Messrs. Roberts and Co. Ltd. report as follows:—At our fruit sales on Wednesday and Friday we offered two fair catalogues of fruit. Good large green apricots sold very ...
Article : 106 wordsBullion silver is quoted at 2s 1 11-16d per ounce. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Casterton Post Office was almost completely destroyed by fire early this morning. As Thursday night's mails are the heaviest of the week, the loss ...
Article : 72 wordsCopper.—Spot £62 12s 6d to £63 5s. per ton. Tin.—Spot £124 15s to £125 5s per ton; forward £125 15s to £126 5s. ...
Article : 125 wordsDevonport, January 24.—Produce deliveries were heavy to-day for the commencement of the season; 1,759 bags of potatoes and 251 bags of oats coming forward by road; 1,007 ...
Article : 150 wordsNegotiations that have been going on for some days past over the placing in Melbourne of £50,000 of West Australian 3½ debentures to mature in ...
Article : 33 wordsTwo other seams of black coal of 12ft. 9in. each have been pierced at Powlett River, giving 7ft. 7in. of good quality coal in less than 10ft. of ...
Article : 54 wordsMelbourne, January 24.—Fair business was done in wheat at 4s 5d and 4s 2¾d, and purchases were made from the country at 4s 2½d. Flour quiet at £10 5s. Bran and ...
Article : 347 wordsAt Lefroy, a crushing of 17 tons of quartz from the Blue Jacket claim returned 20oz. of gold. ...
Article : 28 wordsAustral Valley.—Owing to results from the main shaft workings not being so good as expected, work there has been stopped. It is intended to do some ...
Article : 107 wordsCharles McNab, 24 years, had a frightful experience to-day. He was working at the Smelters as matte wheeler, and in some manner fell backwards into a pot of ...
Article : 79 wordsThe trade of New South Wales for 1907 compared with 1906 may be summarised thus:—Imports—Gold, £4,454,194; decrease, £71,466. ...
Article : 60 wordsCobbings and Tippet's claim, Waratah Valley, is now fully equipped with a five-head battery. T. Simpson, an old West Coast ...
Article : 74 wordsOn the West Coast scarcity of water is being felt by all the mines, and operations are more or less retarded. Slow progress is being made with the ...
Article : 72 wordsJames Monaghan, a Randwick trainer, died to-day. He had been dangerously ill for over three weeks. In his early years Monaghan was a ...
Article : 66 wordsA record shipment of cheese from New Zealand was made by the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Puparoa, which left Wellington for London on January 17. It ...
Article : 133 wordsIn the Supreme Court at Strahan, the case of Frank Hurrin v. the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co. Limited, which was a claim of £300 damages, for injuries ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 wordsMr. Bent and the New South Wales Premier discussed matters of interstate interest to-day. Mr. Bent suggested that the conference of Premiers ...
Article : 138 wordsAt the Zeehan Police Court to-day, Frank Griffiths was brought up on remand from last week on the charge of stealing a fowl, valued at 3s. 6d., the ...
Article : 136 wordsThe "Otago Daily Times" of January 18 reports as follows:—There is a brisk inquiry for fowl feed; with little or nothing available. Consequently fowl feed in small lots ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 wordsThe grain section committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met to-day, and fixed the f.a.q. standard for wheat at 62½lb per Imperial bushel. ...
Article : 29 wordsBurnt trees are still falling across the North-East Dundas railway, and delaying the traffic. It was about 7.30 last evening before the morning train from Zeehan ...
Article : 50 wordsA determined suicide took place at New Plymouth to-day. The remains of a man supposed to be Burgess, a stationer, were found blown to pieces. ...
Article : 59 wordsSome 33 cases of exhibits for the Franco-British Exhibition were to-day despatched to Strahan for shipment to Hobart per s.s. Mahinapua to-morrow. ...
Article : 29 wordsMuch dissatisfaction and annoyance continue, owing to frequent and prolonged interruptions of the telegraph system, Although every effort is put forth by the ...
Article : 149 wordsQuotations for all Barrier stocks remained firm, though dealing wasless brisk than on Thursday. The shares singled out were South Block 14, Block 10, Proprietary, and ...
Article : 372 wordsAbout 4 o'clock this afternoon, the body of a woman in an advanced stage of decomposition was placed in the city morgue, and the police are now ...
Article : 541 wordsA fire broke out in the harness-room at Mr. J. T. Bramich's livery stables, Gilbert-street, Latrobe, this morning. It was discovered by an employee, who gave ...
Article : 168 wordsBroken Hill Blocks b 55s, s 57s 6d. ...
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Advertising : 2,114 wordsSugar.—The market is steadier, and German raw beet sugar, 88deg. polarisation, is quoted at 9s 10d per cwt., and fine marks granulated refined white 11s 7d. ...
Article : 162 wordsThe London wool sales, were postponed to-day owing to the fog. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 25 Jan 1908, Page 3
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