Any observant visitor to Stanley must be struck with the good nature and wonderful patience displayed by the residents. Here we find one of the oldest townships ...
Article : 509 wordsA few days ago I was shown an excellent piece of workmanship in the shape of a screwless extending or universal table, made from a beautiful piece of locally grown blackwood, ...
Article : 537 wordsThe weather still continued very wet. The wheat crops are looking anything but well, and I don't think they will yield a very large return. Oats are looking well, but potatoes in ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Marine Board met Dec. 20, when Mr A. G. Webster was elected Master Warden, having eight votes to one for Mr H. M. Fisher. The salary of the Master Warden ...
Article : 216 wordsOur public school presented a busy scene to-day, when there was a large gathering, considering the wet morning to see the distribution of prizes. The schoolroom was ...
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Article : 314 wordsThe satisfactory cleaning up from our mince has given us a more cheerful Christmas than was expected a short time back, and promises a good beginning for the new year. ...
Article : 313 wordsThe following is the report read by Mr E. A. Nathan, principal of the High School, at the annual distribution of prizes on Thursday evening Dec. 19:— ...
Article : 1,932 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and Lady Hamilton are expected to arrive here on Monday, 30th inst.—rather an awkward day, being Avenue race day, when most of the lending ...
Article : 332 wordsAn accident happened last Monday to a little lad named Ernest Somerville. When returning home from school, in company with some other children, he attempted to get upon a timber ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Proposed Shipping Combination SIR,—The proposal recently mooted in Sydney and Melbourne to amalgamate all the intercolonial steamship companies into ...
Article : 738 wordsA special meeting of the Marine Board of Launceston, as it has been designated under the new act, was held Dec. 20, when there were present—Wardens ...
Article : 588 wordsAt the Police Court on Monday, before Messrs H. L. Crowther, S.M., and W. H. Brown, J.P., Mary O'Neil was summoned for allowing a theatrical performance to take place ...
Article : 425 wordsLast week Mrs Lewis was brought before Mr A. K. Chapman, police magistrate, charged with having set on fire a cottage that was burnt down on 31st October last, and which ...
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The Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895), Sat 28 Dec 1889, Page 17
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