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  2. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrivals.—At London—Kumara, steamer, from New Zealand ports, Wellington, April 8. At St. John's, New[?]oundland, Lady S[?] ARRIVED, PORT ADELAIDE—June 1. ...

    Article : 896 words
  3. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 228 words
  4. A GERMAN GRAVEDIGGER.

    The Port Adelaide City Council on Thursday again considered the charge of disloyalty levelled against a German gravedigger employed by the corporation at the ...

    Article : 280 words
  5. THE CALL TO ARMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  6. THE ROLL OF HONOR.

    I rivate W. E. Lear, who was killed in action on August 29, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lear, Yallunda Flat. He was 25 years of age. Private ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 158 words
  7. PORT ADELAIDE RAILWAY MATTERS.

    A number of important railway questions were under consideration by the Port Adelaide Council on Thursday. In reply to a request for an improved train ...

    Article : 863 words
  8. VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 words
  9. THE WAR WORKERS AND WAR

    The Council of the Colonial Institute on Wednesday tendered a luncheon to Mr. Ryan (Premier of Queensland) at the Hotel Cecil. General Sir Edward ...

    Article : 336 words
  10. EARL KITCHENER

    Colonel Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons on Wednesday, said he believed half the strength of the army was remaining at home, while the other ...

    Article : 204 words
  11. WAR FUNDS.

    There was a large attendance at the Norwood Town Hall on Thursday evening, when a concert in aid of trench comforts for the 16th Battalion was given by the Municipal Tramways Band, ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. CHEER-UP SHILLING WEEK.

    "The Advertiser" on Monday published a letter in which the organiser of the Cheer-up Society explained the latest device, in the form of a "Shilling Week" for raising funds to meet the ...

    Article : 198 words
  13. THE WARRNAMBOOL CONTEST.

    The by-election for the Warrnambool seat in the Legislative Assembly, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. John Murray, was held to-day. The figures received up ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. THE ALLIES AT SALONIKA.

    Mr. John T. McCutcheon, the versatile cartoonist and war correspondent of the "Chicago Tribune" is back from the war. Mr. McCutcheon was stationed at Salonika, ...

    Article : 315 words
  15. FEDERAL AFFAIRS. SOME QUEENSLAND MATTERS.

    The Acting Premier of Queensland (Mr. Theodore) called on the Federal Ministers to-day with reference to several matters affecting the northern State. He saw the ...

    Article : 350 words
  16. LOCKLEYS PATRIOTIC SOCIETY.

    The first annual meeting of the above society was held in the Lockleys, Hall on Monday, the president (Mr. C. P. Forwood) occupying the chair. The report showed that a successful year's ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. A Disgruntled General.

    General Sir Ivor Herbert, Bart (Liberal), who moved to reduce the salary of Earl, Kitchener by £100, said one great cause of failure was the absence of a ...

    Article : 499 words
  18. WOOL EXPORT EMBARGO.

    The situation created by the institution of an embargo on the export of wool is practically unaltered. As stated yesterday the Brisbane sales have been cancelled, but ...

    Article : 220 words
  19. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

    Mr. T. Pflaum, of B[?]berg, has received an interesting letter from Lieutenant Hughes, an officer on a British was [?] who enclosed in his letter a note written by Private T. Pflaum ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Colonel R. Courtney, C.B., who arrived from Melbourne yesterday, takes command of Blackboy camp, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Battye, who has retired under ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. GENERAL WAR CABLES.

    Mr. Roosevelt, in a speech at St. Louis to-day, urging America to be prepared in case of war, denounced hyphenated Americans as moral treason-mongers. Mr. ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. SALE OF MILITARY BADGES.

    Following npon the failure of the recent prosecution of a trader alleged to have broken the regulation prohibiting the sale of military badges, equipment, and ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. Queensland War Statue.

    The Premier of Queensland (Mr. Ryan) and his wife on Wednesday inspected the South African war memorial statue, which has been modelled for Queensland by Mr. ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. A SYDNEY FIRE.

    A serious fire broke out to-night, shortly after 6 o'clock, in Simpson's bond stores, Hackney-street, Darling Harbor. The building is two storeys, and is of considerable ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. THE SHORTAGE OF SPIRIT.

    Owing to the general shortage of spirit, brought about hy the necessity for its use in the manufacture of munitions of war, manufacturers of wine in Australia are ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. THE SLACKER AT HOME.

    A correspondent writes enclosing the following[?] verses. received from one of the boys at the front:— "MY MOTHER WANTS ME." ...

    Article : 192 words
  27. THE MINING CASE.

    The hearing of the libel action, Stuckey (manager of the Edna May Deep Levels) versus the "Daily News," was continued to-day. William Hewitt, underground ...

    Article : 143 words
  28. How to Get Rich.

    At the meeting of shareholders in Nobel's Explosives Company on Wednesday the chairman said the original £100 shares in the company were now worth £3,000. On ...

    Article : 48 words
  29. VIEWS AND COMMENTS. THE BOTANIC GARDENS.

    From "A Lover of Gardens:"—"The announcement of the appointment of a successor to the retiring Director of the Botanic Gardens has not yet been made. Who[?]ver is appointed it is of ...

    Article : 181 words
  30. TROOPER A. J. BRIDGLAND.

