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  2. HOBART & SOUTH

    Considerable damage was done by the flood wafers yesterday. The weather has been cool to-day, windy, and threatening. ...

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  3. INTER-STATE CABLES.

    The wheat market is irregular, at 2s 11d to 2s 1½d. About 2000 bags sold in various parcels at 2s 11d, and small lots on spot sold up to 3s. New flour sold at ...

    Article : 251 words
  4. INLAND WIRES.

    Rev. Wellesley Smith, rector of St. Martin's, Church of England, was presented yesterday with a purse of sovereigns by his parishioners as a New Year's gift. ...

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  5. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The picnic in connection with the New River State School, which took place on New Year's Day, proved a great success. All outdoor games were indulged ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Mr. Charles Booth, F.R.S., a partner in Alfred Booth and Co., Liverpool, and a member of the Tariff Commission, has an article in the "Nineteenth Century" upon ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH.

    The revenue for the six months of the financial year aggregated £4,715,305, or £203,000 less than for the same period last year. Sir G. Turner, however, ...

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  8. NILE.

    New Year's Day passed off very quietly here. A dance was given in the Fordon Hall by the committee of the Nile sports, and was the only amusement we ...

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  9. MUSICAL.

    Mr. E. Mlidwood, who accompanied Mrs. Benson's choir to Bathurst, has won the gold medal in the banjo competition with the highest possible marks. ...

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  10. BUSH FIRES.

    Bush fires raged furiously all yesterday along the Queen River Valley, destroying some woodcutters' camps, a lot of firewood, and framlines. Intense heat ...

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  11. PINE ROAD.

    During Sunday fairly heavy rain fell here, and it has done a great amount of damage to the grain crops. It has also been bad for the early-cut hay, but it ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. AVOCA.

    Mr. Dewis, who is leaving this part for the Sheflield district, was tendered a social, prior to his departure. Mr. T. J. A. Fitzgerald presided, and spoke in ...

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  13. THE FLAGSHIP.

    The flagship Royal Arthur arrived tonight from Sydney. ...

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  14. A NAVAL RESERVE.

    The Minister for Defence states that Vice-Admiral Fanshawe has obtained the approval of the Admiralty to his scheme for creating a naval reserve of 700 men ...

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  15. SIR R. GIFFEN ON PREFERENCE.

    Sir Robert Giffen, N.C.B., F.R.S., the eminent economist, is also represented by an article on the tariff question in the "Nineteenth Century." He describes ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. THREE MONTHS' HOLIDAY.

    Mr. A. Clark, the manager of the Comet mine, has been granted three months leave by his directors owing to ill-health. He leaves for Launceston and Hobart ...

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  17. CENTENARY CELEBRATION.

    A meeting of the executive committee of the centenary celebrations was held tonight, the Mayor presiding. Amongst the correspondence read was a ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. BEULAH SPORTS.

    The annual sports were held at Beulah in a paddock kindly lent by Mr. Fred. Duncan. There was a fair attendance, all the events going off well. The ...

    Article : 269 words
  19. PARATTAH.

    A ball in aid of the funds of the Jubilee Hall, Porattah, was held in that building on New Year's Night. A very, fair attendance was in evidence, the sum ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS.

    The Customs and Excise collections for the month of December amounted to £747,350, or £63,000 less than for the same period last year. The receipts for ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

    A fearful tragedy was committed early this morning at Redfern. The victim is a young married, woman named Florence Minahan, who resided at Botany-street ...

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  22. EXILES OF TRADE AND RELIGION.

    Probably the last white man to hear of the death of Pope Leo will be the Rev. James Peck, an Anglican missionary labouring among the Esquimaus in ...

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  23. ROSEVEARS.

    Our holidays have passed off as quietly as usual, so many young people making an exit for regatta, races, etc. We have had most perfect weather. A pleasant ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. IMMIGRATION.

    With reference to the suggestion of the Prime Minister as to the consideration of the question of immigration at the Treasurers conference, the South Australian ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. PREFERENCE WITH AUSTRALIA.

