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GENERAL SHEWS.

RETURNED SOLDIERS.

The niilttaiy authorities announce that the mcinbena of the Remount Unit, whose names appeared in yesterday's is.-aie, will

reach Adela,de by express .train _at 9.50. o'clock this m'orning/' "»Tho men,t will be | marched direct to Exjtihition Camp.

PLEASANT WEATHER.

Copi-west winds and bright! sunshine made Tuesday a perfect spring day. Tnc highest shade tempera ture-in Adelaide was 71 deg. 'At Cape Borda it was 57 and at Port Augusta 79. Tile official report last night stated:-"Tlie distribution of pressme over this and the eastern States has altered little since yesterday. An energetic low is still noted on to-days chart off our south-east coast. It is con- nected to an inland depression "by a trohgu of low .pressure. To the west an area- of relatively high pressure covers trie eastern part of Western Australia, but over the western portion of that State another mon- soon is noted. With regard t° this State the southern low is likely to bring a few showers in the south and eonth-easfc to- morrow, but otherwise fine weatner should prevail under the influence of the slight pig"-" . ; .

SOLDIERS AS TOTMAKERS.

One of the schemes adopted by the Re- patriation Fund Committee for the profit

able omp.oyment of returned soldiers '<. the introduction ot the' toymaking industry, and although tho. factory, established in Young-street, Adelaide, is only five weeks old, such excellent work is being done by the workers that the orders for the Christ- mas trade are far beyond the capacity of the staff and plant. When the fund com- mittee decided to Tiegin the work they bought out a carpentering business in Young-street, and aW'took over tf-e good- will of the toj making business of Mr. \Y.

G. Perry, who was appointed manager of the factory. Mr. Perry was the best man

procurable for the position, because of his large experience, and he is more than satis- fied with the progress being made ov the soldiers. Only four men are employed, but1 I the staff is to he ,enlarged, and- any - re ' turned soldier who has. had experience as a woodturner and has. a good record will probably be *iycn first choice, "because'the need of a turner is felt;.'' The men are paid a regular wage, and afciJrre end of the year, if a profit is shown,'0it will be distributed among the workers. . Ai present, operations are confined to'thc manufacture of wooden engines, waggons, hobby and other horses, plans m .sections of'Australia,-. New Zea- land, and Tasmania, boxes of soldiers, Noah's arks, full of ariimals, and a capKal reproduction of a Union Jack in colored wood, {he different'.ections being loose, so that children can build them together. This is one of the best tors of the season, because it serves several purposes. Mr. Perry is also preparing for the manufac-

ture of various other .articles similar to

whit he used to produce when in "busi- ness on his own account! and the com- mittee hope soon to SJG making toys for retailers in all the States. On Tuesday mom.ing, when the Minister of Industry j CHon. R. P. Blundell) visited the factory

there were two large cases packed to order foi dispatch to Western Australia. The i .whole of the turning, cutting, assembling,

ind painting is done by the soldiers. Mr. Blundell remarked that various alterations were contemplated by the fund committee, as the premt.-e« were already becoming^too crowded. "If we go^on as we are now," he remarked, "and there is every reason to ex- pect that the business will expand- enonn ouslr, we shall'soon have to be putting on another story or looking round -for new pre- mises. AIr.'lî. A. Anstey, M.P., and Mr. A. E. Clarkson, are the sub-committee of the Expatriation Fund who look after the hranch, and they have a scheme for giving more room l»y arranging the belts that drive the machines in a different way, but even | with the-e alteration--! I'm afraid we shall soon want much more space. Every article we send out bears tiic trade mark, 'A.S.R.F. Soldiers' Tov Factory. Made bv .returned soldiers.-under .. control of State, War Council,', South'; Australia.' nrinted on paper-and .stuck!.-.on thp_ tov. The shopkeepers aiet treating us well, and we are.,able ti> ^úrn out goods as such a icasonable ralo. vthat the public will get better things than those which used to lie import«! at most reisonable rates. I hope purchasers at Christmas time will make sure they'Vñiy our goods, which mav easily be identified by the mark re- ferred to. Evidently the new industry has

come to stay, because the business is grow-1 ing daily, and we aie going to knock out German good«. Later on we shall go in for other and probably more costly and better toys, bnt wc have made a really'good i stsart with -tlie simple things, and the pros 'peete are bright."

t TÏ1E VICTORIAN POLITfCIL CRISIS.

