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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 156 words
  3. LIGHT SHOWERS.

    The following weather bulletin was issued at 9 p.m. on Tuesday:—Except for a few very light showers to the south and south-east, fine and cool weather prevailed ...

    Article : 251 words
  4. THE AMUSEMENTS TAX.

    The tax on amusements which was recently sanctioned by the State Parliament, will come into operation to-day. The tax, which is purely a revenue making one is ...

    Article : 266 words
  5. DROUGHT RELIEF ACT.

    Act No. 1,165 of 1014 was "to enable seed wheat and other commodities to be supplied by the Government, and advances to be made upon credit, to settlers and ...

    Article : 338 words
  6. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Mr. L. D. Waterhouse, LL.B. (son of Mr. H. W. Waterhouse, of the firm of Gibbs, Bright, & Co.), has been appointed Depaty-Registrar of the State Industrial ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,222 words
  7. "MIXED SHOPS."

    Seventeen country shopping districts were established prior to the end of the year 1915, and in these 1,150 shops have been, registered, employing 3,777 persons ...

    Article : 352 words
  8. THE WAR.

    Hindenburg is a name to conjure with in Germany just now, but even a popular idol might fairly be expected by his admirers to be a little more ...

    Article : 445 words
  9. BLACK RATS IN ADELAIDE.

    The western areas of the metropolitan districts witnessed an influx of these strangers hardly known here before the outbreak of the war; and attention drawn ...

    Article : 144 words
  10. RUBBISH IN A SCHOOL YARD.

    At a meeting of the members of the Central Board of Health on Monday further consideration was given io the case in connection with which it was stated ...

    Article : 253 words
  11. THE 43RD BATTALION.

    Sir Richard Butler has received a cable message from Col. Gordon, asking him to advise the Trench Comforts Committee that the 43rd Battalion is in England, and ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. WEATHER FORECAST.

    South Australia (issued at 9 p.m. on Tuesday).—A few further light showers to the smith and south-east; otherwise fine. Cool southerly winds. ...

    Article : 25 words
  13. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  14. PORT ADELAIDE WHARFS.

    Str Richard Butler, in the Assembly on Tuesday, referred to the purchase of the wharfs at Port Adelaide by the Government, and asked whether the owners of the ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. TURF LORE.

    After rending the details of many a race meeting and becoming acquainted with the idiom of the turf, the following fanciful report of a race seemed appropriate (writes ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. MAIL NOTICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 601 words
  17. BOTANICAL GARDEN DEVELOPMENTS.

    During the discussion on the Estimates in the Assembly on Tuesday reference was made to the Botanical Garden, for which £7,975 was given. Mr. Ponder took ...

    Article : 287 words
  18. NEW ITEMS OF STATE EXPENDITURE.

    South Australian taxpayers will be interested to learn from the audit report that the Vaughan Ministry has introduced a few new lines in the list of "incidental and ...

    Article : 90 words
  19. PROFESSOR JETHRO BROWN'S RESIGNATION.

    Reference was made to the resignation of Professor Jethro Brown as President of the Industrial Arbitration Court in the Assembly on Tuesday. The Leader of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  20. The Register. ADELAIDE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916.

    Politicians mid Government officiate may occasionally be tempted to wish that the post of Commissioner of Audit were abolished: but ordinarily, in ...

    Article : 1,109 words
  21. THE STATE BANK.

    The Commissioner of Audit reports that the advances on mortgage by the State Bank for 1915-16 were £62,022, a decrease on 1914-15 of £106,137; while the ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. THE R.M.S. KARMALA.

    Advice hus been received in Adelaide that the R.M.S. Karmala arrived at Marseilles on Monday, en route for London. ...

    Article : 24 words
  23. GRAVING DOCK AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    Mr. MacGillivray referred to the intended centralization of Federal shipbuilding in Sydney, and asked in the Assembly on Tuesday when the State ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. ROMANCE OF A BANK NOTE.

    A £20 note which a builder recently found unharmed in a bird's nest will make no difference to the Bank of England (observes a London newspaper), but with ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. ADVANCES FOR HOMES FUND.

    The reduction in the commission chargeable by the State Hank for management of the above fund, together with the increase in the rate of interest charged on ...

    Article : 139 words
  26. ALL SAINTS' DAY.

    The ecclesiastical festival of All Saints' Day—formerly All Hallows—common to the Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran churches, is observed to-day. It was ...

    Article : 238 words
  27. LAND PURCHASES BY GOVERNMENT.

    The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. C. Goode) stated on Tuesday morning that the Government had completed the purchase of a considerable area of land ...

    Article : 246 words
  28. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Railways Commissioner's report for 1915-16 is the first to be signed by the Acting Commissioner (Mr. James McGuire), but the period ...

    Article : 644 words
  29. THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

    "The capacity for raking infinite pains" is producing a true touch of "genius" at the Exhibition Building, now that the committee and other officials are preparing ...

    Article : 99 words
  30. DARING FATE

    Even the most intellectual of men and women have their superstitious undercurrents, however strenuously they may deny the soft impeachment (writes ...

    Article : 184 words
  31. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Information was given in the Assembly on Tuesday relatively to the intention of the Government concerning the progress of business during the remainder of the ...

    Article : 160 words
  32. GOVERNMENT CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

    The expenditure for 1915-16 was £190,004 16/2, or £12,561 8/6 in excess of the £177,443 7/8 spent in 1914-15 (remarks the Commissioner of Audit in reference to the ...

    Article : 219 words
  33. POLICE PENSIONS.

    "I understand there is a fooling among the members of the South Australian Police Association that the Police Pensions Bill is not likely to pass during this ...

    Article : 194 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 456 words
  35. GOVERNMENT AS FIREWOOD MERCHANTS.

    To assist distressed farmers the Government purchased firewood from them through the Railway Department and sold it in Adelaide. The Comptroller of ...

    Article : 236 words
  36. WAR AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    The Board of Governors of the Public Library remark in their annual report:—The institution has not escaped the ill effects of the war, but the Library has ...

    Article : 346 words
  37. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 526 words
  38. CARTOONS.

    Cartoons have been manifest since the beginning of the European struggle (writes "Officus") and cartoonists have used their talent to impress the community with the ...

    Article : 324 words
  39. THE NAVY LEAGUE.

    Mr. J. M. McBride, sen., called upon the President of the South Australian; branch of the Navy League (Mr. E. B. Grundy, K.C.) on Tuesday and presented ...

    Article : 52 words
  40. WHAT NEXT?

    Father Blank has the inherent love of the typical Australian for a good horse, and that explains why when he was transferred to far outback country some ...

    Article : 403 words
  41. CAT AND DOG.

    You talk of a "cat-and-dog life" as the most uncomfortably cantankerous condition of affairs imaginable. And no doubt, as Kipling says in the Just So Stories, "all ...

    Article : 364 words
  42. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    In the Legislative Council on Tuesday petitions were presented in favour of erecting a police station at Second Valley, of constructing a railway between Wallaroo ...

    Article : 189 words
  43. WHEAT PROBLEMS.

    The members of the Assembly returned to the old topic of the wheat deal on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Allen asked if any arrangements had been made for ...

    Article : 188 words
  44. THE YOUNG IDEA.

    He is a bright, intelligent little fellow, eight years of age, and his father holds an important position in the civil service. The Imperial sentiment is strongly rooted ...

    Article : 166 words
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