SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 45, 19 February 1864, Page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Thratened Strike of the Stonemasons. — We understand, with regret, that those generally thoughtful and well-advised tradesmen, the stonemasons meditate a strike for an advance in their wages, already at the highest standard in Adelaide, Bs. 6d. per day. — Adelaide Register. The Vf eather. — The thermometer stood at 147° onMonday in the sun, aud 96° in the shade, at three o'clock p.m. 'Ihe hottest day iv 1863 was just a year before, namely February 1. It has been remarked that the greatest heat in summer almost invariably occurs when the barometer is falling. — Adelaide Register. A single instance of the perversity of female taste, or the levelling influence of love, is recorded iv the letter of our Strathalbyn correspondent. South Australia can now furnish a parallel to "* The Earl of Cassillis' lady," in the case of a servant-girl bolting with a blackfellow. — Adelaide Register. The Northern Territory. — An advertisement invites applications from persons desirous of becoming purchasers of the land authorised to be sold by the Act 23 of 1863. - Applications are tobe made on aud after the lst March to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at his oflice, and the deposits required by the j, regulations are to be paid into the Bank of Australasia. — Adelaide Register,