    The "Daily Chronicle," in a leading article on the correspondence between Mr. Deakin and the ex-Colonial Secretary, expresses the opinion that Mr. Chamberlain ...

    Article : 330 words
  26. TESTAMENTARY.

    The following probates have been issued:—Charles Sidney Richardson, to the Tasmanian Permanent Executors Association, £608; John Edward Rotinwell, to ...

    Article : 61 words
  27. SPRINGFIELD.

    We had another soaking rain during Saturday night and all lay Sunday, which has done a good deal of damage by, laying the crops and wetting some ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. SIR BLUNDELL MAPLE.

    It is as an owner of horses that Sir John Blundell Maple will be best remembered, the victories of the white and gold stripes and claret cap ...

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  29. "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS.

    The following notifications will appear in to-morrow's "Gazette":—Auctioneers licences, are granted to W. Burn, Hobart, and Henry Boxhall, Launceston. Mr. W. ...

    Article : 114 words
  30. CAMPBELL TOWN.

    The New Year holidays passed off very quietly here. The band turned out on New Year's Eve and enlivened the township with selections. A watch night ...

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  31. SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY.

    A sensational poisoning case is reported from Doyle's Creek, in the Singleton district. The wife of James Bennett, a farmer, administered poison to her three ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. ST. MARY'S.

    On New Year's Eve a distinct earth shock was felt travelling from the north-east to the south-west. The tremor was fairly severe, and was felt by a ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. REFORMING DRUNKARDS.

    Dr. Welsh Branthwaite, the Home Office Inspector under the Inebriates Acts, has, says the "London Daily Telegraph," prepared a report of the progress in ...

    Article : 601 words
  34. DERBY.

    The holidays passed over without any sensational elements. The Athletic Club held its annual sports on December 28, with the results ...

    Article : 416 words
  35. A BARQUE ASHORE.

    The barque which went ashore in the vicinity of Cape Spencer has been found to be the Ethel. She stranded on Saturday night, and is high and dry on a sandy ...

    Article : 56 words
  36. WEST DEVONPORT.

    The weather on Sunday was most unseasonable. Heavy rains fell all day, accompanied by N.E. winds. Yesterday a vast improvement took place, the day ...

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  37. A NEW GUINEA MASSACRE.

    The German mail steamer Prinz Waldemar arrived from Singapore this morning. The vessel brings news from German New Guinea of a massacre on November 14 last, ...

    Article : 151 words
  38. DEATH OF A PIONEER.

    The death of Mr. Isaac Hall, says the S.A. Register," Adelaide, which occurred at his residence, Cumberland Park, near Mount Pleasant, removes a pioneer from ...

    Article : 500 words
  39. A PASSENGER SUICIDES.

    The steamer Eastern, which arrived today from China, reports that on December 20 a passenger named Currie suicided by jumping overboard. ...

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  40. WESTBURY.

    The hot weather that prevailed during the whole of last week was very oppressive. On Saturday there were signs of a change, but the atmosphere ...

    Article : 128 words
  41. MALARIA IN INDIA.

    The winter session of the Royal Colonial Institute was opened at the Whitehall Rooms with a paper by Major Ross, Professor of Tropical Medicine at ...

    Article : 299 words
  42. Advertising

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  43. MOLE CREEK.

    The annual Presbyterian festival was held here on New Year's Day, and was a great success, both socially and financially. A profit of about £15 was ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. MATHINNA.

    The funeral of the late Mrs. H. Polley look place on Thursday afternoon. A large number followed the remains to the grave. The deceased lady had been ...

    Article : 130 words
  45. HUMBLE HEROES.

    When statues are erected to military heroes, it is generally to successful generals. In France the idea has been realised of commemorating in marble ...

    Article : 92 words
  46. SPEAKING BETWEEN LONDON AND BRUSSELS.

    The telephone line between London and Brussels is 244 miles long. The overhead portion of the English side is 97 miles long and that on the Belgian ...

    Article : 67 words
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