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  2. CITY COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the City Council will be held at the Council-chambers this afternoon. The following business is set down for consideration:—Reports from the ...

    Article : 151 words
  3. SHIPPING.

    Moonah, s.s.; 84 tons, C. P. Kerr, from Tasman Island. Agents—Holyman and Sons. May 3. Koonookarra, s.s., 162 tons, J. Holyman, from ...

    Article : 690 words
  4. THE STRENGTH OF UNION.

    One of the most hopeful signs of the political times through which we are passing is the steady accomplishment of union between the moderate parties in ...

    Article : 958 words
  5. SAILED—May 2.

    Loongana, t.s., 2,448 tons, C. Suffern, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Taylor, Laurenson, Collins, Ross, W. O. Haslam, A. H. Holdship, Scarborough, Chaplin, ...

    Article : 262 words
  6. GAMBLING.

    We publish to-day a dissertation, for that is what it is, by Bishop Mercer on gambling, delivered at St. John's Church, Launceston, yesterday. We ...

    Article : 493 words
  7. PORT CYGNET ASSAULT CASE.

    It was stated last evening that the man, Joseph Kilmartin, who, it is alleged, was assaulted at Port Cygnet on Easter Monday night by Councillor A. ...

    Article : 96 words
  8. IRRIGATION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Joseph Ward, the New Zealand Premier, entertains great hopes in regard to the irrigation scheme which the Government will take in hand in Central Otago. ...

    Article : 146 words
  9. INTER-STATE.

    Arrived.—May 3, Loongana, t.s., from Launceston; 2.15 p.m., Oonah, s.s., from Devonport. ...

    Article : 17 words
  10. MAIL TABLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  11. NAVAL CADETS.

    An alteration has recently been made by the British Admiralty in the conditions governing the entry of naval cadets nominated by the States into the ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "An Observer."—We think that enough has been said about the subject of your letter. "Furlong."—The distance is seven ...

    Article : 23 words
  13. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  14. WEATHER REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 432 words
  15. YACHTS IN WAR TIME.

    The New Zealand proposal to encourage the building of sea-going yachts, with a view to their use for coastal defence purposes, is regarded by some in Sydney ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. CREW OF THE MAURETANIA.

    Over 800 persons are employed on the big Cunard turbine Atlantic liner Mauretania. Of these the greater number belong to the engineers' and the stewards' staffs, the ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. The Mercury.

    Mr. W. H. Dodory, of Launceston, died on Saturday. A boy killed at Huon Timber Co. s mills at Hastings on Saturday. ...

    Article : 453 words
  18. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The P. and O. Co.'s mail steamer Victoria, with the English mail of April 3, arrived at Fremantle on April 28, and was due at Largs Bay on Saturday, ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. A NOVEL BATTLESHIP.

    The Admiralty have a surprise in store for the nation—and for other nations—it is sta[?] ed, in the solitary battleship to be built in the next financial year. It is said that ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. JAPANESE NAVY.

    By the year 1915 Japan is to have, according to programme, twenty battleships, twenty armoured cruisers, eight 22-knot cruisers, eight 25-knot scouts, one hundred destroyers, ...

    Article : 44 words
  21. WAYS THEY HAVE IN SWEDEN.

    "I was struck very much with a Swedish custom before partaking of a regular meal," said Mr. J. W. Turner to a Kogarah (New South Wales) audience the ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. GROWTH OF ATLANTIC LINERS.

    The first steamer to exceed 10,000 tons was the City of Paris, in 1888; the first to exceed 20,000 tons, the Celtic, in 1901, and the first to exceed 30,000, the Lusitania. In 1840 the ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    There will be no election this year for the Legislative Council. An impression Was abroad that three members would retire this month, but on inquiry at the ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. UNEMPLOYED SAILING SHIPS.

    Owing to farmers holding their wheat in expectation of higher prices, considerable difficulty has been experienced by the sailing vessels at Port Adelaide during the past few ...

    Article : 189 words
  25. WEST AUSTRALIAN COAL.

    The quality of the coal obtained at Albany by the s.s. Mimiro, which was compelled to burn kerosene as fuel during the latter part of her voyage to ...

    Article : 161 words
  26. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident happened at Bagdad on Saturday to a youth named Michael Wakefield, aged 19. He was out shooting with a couple of ...

    Article : 96 words
  27. COASTAL WEATHER REPORT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 451 words
  28. FIRE AT NEW TOWN.

    What might have proved a serious conflagration was happily averted on Saturday night by the promptness of the city fire brigade. Through a defect in a ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. A BREACH OF ETIQUETTE

    An unpleasant incident is reported to have occurred at Galveston (Texas) on St. Patrick's Day. In honour of the occasion Captain Moore, of the steamer Howth Head, ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.

    A somewhat novel argument in favour of compulsory military training was put forward by Mr. McDermott at the Labour Congress at Sydney. He said that ...

    Article : 191 words
  31. THE EAST COAST TRADE.

    The fine passenger and cargo steamer Mongana, which has been acquired by Messrs. Holyman and Sons Limited from Messrs. Whitehouse Bros. for the East ...

    Article : 201 words
  32. THE COASTAL STEAMERS.

    The Moonah returned from Tasman Island at 7.40 p.m. on Saturday, having successful[?] landed lighthouse stores. The Mahinapua, from Strahan, arrived here ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. RIVER STEAMERS.

    Taranna—New Norfolk. Reliance.—Cygnet, Lymington, etc. Waldemar.—Port Cygnet. Thistle—New Norfolk. ...

    Article : 47 words
  34. A "TIP" FROM THE PULPIT.

    Recently a report appeared in the "Age" to the effect that a Presbyterian minister's text was accepted as a tip for the Sydney Cup by a number of ladies at ...

    Article : 258 words
  35. VESSELS IN PORT.

    Doris, kt., from Melbourne. Koonookarra, s.s., from Launceston. Kassa, barque, from Adelaide. Mahinapua, s.s., from Strahan. ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. FEDERAL AND STATE FINANCE.

    Contrary to the expectation of many, the Federal Ministry proposes to disclose its financial scheme for the taking-over of the State debts, and, we ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  37. A GOOD EXAMPLE.

    The Committee of Management of the New Town Sanatorium for Consumptives, which has been established to aid the poorer classes in the community, ...

    Article : 279 words
  38. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT SOBER.

    Many people who study the doings of the Federal Parliament might be fairly excused for doubting that it is a model Parliament. On Monday night, at the ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. AT OUTPORTS.

    Inveramsay, bq., Esperance, for U.K. Kylemore, bq., Margate, for U.K. Mariner, sch., Port Arthur, for Melbourne. Polly, bq., Port Huon, for Sydney ...

    Article : 36 words
  40. Advertising

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    Advertising : 903 words
  41. LAUNCESTON.

    Wakatipu, s.s., 1,945 tons, J. Graham, from Sydney. Passengers — Saloon: Mesdames Byrne, Saul, Plummer and infant; Misses Ravens, Miller; Messrs. Byrne, Saul, Yoal, ...

    Article : 248 words
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