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  2. PERSONAL.

    Lady Galway delivered a delightful address on Abraham Lincoln at the Lady Colton Hall on Wednesday afternoon. When the House of Assembly met on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 565 words
  3. A PARLIAMENTARY BREEZE.

    Interjections were frequent in the House of Assembly on Wednesday while on Richard Butler was speaking on his second reading of the Initiative and ...

    Article : 482 words
  4. THE BURGLARY EPIDEMIC.

    The long list of recent robberies from houses was increased on Wednesday, when the residence of Mrs. Butterworth, at Coolibah-avenue, Kensington Gardens, was ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 311 words
  6. LIGHT SHOWERS.

    There is a belt of low pressure along the southern coast line of Australia: and inland barometers are higher. A few light showers fell yesterday, and the forecast indicates ...

    Article : 36 words
  7. COAL FOR THE RAILWAYS.

    The position in South Australia with respect to the supply of coal available for railway purposes is becoming acute, and the ...

    Article : 94 words
  8. CONSCRIPTION.

    A meeting of the Federal Labor Caucus is to be held to-morrow. Although Mr. Hughes lins never mentioned the word "conscription" in all his utterances he has ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. THE MEASLES OUTBREAK.

    Last week 230 cases of measles were reported to the Central Board of Health. Twenty-six cases occurred in Adelaide. 15 at Wallaroo. 14 at Clare, and S at Lipson. ...

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  10. CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.

    Six cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis were reported last week, one at each of the following places:—Adelaide, St. Peters. Eastwood, Renmirk, Knightshridge, and ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. IT DID NOT WORRY THEM.

    Just before noon on Wednesday a workman, who was engaged in cleaning the glass roof of the G.P.O. hall, put his foot through one of the panes. The fragments ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 2,438 words
  13. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway earnings for the week ended August 19 amounted to £35,224, compared with £30,036 for the correspuonding week of 1915. ...

    Article : 24 words
  14. GOLD MEDALS FOR FOLICEMEN.

    In future members of the Victorian Police Force who specially distinguish themselves by acts of bravery are to receive gold medals. The design of the medal was ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. TUTORIAL CLASSES.

    Profesor Meredith Atkinson, Director of Tutorial Classes for the University of Sydney, who passed through Adelaide cn his way to Broken Hill on Wednesday, ...

    Article : 304 words
  16. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS. A LAMP-TRIMMER'S DEATH.

    An inquest was conducted by the City Ccroner (Dr. Ramsay Smith), in the Ade laide Police Court on Wednesday, concerning the death of William Thomas. a lamp ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. WOMEN LEGISLATORS.

    The Premier, in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, moved the second reading of a Bill to remove any doubt regarding the qualification of women to sit in ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Ryan's return from his visit tp the old country has been quickly followed by the re-assembling of the Queensland Parliament. The Premier comes back to the ...

    Article : 633 words
  19. THE KNIFE SLIPPED.

    Senior-Constable S. S. M. Drew while cutting lucern in his sarden let the knife slip and inflicted a deep wound in his thigh. ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. MR. POWELL'S SALARY.

    The matter of the-organisation of Australia Day was brought before the House of Assembly on Wednesday. Mr. Parish gave notice that on the following day he ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. AN ENGINE DERAILED.

    During shunting operations this morning the engine of the Kadina, to Brinkworth train lett the rails in the local station. The accident occurred whilst, the engine ...

    Article : 132 words
  22. WORKERS AND THE WAR.

    An International Workers Committee, embracing various branches of industrial organisations, including Socialists, has been formed in Melbourne. Every union ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. THE TORRENS-ROAD AND RESERVOIR.

    When the new road from the Gorge to the neighborhood of Chain of Ponds, along the conrse of the Torrens, was mapped out there was no thought of any portion of the ...

    Article : 261 words
  24. FEDERAL LAND AND INCOME TAX.

    Federal land and income tax returns must be lodged not later than the last day of this month. Taxpayers are reminded that late returns are liable to a penalty ...

    Article : 140 words
  25. THROWS FROM A TROLLY.

    On Monday Mr. Frank Fernanuez was thrown from a trolly. His head struck the shafts and the wheels of the trolly passed over one of his legs. He was [?] ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. A BROKEN LEG.

    On Monday afternoon Mr. A. J.'Virgia had the misfortune to sustain a fracture of one of his legs just above the ankle while in charge of the steam shovel used ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. BUTTER SUPPLY NORMAL

    The Minister of Customs is permitting the whole of the third-grade and about a third of the second-grade butter in store to be exported by the first available boat, ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. WHALE CAUGHT IN THE GULF.