Since the adjournment of the Tictorian

Legislative Assembly ,on Thursday seyer.il mern bei s who arc very desirous of pro venting a split in the party have' ap- proached the Premier individually and uiged that the Budgefproposals be further revised fsav's the Melbourne "Argus"). The MinMry has already asreed to "re- duce the Estimate? by ?325,000, and to amend the super tax on incomes so as to provide a revenue of £190,000 instead of ¿"340,000, 'but the Caoiuet, m making -this revision, wa« not unanimous. Some 5lini« tcrs «tionsTv opposed any reduction of the origins! Estimates and it is thought ,by members that a majority of the Cabinet is averse from making any further con- cession to the demands o; a large section of the party, '"wiiea lias asked that sub- stantial economies be, effected, pjiticulariy in the Railways Department, and that the snper-tax - be 'removed. . The Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock;) has been told that it should be au easy task to effect sue't savings as would make the abolition of the super-tax possible, and the hope lias been expressed that Ministers -will con- sider the solidarity of -the party of more importance than what they mar regard as loss of dignity. r t

THE BOTANIC GARDEN

DIRECTORSHIP.  

The negotiations between the Govern- ment and the Botanic Garden Board for

the settlement of the difficulty concerning the appointment of a Director in succes- sion to Mr. M. W. Holtze, who is still acting, appear to be in a state of arrested development. It is understood that the board has received no reply from the Go- vernment to the suggestions it forwarded many weeks ago.

A PARLIAMENTARY -TOKE.'

The Brisbane ''Comici" writes:-"Much amusement bus been created in .Parlia- mentary circles over an incident which oc- curred on Friday morning after the Legis- lative Assembly adjourned. The House sat until after 2 o'clock, but the Government hnd buoyed their suppoiter- up vut'i a promise that motor cars would be pro- vided to carry them to their homes. It may be mentioned that, although they havc not the advantages of tlip use of comfortable Ministerial bedrooms and other loamaia-Tarliaaifiat HOT», Üäa coa

cession of cars was not promised to or pro. vider! for Opposition member» wlo weie detained by their Parliamentary dink'*. It appears that thiec Opposition nienilers who issued from the House 'found ft large number of Labor members packed into Ti nioí5r--ear waiting -at the d»or, while other Labor members awaited another .'.ar: and as the Opposition mem- bers proceeded"from the grounds "they saw a large motor car dash np. Putting up their bauds they stopped the car, jumped in. gave diiection.s, and as it swerved round under the big lamp in front of the bniltlins they lind an opportunity «f noticing-the "astonished and piined look of the waiting Labor members. The Opposition members reached their humes in corrrfott; how the Labor member* in- tended for this partícula r car # obtained a lift has net been divulged yet.*'

EAST AND WEST. - -

There is a wide gulf between the lives, of 'the .populace of East and W est Lon- don districts. - ''From Shop-girl _ to Duchess.", now bciug played at the Tivoli Theatre by the William Anderson Com- pany, is.just the drama to bring'a realisa- tion of this right'home to all who sec it.

PROPOSED SOUTH-EASTERN

RAILWAY.

On Tuesday afternoon all the members of the Railways »Standing Committee left 'Adelaide for Bordertown, to investigate the proposed new railway line through the hundred of Wirrega, via Mundalla. They .will return to Adelaide on Friday.

THE WHEAT AGREEMENT.

On Tuesday the secretary of tlie Adelaide

Wheat Harvest Boaid (Mr. G. G. Nicholls)

supplemented the statement of the Minis- ter of Agricullme, published in 'The Ad- vertiser,'" íespeefing the-handling of the coming wheat harvest. Ile pointed out that last year farmers were allowed to have gristed for their own requirements eight .bushels of wheat for every member of the household. This sca_on. it is proposed to al'ow 10 bushels, and in special circum- stances this may be increased. The new agreement between the boaid and the agents, who will act as shippers, is now lieing settled. A new clause to facilitate tie handling of the harvest piovides for

le removal rof up to 50 per cent, of'the total quantity received at any, country centre, and its restacking at teiminal depots at the suggestion of the board. This will enable the board to carry out its policy of shifting the wheat from small places «here it is difficult to maintain effective supervision of the stacks. Another .im- portant clause fixes) the responsibility of th<;'agcnt until the end of December next year, instead of the end of October, as in 'the case of the last ngicetnent. All the country stacks will this year be curtained on fair «ides, and the roofing of iron will ptc/ject some distance over the sides, so as to ensure adequate protection from the weather. In addition the name of the agent will be shown in large letters on each

stuck. . r

FAUNA ON KANGAROO ISLAND.

It has been decided to enforce -tlie' law for the preservation of kangaroos, opos- sums, and other native fauna on Kangaroo island. J.he operation of the Animals' Protection Act was temporarily suspended there, but the variety of kangaroo indi- genous to the isiand differs from thope on the mainland, and those who are interested in saving the ¡ocal species from extinction will be glad to knox that every effort w11 be made to( preserve it. The "wallaby,

which has been more oy less 'destructive to cereal crops, has been thinned out, and will only he protected between July and December. It would be a pity that the opossum, whose fur is so valuable, should become extinct, and it is wholly protected. The commercial value of this little mar- supial is becoming greater in consequence of the gradual extinction of fur-producing animals throughout the world.

A NEW USE TORTTH-, YEAR BOOK.

