The English mails which left Tasmania on the 9th ultimo arrived at London, per R.M.S. Himalaya, on the 5th inst. ...
Article : 29 wordsHon. Ellis Dean raised a discussion in the Legislative Council last evening on the means being taken to extirpate the San Jose scale in the vicinity of ...
Article : 99 wordsTide table, September 10 (approximate): Low water 1 a.m.; high water, 7.30 a.m. and [?] p.m. ...
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Advertising : 584 wordsMongana, s.s., 43 tons, C. P. Kerr, from East Coast ports. Agents—Holymon and Sons. ...
Article : 17 wordsThere is a fine collection of illustrations in "The Tasmanian Mail" this week. A series of snapshots taken at sea gives a vivid impression of the ...
Article : 199 wordsEdward, brig, for Melbourne, from Port Huon—127,668ft. timber. The steamer Llansannor, which arrived at London last month from Buenos Ayres, ...
Article : 614 wordsHow the improved sanitation of Melbourne has affected the health of its inhabitants is recorded in the most convincing way by the figures of the ...
Article : 303 wordsThe files of English papers which reached us yesterday are full of articles on the question—is it peace or war? This question has, of course, reference to ...
Article : 478 wordsGreat excitement was caused at Bagdad on Tuesday (writes our correspondent), when a horse was seen in a trap bolting up the road, followed by several ...
Article : 156 wordsIn future the boxes containing butter shipped from Queensland to Great Britain are to be made of straw, and a £50,000 company has been formed to ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. H. F. Blanchett, writing to the "Auckland Weekly News," says:—"Experimenting some years ago I discovered that wood ashes would instantaneously ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 wordsVictorian flax, a sample of which has been on view in the showroom of the Agent—General's office in London, has, after rather long waiting, been given ...
Article : 165 wordsThe recent report of the Hobart Chamber of" Commerce is said by a gentleman very capable of forming a correct opinion to show that "the whole State ...
Article : 1,339 wordsA return of the number of steam trawlers registered at ports in the States of Western Europe in the year 1907 has been issued as a Parliamentary paper. The figures are as ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 420 wordsThe Norwegian barquentine Polly, bound from Whangarei to Melbourne, which was stranded on a sandbank on the western side of the Whangarei River, three-quarters of a ...
Article : 147 wordsAn enterprising trickster was busy during last week in Melbourne endeavouring — in some cases with success — to raise money by representing ...
Article : 226 wordsThe complete statistics relating to agriculture for the year 1907-8 have been issued by the Government Statistician, and generally bear out the figures given ...
Article : 781 wordsAn unusual incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Bendigo. Two former residents had died in Melbourne, and the remains were brought to Bendigo by ...
Article : 290 wordsLast year 596 vessels, aggregating 857,133 tons, entered Portland. Oregon, as compared with 547 vessels of 629,573 tons, in 1906. Of last year's total, 447 vessels, of 501,514 tons, ...
Article : 79 wordsIn the course of an interview which we published yesterday, the Premier stated that he has been trying to persuade Victorian manufacturers to start ...
Article : 286 wordsWriting from Akyab to the managing agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company at Calcutta, Captain Addenbrooke, of the steamer Oolobaria, reports the following ...
Article : 530 wordsWe have had a nice rain at last (writes our Bagdad correspondent), and it has gladdened the hearts of the farmers, as it was very much needed for grass and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 526 wordsA bill "to prevent the influx of criminals into Tasmania, and to prevent certain criminals from remainihg in or returning to the State," has been ...
Article : 180 wordsA cable message from London stated that the British Local Government Board had postponed until January 1 of next year the enforcing of its ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 wordsThe statements made in the Legislative Council by Mr. Ellis Dean are of a sufficiently serious nature to demand a fuller reply than was given by the ...
Article : 344 wordsThe Mongana, from East Coast ports, arrived here at 4 p.m. yesterday. She leaves at 9 a.m. to-day on the return trip. "The Koonookarra left St. Helen's at 8.13 ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Department of Public Works has received three tenders for the construction of the Philip Smith Training College. The lowest is that by Mr. Bennett ...
Article : 147 wordsA scarlet uniform is being issued to the battalion. It consists of a scarlet serge tunic with white facings, white jean helmet for tropical climates. ...
Article : 122 wordsWaldemar—Port Cygnet. Thistle.—New Norfolk. ...
Article : 9 words"C.B."—You are right. We hare corrected the mistake, but cannot say how it occurred. ...
Article : 18 wordsBrizeux, barque, from Port Talbot. Due d'Aumale, bq., from Rotterdam. Helen, barque, from Oamaru. Iris, barquentine, from Edithburg. ...
Article : 30 wordsZeehan Racing Club annual meeting held last night. A gale raged yesetrday around Zeehan for a while. The Mahinapua returned ...
Article : 540 wordsLoading or to Load. Ganymede, bq., Port Huon, for Lyttelton. Kermo, strip, Esperance, for U.K. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Arthur Hinton, one of the examiners of the Royal Academy of Music, will commence the practical examinations at the Hobart centre on Monday, October 5. ...
Article : 124 wordsWakatipu, s.s., 1,945 tons, J. Graham, for Sydney. Passengers: — Saloon: Mesdames Bayes, Bayes and child, Nicholson; Misses Holland, Dodery, Harris, White; Messrs. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe receipts for August of the Emu Bay Railway Co. Limited amounted to £4,220, as compared with £5,825 for August, 1907, making the total receipts ...
Article : 44 wordsLOW HEAD. — Arrived — September 9, 8.35 a.m., Wareatea, s.s., from Melbourne, via N.W. Coast: 10.30 a.m., Togo, s.s., from Melbourne. Sailed—September 9, 10 a.m., ...
Article : 88 wordsThe House of Assembly will meet this evening, when the Treasurer (Hon. D. C. Urquhart) will deliver his Budget speech. To-morrow the Minister of Lands and ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 10 Sep 1908, Page 4
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