The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has visited the Sultan of Turkey. In presenting a letter from the Czar he informed the Sultan that he was ...
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Article : 55 wordsTo-morrow.—Victoria and other colonies. Friday.—New Zealand ports, per Monowai: United Kingdom, expected; Victoria and other colonies. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Chinese interpret the arrival of the H.M.S Ipsigeina, cruiser, at Nankin, as proof that Great Britain will oppose any active enforcement ...
Article : 40 wordsDiscontent in Austria-Hungary continues to spread, and thousands of the poorer class of Roman Catholics in Hungary are joining the Baptists. ...
Article : 45 wordsFinlandors have openly, declined to perform military service under Russia beyond the boundaries of Finland. The Czar is conferring with the ...
Article : 65 wordsThe following are the Customs returns at Hobart for the week ending December 17, 1898:—Duties, £4,151 1s. 4d.; wharfage, £143 2s. 4d.; light dues, £30 2s. 6d; ...
Article : 262 wordsPenguin, s.s., 924 tons, H. A. G. Morrisby, for Melbourne, via Macquarie Heads and N.W. Coast ports. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Long. DeBomford, Murphy; Messrs. Hart, ...
Article : 94 wordsCaptain Clarke and Lieut. Lamb, of the Australian Defence Force, have both secured first-class certificates in the "Long Course" examinations, and ...
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Article : 951 wordsMajor Esterhazy, who had commenced proceedings for libel against the Observer, for statements made by that journal in connection with the ...
Article : 38 wordsWe beg to inform our Subscribers that THE MERCURY will be PUBLISHED on MONDAY MORNING, but NOT on TUESDAY MORNING. ...
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Advertising : 984 wordsTwo vessels, named respectively the Ilios and Pierremont, have collided off the Tyne. The Ilios foundered, and 20 of those who were aboard are missing. ...
Article : 28 wordsPalming off counterfeits of Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes. Beware of imitations. None genuine unless bearing Ogden's name. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe committee of the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society met at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. There was a large ...
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Article : 88 wordsH.M.S. Royal Arthur left Sydney for Hobart yesterday. Handicaps for South Arm sports on January 1 appear in this issue. ...
Article : 4,797 wordsPearson, the individual who threw bricks through a glass door of the British Embassy at Washington, is pronounced to be insane, and has been ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Hobart Gazette of to-day contains, among other items, the following:- Supplement to Hobart assessment book for 1898. ...
Article : 349 wordsThe ships of the Australian Squadron are to rendezvous at Hobart for the Christmas season. Rear-Admiral Pearson, in H.M.S. Royal Arthur, left Sydney at noon yesterday for ...
Article : 42 wordsO[?] November 1 there was launched by Messrs. William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton a steel sc ew steamer named the Papanui, built for the ew Zealand Shipping Co., London. ...
Article : 468 wordsAsk your doctor what soap he recommends for the skin and he will uphold the opinion of the highest medical authorities on the skin, viz., Dr. Redwood, Ph.D., F.C.S., F.I.C., the ...
Article : 164 wordsIf we think of soap as a means of cleanliness only, even then PEARS' SOAP is a matter of course. It is the only soap that is all soap and nothing but soap—no free far nor free alkali in ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 20 Dec 1898, Page 2
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