The reading public are pretty familiar with Dickens as droll description of "The Circumlocution Office," and with Mark Twain's clever adaptation of the same in ...
Article : 865 wordsThe remark in my last notes re the willingness of the City Club to play the Launceston for a sum of money does not seem to have been well received by the ...
Article : 301 wordsSIR,—I am afraid the rulers in Tasmania are a little like the fable of the man, his son, and the ass—they try to pleas everybody, and by that means they please nobody. At one time ...
Article : 463 wordsPresent—The Warden (R.Hall, Esq.), Councillors M'Neece, Smith, Lovejoy, Abey, Rock, and Hart. Minutes of last meeting wore read and confirmed. ...
Article : 478 wordsSince my. last we have had a visit from the travelling agent for the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society. Mr. J. W. Butters, who has done passably well, ...
Article : 416 wordsMessrs. Roe and Farmilo, the successful tenderers for the erection of the Commercial Bank of Tasmania here, visited Longford yesterday to make some preliminary ...
Article : 1,138 wordsThe football meadow is no longer rife with spills, but has been deserted for a season by the knights of the leather, who have or will soon betake themselves to ...
Article : 1,418 wordsNever, perhaps, on any former occasion, have the echoes of the Assembly resounded with more hearty cheers than those which greeted the announcement of the Chairman ...
Article : 1,837 wordsSIR,—I find the opinion of the most distinguished scholar in Australasia—Professor Badham, D.D., of the Sydney University—is in perfect accord with "Grandmamma's" ...
Article : 420 wordsThe great topic of conversation here is the railway and the timber that has been filled by the contractors along the line, and allowed toe remain there. It is hoped ...
Article : 265 wordsPresent—Messrs. R. Hall (chairman), Smith, and Lovejoy. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. ...
Article : 812 wordsSIR,—I feel convinced that I am not the only parent who regrets the action the Premier took when the deputation waited on him, asking him to insert a clause to protect young females to ...
Article : 770 wordsSIR,—A correspondent, writing to you on the above subject, complains that "the wharf and store are monopolised by the T.S.N. Company and the Don Trading Company, to the exclusion ...
Article : 154 wordsWe have experienced a very sudden change in the weather here during the past week, a perfect transition from winter to summer. The last three days have been ...
Article : 617 wordsA sad accident has happened to a little boy of Mr. Charles Smith, at Black Creek, about 12 miles from this township. The lad, who is about eight years old, was ...
Article : 334 wordsSIR,—Being about to buy an allotment of land in this township, the vendor complains that he has to sell owing to the following:—When J. P. bought his allotment he did so ...
Article : 113 wordsYoung Wife: "I am determined to learn at what hour my husband comes home at night; yet do what I will I cannot keep awake, and he is always careful not to ...
Article : 265 wordsThe Dwarf Combination Troupe gave one of their exhibitions here to a good house, and will perform again on their return from the East Coast. The Dwarfs showed ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Sat 10 Oct 1885, Page 1
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