SIR,—If stinginess is a virtue, then truly are the members of the Council a pattern of virtue. The anniversary of our Most Gracious Sovereign Queen has again come and gone. The ...
Article : 328 wordsLady Robinson and suite go hence via Launceston on Wednesday. Mr. J. A. Blake will leave by the s.s. Wairarapa on Thursday. He had an ...
Article : 1,447 wordsOur Adelaide correspondent telegraphed last night as follows:—Two samples of ore from Silverton, weighing 7cwt., yielded on assay at the rate of 2287oz. of silver ...
Article : 29 wordsThe following notifications appear in the Gazette:—Hugh John Byrne, L.R.C.S.E., etc., has been registered as a legally qualified ...
Article : 472 wordsThe evacution of Dougola by the British troops, which was commenced on May 27, has been completed. ...
Article : 31 wordsQuite a gloom has been cast over our township by the sad accident which happened to the driver of the night mail from Latrobe to Emu Bay. It will be ...
Article : 434 wordsA cake of gold weighing 17oz., and valued at about £60, was brought into town yesterday. This is stated to have been obtained from 2½ tons of quartz put ...
Article : 175 wordsPresent:—The Mayor (Mr. Hy. Button), Aldermen Barrett, Carter, Ellis, Farrelly, Hart, Sutton, and Scott. The minutes of the previous meeting ...
Article : 2,836 wordsCholera has made its appearance at Murcia, in the south-east of Spain. Cases of sickness of a suspicious character have also occurred at Madrid and the southern ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is again generally reported that a definite agreement between Great Britain and Russia in reference to the Afghan frontier question has now virtually been ...
Article : 48 wordsThe local quotation for tin ore yesterday was 15s 3d per unit. Argus (Wyniford River).—June 4 —I wired to you yesterday informing you of ...
Article : 160 wordsNo confirmation has yet been received through British sources of the report published by the St. Petersburg Novosti, that Abdurrahman Khan, the Ameer of ...
Article : 45 wordsSIR.—Well aware as I am that you consider the Press as not merely a record of contemporaneous history, but as a power for raising and sustaining the tone of public morals, I ...
Article : 416 wordsGeneral Sir Peter Lumsden, late commander of the Afghan Boundary Commission, arrived in London yesterday, and was received with loud cheering by a large ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Secretary of the Launceston Stock Exchange reports the following quotations for Monday:—West Chum, b 6d, s 2s; Moonlight, s 3d. ...
Article : 26 wordsLatest advices from Crete report that deputies of the people boarded the steamer, bringing with them Savos Pasha, the newly-appointed Governor, and declared ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following quotations were made on the Hobart Stock Exchange to-day:—Florence, s 38s; Moonlight, b 3d, s 8d; Argus, b 1s 3d, a 1s 11d; Anchor, b 3s 2d, ...
Article : 73 wordsThe coach accident of which wired you yesterday is the only topic that excites the public mind. Dick was a favourite with the townspeople, and was considered one of ...
Article : 510 wordsReports from Cashmere state that violent earthquakes still continue in that country, swallowing up houses, and doing enormous damage. ...
Article : 25 wordsAnother old identity, who during the last half-century has played no unimportant part in the history of Launceston, has passed away in Mr. Wm. Tyson, sen., who ...
Article : 1,024 wordsConsols are quoted at 97¾. The market rate of discount is one per cent. below the bank rate. ...
Article : 23 wordsA meeting of the Committee of the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held this evening. Mr. E. Chancellor occupied the chair, and ...
Article : 718 wordsThe quotation for tin to-days is £91 per ton. ...
Article : 12 wordsAt the wool sales to-day 11,400 bales were offered. The tone of the market is weak. ...
Article : 22 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent "'W." in this morning's issue asks why the meetings of the above Association were discontinued, and then quite correctly surmises the reason, viz., apathy. ...
Article : 245 wordsIt is estimated the European beetroot crop for the present season amounts to two millions two hundred and fifty thousand (2,250,000) tons. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe persons who were arrested on Saturday and Sunday appeared at the City Court this morning, charged with the Simpson's-road bank robbery. ...
Article : 168 wordsSIR,—An incident of a peculiar character has just come under my notice in connection with the above. A member of a friendly society, A, is suddenly struck down by sickness. Being ...
Article : 225 wordsA concert was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday last, and though the weather was dreadfully inclement, there was a very fair attendance. The proceeds are to be ...
Article : 189 wordsArchbishop Moran left Sydney for Melbourne to-day, an route to Rome. In responding to an address presented by the clergy, Archbishop Moran said he was ...
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Advertising : 406 wordsThe tenders for the new lower bridge over the South Esk here close on Wednesday at noon, and from information received I understand there is likely to be good ...
Article : 287 wordsParliament will be opened to-morrow. Mr. H. E. Downer, member for Encounter Bay, will move an amendment to the address in reply to the Vice-Regal speech, ...
Article : 222 wordsThe Epsom Summer Meeting was brought to a termination on Saturday, and the following was the result of the OAKS STAKES—Of 50 sovs. each, h ft., for ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Tue 9 Jun 1885, Page 3
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