    Trooper Arthur J. Bridgland, 11th reinforcements, 3rd Regiment. 1st Light Horse, has written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bridgland, of Woodville, stating ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. Chinese Rebellion.

    Eight Chinese provinces including Hunan and Szechuan have proclaimed their independence, and Shantung is in the hands of the rebels. There are indications that ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. AMERICAN BANKERS AND AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Customs does not view with suspicion the offer of the American bankers to grant concessions to Australian traders transacting business with the ...

    Article : 240 words
  33. LIEUTENANT B. B. BAYLY.

    Mr. W. H. F. Bayly, of the Semaphore, has received a cable message from the War Office that his son, Lieutenant Brian B. Bayly, of the Royal Engineers, was ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. TASMANIA.

    No fresh cases of meningitis have been reported. The Rev. Father Doran arrived to-day by the Athenic from Ireland, where he had ...

    Article : 70 words
  35. New German War Loan.

    The German Reichstag next week will be asked to authorise a further war loan of 12,000,000,000 marks (about £600,000,000). ...

    Article : 33 words
  36. HONORING SOLDIERS.

    A social was held at the residence of Mr. Stephens Long-street, Queenstown, on Saturday, when [?] was said to Private P. Bave[?]tock. Mr. Stephens, on behalf of the family, presented ...

    Article : 496 words
  37. LABOR AND THE WAR.

    At the triennial congress of the Western Australian division of the Australian Labor Federation, at which the Premier, Attorney-General, and 75 delegates ...

    Article : 244 words
  38. THE LATE CORPORAL G. MUNDAY.

    WANDEARAH, May 31.—News was received recently of the death of Corporal G. Munday, who was killed in action on May 5. Great sorrow was exprossed at ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. THEBARTON CORPORATION VERSUS MARKS.

    "C. E. Wyett," town clerk, Thebarton, sends copy of a letter addressed by him to Mr. S. J. Mitchell, S.M., under date June 1, in which, under direction of the Town Council, he takes strong ...

    Article : 561 words
  40. IS AUSTRALIA DOING HER SHARE?

    Sir—There is but one answer to this. No! And the more we can drum this into our leaders the better. France, wer read, has to-day one widow in five, and one ...

    Article : 435 words
  41. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Charles Sullivan, aged 8 years, was playing with another boy on the bank of the Port Adelaide River on Thursday, near the Glanville side of the new railway bridge, ...

    Article : 115 words
  42. NEW WAR REGULATIONS.

    New regulations under the War Precautions Act were brought into force to-day. It is provided that without the consent of the Federal Attorney-General no action ...

    Article : 302 words
  43. Sheet Anchor of the Empire.

    Sir George Reid said Earl Kitchener was one of the sheet anchors of the Empire. His was almost the only English name which aroused a sympathetic, echo in the ...

    Article : 80 words
  44. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    The Minister of External Affairs has asked the Treasurer for a grant of £210,000 to provide wharf and other shipping facilities at Norfolk Island. ...

    Article : 30 words
  45. THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE

    Sir—With regard to the letter from "Builder" which appeared in your issue of the 29th instant, the anony[?]ty itself is sufficient to explain the contention of ...

    Article : 417 words
  46. Wasting Kitchener's Time.

    Mr. Tennant announced that Earl Kitchener was willing to hold a conference with any member of the House of Commons who desired to see him on war ...

    Article : 46 words
  47. DEATH FROM POISONING.

    Dr. West, of the Adelaide Hospital, reported to the City Watch-house that Mr. Herman Rickert, 49 years of age, residing at 116, Franklin-street, was admitted to ...

    Article : 51 words
  48. ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS.

    The Acting Federal Attorney-General notifies in to-day's Commonwealth "Gazette" that one share in the Darling Island Lighterage and Steve[?]oring Company, ...

    Article : 91 words
  49. Meeting Politicians.

    An arrangement has been made that Earl Kitchener shall meet members of the House, of Commons to-morrow, but this is not likely to be a regular engagement. ...

    Article : 31 words
  50. WIRELESS OPERATOR FINED.

    A young man, Henry Albert Livermore, owner of an amateur wireless plant, was fined £10, with £5 5/ costs, at the Fitzroy Court to-day for having had in his ...

    Article : 64 words
  51. FIRE DAMAGES WHEAT STACK.

    Considerable damage was caused to-day by fire and water to a portion of 17,000 bags of wheat stacked alongside the main railway line near the Newport station. The ...

    Article : 180 words
  52. Army's Rifle Strength.

    Mr. Tennant, in introducing the Army Estimates, said every effort would be made to increase the rifle strength of the army by removing the younger members of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  53. THE THIRD RAIL.

    Referring to the decision of the Premiers' Conference, in favor of the appointment of a committee of experts to enquire into the third rail, Mr. Hoyle said ...

    Article : 174 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 493 words
  55. War Committee Blamed.

    Admiral Lord Beresford, in the House of Lords on Wednesday afternoon, criticised the War Committee and the Cabinet for their military and political conduct of ...

    Article : 178 words
  56. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Amateur" wants to know "how to strain, and, is possible, g[?]aze ordinary tannel leather to be used for embossing [?] making into writing pads. photo, [?]rames, &c." ...

    Article : 435 words
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