The thirtieth annual meeting of the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held to-night the committee-room of the Town Hall, ...
Article : 1,215 wordsThe engine, a cattle truck, and the front wheels of a passenger car of the Port Fairy express left the rails last night at Mount Moriac. One of the ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Russian cruiser Orel has again been run aground, and is full of water. It is now suspected that the vessel is leaking. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe coalition still hangs dire. Mr. Reid and Mr. Deakin have had a conference as a result of a meeting of the protectionists, and Mr. Watson yesterday ...
Article : 267 wordsThe Premier (Hon. W. B. Propsting), is the only Minister in town. ...
Article : 18 wordsThomas Henry West, aged 34, employed at the ball mill of the Mundie works at Mount Morgan, was found unconscious last night. It is surmised that he ...
Article : 133 wordsIn power all this has changed. The ideals are being abandoned one after the other. The immortal principles are being tossed about with a nonchalance that is ...
Article : 201 wordsWilliam Snow, who escaped from gaol last week, and who was subsequently rearrested, was to-day sentenced to an additional six months' imprisonment. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe J[?]ngpen of Shigatse, commanding the Tibetan fort, has recalled all the outlying posts, fearing British raids on the neighbouring villages. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Chief Justice (Sir John Madden) has intimated that he hopes to deliver his reserved judgment on the Fortunato Figaro-Coogee collision damages case on ...
Article : 30 wordsIn connection with the street brawl on Saturday night, the principal offenders paid the penalty for their misbehaviour at the Police Court today. John ...
Article : 109 wordsThe captain of the barque Criffel, which arrived at Fremantle last Friday night, reports that during the passage out from London the chief Officer, T. ...
Article : 41 wordsNearly the whole of to-day was occupied at the first general conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, held in the Wesleyan Church, by a ...
Article : 104 wordsMr. Conroy, the member from New South Wales who has been a source of anxiety to his friends because of this indiscretions, and a source of embarrassment ...
Article : 389 wordsM. Etienne has assured the Colonial Congress at Paris that France, during the last two decades, has organised an Empire in Asia and Africa, comparable ...
Article : 60 wordsThe proceedings of the Council General, at Friday's sitting, were very [?]umultuous. The Governor presented the new laws in regard to the mines, which were ...
Article : 75 wordsAt the Police Court last week the extradition of Reginald Post (who was charged with the larceny of a horse in Christchurch), back to New Zealand, was ...
Article : 258 wordsAbout 4500 bags of wheat sold ex town stores at 3s to 3s 0½d. Considerable purchases were made direct from the country at equal to 3s. Bran was up ...
Article : 219 wordsQuite the best speech of the week was that of Mr. Dugald Thomson, the acting leader of the freetrade party. Mr. Thomson is one of those quiet, ...
Article : 182 wordsLord Milner, addressing the Johannesburg Navy League, expressed the hope that when self-government was conceded the Transvaal would hake a large ...
Article : 86 wordsA fearful tale of tragedy is reported from the West Coast. A woman and four men are said to have been murdered on Friday last at different places between ...
Article : 78 wordsAbout 3 o'clock yesterday morning a three-roomed cottage owned and occupied by H. Diprose, at North Queenstown, was, with its contents, destroyed by fire. ...
Article : 232 wordsSir Henry Moore Jackson, ex-Governor of Fiji, and High Commissioner for the Pacific, has been appointed Governor of Trinidad. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. Thomson dealt first with the offer of the Labour caucus, through Mr. Hughes, to admit to its ranks as Government supporters any member who will ...
Article : 233 wordsThe Commissioner of Police has made the following transfers:—Superintendent L. Whitham, Strahan, to Zeehan; Sub-Inspector J. Anderson, Zeehan to ...
Article : 48 wordsThe will of Henry L. Nathan, late of Sydney, gentleman, has been proved at £135,515. ...
Article : 20 wordsPresident Roosevelt and his Secretary of State (Hon. John Hay) have decided that it is impossible to force the Sultan of Morocco to accede to the terms ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is stated that overpayments amounting to over £3000 have been made by the Commonwealth for the conveyance of mail matter from Australia to Auckland ...
Article : 184 wordsA girl named Janet Muriel Gray, aged, 18, died at Clyde early this morning under circumstances which suggested suicide by poison. She was greatly ...
Article : 75 wordsThe following probates have been issued:—Frederick Bernard William Ropoke to Captain David Melville, £307; Thomas Ranson to the Tasmanian ...
Article : 107 wordsRecently a demand was made upon life insurance societies by the agents' union for the payment of higher rates of commission. The societies declined to grant ...
Article : 86 wordsThe torpedo-boat destroyer, Foam stove in her bows by running into a French schooner. A sham fight was in progress at the ...
Article : 48 wordsThere are now negotiations for coalition between Mr. Reid and Mr. Deakin, and between Mr. Deakin and Mr. Watson. Mr. Deakin was unquestionably ...
Article : 287 wordsThe meeting called for to-night of the North Dorset Railway and Deep Water Port League is postponed in consequence of bad weather until Friday, June 3. ...
Article : 32 wordsDuring the season the following poultry has been supplied for use on the Orient line of vessels calling at Hobart:—364 ducks, 39 turkeys, 20 geese, 704 fowls, and ...
Article : 79 wordsSir,—The note of warning in your leader of Tuesday last relating to the expenditure upon the electric lighting plant is, in the opinion of a great many citizen, ...
Article : 425 wordsAn elderly man, whose body has not been identified, committed suicide last night near the Redfern station by shooting himself through the temple with a ...
Article : 33 wordsThe following pleasing account has been taken by "The Mitre" from the Archdea[?]on's annual diocesan report:— "The foremost place in our record of new ...
Article : 454 wordsThe question which has arisen between the State Government of Victoria and the Federal Ministers and members of Parliament as to whether the latter are ...
Article : 195 wordsA Customs enquiry will be held to-morrow, in which three Launceston firms will be asked to explain alleged misdescription of goods. ...
Article : 26 wordsSpeaking at Cowra, the State Treasurer said be expected to close the financial year with a debit balance of about £300,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe forecast for May 21 is:—Showery Weather, under the influence of depression No. 22; snow on the mountains and highlands; prevailing winds, west, ...
Article : 36 wordsA shooting affray, the outcome of a disturbance at the Ultimo Hotel, took place yesterday afternoon. Two men, one of whom was named Thomas Kenny, ...
Article : 131 wordsThe following notifications will appear in to-morrow's "Gazette":—C. E. Goyder, of Launceston, is granted an auctioneer's license; James Connolly is appointed ...
Article : 253 wordsMr. Deakin is supposed to have given Mr. Reid sufficient assurances that a majority of the protectionists will go across and vote for a coalition with him, ...
Article : 266 wordsMr. Tudor—I desire to ask the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the following statement which appeared in the Hobart "Mercury" of ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Cabinet met to-day, and decided that Parliament, which expires by ef[?]luxion of time an July 10. should not be called together. ...
Article : 27 wordsAn accident occurred at the Central mine yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of a minor named John Head. He and a party were working at the ...
Article : 63 wordsAdvertising is one of the cog-wheels in the business machine. An important cog-wheel, but unless the other wheels do their part, it won't do much good.—American ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tue 31 May 1904, Page 6
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