The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Union Bank of Australia was held on July 12, in the board room at the offices, 1, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, for the purpose of receiving a report and ...
Article : 2,544 wordsSIR,—I notice in your issue of August 23 a letter from Mr. J. Cronly, headed the "Codlin Moth," in which he hopes that the bill for the destruction of the codlin moth will be passed by Parliament as ...
Article : 519 wordsSIR,—Are the business men of Hobart Town contented to bear the stigma of childishly giving themselves up to football and cricket matches, races, and regattas, concerts, and moonlight reviews, ...
Article : 873 wordsIn consequence of the threatening complications in European Turkey, the Czar has ordered the despatch of a Russian naval squadron to the Mediterranean. Ragusa, an Austrian seaport ...
Article : 642 wordsOn Tuesday, the 24th, a welcome tea meeting was given to the Rev. W. Riding, who has accepted the charge of the Don and Formby Congregational churches, and was a great success. Notwithstanding ...
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Article : 177 wordsSIR,—In the debate on the financial statement on Wednesday night, I find Mr. Lewis quoted in The Mercury, as follows:—"If the Treasurer said he would put it away in Government debentures; ...
Article : 341 wordsThe Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to consider and take evidence upon the Merchant Shipping Bill, introduced some time since by Mr. Plimsoll, the object of which is ...
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Article : 591 wordsIt is the intention of the Government to float the £2,000,000 balance of the loan of 1878-9 this year. The operation will be effected through the Associated Banks. ...
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Article : 418 wordsAt a full meeting of the Railway Committee to-day, at Gretna Green, it was decided to circulate the petition adopted by all the committees except Hamilton, for an engineering survey, connecting ...
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Article : 332 wordsMr. Berry intends to issue Treasury bills to enable him to forestall the reveuue. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 30 Aug 1880, Page 3
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