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GENERAL NEWS.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS
SCOTT BROAD.
No information has been received by the police concerning the whereabouts of Miss Hilda Scott Broad, who has been missing from her home at Glenelg for some weeks.
MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER.
The Actina Premier (Sir Richard Butler) has received a wireless telegram from the Premier (Hon. A. H. Peake). The mes- sage contained no official information, but Mr. Peake enquired about the position in regard to the Federal Ministry and con- cernirle the season in South Australia. Sir Richard Butler will reply on Tuesday in order to intercept the Premier at Fre- mantle. Mr. Peake will arrive on the mail steamer at the Outer Harbor next aturday.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE BALLAST
TRAIN.
The official report of the accident to the ballast train on the Morgan line, which has been forwarded to the Railways Commis trioner, states that at about 7(5 miles five empty hoppers and a twin brake of a bal- last train were damaged and derailed, and the running lines were blocked on Friday. Apparently the trucks had jumped ths rails. Steps were taken at once to re placo the vehicles on the line, and that was done, and the lines put temporarily in order for slow speeds by 6 o'clock on Saturday morning. An enquiry will be held.
NO WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.
The Chief Secretary (Hon. J. G. Bice) stated on Saturday that the police had in- formed him definitely that there was no white slave traffic in Adelaide. The offi- cers of the law, it appears, have for a long time past been watching for any develop- ment of the traffic in this State, and have come to the conclusion that not only is there no sign of it, but that conditions in Adelaide are altogether unfavorable for its
development. The reported cases in which girls were informed that their mothers were ill and invited to step into motor cars, Mr. Bice does not consider to have any connection with the practices which the British Parliament enacted against so forcibly recently. There are bad men everywhere who would do tricks like that, he says, but he is sure the object was not
to send the girls away.
OUR PINE FORESTS.
Tile Conservator of Forests (Air. W. Gill) left Adelaide on June 24 to visit the South-Eastern forests, and on the follow- ing day inspected the Caroline forest near the Glenelg River, where it is intended to plant 80,000 pines this season. He found that à good start had been made with planting work. On Thursday last he went to Mount " Burr forest, near Millicent. Operations there were well advanced, and a commencement will shortly be made with the planting of 370,000 pines. Penola forest was afterwards inspected. There also planting had begun, and it is anticipated that the number.of pines planted on that reserve will be 59,000. The Conservator re- turned to Adelaide on Friday.
CHEMISTS AND .EARLY CLOSING.
To-day chemists' and druggists' shops situated within the metropolitan area cease to be exempted shops under . the Early Closing Act. The following closing times have been fixed for such shops:-Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (not being public holidays), 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 p.m.; Saturdays, Í.30 p.m., reopening st 6.30 p.m-i and rcclosing at 10 p.m.; Sun- days, opening at 10 pan., closing at 1 p.m., and reopening at 7 p.m., and reelosing at 9 p.m. Public holidays, closing at 1 p.m., and reopening at 7 p.m., and reelosing at 9 p.m. These are the maximum hours al- lowed, but many chemists will close their phops earlier than the times mentioned above. ' Urgent medicines can be supplied after closing times, so there will be'no in- convenience to tile public.
THE TEACHERS' CONFERENCE.
The eighteenth annual conference of the South Australian Public School Teachers' Union will be commenced this morning at the Price Memorial Hall, Adelaide High School. It will be a public gathering, and the Mayor of Adelaide (Mr. Lavington Bonython), who will preside, will open the session and deliver an address. The pre- sidential arkhess will be given by Mr. V. J. Pavia, and the concluding speaker is to be Professor «Tethro Brown, whose subject is "Tho Growing Responsibilities of the Teacher." The members of the union and their wives will be tendered a reception at the Brookman Hall, School of Mines, this afternoon by Sir Langdon and Lady Bonython. A public meeting in the Brook- man Hall this evening will be presided over .by his Excellency the Governor. Speeches are to be made by the Go\'ernor, the Acting Minister of Education ÍHon. J. G. Bice), the Actina: Director of Education (Mr. M. M. Maughan), who will speak on "Montes- sori methods," and Mr. Angas Parsons,
j M.P., who 'will give an address on "The
State, the teacher, and tlie child-*' Busi- ness sessions of the conference will be held to-morrow and on Wednesday at the Ade- laide High School. The teachers' annual social takes place to-morrow evening in the Brookman Hall, and on Wednesday evening a concert -will be given at the Elder Hall by Dr.. Ennis and the students of the Conservatorium. The delegates from other States to the conference are Mr. eGorge Carter, secretary of the Vic- torian Teachers' Union; Mr. Bevington, editor of the "Teachers' Journal, of Queensland; and Mr. Morton, vice-presi- dent of the Queensland Teachers' Union.
PRAYER FOR RAIN.
Owing to the long Fpell of dry weather the praver for rain which «appears in the Book of Common Prayer was read at St. Petc-r's Cathedral on Sunday, June 22, ami at the daily services throughout List week. A few days ago, however, the Dean of Adelaide issued a letter to the clergy of the Anglican Church asking them _ to use the prayer at the morning arid evening ser- vices, and in compliance with the re- quest the petition was read in Anglican churches yesterday.
LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
Seldom have the three leafiue football matches «set down for one day all pro- vided such exciting contests as was the case on Saturday. On the Adelaide Oval North Adelaide and Sturt played one of tha most interesting games seen this season. The football was good, and the contest even and exciting throughout. North Adelaides' win-their third in suc- cession-lifts them into the first four, in place of South AdelairJB, who lost to Port Adelaide after a close game at Alberton. South Adelaide lately have lost several matches by narrow margins, and according to mary who saw the game on Saturday, they should have beaten Port Adelaide if they had only bsen a little more accurate in their goal-shooting. Their ecorc of 4 goals 15 behinds speairn eloquently of misted opportunities. Nor- wood loett to West Adelaide by four points after a very exciting finish. The easterners were attacking strongly all through the last çruarter, and Steele hit the post once. The game, however, re- sulted in another loss for Norwood, who, although they play capital football at times, are still without one game to their
credit.
MILITANT SALVATIONISTS AT
GLENELG.
At the last meeting of the Glenelg Town Couneil a letter was received from the manager of the Pier Hotel (Mr. G. Fox) complaining of the noise made by the local ! branch of the Salvation Army outside his ' promises and asking the council to instruct
j them to hold their services elsewhere. The
I Mayor (Hon, VV. B. Rounsevell) said the
; request was a reasonable one, as Mr. Fox I was carrying on a legitimate business, but
he was not certain as to their powers in
j tue matter. However, he though; tho I ofiieei in charge of the Salvation Army ^ ' would be amenable DO reason and see the
! justice of the request if the letter of Mr. Fox was sent to him. It was resolved to . forward the letter. Evidently the Sal I vationists did not view the matter in the
r ¡ same light as the mayor, for on Saturday
evenins a service was again held in front ' of the hotel. After a routing rally on the » big drum the Salvationists knelt down and t for come minutes intoned the words ''We ,, are praying for you" in different cadences. . j The electric light in front of the hotel was t j turned off, bat the hint was not taken.
. Several hymns were sung lustily, to the *r «iccompaniment of a well-beaten drum, and I the usual service gone through. Mr. Fox - states that he is in sympathy with the
work of the Salvation Army, but thinks there is a proper time and place for hold- ing religious services. Some of his guests had complained to him of the intolerable noise made by the ''beating of the drum and the raucous singing." It was a serious matter fcr him, as he feared some of his suites of apartments would be vacated. If the Town Council could no: help him to supprese the nuisance he would luve to consult a solicitor.
ARRIVAL OF THE OSTERLEY.
The R-M.S. Osterley reached the Outer Harbor wharf at 10 a.m. on Saturday from London, after a voyage not marred by any untoward incident. Seventy-five passengers î landed, and a number joined before tLe ä vessel sailed for Melbourne at 5 p.m. A r small consignment of cargo and the mails ' were landed during the bteamer's stay at
the harbor.
j MR. KING O'MALLEY'S TENEMENT.
, Concerning the condemnation of a house I in Little l'ourke-street, Melbourne, owned c t by the retiring Minister for Home Affairs, II the "Herald-' publishes this paragraph: - . "Oh, yes, the premises were condemned," r said Mr. O'Malley, formerly Minister for x Home Affairs, in the course of a chat on . ; Friday morning in reference to his tene
ment in Bcnett-lanc, off Little Lonsdale etreet. The building is occupied by Woon Ack Cheong, a Chinese cabinetmaker, with with a high opinon of Mr. O'Malley. "But,"' said Mr. O'Malley, "I never called him my unchristian brother-lie is a good, honest mau, and has been there for four years." Mr. O'Malley further explained that the premises in Question were used as both a dwelling and a factory. They were t-ound and in good repair, and he un- derstood that the council merely desired to enforce its policy of separating factories and living apartments. "The premises," said Mr. O'Malley, "were condemned as unfit for human habitation, not because they were insanitary, but because the coun- cil desired that they should be used exclu- sively either as a dwelling or a factory. I sympathise entirely with the attitude taken up by the municipal authorities, who re- cently condemned not only my own, but thirty other premises for the same reason. ) The matter cropped up while I was away
electioneering, otherwise I would have at- tended to it."
APPRECIATION OF MR. GLYNN.