Before Mr. O'Malley left office as Min"« ter of Home Affairs he.gave instructions for a copy of the Official Year Book of Australia, No. 9, to be forwarded for the

library of every State school in Australia, j A memorandum stated:-"The Common- wealth Government, in taking this step (which has the approval of the State Go- vernments) desire to help the growing

I generations or Australians to .leam some-

thing of the greatness and resources of our country, to_ aequrre expans.ve ideii, as to its possibilities, and to realise that TI e

haye a heritage worthy to excite patriotic feeling. Tne book is a Compendium of in- formation on nearly every aspect of Aus- tralian-life and industry, "and the material .in it wrll be found of value for the purpose of both general and civic, as r.ell as other instruction, while -much of the materia] wouH_ lend itself io arithmeticfil work of

an informative kind." The Education De-

partment ¡n South Australia has requested the teachers to make -frequent use of the work.

LIGHTING OF THE PARKS.

On Tuesday a deputation, representative of the Social Reform Bureau, waited upon the Mayor of Adelaide (Mr. I. Isaacs) with regard to lighting the city parks. The de- putation, which was introduced by Mr. J. Delehanty (secretary of the bureau), comprised Pastor -T. J." Franklyn (presi- dent!, the Rev. J. C. Kirbv, and Messrs. W. E. Collin» and F. E.' Counsell. The speakers said the lighting of the park lands would §erve in some measure to pre- vent immorality. In reply, the Mayor said the present state of tlie corporation finances prevented the council from doing much in the direction indicated. He would, however, have a small amount for this purpose placed on the estimate of ways and means for next year. If the bureau would point out places where lights were urgently needed consideration would be given to the matter.

GERMAN SHORTAGE OF RUBBER.

' Even their own babies are penalised by 1 the. enemy. Tlie English "Chemist and I Drusrgist" states:-"According to a decree

' of t¡ie German'Diet of August 3 ali rubber

teats imported into Germany from neutral countries must be consigned to the Han- delsgesellschaft Deutscher Apotheker in Betlin. For ,homo manufacture' a quan- tity of íubbec is sr-cn free upon., condi- tion that the,- teat« will be furnished to thc.Hasreda. The teats may only be-sold hy pharmacists,when a certificate of birth is' shown at the time of purchase, when two .teats may.be obtained. On-the second purchase ouly one teat may bn sold, and that on condition that the worn-out ones ure returned. They arc not to be «old for use bv children over twelve months old. The quantity of rubber ¿it-anted by 'the War Department for teat-making in.Ger- many is sufficient for. a daily production of 6,000 to 7,000"teat«." -

' .Tlie chairman o: the finance vouinittiec reported at the nieetbv of the Hindmarsh Town Council on Monday that it hen out- standing accounts bad been paid ""there | would be a credit -balance at the end of i the year o: at least £100. The'financial

position of the town, he sa;d, was excel I lent. Councillor Wright said, although lie [..¡lid not agree with the members of the ivommii.tee~on many uia'uet'à, he /considered [ the finances had been managed judiciously,

and he wished to compliment the .commit- tee on-its year's "Wotk. The Snanc-e com- mittee consists of Aldermen Nieass t chair- man) and Wood and Councillor Senior. ..

St. Patrick's Park, Grote-strcet, will .be oponed this evening. I.luminstions, Hand, refreshments, &c, will be provided.

Extractions by, my,, special "method have proved-a* source of comfort to thousands. Any number,of teeth . extracted at a sit tintr.'önd £5 fórfeited/if an atom of pain i. felt.-G. A. Miller Rändle, 146, Rundle stiectr. ; , *306iwe '.

Kingfish Cutlet«. 6d.; Butterfish, 1/ per lo.-Fish Shop, Mission Buildings, Frank- lin-street. » *

Messrs. Chas. Moore & Co.'« Xmas ratr commenced this morning. They designate it as ''Adelaide*!« Sensational Saving Sea- son." - - - - *-50c

-E. C. Wood, M.A., B-Se., B.E., Analyst and Assayer, 79, Currie-street. *

"Bective" 4-ply Wool, suitable for Mili- tary requirements, in heather si.ades, 5/9 balik, 6d._ skein, at James Smith's. . m Hindléy-stieet. , *307c

3,000 Child's Strong One-Bar Shoes, 4«, right np to 13's, to go at 2/6.-Ezywalkin'*.

#264zc j

Stott's Business College. ¡Tine-street, are

giving six .füll scholarships to noys and giDs. Examination, 2nd December. < *

Plcntv Costlier, but none better, thin I Bates'- "Salve. Then why waste money? j "It has cured millions." .

Tl75uai355A4/4' j Miss M. Goyder, Copring Office, 15, Bow-, man Buildings, Adelaide. Phone 6210. - i

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That naw motor of yours! How about a garage'for "it? "See, phone 'or write Reid Brothers, THE Timber Merchante,! of 'King William-street, City, who will be happy to promptly supply - a eound and ornnte-wood-and-iroff garage at" £16-up Kufe ~ «aoeio

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