A full meeting of members of the Launceston Fruit Board was held last night. Mr. Campbell presided. A petition was presented to the board ...
Article : 668 wordsMr. Counsel, chairman of the Closer Settlement Board, was in town yesterday. He said it was soon hoped to have Mount Pleasant cut up. About ...
Article : 38 wordsOn the eve of their vacation the state school children had a gala clay, on the recreation ground. A bountiful supply of provisions was provided by the ...
Article : 76 wordsUnder yesterday's date our Cressy correspondent writes:—Last night or early this morning we had a beautiful rain, 82 points falling, which will be ...
Article : 125 wordsOn Sunday the Methodist Church held its anniversary in the Beulah Hall. Two services were conducted by Mr. Huntingdon, of Barrington. There was a very ...
Article : 115 wordsAn old friend in the Cressy district writes in regard to the crop prospects for the season as follows:—Of late years it grows more and more difficult to ...
Article : 351 wordsA social in aid of the local library and reading-room was held at Polley's Hall on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, and a most enjoyable ...
Article : 93 wordsBest roller flour is now quoted at £11, and household at £10 10s. Sharps and bran are quoted at 1s 1d per bushel. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe travelling biorama brass band in connection with the Salvation Army gave a two-nights' entertainment in the Mechanies', the building being packed ...
Article : 39 wordsFor some time past the cemetery has been the subject of many complaints, and the appearance of the place is certainly not creditable. The trust, having ...
Article : 426 wordsNominations for the municipal elections, to be held on Thursday next, closed on Thursday afternoon, and it is satisfactory to note that at the eleventh ...
Article : 832 wordsThe Rev. W. E. Bennett gave a lantern lecture in the Methodist church on Wednesday evening last on Fiji. The peculiarities, modes of living, etc., of the ...
Article : 75 wordsStock sales to-day comprised:—Burnie—8 steers, 11 7s 6d to £10 15s. Connorville—8 cows, £9 17s 6d to 17s 6d to £7 12s 6d. V.D.L. Company—8 steers, £13 to ...
Article : 307 wordsOn Friday evening the Aberdeenstate school (South Spreyton) held their annual entertainment in the schoolroom,. The entertainment consisted of songs, ...
Article : 111 wordsThe wheat crops in this district are generally light, and the yield will be less than last year, averaging between 16 and 20 bushels per acre. There are, however, ...
Article : 189 wordsA concert organised by Mr. E. Pullen was given in the Victoria Hall on Friday night in aid of the funds of the Methodist Church here. There was not a very ...
Article : 136 wordsThe district is very wide and scattered, and the farmers are often separated by stretches of barren land. Taking the district to commence at the 10-mile post ...
Article : 278 wordsThe present season, from an agriculturist's standpoint, has been most unfavourable. The continued dry weather is having a very bad influence on the ...
Article : 373 wordsRuling quotations are:—Wheat,4s 0½d, 4s 1d; bran, 1s, 1s O¼d; oats, 2s 9d, 3s 1d; maize, 4s 4d, 4s 5d; chaff, to £5 10s; potatoes, old, 15s, 30s; new, ...
Article : 42 wordsThe many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dandison, are pleased to find that their son, Mr. E. Dandison, is among us again, after having spent the last 12 months ...
Article : 100 wordsOn Wednesday afternoon and evening last a flower show and fair was carried. on by the members of the Girls' Friendly Society and home and foreign ...
Article : 338 wordsDalgety offered a large, attractive, and representative catalogue to a large attendance of buyers. There was animated competition, and higher values ...
Article : 127 wordsOats.—The early-sown oats are in ear. In weight they are only medium, averaging about one and a half tons. The late sown will not be any better, as the ...
Article : 198 wordsFriday, on which our annual sports meeting was held, was very generally observed as a holiday. The state school, however, was not closed, and on some of ...
Article : 526 wordsIn compliance with the request for produce statistics in these districts, "your own" made a tour of the farms in Beulah and Paradise, and the following are ...
Article : 338 wordsThe prospects for the season are not very encouraging, rain being very badly needed. Having had a dry winter, the grubs and caterpillars have been able to ...
Article : 169 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Beulah Road Trust as held in the Beulah Hall. Present—Messrs. F.Hodgkinson (chairman, C. B. Sharman, F. Duncan, A. G. ...
Article : 468 wordsThis district can be easily divided into three divisions. From the teach to Pinewood Church can well be called the farming land, being almost entirely devoted ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tue 17 Dec 1907, Page 3
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