A man has been arrested in Berlin for demanding £500 from a banker, with a threat that he would dynamite his bank if he did not pay up. ...
Article : 39 wordsEdward Field, partner in the defaulting New York bunking firm of Field and Lindley, has been arrested for stealing bonds, the property of his ...
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Advertising : 1,234 wordsGlenelg, s.s., 250 tons, A. Lloyd, from Strahan. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Timbs and Tosburn; Messrs. Woodgate, Riley, Conley (2), Edwards, Dinnau, Duncan, Bryan, Breth, Hill, ...
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Article : 48 wordsEmin Pasha, who has been engaged of late in prolonged fighting with unfriendly tribes, is now in a precarious state of health. ...
Article : 27 wordsTwo sailors from the ship Enterkin wrecked off Ramsgate, bound for Brisbane, have been rescued in the Channel. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe World says that at the coming session Her Majesty will open Parliament in person. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Archduke Sigismund, brother of Archduke Henry of Austro-Hungary, has died from influenza at Vienna. ...
Article : 20 wordsMiss Florence St. John has been granted separation from her husband, and permitted the custody of their child. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe brigantine Seabird, which went ashore at Macquarie Heads on Saturday last, has now finally broken up. It is doubtful whether any of her cargo has been saved. It consisted ...
Article : 104 wordsChina declines to send any exhibits to the Chicago Exhibition, in the face of the present strained relations with the United States. ...
Article : 33 wordsCoogee, s.s., 1.000 tons, Fred Carrington, from Melbourne. Passengers — Saloon: Mrs. Meredith; Misses Foster, Berkley. Biggins, McLeod, Counsel, Meredith; Messrs. Whitaker, ...
Article : 54 wordsMatthias Larkin, manager of the South Melbourne Building Society, and Patrick Cleary, accountant, were charged at the Police Court to-day with conspiracy to ...
Article : 412 wordsThe bulk of the s.s. Oroya's cargo of Victorian factory butter has been sold at 120s and 126s. per cwt., and dairy butter at 100s to 110s. ...
Article : 37 wordsDecember 16.—Rotomahana, s.s., for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Ginnane, Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman, Mr. and Mrs. Rallons; Mesdames Corfield, Allen, McGillon, ...
Article : 153 wordsThe bank, rate of discount for three months has fallen one quarter per cent., and there is a prospect of its being reduced to 3 per cent on Thursday. ...
Article : 37 wordsDesirous of purchasing an eight oared boat, and, at the same time, giving pleasure to their numerous friends and admirers, the members of the Derwent Rowing Club ...
Article : 575 wordsA company with a capital of £10,000 has been registered in London for the purpose of establishing the Tasmanian Ore Concentrator Works. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Morris, inventor of the Morris tube, used in practice firing, has committed suicide. ...
Article : 26 wordsOur Fortnightly Summary of News for Home Readers will be published on SATURDAY, MORNING. ...
Article : 18 wordsARRIVED.—Melbourne, December 13.—Carlisle Castle, from London. Sydney, December 11— Ardle, from New Zealand; Bucephalus, from Calcutta. December 12—Culgoa, from London; ...
Article : 155 wordsW. E. Heriot.—Your letter has been surcharged 4d. for deficient postage. ...
Article : 14 wordsAlarming mortality prevails from the spread of influenza in Belfast. ...
Article : 15 wordsTHIS EVENING, at 8.—Clark's Folly Company. ...
Article : 17 wordsAustralian Governors and Bishops warmly encourage Mr. Stead to publish an Australian edition of the Review of Reviews. ...
Article : 23 wordsSalvation Army "Wonderful Meeting" to-night. Last night but one of the Clark Folly Company at Theatre Royal. ...
Article : 5,497 wordsM. Hubbenent, the Minister of Railways in Russia, resigns on account of the Czar being incensed at the difficulty in speedy transport of corn to the ...
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Article : 23 wordsHis Holiness the Pope has issued an allocution to his cardinals, in which he declares that his enemies are seeking to inflict a death blow on papacy. ...
Article : 33 wordsThere has been fierce party rioting at Ennis, County Clare, provoked by Parnellers. Mr. Dillon was struck in the face, and many injuied with sticks ...
Article : 69 wordsOrient Saturday, German line, 23rd inst. OUTWARDS. P. and O. and Torres Straits, 21st inst. THIS DAY. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Victorian trainer, Neil Campbell, has been appointed by Mr. Donald Walluce to take charge of his horses, vice Walter Hickenbotham, retired. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe educational force of the Waterbury Watch has been felt all over the world. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasin have shared in its civilising and ...
Article : 448 wordsMELBOURNE, December 16 (by cable).—Grain market to-day fairly brisk. Old wheat sold at 4s. 6d.; and new. 4s. 4d. Algerian oats, 1s. 6d., 1s. 2d.; Danish, 2s. 1d. Barley quiet; Cape, 2s. ...
Article : 46 wordsEngland, Russia, and Greece will jointly present the King and Queen of Denmark with a splendid group of sculpture to be elected in the Public ...
Article : 45 wordsWe have received the following cable messages:- "MELBOURNE, Wednesday. "The union Mortgage Agency Co., of ...
Article : 182 wordsJohn Hogg, of Moore and Hogs, specialists in various diseases, was charged at the Police Court to-day with throwing sulphuric acid on Robert Gill, employed by the rival ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Governor of Sao Paulo, in Eastern Brazil, where a small revolutionary rising has occurred, has deemed it expedient to [?]esign. ...
Article : 26 wordsServia joins the European Commercial League. ...
Article : 15 wordsWe have received the following cable message:- "MELBOURNE, Wednesday. "Sanderson, Murray, and Co., of London, ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Nihilists in Russia have published a manifesto demanding that there shall be a Russian Parliament, and they have succeeded in sending a ...
Article : 36 wordsMoet and Chandon, champagne growers, are proprietors of the best growths around Epernay, many of which have been in the possession of their house since the year ...
Article : 63 wordsNinety thousand victims to influenza are now prostrate in Odessa. ...
Article : 17 wordsPEARS' SOAP—Pure! Fragrant! Refreshing!—For toilet and nursery. Spe[?]lly prepared for the delicate skin of ladies and children and others sensitive to the weather. ...
Article : 85 wordsWESTBROOK, ABBOTT & CO, at slaughter yards, stock; at Picnic, stock. ROBERTS & CO. Limited, at mart, at 12, booths; at 3. hams; at slaughter yards, stock. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Financial News says it is obvious that the people of New Zealand cannot bear the strain of excessive taxation much longer. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Securities Realisation Company now forming will take over the Muriettas' Banking'assets. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 17 Dec 1891, Page 2
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