Probably no city in Australia is so well situated as Melbourne, geographically. Besides its position, coastwise, it also has the declivity even from Riverina, for the ...
Article : 1,862 wordsThe following quotations were made on the Hobart Stock Exchange to-day :— Florence Nightingale, s 45s; Little Wonder, b 3d; Tasmania, b £7; Mount ...
Article : 62 wordsDr. Haacke, formerly Curator of the Adelaide Museum, has been appointed to the zoologist expedition to New Guinea sent by the Australian Geographical ...
Article : 183 wordsThe s.s. Mangana, which sailed for Melbourne yesterday, took 2546oz. 10dwt. of gold, valued at £9550, and shipped by the Commercial Bank. ...
Article : 280 wordsThe remains of the late Victor Hugo will be buried in the Church of St. Genevieve, in the Pantheon. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe eleventh half-yearly Meeting of shareholders in the West New Chum Company was held in the office of Mr. R. Carter yesterday afternoon. Mr. R. J. Sudler ...
Article : 912 wordsMr. Brennan, of Victoria, the inventor of the torpedo bearing his name has been largely rewarded by the Admiralty authorities, who have decided to supply ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Thomas Woolner, R.A., the eminent sculptor, has just completed the busts of fie English Prime Ministers for the National Art Gallery, Sydney. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a meeting of the Council of Education held yesterday, Mr. Henry Hunter was elected a member, vice the Rev. J. C. Whall, resigned. ...
Article : 577 wordsThe Emperor William of Germany is suffering from an intestinal disorder, which chocks his recovery from his recent indisposition. ...
Article : 30 wordsA well attended meeting of the Council of the Northern Agricultural Society was held at the Blenheim Hotel yesterday morning; the president, Joseph Archer, ...
Article : 250 wordsEast New Chum.—May 28—The tributers cleaned up on Wednesday, and from a crushing of 120 tons of quartz obtained 7oz. 7dwts. of retorted gold. ...
Article : 52 wordsSIR,—A navvy's camp (though at no time a dull place) grows rather monotonous if not occasionally enlivened by something out of the common. We have no fault to find on that ...
Article : 575 wordsThe evacuation of Dongola by the British troops commenced to-day. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe local quotation for tin ore yesterday was 14s 3d per unit. The Mount Bischoff Company have declared a dividend (the 88th) of 10s per ...
Article : 1,091 wordsThe Admiralty has decided to adopt the new torpedo invention, known as the Australian Brennan, invented by Mr. Brennan, of Melbourne. ...
Article : 27 wordsAn important conference took place at the Admiralty yesterday between the Agents-General of the Australasian Colonies and Admiral Sir Astley Cooper ...
Article : 39 wordsThe funeral of Victor Hugo, poet and author, takes place on Monday next. ...
Article : 20 wordsThere is something startling in the news from Canada; but it will only surprise those who thought that with Colonel Wolseley's "smashing" of the head of the ...
Article : 625 wordsFarther Communist disorders are feared, and the authorities are making preparations to prevent disturbance. ...
Article : 21 wordsA highly successful race meeting was held here last Monday, and if the horses were not the fleetest their running was as much enjoyed by those present as if the ...
Article : 243 wordsTin shows a further advance, the quotation to-day being £86 5s per ton. ...
Article : 20 wordsConsols have to-day reached 100. ...
Article : 10 wordsConsiderable interest was caused to-day by a libel action in the Supreme Court, Walker v M'Kinley and another. The plaintiff is one of the members of the staff ...
Article : 268 wordsSIR,—Are you not in error in your leading article of to-day in stating " the return ticket system had been abolished on most of the lines in England?" Up to two years ago, I can speak ...
Article : 209 wordsOn Sunday last the anniversary of opening the Underwood Wesleyan Church was held, when Rev. —Mathieson preached in the morning from Habakkuk, iii. ...
Article : 472 wordsThe following excellent hints, drawn up by Surgeon Adams, of the Bloomsbury Rifles, of London, for the use of his corps, and which appear in the Volunteer Service ...
Article : 567 wordsBefore H. T. A. Murray, Esq., P.M. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Wm. Graysmark was reprimanded and discharged for having been drunk and disorderly in a street of Launceston ...
Article : 495 wordsSIR,—I would beg a small space from you to air a grievance which I think demands a little explanation. Our district constable, Mr. Hall, has been occupying his spare time lately ...
Article : 346 wordsSailed—The T.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Flinders, for Launceston. Passengers—Saloon: The hon. Alex. and Mrs. M'Gregor, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bowman, nurse, and two ...
Article : 82 wordsThe German corvette Geneisnan arrived here from Zanzibar to join the German squadron in Australian waters. Seven men were sentenced to death ...
Article : 153 wordsDear Sir,—For past fifteen years I have been a sufferer from severe rheumatism, which has frequently incapacitated me from business. My wife has also been ...
Article : 245 wordsSIR,—Your leader in Tasmanian of 25th April has evidently been read by a late Victorian resident, Mr. M. A. Johnson, with the result that he finds it necessary to inflict a ...
Article : 1,006 wordsArrived.—The T.S.N. Co.'s Esk, from Hobart. Sailed.—The T.S.N. Co.'s Corinna, for Hobart. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Government have received a circular telegram from the Imperial Government defining the Anglo-German boundaries of New Guinea. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe proposed change in the passenger tariff on the Launceston and Western Railway Line is viewed with very general disapproval here, and should the 20 per cent, ...
Article : 403 wordsThe Secretary of the Launceston Stock Exchange reports the following quotations for Thursday morning :—Florence Nightingale, b 37s, s 43s; Lefroy, s 11s ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Fri 29 May 1885, Page 3
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