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  2. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

    A meeting of the Fine Arts Committee of the Commission appointed to arrange for South Australian exhibits at the International Exhibition in London was held at Register-Chambers on ...

    Article : 465 words
  3. THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES IN SWITZERLAND.

    We lately adverted to the small wages received by the Swiss operatives. They may be reckoned for men and women, alike at from 33 to 40 per cent, lower than in ...

    Article : 1,443 words
  4. BRIDGE MEETING AT CARLINGTON.

    A meeting has been held at Mr. Wiedemann's Callington Hotel, to determine what measures should be adopted so as to obtain a bridge over the Junction. Mr. A. Tonkin, who presided, ...

    Article : 1,051 words
  5. COURTS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

    Sir—There appears to be a tide of population setting in to the Northern Territory, and as the digger element is not proverbially the most. orderly, may I enquire if any provision has been ...

    Article : 201 words
  6. EDUCATION.

    Sir—How is it that the education question is so little discussed now in the colony? Has everything been done that can be done for the neglected children of our towns and the ...

    Article : 165 words
  7. THE ABERNETHY BOAT ACCIDENT.

    Sir—The amount of practical sympathy shown by the public in the cases of the two late boat accidents—viz., Sugars and Haynes and Mrs. Crook—induces me through your columns to ...

    Article : 288 words
  8. HOURS OF LABOUR.

    Sir—Are the working classes fairly represented in Parliament? If so, why has not some member by this time urged upon the present Government the necessity of reducing the hours of labour of ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. FLORAL BAZAAR AND PROMENADE CONCERT.

    In the Town Hall on Tuesday a floral bazaar was held in the afternoon and a promenade concert by amateur performers in the evening, in aid of the fund for seating and paying off the ...

    Article : 602 words
  10. THE KOHINOOR AFFAIR.

    There [appears in the Hobart Town Mercury of August 20 the following from that paper's Launceston correspondent:—"Those readers interested in shipping will ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  11. LEASING PUBLIC LANDS.

    Sir—Mr. Cumming in his last letter asks how it is that the system which I advocate for dealing with agricultural lands is inapplicable to towns. I had no intention of entering into the ...

    Article : 821 words
  12. THE LAND ACT.

    Sir—Not many days since I invested in a copy of the new Land Act, and proceeded homewards to enliven my evening with a read of the combined production of our legislators. I ...

    Article : 369 words
  13. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.

    Sir—I have received by last mail from Rome an interesting Italian pamphlet issued by the association formed there for the promotion of equal or proportional representation. This ...

    Article : 2,599 words
  14. THE MAIL BETWEEN BLANCHETOWN AND WENTWORTH.

    Sir—Will you kindly permit me to make a few remarks on the great inconvenience the public sustains by the present bad arrangements under which the Blanchetown and Wentworth mail is ...

    Article : 610 words
  15. ADELAIDE HUNT CLUB.

    Not the least of the pleasant associations connected with the hunting season of 1872 is the kindly feeling evinced towards the Club by many people who are disconnected with it. Nor ...

    Article : 1,097 words
  16. A SITE FOR AN ASYLUM.

    Sir—The public have generously responded to the appeal of Mr. Townsend, whose great exertions on behalf of the Blind and Deaf and Dumb Asylum are worthy of all praise. At ...

    Article : 224 words
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