Article : 91 wordsAt Port Adelaide the municipal elections this year provoked more interest than usual, chiefly because of the rearrangement and reduction of the wards necessitating ...
Article : 471 wordsWilliam Savage, a young man, has been accidentally killed near Busselton through his horses bolting and jamming him against a tree. ...
Article : 84 wordsFor Mayor—J. J. Johnson, 45 (elected); F. H. Drake, 41. For Councillor.—East ward—C. H. Bird, 21 (elected), J. J. Thomas, 19; informal, 4. ...
Article : 37 wordsAn enquiry was held on Tuesday afternoon by the Marine Board in the boardroom, Custom-House, Port, concerning the grounding in the Port River, on Saturday, of the steamer Somerset. ...
Article : 1,066 wordsThe annual meeting of ratepayers was held in the Town Hall to-night. The Mayor (Mr. T. Hewitson) occupied the chair, and read his third annual report. It showed that there had been ...
Article : 221 words"Reader," Belton.—Never heard of the place, nor can we find it in any, book of reference. "Cricket," Petersburg.—If a run be scored ...
Article : 980 wordsUnusual interest was manifested in the elections at St. Peters. Alderman McDougall acted as returning-officer, and he had an excellent staff of clerks. The chief ...
Article : 656 wordsSir—A reference in to-day's issue to the Public Service Superannuation Fund is my excuse for troubling you. In that reference Mr. J. G. Russell, I.S.O., is quoted as ...
Article : 287 wordsThe Melbourne Argus writes: — Federal public servants who are guilty of criminal offences against Federal laws are said to be enjoying an immunity from punishment just ...
Article : 110 wordsThe elections at Unley did not create any excitement. The voting was steady and comparatively small. This was probably because there was no contest for the ...
Article : 283 wordsThe following appointments in the Federal Public Service are notified:—Lawrence Stanley Jackson, appointed clerk, stores branch, General Post-Office, Adelaide, on ...
Article : 192 wordsSir—Your London correspondent in yesterday's issue gives credit to the St. Martin's Le Grande officers for their zeal and ability in the delivery of letters to obscure ...
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Advertising : 245 wordsA public enquiry will be held by the Collector of Customs at the Port Adelaide Customs-House this morning concerning the importation of certain goods from London ex ...
Article : 68 wordsThe principal interest in the Kensington and Norwood elections was centred in the contest between Mr. H. J. Holden and Mr. W. Blewett for the position of mayor. No ...
Article : 420 wordsThe State Collector (Mr. P. W. Ringwood) on Tuesday received the following notifications from the Comptroller-General of Customs: ...
Article : 134 wordsThe first half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Osmond Little Marvel Washing Machine Company was held at 13, Alma Chambers, on Monday. Mr. H. G. Prince presided over a fair attendance. ...
Article : 87 wordsA special meeting of the Mercantile Rowing Club was held at Ware's Exchange Hotel on Monday evening. The captain (Mr S. H. Barnard) presided over a large attendance. The ...
Article : 127 wordsThe interest shown in the elections for the office of councillor in the three wards into which Glenelg is divided was manifested by the large number of votes cast. The ...
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Advertising : 78 wordsA meeting of the association was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. L. A. Parks presided. The debate on the benefit scheme was adjourned. Correspondence was read from Mr. F. Chapple, of ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Wed 2 Dec 1903, Page 6
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