The election of a representative for the City of Adelaide, to fill the vacancy caused in the House of Assembly by Mr. Hanson's elevation to the office of Chief Justice, took place on Monday. ...
Article : 463 wordsSir—W[?] the [?] portion of the British public takes a great interest in the state of [?] [?] [?] with delight the narratives of the manners [?] of such ...
Article : 161 wordsOn Friday, the 29th November, our volunteers has quite a field-day. At 10 o'clock 26 members of the corps met to compete for prizes given by the ladies of Milang and its vicinity. The first prize ...
Article : 557 wordsA cricket match was played on Thursday last at Hamilton between the married and singe members of the Club. Eight came from Kapunda. The d[?]y was lovely and the match well contested. ...
Article : 286 wordsIt is very interesting to trace that [?] between different portions of the human race, in manners, superstitions, and traditions, which would lead us to conclude that although ...
Article : 1,291 wordsThe friends and supporters of Mr. W. J. Cox, as Mayor, met at the Stag Inn, Bundle-street, on Thursday evening, the 12th December. There were between 50 and 60 persons in attendance. ...
Article : 439 wordsThe past week has been unusually dull in the shipping line for this Port, there being only two arrivals and two departures, a circumstance not known within the last six months. The barque ...
Article : 567 wordsOn Thursday last a flimsy vehicle, which Mr. Rounsevell has employed for the conveyance of mails and passengers between Nuriootpa and Angaston, broke down for the second time on the ...
Article : 251 wordsMr. J. LAZAR attended at the Corporation Acre at noon on Tuesday, December 10, to declare the result of the poll which had taken place on the previous day. He said the scrutiny commenced at ...
Article : 514 wordsThe ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a new Congregational place of worship took place on Tuesday last; a great many spectators being present. The Rev. John Hotham commenced the ...
Article : 984 wordsA meeting or burgesses was held at the Kent Town Hotel, Kent Town, on Monday evening, for the purpose of choosing candidates to represent Kent Ward. Mr. Wright occupied the chair. ...
Article : 178 wordsPursuant to advertisement a public meeting was held at the Vintage-Shades, William-street, Norwood, on Saturday evening, the 7th instant, for the purpose of selecting a Mayor and Councillors for ...
Article : 857 wordsSunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of December, were rainy days. On Sunday, at about half-past 12, the showers fell in fast succession, and from that time until Tuesday night there ...
Article : 179 wordsThe ratepayers of Norwood and Kensington held a meeting at the Old Colonist Inn, Norwood, on Monday evening, to select a Mayor and Auditors for the new Corporation, and Councillors ...
Article : 216 wordsMr. J. H. Clark delivered a fecture on "Douglas Jerrold," at the Burra Institute, on Monday evening, The attendance, I regret to say, was not such as would be very encouraging to a gentleman ...
Article : 293 wordsThe weather still continues unusually cold for this time of the year: in fact the present season has not been paralleled in this respect for many years at least. ...
Article : 285 wordsThe ratepayers of West Norwood Ward held their adjourned meeting at the Old Colonist Inn on Tuesday evening; Mr. T. Powell in the chair. The Chairman stated that the object of ...
Article : 322 wordsA meeting to secure the return of Mr. W. J. Cox as Mayor of Adelaide was held at the Wellington Inn, North Adelaide, on Monday, December 9, There were about 30 persons present. Mr. Holland ...
Article : 761 wordsHarvesting operations have commenced in this neighbourhood, and, if the weather holds favourable, will be general next week. I am sorry to hear that the late bountiful rain has done some ...
Article : 487 wordsHarvest has now pretty generally commenced with us. In some places the crops are slightly affected with blight, but as a general rule a good yield is fully anticipated. In this neighbourhood ...
Article : 222 wordsA meeting of the ratepayers of East Norwood Ward was held at the Town Hall, Norwood, on Wednesday evening, the 11th instant, for the purpose of hearing the views and opinions of ...
Article : 3,109 wordsPort MacDonnell is now rapidly increasing in size and importance, if one may judge from the vastly improved appearance the township now presents, and from the amount of business done with ...
Article : 500 wordsA public meeting, convened by the Mayor, Mr. F. N., Scarfe, in compliance with a requisition from the ratepayers of Norwood and Kensington was held at the Town Hall Norwood on ...
Article : 1,425 wordsSince my last communication we have been visited with exceedingly changeable weather. The latter part of the week was very close and hot, but a change came on Sunday, and the two following ...
Article : 989 wordsSir—May I draw your attention to the fact that the range for target practice at Milang crosses the main road to Point Start. On the 4th of this month I was passing the road to ...
Article : 127 wordsI suppose I must follow the example of all your other correspondents and write about the weather. we have had a good deal of rain and wind and the wind has broken down some of the crops. ...
Article : 177 wordsA meeting convened for the purpose of hearing Mr. Neales's address to the citizens of North Adelaide, as candidate for the Mayoralty, was held in the Temperance Hall, Tynte-street, on Thursday ...
Article : 668 wordsSir—In looking over "An Abridgment of Goldsmith's History of England, &c.," by W. S. Kenny—London, Thomas Allman and Son, 1854—I happened to notice the following ...
Article : 135 wordsThe weather during the past week has been very favorable for harvest operations being generally fine and not excessively hot. To-day it has been very cloudy and thundury, and since noon we have ...
Article : 239 wordsIn consequence of the rough weather at the beginning of the week the Ant is two or three days behind her advertised time. She arrived on the morning of the 1st inst and could not leave ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 14 Dec 1861, Page 7
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