At the Cabinet meetings which have been held recently in the capital the subject of defending Launceston has, inter alia, been discussed, but his Excellency the ...
Article : 1,852 wordsThe refusal of the Government to enrol a volunteer corps on the ground of expense excited little surprise, as it was felt to be in keeping with the niggardly spirit which, ...
Article : 1,082 wordsOn Saturday afternoon the sports under the auspices of the Launceston Bicycle Club were held on the Launceston Cricket Ground, under the most favourable ...
Article : 1,836 wordsAlthough nothing definite has transpired to justify the belief, the growing conviction of prospects of peace are increasing. ST. PETERSRURG, APRIL 17. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe hon. W. B. Dalley has received a cablegram from the Agent-General in London, stating the Admiralty and tie London Post-office authorities have arranged ...
Article : 98 wordsThe opening meet of the Rosehill Racing Club was held to-day. The new racecourse is situated about half way between Parramatta and Granville, and is one of ...
Article : 774 wordsBefore his Honor Mr. Commissioner Whitefoerd. In the matter of the petition for the petition for the adjudication of JOHN HENRY FRENCH, of Sillwood, ...
Article : 87 wordsBefore H.T.A. Murray, Esq., P.M. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Charles Julin was fined 10 and 1s costs for having been drunk and disorderly in a street of Launceston ...
Article : 151 wordsThe following information is supplied from the Treasury with regard to telegraphic communication between Hobart and the eastern side of the Derwent. The ...
Article : 454 wordsThe Marquis of Normanby, ex governor of Victoria, has been seriously unwell, but is now recovering. ...
Article : 28 wordsNew Victorian hops are soiling at 68s per cwt. ...
Article : 14 wordsSIR,—I am sorry that Dr. M'Call should have preferred to attack the hospital scheme through your columns rather than by attending the late public meeting, to which he was ...
Article : 430 wordsA messenger has arrived in camp this evening, and had an interview with General Sir Gerald Graham. He states that a force of five thousand ...
Article : 54 wordsThe third half-yearly general meeting of the Krushka Company will be hold in the office of the Company, Patterson-street, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. ...
Article : 154 wordsIt is expected that on Tuesday next the Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will ask the House of Commons for a credit vote of six millions ...
Article : 43 wordsThe quotation for tin to-day is £78 se per ton. April 17. Tin has advanced 16s, and is now quoted ...
Article : 42 wordsThe bark Araunah, which sailed for London on Saturday last, took 31 tons 11 cwt. 1qr. 18lb. of tin, valued at £2448 19s 7d, and shipped as follows :—16 tons 10cwt. ...
Article : 232 wordsAt the wool sales to-day 9200 bales were offered. The tone of the market was firm, and cross-breds ruled a penny per 1b. higher. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe hon. W. H. Burgess, M.H.A., having received a unanimous request from the Board of Directors of the V.D.L. Bank to join the directorate in the place of the hon. ...
Article : 1,069 wordsAt present there must be quite a hundred men employed about Scottsdale on the main road from Launceston, and that to Bridport. The contractors for that ...
Article : 610 wordsSIR,—I think it a very serious question for our Government as to whether parsimony in the matter of defence is not most likely to overreach itself? As if the country be not ...
Article : 97 wordsThe well-known tea has proved itself to be a most certain and efficacious remedy for such diseases as sudden and severe colds, coughs, fevers and ague, asthma, ...
Article : 291 wordsFrom headquarters I learn that arrangements have now been completed by the Government for the purchase of a site for a now post and telegraph-office here. Of the numerous ...
Article : 617 wordsThe Secretary of the Launceston Stock Exchange reports the following quotations for Saturday:—West Chum, a 2s 9d; Florence Nightingale, b 21s; ...
Article : 47 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer reported as having left Plymouth on 11th inst. for Port Chalmers, via the Cape, should have been the Tongariro, not ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Secretary of the Hobart Stock Exchange reports the following quotations for Saturday :—Tasmania (gold), b £5 10s, s £6 10s; Mount Victoria (cum. ...
Article : 82 wordsAdelaide wheat is quoted at 38s, and New Zealand at from 82s to 37d per 4961bs. Flour is quoted at 27s per 2801bs. ...
Article : 29 wordsConsols have advanced to £97 2s Gd. The market rate of discount is one percent. below the bank rate, which is three and a half per cent. ...
Article : 42 wordsA meeting of the Committee of the above Club was held at the Criterion Hotel on Saturday, when Mr. J. W. Falkiner was appointed honorary judge for the opening ...
Article : 340 wordsThe Victoria Coursing Club held a Meeting on Saturday at Sunbury, when the ground proved in splendid order, and the hares numerous, the coursing being ...
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Advertising : 210 wordsThe Imperial Government have chartered the Now Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Coptic for use as a colonial cruiser. NESTLE'S SWISS MILK is the best milk in ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Mon 20 Apr 1885, Page 3
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