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Advertising : 804 wordsA meeting of the South Esk Football Club was held in Mr. Sturgess' rooms on Saturday evening. Mr. A. G. Stokes was slected captain, and it was arranged to have the ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 16s. per unit. The following meetings will be held in the undermentioned Companies; Zeehan, The ...
Article : 171 wordsColonial stocks are now very firm. Prices are advancing, and there is a better feeling all round. ...
Article : 28 wordsReplying to a depution which waited upon him in reference to the separation of Northern Queensland from the Southern portion, Lord Knutsford ...
Article : 400 wordsMr. Blaine, Secretary of State for the United, States, is seeking to secure the holding of an International Convention on the silver currency question, and ...
Article : 56 wordsThe cargo of South Australian wheat, ex ship Konsington, from Port Pirie, has been sold at 36s. per quarter. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe new Tasmania Silver-Mining Co. with a capital of £80,000 has been registered. ...
Article : 33 wordsBell's Reward, April 27.—During the past week the main tunnel has been extended 7ft. 6in., making a total distance of 359ft. Ground, quartzite, very hard, with small heads, ...
Article : 179 wordsHarvest thanksgiving services were held at St. Andrew's (Anglican) Church on Sunday, 1st inst., the church being beautifully decorated with grain, fruit, flowers, and ...
Article : 528 wordsThe football Season opened yesterday, when the first contests for the premiership took place. The weather was favourable, and there was no apparent diminution of ...
Article : 152 wordsSIR,—So many people have been disheartened at the present condition of the Silver Queen mine that I think it necessary to call attention to one or two facts that are ...
Article : 1,406 wordsIn a communication appearing in The Mercury of the 23rd ult., the writer expressed opinion that although there are immense quantities of stone in the Blue Tier district ...
Article : 569 wordsA painful accident happened to an old aud respected settler of Geeveston on Saturday, April 30. It appears that Mr. Thomas Geeves was driving home in a chaise cart ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Council of the Rifle Association last night decided to adopt fixed sights at the usxt intercolonial rifle match, and will endeavour before next year to secure the ...
Article : 157 wordsTHE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, for 3yrs old fillies, 8st. 12lb. each, was run to-day with the following results:— Baron de Hirsch's [?] Le Heche, by St. ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Municipal Council met on the 3rd inst., all the councillors being present The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. ...
Article : 322 wordsThe Board of Trade returns for the month of April show that compared with the returns for April, 1891, British imports have decreased four millions ...
Article : 40 wordsSir W, Robinson intends leaving England on Thursday next, via the Cape and Hobart, and anticipates arriving at Albany during the first week in July. He says the doctors ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Antwerp wool sales commence on the 17th, and will continue till the 20th; 8,000 bales have been catalogued, including 200 of Australian wool. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Municipal Council met on the 3rd inst. Present—Messrs. R. Wardlaw (Warden), H. G. Stieglitz, J. Morey, A. Becker, J. Smith, and S. H. Greuber. ...
Article : 658 wordsThe previous quotations of 39[?]d. per ounce for silver is more than maintained, the price now being 39[?]d. ...
Article : 23 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent "Business" must be mistaken about the time occupied at the Post Office in the delivery of mails. Possibly his referenoe is to the English mail ...
Article : 209 wordsSeventeen thousand refugees from Russian villages dependent on the charity of the Czar, are now begging from door to door, and sleeping in ...
Article : 33 wordsI have examined the Kelly shaft on the Central Dundas, and find, as I had expected, that the report circulated as to its being in a precarious condition is utterly untrue, there ...
Article : 312 wordsThe Northern Steamship Co., of Auckland, has declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Colonel Green, C. B., a distinguished ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Pallo Mall Gazette expresses opinion that Mr. D bbs, the New South Wales Premier, will have all his work cut out ot reassure British investors ...
Article : 86 wordsConsiderable annoyance is expressed at the heavy charge made by the railway authorities for carriage of goods and parcels (especially the latter) from Strahan, to ...
Article : 1,120 wordsThe horticultural show, which was held here on Wednesday, proved to be equal in all respects to any of its predecessors, and expressions of congratulation at the great ...
Article : 335 wordsSIR,—your correspondent, Mr. GilbertStringer, like a little antagonist, dances around one in such a bewildering manner that it is not easy to get the right hand of ...
Article : 936 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on 'Change on Saturday:— HOBART. ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Marine Court of Inquiry has acquitted the caption of the s.s. Oroya for any negligence in connection with the recent collision between his vessel ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Times says experts pronounce Messrs. Joshua Brothers' Australian brandy to be palatable of high quality, and possessing all the genuine ...
Article : 38 wordsA bandicap match was fired on Saturday at the Sandy Bay range, when 17 members turned up to compete for five prizes in each class from the club funds. The conditions ...
Article : 222 wordsHis Holiness the Pope has written a fresh letter to the French Cardinals in which he urges the conservation of their forces in preserving unity and ...
Article : 77 wordsSIR,—Some days'ago I met a worn-out and broken-down individual in whose present guise and threadbare garb I almost failed to recognise as the intrepid, ...
Article : 1,136 wordsThe outward Australian mail train has run off the rails near Amiens and five of the vans were smashed. The mails were uninjured. ...
Article : 38 wordsAmalgamated West Tasmania, b. 1s 6d, s. 2s. Derby, b. lOd. East Volunteor, b. 1s. East Pinafore (paid), b. 2s.6d, s. 3s. ...
Article : 155 wordsThe free export of Russian cereals, which for some time past has been forbidden in consequence of the famine, is expected to be again authorised at an ...
Article : 35 wordsThe second handicap match in connection with this club was held at the Sandy Bay range on Saturday last, when 18 competitors fired for prizes presented by the club. The ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Municipal Council met at Swansea on the 3rd inst. Present: The Warden and all the councillors excepting Councillor Barwick. ...
Article : 1,078 wordsIt is reported that Emin Pasha, who had been suffering from small-pox, is dead. ...
Article : 24 wordsA spacious hall is being erected in Belfast to hold ten thousand people, it being intended for use in connection with the coming anti-Home Rule ...
Article : 38 wordsThe following sales were effected on the Stock Exchange this morning:—British Broken Hill, 12s: Central, £1 9s, £1 9s 3d, South (contributing), 18s; Balstrups, 1s 8d, ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Balfour has virtually promised on behalf of the Government to legislate against the admissio of destitute aliens into Great Britain. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 9 May 1892, Page 3
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