    While fishing off Primes Run, on the eastern shore of St. Vincent Gulf, on Tuesday, Messrs. F. T. and. E. Tanner discovered a black Whale in the shallows about ...

    Article : 230 words
  29. The Advertiser

    Once again the storm-centre is shifting to the Balkans, where in the general expectation events are pending that may entirely change the course of the war. The ...

    Article : 991 words
  30. ANDERSON'S DRAMATIC COMPANY.

    Mr. William Anderson and the members of his specially-selected dramatic company will arrive by the Melbourne. express this morning. Among the members are Messrs. ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. THE BLOCKING OF THE PORT-ROAD.

    In reply to a question put to him by the Hon. J. Jelley the Chief Secretary (Hon. A. W. Styles) stated m the Legislative Council on Wednesday that there had been ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. FROM BATTLESHIP TO BANK.

    The new lift machinery at the head office of the Commonwealth Bank, in Pitt-street, was at first Intended for the battleship Queen Elizabeth, and it was obtained for ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. DIED ON HEARING OF A FRIENDS'S DEATH.

    It was reported from the Pinnacles, [?] few miles from Broken Hill, this alternoon that Mrs. A. Martin died of consumption to-day, and on Mrs. Edwards, a friend and ...

    Article : 53 words
  34. PRICE FIXING.

    At the annual meeting of the Country Traders' Association to-day, the motions carried included the following:—"That this convention is strongly of the opinion ...

    Article : 169 words
  35. COST OF THE OLD FOLKS' HOME.

    According to a reply to a question given by the Chief Secretary in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the sums provided on the Loan Estimates for the new Old ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. A FARMER'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Mr. Silas Brown, a well-known farmer, of Kanyapella, Victoria, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning. Toward the end of the week the news was conveyed ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. THE WORD ANZAC.

    The District Commandant to-day said the Minister of Defence lind again drawn attention to the fact that the use of the word Anzac was illegal except for ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. DROWNED IN THE GOULBURN.

    The body of Mr. William Guild, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Seymour, was found in the Goulburn River on Saturday afternoon. He had been absent ...

    Article : 151 words
  39. THE NEW POLICE BARRACKS.

    The Chief Secretary (Hon. A. W. Styles) told the Hon. J. Carr in the Legislative Council on Wednesday that authority for building the new police barracks on the ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. THE SOLDIERS' FUND.

    The administration of the South Australian Soldiers Fund was referred to in the House af Assembly on Wednesday Mr Verran said there was no general ...

    Article : 158 words
  41. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

    Sir Richard Butler adopted a definite attitude in opposition to the proposals contained in the Initiative and Referendum Bill, when the second reading of that ...

    Article : 474 words
  42. CONCENTRATION.

    To concentrate with a far-seeing vision of the future is the essence of success, whether in war, politics, or commerce. It is only since the master minds of the ...

    Article : 170 words
  43. A SORDID TRAGEDY.

    The body of a middle-aged mon, John Yeoman, was found at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday in a terribly charred condition by Mr. T. MoGann, manager of the butter factory ...

    Article : 241 words
  44. HOTEL TRADING HOURS.

    In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, Mr. Farthing presented a petition signed by 135,000 electors of Victoria, praying that the trading hours in hotels be allowed to ...

    Article : 82 words
  45. THE WHEAT POOL.

    The Commissioner of Crown Lands, in reply to Mr. Nicholls, in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, said the Wheat Harvest Board had no record of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  46. GENERAL NEWS. PAPER MADE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The new Government Department of Chemistry has attained a definite result in the experiments in the making of paper trout raw materials produced in ...

    Article : 426 words
  47. IN QUEENSLAND.

    To-day, in the Legislative Council, Mt. Brentnall moved that immediate action be taken to submit to the people of Queen[?] land, by a special referendum, the question ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. "THE CHRONICLE."

    It was recently reported in the cable news that the offices of the Agent-General for South Australia had been removed from Gracebureh-street to the Strand, where ...

    Article : 290 words
  49. SUGAR-BEET IN THE SOUTH-EAST

    Recently Mr. Reid[?] asked the Minister of Agriculture, to obtain a report with regard to the suitability of land in the South-East for the cultivation of sugar beet. On ...

    Article : 231 words
  50. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 691 words
  51. VICTORIAN REFERENDUM BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, Sir Alexander Peacock the Premier, moved the second reading of the Liquor Referendum Bill. He said there was a popular ...

    Article : 202 words
  52. COMMANDEERING THE WOOL CLIP.

    A report has been current in Melbourne (remarks the "Argus") that the Imperial Government intended to commandeer the Australian wool clip. It ...

    Article : 250 words
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