The R.M.S. Oceana, which arrived from Colombo to-day, brings the following report of the assassination of the Empress of Austria, from the ...
Article : 183 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Assembly for Devonport, vice Mr. W. Aikenhead, unseated, took place to-day, and resulted in the ...
Article : 87 wordsA successful garden fete was held this afternoon in aid of the Boys' Home. The weather was delightfully fine, and the spacious lawn of the ...
Article : 78 wordsSir George Turner, as chairman of the standing committee of the Federal Council, has written to the other members of the committee suggesting that ...
Article : 55 wordsThere is a great drop in the wholesale price of meat, but the butchers have not deemed it fit to cut down the cost to the consumer. To-day one ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Miowera arrived early on Saturday. The passengers include Lord and Lady Brassey and party. ...
Article : 25 wordsFully seven hundred people gathered at the post office corner, West Devonport, last evening to hear the official declaration of the poll, and, although ...
Article : 608 wordsWhen the final result of the poll was declared last night there was great enthusiasm on the part of the large crowd waiting to hear the figures. ...
Article : 78 wordsThis board met at Mr. Roden's, Chudleigh, on Monday. Present— Messrs. A. Oliver (chairman), W. Marchant (vice-chairman), H. C. Bott, A. ...
Article : 454 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted:—Public Works Execution Act, 1897—Road, Hastings to Recherche, contract 5, Brown and Dalco, £69 14s; ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Countess of Szapary thus describes the tragedy:—"The Empress was in excellent spirits, and perfectly well. At half-past 1 we left the hotel, ...
Article : 380 wordsThe murderer offered no resistance when arrested. On the contrary, he appeared in high spirits, sang snatches of popular songs, and on arriving at ...
Article : 390 wordsMr. Bovill will address the electors of Latrobe at Heidelberg State-school to-morrow, Sassafras school on Wednesday, Wesley Vale on Thursday, and ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Wm. Fulton, who opposed the Treasurer at the last election, has been asked to come out for the same seat when Sir Philip Fysh vacates it. ...
Article : 32 wordsAt St. David's Cathedral to-day an ordination service was held, when Mr. J. O'Brydges was admitted to priest's orders, and Mr. Pitt ordained a deacon. ...
Article : 29 wordsOne of the most prominent figures of the Melbourne stage during the past 40 years disappeared on Thursday with the death of Mr. John Hennings, ...
Article : 442 wordsMr. Regan, of Wilmot, who has been missing for two days, was found dead to-day in the bush. It is supposed he was killed by a falling tree. ...
Article : 41 wordsI arrived at Zeehan at 4.30 this afternoon—forty-nine and a half hours from Launceston, including two nights and other stoppages. I walked ...
Article : 291 wordsMr. Talbot, an English passenger by the same steamer, supplies the following account of the tragedy:—"While watching the passengers come aboard ...
Article : 383 wordsThe French detectives believe that the assassination was the result of a plot hatched by Italian anarchists. It appears that Luccheni was prosecuted ...
Article : 316 wordsA sad-eyed, prostrate donkey was recently the centre of a sympathetic little gathering in Victoria-street, London. ...
Article : 348 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsIn his "Cheerful Yesterdays" Mr. T. W. Higginson, of American fame, relates how he saw London in 1872, and again six years later, Matthew Arnold, ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. F. W. Reid, formerly of the Zeehan School of Mines, has been appointed assistant instructor of mathematics at the Adelaide School of ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Convent ball, which comes off to-morrow night in the Gaiety Theatre, promises to be a great success. The installation of the electric light to the ...
Article : 33 wordsAnother instance of many things in the Electoral Act which are hard to understand occurred at Devonport on Saturday. A resident of Deloraine ...
Article : 124 wordsSome interesting details of the nature of the wound are supplied by Doctor Golay, of Geneva, who attended the Empress during her last minutes, ...
Article : 145 wordsIf the readers of this paper have any sickness (private or otherwise) which they would like candid advice and medicine for, write fully to Box No. 5, Devonport, ...
Article : 53 wordsCount Goluchowski undertook the painful duty of informing the Emperor, who was at the castle of Schoenbrunn, near Vienna. He ...
Article : 109 wordsTommy—"Paw, what does 'better half' mean?" Mr. Figg—"It is a polite way of saying the 'whole thing.'" "Now, I'll ask you, for the last time, ...
Article : 70 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 134 wordsThe polling in Launceston was very quietly conducted. The booth was at the Public Buildings, and Mr. George Smith acted as deputy returning officer. ...
Article : 197 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), Mon 17 Oct 1898, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: