As soon as the electoral roll for the division of Bass was issued a copy was placed in the advertising office of the "Examiner" for examination. So ...
Article : 287 wordsA drought has been experienced for some time in the Orange River Colony, in Basutoland, and in the Kimberley, district, in South Africa. ...
Article : 47 wordsReuter declares that Bulgaria and Turkey have arrived at an agreement regarding their respective forces. Bulgaria has decided to disband 10,000, ...
Article : 45 wordsThe brewers of Melbourne are combining to raise the price of beer to hotelkeepers by 10s per hogshead all round. The hotelkeepers desire, in return, that ...
Article : 64 wordsAu anti food tax league has been formed at Newcastle by Mr. Thomas Burt, Liberal member for Morpeth. It includes all parties, and is supported ...
Article : 69 wordsIn the Assembly to-night the Premier intimated that as a result of having to pay the first half year's interest on the converted loan in April, instead of July, ...
Article : 50 wordsRight Hon. Sir N. R. O'Conor, British Minister at Stamboul, recently made urgent representations to the Porte regarding the inexcusable excesses ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Cresswell, manager of the Village Main Reef Gold Mine at Johannesburg, recently engaged white unskilled labourers at 10s per day, and the experiment ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Earl of Beauchamp, ex- Governor of New South Wales, spoke at King's Heath, in Worcestershire, last night, on the fiscal question. ...
Article : 83 wordsImported wheat is selling at 4s 10d to 4s 11d. New wheat for forward delivery is irregular at 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Bran, 9d; Algerian oats, dull, at 1s 4d ...
Article : 149 wordsSultan Abdul Hamid II. refuses to receive the Austro-Russian joint note, and the Macedonian insurgent leaders are equally dissatisfied at the proposed scheme ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Clyde engineers are making a levy in aid of the German Metal Workers' Union, which is struggling for a reduction of hours. ...
Article : 54 wordsSir Robert B. Finlay, K.C., M.P., Attorney-General of England, addressed a meeting at Inverness last night. Protective tariffs, Sir Robert asserted, ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Synod at Capetown is discussing a proposal to unite the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa. Several speakers advocated one nation, ...
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Advertising : 1,058 wordsThe ship Cromartyshire, which arrived from South Africa last Friday, was today ordered into quarantine, owing to plague rats having been found on her ...
Article : 73 wordsH.M.S. Prince George, which came into collision with H.M.S. Hannibal off Finisterre, and was assisted to Ferrol, the great naval station in Spain, has been ...
Article : 61 wordsThe directors' report of the English, Scottish,and Australian Bank, Limited,for the half-year ending June 30 show a profit of £161,671. A sum of £15,000 has been ...
Article : 70 wordsRight Hon, John Morley, Liberal member for Montrose district, held a meeting in the Freetrade Hall at Manchester last night, and it proved to be a great and ...
Article : 269 wordsThe State Treasurer (Mr. Butler) in delivering his budget speech, reckoned on a seven bushel to the acre harvest, but experts are now talking of eight bushels, ...
Article : 69 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that it is proposed to create Prince Charles of Sweden King of Denmark, and then to unite Sweden, Norway, and Denmark into ...
Article : 69 wordsSugar.—Mr. F. O. Licht, of Madgeburg, states in his monthly circular that the production of beet sugar in Europe during the 12 months from October, 1902, to ...
Article : 92 wordsA big coach accident has occurred near Mangaweka. A young woman named Ada Dalziell was killed, and two other passengers severely injured. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Colombian Senate demand 25,000,000 dollars (£5,000,000) and that Columbia shall retain the territory through which the Panama Canal passes. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe judging of sheep in connection with the S.T.A. and P. Society was held today, with the following results:— Merinoes (judge, Mr. J. B. Gibson).— ...
Article : 613 wordsThe "Gazette" to-night contains the assessment roll for the city of Launceston for 1904. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe debate on the want of confidence motion to-night did not add much to the sum total of knowledge of members. Mr. Patterson led off with a ...
Article : 118 wordsCopper.—Standard brands are quoted at £54 17s 6d for spot, and £54 12s 6d for three months' delivery. Lead.—Soft foreign is quoted at £11 ...
Article : 39 wordsThe body of Miss Hickman, the lady doctor, who mysteriously disappeared from a London hospital a couple of months ago, has been found in Richmond ...
Article : 355 wordsThere is no truth in the rumour that Mr. Chambers is likely to be appointed Commissioner of Police. It is stated as likely that Superintendent Pedder will ...
Article : 53 wordsThe following notifications have been posted at Lloyd's:— Arrivals.—From Wellington—Braemar, bq. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe house on Hackney road, belonging to Nathan Zausmer, a bootmaker, was destroyed by fire last night. Mr. Zausmer and his wife were ...
Article : 63 wordsThe outlook for the show was very gloomy this morning, heavy rain falling up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, when the weather cleared, and the sun shone out ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Government Statistician's report on the vital statistics of the registration districts of Hobart and Launceston for September, 1903, is as follows:—During ...
Article : 434 wordsSir,—I feel the thanks of the community are due to the "Examiner" for the article in this morning's issue on the way the postal arrangements are being carried ...
Article : 315 wordsItalian Marconigrams are working between Pekin and Taku. ...
Article : 16 wordsAt a meeting of the marine board today the tender of Messrs. Holyman and Sons for four trips to Maatsuyker Light-house with stores, at £30, was accepted, ...
Article : 94 wordsThe latest Russian and Japanese orders for steam coal received at Cardiff aggregate 50,000 tons. ...
Article : 19 wordsCount Cassini, Russian Ambassador to Washington, has arrived in Paris en route to St. Petersburg. He states that Japan has decided against war. ...
Article : 28 wordsA new standard weight of half a cental has been authorised. It represents 50lb. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Premier has directed the registrar of the Supreme Court (Mr. P. S. Seager) to proceed to the West Coast, and report to the Government on the affairs of the ...
Article : 251 wordsAn excellent programme is now being submitted by Miller's Entertainers at the Empire Theatre, and as is only to be expected, large houses are the rule ...
Article : 90 wordsThere is in New York a marriage bureau which does business in a wholesale way. It is stated to have introduced 100,000 men who were hankering to ...
Article : 195 wordsEvery soldier in the British army carries in his haversack what is known as the "emergency ration." This consists of a small tin cylinder, similar to a pocket ...
Article : 115 wordsElectricity, hitherto confined to the mechanical side of agriculture, has now to be classed among the fertilizers. Two Russian scientists, M. Spyeskneff and ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 21 Oct 1903, Page 5
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