Florence Nightingale.—March 26—Have crushed 70 tons quartz for the week, and obtained 317oz. of amalgam from the plates and ripples. ...
Article : 271 wordsThe trial of Henry Lancaster, for the murder of John Michael King at East Melbourne, took place on Saturday. Lancaster, it will be remembered, shot King ...
Article : 150 wordsThe debate on the bill introduced by the Government for the suppression of crime in Ireland was continued in the House of Commons last night. ...
Article : 206 wordsAt 11 a.m. to-day an important ceremony, which it is hoped will mark an epoch in the history of the shipbuilding industry in Tasmania—the launch of the iron steam ...
Article : 2,361 wordsSIR,—Among the various suggestions for the celebration of Her Majesty's Jubilee, I noticed one that struck a sympathetic cord in my organism, namely, the obtaining a ...
Article : 175 wordsEighty-one bodies have now been recovered from the fatal Bulli mine, and it is believed that the list of those killed is now complete. The Minister of Mines is ...
Article : 95 wordsSIR,—It will be fresh in the recollection of your readers that a public meeting numerously attended, at which the dissentients were many, was held in the ...
Article : 524 wordsThe quotation of tin ore on Saturday was 18s 3d per unit. Nugget (Upper Ringarooma.) —March 24—Enclosed I forward you tributers' ...
Article : 148 wordsThe cricket match between the English professionals and fifteen of Adelaide was continued yesterday. The Englishmen concluded their first innings for 279 runs, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe citizens of Cardiff, Wales, will shortly tender a banquet to Sir Samuel Griffith, Premier, of Queensland. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe first of the two bills framed by the Government to deal with the land question in Ireland will be introduced into the House of Lords on Thursday next. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe protest forwarded to the Governor- in-Council against the recent appointment to the Solicitor Generalship has been signed by all the leading members of the ...
Article : 384 wordsThe Secretary of the Launceston Stock Exchange reports the following quotations for Saturday:—West Chum, s 5s; Florence Nightingale, a £5; Lefroy s 7s; Tasmania, ...
Article : 196 wordsReferring to the question of Imperial defence, Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that at the opening of the Colonial Conference he ...
Article : 115 wordsSIR,—Could you or any of your readers inform me how much water per hour a two-inch pipe 33 chains in length would discharge from an elevation of 120ft., and ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following quotations were made on the Hobart Stock Exchange to-day:—Unity, b 1s 5d, s 2s 6d; Old Union (cont.), s 11s; Argus Extended, b 2s 2d; Brothers' ...
Article : 41 wordsSIR,—If there were any amongst as who expected ere winter would have set in, that the riches of Mount Lyell would have been partially developed, they are doomed to great disappoint. ...
Article : 479 wordsAt the wool sales to-day 9300 bales were offered. MARCH 26. At the wool auctions to-day 8000 bales ...
Article : 31 wordsAt the conclusion of the North v. South match on Saturday a match was arranged between Smokers and Non-Smokers, members of both representative teams taking ...
Article : 176 wordsTin is quoted at £102 5s per ton. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Oxford and Cambridge University boat race took place on the Thames to-day, and resulted in a victory for Cambridge by four lengths. ...
Article : 37 wordsA public meeting was held in the Odd-fellows' Hall on Saturday evening to protest against the running of Sunday trains. There was a very fair attendance, and Mr. ...
Article : 196 wordsSIR,—I have noted the replies of Mr. W. Gibson and Dr. Applcyard to my comments in your issue of Thursday last. These gentlemen will, I am sure, see that I ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. Parnell has given notice that when the House of Commons meets on Monday he will move that the House forthwith go into committee in order to consider the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe annual Sandy Bay regatta was hold at St. Helana Point yesterday afternoon, and passed off as favourably as the unto-ward circumstances would permit. The ...
Article : 502 wordsThe prospects of the proposed new Cabinet are not all sunshine. It is not only probable that Messrs. Bird and Clark will be opposed on seeking re-election, but ...
Article : 212 wordsThe match between North and South was continued on the Association Cricket Ground on Saturday under more favourable circumstances than on the previous ...
Article : 1,421 wordsSir S. W. Griffith, Premier of Queensland, had an interview with Sir Henry Holland yesterday on the subject of British New Guinea, when he was ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is reported here that the Russian Governor of Turkestan has ordered Iskander Khan to march on and take Herat with a force of twelve thousand ...
Article : 53 wordsSIR,—I have lived to see four monarchs on the British throne, but will allude only to the principle events of her Majesty's reign, and the progress made during the ...
Article : 506 wordsSIR,—I think if the drapers, grocers, etc., would adopt the principal of paying their assistants the same as mechanics are paid, they would he less troubled about holidays. No work no ...
Article : 205 wordsSIR,—At the last Council meeting held here, I see that our Councillors decided on certain alterations in the interior of the Council Chambers, in fact, making the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 321 wordsHis Majesty the Emperor William is suffering from a cold caught at his recent birthday festivities, and inflammation has set in. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Company's R.M.S. Rome, outward bound for Australia, grounded near Port Said on Wednesday during a heavy gale, and sustained ...
Article : 241 wordsSIR,—I beg to inquire through the medium of your columns whether a by-law has not been passed by the Marine Board prohibiting steamers from sounding any steam whistle or ...
Article : 225 wordsSIR,—I am sure we ought to thank you for the many able articles on the "Incidence of taxation " etc. etc., which appears in your journal from time to time. In ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Mon 28 Mar 1887, Page 3
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