Lord and Lady Brassey, with Lord Shaftesbury, A.D.C., arrived to-day on a private visit. Lord Brassey returns to Melbourne in time to be present at ...
Article : 64 wordsA relief fund on behalf of the sufferers by the recent disastrous fires around Hobart has been opened by the Mayor of that city. The proprietor ...
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Article : 33 wordsThe Municipal Council has decided to make a general change in the stationing of the police. Sub-inspector Fitzpatrick, who has been here for ...
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Article : 56 wordsThe Minister of Education has approved of the following staff changes:—Miss Jane Brumby to take charge of the Antill Ponds school as teacher of ...
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Article : 271 wordsMr. Alfred J. Taylor (the Hobart representative of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia) intends to bring under the notice of the society a case of ...
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Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Fri 7 Jan 1898, Page 6
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