Nominations for all events to be run at C[?]lebrook on the 9th prox. close to-day. ...
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Advertising : 1,366 wordsStrong disaffection prevails at Bloemfontein, the capital of Orange Free State, at the action of the Government [?]n plunging the State into war with ...
Article : 93 wordsFirst-class cricket was astrted to-day with a pennant match between the Cornwall and Esk on the association ground. The weather was fine and the ground in ...
Article : 301 wordsDr. Cresswell, chairman of the Board of Health, received a telegram this afternoon from Dr. Johnston at the Quarantine Station, stating that four of tho Afric's ...
Article : 108 wordsHis Excellency the Governur cabled to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on Saturday night that the contingent had a most enthusiastic send-off and that ...
Article : 638 wordsMelbourne Cup.—Riflcite, Olaf, Condiment, Revenue, Regained, Delusive, Blackwood, Strathjoy, and Chirnside. Maribyrnong Plate.—Bombard. ...
Article : 30 wordsNo fewer than 108 immates of the Benevolent Asylum are at present suffering from influenza. KORUMBURRA. October 24. ...
Article : 91 wordsA crew to represent Now South Wales in the eight-oared race will leave by Sunday's express for Melbourne. A small but representative meeting of ...
Article : 239 wordsSome surprise and amusement was caused in the Assembly to-night by a middle-aged woman in the gallery attempting to address the House. She rose and ...
Article : 527 wordsAn extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Mount Dundas and Zeehan Railway Co. will be held at Melbourne on November 13. ...
Article : 149 wordsThe usual monthly meeting was held on October 26. Present—Messrs. A. Horsham (chairman), A. R. Ellis, Geo. Rand, and D. MeLaren. ...
Article : 521 wordsWhen the fire of the British guns at Elandslaagte became too hot, a party of eight Boers bravely advanced to attract the fire of the Imperial Light Horse, ...
Article : 65 wordsReports from Mafeking state that the recent bombardment by tho Boers has proved harmless, their firing being ineffectual at the range chosen. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe body of General Sir W. P. Symons, buried in the churchyard at Dundee, was simply enshrouded in a Union Jack, which served as his ...
Article : 68 wordsBRITISH MOUNT REID, October 21.— Tunnel, 300ft.Level—Extended tunnel S. along footwall to 355ft. from shaft, 543ft. from where, [?]re was cut, and 828ft. from ...
Article : 398 wordsThree hundred armed Boers have surrounded and shot twenty unresisting Dundee town guards. Several civilians have also been dragged from ...
Article : 147 wordsWheat offering to-day at 3/2, but this price was not obtainable, and 3/ to 3/1 had to be accepted. Flour, £7/5/ to £7/10/. ...
Article : 28 wordsSir Edward Braddon was entertained at a complimentary banquet in the Alberthall to-night in recognition of his services to the colony as Premier. ...
Article : 886 wordsColonel Yule, while retreating from, Dundee, destroyed the Sundays River bridge, to prevent heavy guns being brought towards Ladysmith. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe town of Kimberley has nine months provisions in store. ...
Article : 14 wordsMr. Tasman Morrisby, of Glenorchy, has received a letter from his son, Mr. Percy Morris by, cyanide manager of the Jumpers' Gold-mining Co., at ...
Article : 1,172 wordsDuring the recent ineffective bombardment of Mafeking by the Boers three Krupp guns were brought into play, one of which was disabled. ...
Article : 31 wordsA deputation from the Women's Christian Temperance Union waited on the Home Secretary to day, and asked that, in the new electoral bill, provision shall be ...
Article : 50 wordsThree thousand Boer sympathisers in Hamburg have, by petition, urged the Emperer William of Germany not to, pay his intended visit to England. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe superiority of Scott's Emulsion over other forms of cod-liver oil could not be any more clearly demonstrated than in the case of a little child in Surrey, who, owing ...
Article : 659 wordsThe St. Merrin, from New York, for Yokohama, arrived early this morning with a cargo of kerosene. The captain said she had put in for instructions from the owners, ...
Article : 117 wordsTwenty of the thirty-two battalions of mobilised infantry have embarked for the Cape, and the others will follow speedily, the arrangements proving ...
Article : 80 wordsThe section held at South Dundas in the name of Bennett has been floated into a company of 120 shares of £2/10/ each. The Western main lode, No. 6 level, ...
Article : 59 wordsA balloon reconnaissance from Ladysmith has revealed four Boor camp with strong earthworks and outposts. Several slight skirmishes have been ...
Article : 58 wordsGreat Lyell South.—Prospectors have discovered a body of dense sulphide [?]re carrying copper. The f[?]nd is in a branch of the conglomerate cre[?]k, and can be ...
Article : 45 wordsAt the Police Court to-day George Blunderfield, a well-known goldfields' cyclist, was commited for trial on a charge of attempting to murder John Campbell. The ...
Article : 144 wordsAll non-resident civilians have been ordered to leave Ladysmith. Colonel August Schiel, with 188 prisoners, are now at Durban. A ...
Article : 83 wordsEighteen thousand Boers and Free Staters, advancing in a semi-circle, are closing in, and entrenching camps at Tintaingoni. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 487 wordsBy the steamer Moresby this morning particulars were received of another massacre in the islands. The victims were a trader named Maetzske and four natives. ...
Article : 402 wordsThe Hobart Gazette of to—day contains among other items the following:- By-law city of Launceston to restrain the placing of things over footways or ...
Article : 373 wordsThe usual monthly meeting was held in the G[?]eveston-hall on Saturday, October 28. Present:—Messrs. R. Geeves (chairman), Wm. Hyndes, John Geeves, and ...
Article : 371 wordsSIR,—I wish, through, your valuable paper, to draw the attention of the public to the state of the road leading from Uxbridge to Macquarie Plains. I think ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 31 Oct 1899, Page 3
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