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  2. TAMAR REGATTA.

    The day and hour of importance to all interested in the lodging of entries for the forthcoming Tamar Regatta are Monday next at 9 o'clock in the ...

    Article : 130 words
  3. AROUND THE WORLD.

    Members of the Council of War at Paris have decided, says the "Journal," that during the pitting of courts-martial ...

    Article : 83 words
  4. ATHLETICS.

    The abridged programme for the Westbury H.A.C.B. Society's sports on Wednesday, March 20, is published to-day. Nominations close on March 2. ...

    Article : 24 words
  5. STOCK SALES.

    Roberts and Co., Ltd., report:—On Wednesday we held our fortnightly sale at Sorell, when we had a good all-round yarding, and values were satisfactory ...

    Article : 793 words
  6. LILYDALE SPORTS.

    The sports meeting held annually in conjunction with the Lilydale show has come to be popular with city as well as country athletes, and attention is ...

    Article : 77 words
  7. CHEESEMAKING.

    Mr. Conlon, the dairy expert, arrived in Launceston last night, after a strenuous fortnight's duty. He left Hobart on the 15th inst., and proceeded to ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. EAGER CHINESE AMAZONS.

    Some of the Chinese girls who have organised an Amazon corps to support the rebel cause have arrived here, says recent Hankow paragraph. The ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. FIDDLE-DEE-DEE.

    An author tells of an old-time preacher whose determination not to have his church turned into a concert hall was expressed somewhat amusingly from his ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. EXECUTION IN OPERA HOUSE.

    Accounts were published at New York recently of the execution of William Turner, a negro preacher, who, in order that the kinsmen of the man he killed, ...

    Article : 374 words
  11. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  12. INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC LAMP.

    Judgment was given at Glasgow in a Board of Trade enquiry that the loss or the steamship Princess Patricia off the island of Arran, Firth of Clyde. The ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. TEMPERANCE.

    "To escape the evils arising from the use of alcohol there is only one perfect course, namely, to abstain, from alcohol altogether. No fear need be entertained, ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND WAR.

    The Socialist "Vorwae[?]ts" publishes Herr Bebel's reply to the pacific address of the British Labour party to the Social Democratic party in the Reichstag. ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. THE COLTS' MATCH.

    The cricket match between the colts of New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day, in fine weather. There ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. ANGLING.

    On the 20th inst. Messrs. H. G. Chambers and J. R. Alcock caught some good fish in the River Mersey above [?]Creek, the total catch being 17 fish ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. BOXING.

    The middle-weight contest between Dave Smith and "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson at the Stadium to-night, went 20 rounds. Smith won, out-pointing Thompson ...

    Article : 32 words
  18. NO ALCOHOL IN ACCIDENTS.

    "Alcohol has such a distinctly depressant action on the heart, it should never be given in cases of accident, because it is dangerous to do so. Brandy is often ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. CORN STANDARD.

    The corn trade sectional committee of the chamber of commerce today fixed the chamber of commerce standard of fair average quality wheat for the 1911 and ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. CRICKET.

    In the match West v. South today, West will be chosen from—Savigny, Gill, Westbrook, Davit (2), Tabart. Kemmis. Pike, Sherwin (2), Foot, Parsell, Green. ...

    Article : 25 words
  21. PLUM PUDDING DE LUXE.

    In a solid silver basin bearing an enamelled emblem of special design, a plum pudding made at Tiverton, Devon, for presentation to the King and ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. The Rural World.

    The adjourned monthly meeting of the Launceston Fruit Board was held yesterday afternoon. Mr F E. Burbury presided, and there were present Messrs. ...

    Article : 518 words
  23. NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA.

    The match between New South Wales and Victoria was commenced to-day in tine weather, and in the presence of a large attendance Folkard was omitted ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  24. IN THE COUNTRY.

    Our Cressy correspondent writes:—The threshing machines are at work, and it is to be hoped the returns will be satisfactory. Many are a bit afraid of the ...

    Article : 32 words
  25. BRITISH ADAPTIVENESS.

    Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden. Powell, distributing the prizes at Carpenters' Hall, in connection with the Trades Training Schools, said that having ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. THE MARKETS—LATEST VALUES

    Produce deliveries to-day comprised 3400 bags potatoes, 40 bags wheat. 188 bags peas, and 2218 bags oats. The markets are quiet, potatoes ranging ...

    Article : 273 words
  27. NOTES AND HINTS.

    This illustration is of a simple and yet very effective combined washer and nut-lock. It is cut out of sheet metal "C" is the centre hole; "A," "A," two ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  28. ALCOHOL AND MIND.

    "Alcohol and danger to chalthy mind were synonymous. Its pleasant emotional and social effects needed constant watching. It hindered work of any kind. ...

    Article : 116 words
  29. INTERSTATE QUOTATIONS.

    Wheat is quoted at from 5s 8d to 3s 8½d, with fair demand; for wheat on spot, 3s 8½d. Flour is selling at £8 10s. Bran (firm), at £5 10s. Pollard, 5 15s to ...

    Article : 338 words
  30. NAMES OF PUBLIC MEN.

    Lord Haldane has come to the rescue of a correspondent of an enquiring turn of mind by telling him how his name should be pronounced. "The first ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. ALCOHOL A POISON.

    "The point in regard to alcohol is simple enough. It is a poison, and it a poison, which, like other poisons, has certain uses; but the limitations in the ...

    Article : 184 words
  32. LOCKING A WOOD SCREW.

    The following little hint will [?]robably be appreciated by those who are not already acquainted with it. If after using screws for any class of woodwork ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 80 words
  33. LAUNCESTON WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Robert Gardner, Limited, report having held their weekly auction sale of wool at the Exchange yesterday, when they offered an attractive catalogue, ...

    Article : 413 words
  34. FIREMAN IN THE BELFRY.

    A curious case was herd at Clermontdel'Oise (Nord); says the "Matin," when Ernest Etrillard, a fireman, was sentenced to live months' imprisonment for ...

    Article : 194 words
  35. THE FRUIT MARKET.

    The Wholesale Fruit Merchants' Association report prices as follow.—Apples, is 6d to 5s. per case; apricots, 4s 6d to 8s per case; peaches, 3s to 10s per case; and ...

    Article : 39 words
  36. ORIGIN OF SANDWICHES.

    To the memory of "Lord Sandwich' belongs the name of that edible. Being, during his administration (as was usual with him), at a gambling house, he had, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  37. HOME MARKET.

    Bacon.—Australian is in fair demand, Wiltshire cut being quoted at 48s to 50s, and Cumberland 44s to 45s. Enormous supplies of Danish, Irish, and English is ...

    Article : 281 words
  38. AIR AND MOISTURE.

    At all times, and at all places, there is water in the air in the form of unseen vapour. The dew seen in the early morning is the condensation of this ...

    Article : 306 words
  39. TELEPHONE DRAMA.

    A distressing affair is, according to the American newspapers, causing acute embarrassment to Mr. Frank Cockrell, a well-known timber merchant of Chicago, ...

    Article : 231 words
  40. SALES OF CHAFF.

    A. G. Webster and Sons, Ltd., report having sold at the Hobart railway on Thursday one truck of chaff at £4 per ton. ...

    Article : 52 words
  41. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    Mrs. Grigg's daughters were taking music lessons, and she called upon their instructor to enquire as to their progress. Upon her return she seemed ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. COULDN'T FOOL HIM.

    A promoter for a rubber company was trying to persuade Mr. Spangler to invest some of his savings in the company's stock. The demand for rubber, he said, ...

    Article : 200 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 316 words
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