In an article concerning the new Fede- ra^ Ministry the Sydney "Daily Telegraph'-' writes:-The reappearance of Mr. Glynn as a Minister will be popular on both sides of the House. While he lias lost the At- torney-Generalship, he will have a wide scope for his varied talents in the large area of matters which come under the notice of a Minister contioiling the Exter- nal Affa;rs of tne Commonwealth. With the administration of Papua and the Nor- thern Territoiy, and the control of the High Commissioner, besides the number of questions which continually arise of less magnitude, he ought to be able to ocenpy his time easilv and gracefully. Mr. Glynn has taken in his former capacity of a mem- ber of the South, Australiau Parliament, and ever since he has been in the House of Representatives, considerable interest in the development of tho Northern Tcrri torv. He "will be looked to now for a realisation of ¡-ome of his earlier dreams. The position, of the Northern Tern tory has been exceedingly unsatisfactory under the Labor Government. The d>partmont,_ as regards the territories, has nesdod particu- larly a man of strength of character and some imagination and knowledge of offairs. It has not been successful in fretting one in recent years. Mr. Glynn will have the opportunity of conceiving and initiating a policy of steady development, and the Par- liament may be depended upon giving it reasonable and sympathetic consideration if it is one that needs the urgsnt require- ments of tlie two great territories under Commonwealth ccntiol.
THE KELLY GANG.
Thirty-three years ago to-day (says the Melbourne "Herald" of June 28) the Kelly gang of bushrangers was broken up by the police at Glenrowan. Ned Kelly was ar- rested and was subsequently hanged in the Melbourne Gaol. Joe Byrne was shot, Dan Kelly and Steven Hart lost their lives through the burning of the building which the gang was defending. Mr. John Milne, now Inspecting Superintendent, was one of the police party who brought about the downfall of the Kelly gang, and he and Sergeant Stillard are the only two men left in the force who participated in the famous capture. Mr. Milne to-day recalled the fact that Ned Kelly and some of his men took possession of Mrs. Jones' hotel at Glenrowan. Byrne and Dan Kelly went to a hut at Sebastopol and killed Abraham Skerrett, who had given certain informa- tion to the police. They then joined forces with Ned Kelly and Steve Hart at the Glenrowan Hotel. Knowing well that the police would dispatch a strong force to Glenrowan, they tore up the railway line between Benalla and Beechworth, with the object of wrecking the train by which the party would travel. But for the timely warning given by a schoolteacher their in- tention would probably have been realised. As is was, two strong police parties were finally landed at Glenrowan. It was with the second party that Mr. Milne travelled. After a fierce fight, which was not always in favor of the police, Ned Kelly, who had been wounded, was captured.
VICTORIAN IMMIGRANTS DUPED.
The pliiusible story related by a clever magsman to _two young Englishmen who arrived in Victoria last week (says the "Age") should make these young men chary of again placing confidence in a stranger. Their experience has been a costly one to them, but they have no doubt learned a lesson they are not likely to forget in a hurry. On the arrival of the steamer Themistocles early in the week the Eng- lishmen, who were immigrants, were met by a man whose appearance gave every in- dication of affluence. He questioned them as to their intentions, and when he learned that they had a little capital and were seek- ing their fortunes, he offered a helping hand. The plausible man painted a vivid picture of a big sheep station at Too- woomba, Queensland, where there was work under good conditions for just such men as the new arrivals. They believed his story, and decided to accept what they considered a kind offer. The bogus squat- ter explained that he had at various times engaged men who foiled, to fulfil the con- tract entered into, and1 for tliis reason he would require a monetary guarantee from the Englishmen that they would turn up at the station as agreed. After a discus- sion upon the subject the wealthy squatter accepted £4 from each man, and, after giv- ing instructions as to how they were to proceed to the station, left them, but met them again on Monday afternoon just be- fore they booked their train passages. He told the Englishmen that he wanted somei small change, and asked them to cash a £10-note. They were unable to do this little favor for him. but willingly gave him £1 each, fully believing that it would be returned to them when they reachee\, Toowoomba. Railway tickets were pur- chased to Sydney, from where they were to proceed to Brisbane. On the way up in the train the Englishmen got into con- versation with their fellow-passengers and told them of the plan they had mapped out. including particulars of the guarantee which they had given. Their fellow-travel- lers claimed to belong to the Toowoomba district, «ind they told the immigrants that no one of the name they mentioned owned a station there. The story spread to the train staff, and then to the ears of Mr. Symon Smith, district traffic inspector, who advised the men to break their jour- ney at once, aa it was pretty evident they had been duped. Accordingly the young fellows flighted at Benalla-sadder, but wiser, mmi. They formed the opinion that Victorians were inhospitable, but their feelings changed later when they were shown kindness by the pebple of the dis- trict and Mr. Smith. Work was found for them at a place near Seymour, and a re- fund on their railway ticket? was secured for them. It is understood the police have the matter in hand.
MR. TUDOR'S TRIBUTE.
The late Minister of Trade and Customs (Hon. F. G. Tudor) appreciated the man- ner in which the officers of the depart- ment of which he had been the Ministerial head c:irr¡pd out their duties. On relin- quishing office on JUne 2.5 he wrote to the Controller-General of Customs (Mr. Lock yerl, referring to his work in a eulogistic strain, and added:-"I desire also to pay a tribute to the ability and energy of the Collectors of Customs in the several States, with each of whom I have come into con- tact. My experience enables me to epeak in terms of the highest praise regarding the able manner in which they had dis- charged their important duties. In tak- ing farewell of the department, I extend to all officers my best thanks for their loyal assistance, and I feel sure they will be as loyal to my successor as they have been
to me."
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