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  2. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

    The railway meeting at the Council Chambers to-day was a great success. The town was all excitement. At Hamilton's store a railway flag was displayed, and the utmost enthusiasm ...

    Article : 213 words
  3. THE LATE MR. CHARLES HARPUR.

    A few weeks ago we noticed in the columns of a provincial paper an announcement which was invested with a peculiar aud sorrowful interest, It was a notification of the death, by ...

    Article : 800 words
  4. LAW INTELLIGENCE.

    BEFORE A. B. Jones, Esq., S.M. DRUNKENNESS.—Agnes M'Cleod and Ann Butler were respectively fined 53. for this offence, and, in default of payment, were ordered to ...

    Article : 112 words
  5. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Ivanhoe, Barnes' Bay, firewood; Amnie, Barnes' Bay, f[?]wood; Thames, Snake Island, firewood; Ayrshire La[?]s, Huon, produce. SAILED.— July 23. ...

    Article : 346 words
  6. BOTHWELL.

    Winter has come upon us at last with " stern severity." " The night is winter in his roughest mood," to quote from a favourite poet, and, I can add with truth, the day as well. Snow, ...

    Article : 752 words
  7. INCIDENTS OF THE ATTACK ON MAGDALA.

    Theodore seems to have been very much impressed with the novelty and appearance of the missiles fired by the rocket brigade. He picked up the case of one said to have passed within ...

    Article : 671 words
  8. THE HUON ELECTION.

    The poll for tho Huon, was taken yesterday, but returns were not received from the districts, and the result will not be known until this after-noon. The polling iu Hobart Town took place ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Business has generally been dull daring the day, and we have no change to report in prices, which continue as under:—Flour, £17 per ton; wheat, 6s. 6d. to 7s. per bushel, (holders ask ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. THE MAIN LINE RAILWAY.

    Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, a deputation from the Central Main Line Railway Com mittee waited upon His Excollency the Governor and the Executive Council, for the purpose of ...

    Article : 420 words
  11. SALES BY AUCTION—THIS DAY.

    MESSRS. W. A. GUESDON & CO., at the mart, at 11 o'clock, butter, bacon, groceries, twine, &c. MR. G. BURN, on the promises, Colville-street, at 11 o'clock, household furniture and effects. ...

    Article : 35 words
  12. THE MERCURY.

    OF all the discouragements encountered by those who undertake agricultural pursuits, there aro none so serious, or so disheartening as the appearance of disease among the ...

    Article : 1,874 words
  13. THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION.

    In all fairness it must be admitted that the disestablishment of the Irish Church has been proposed with all duo gravity and solemnity, and only as a political necessity that could no longer ...

    Article : 1,150 words
  14. MAIN LINE RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

    The committee met at the Town-hall at 7 p.m. Present:—Mr. W. L. Crowther, in the chair, Messrs. Walch, Pike, Ivey, Susmau, Hunter, Belbin, Pesk, Champion, Cook, Pratt, ...

    Article : 234 words
  15. THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

    Mr. Barry Sullivan closed his third engagement since his return from Australia, at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on Saturday, the 2nd May last, appearing as Othello to a ...

    Article : 343 words
  16. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce took place yesterday afternoon, for the nose of considering the railway question. Mr. J. Browne occupied the chair. It having been ...

    Article : 621 words
  17. BEETROOT SUGAR.

    SIR,—Having just read with pleasure your able article in yesterday's Mercury, on the growth of beetroot for the manufacture of sugar, and taking a great interest in the above subject, ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. BAD NEWS FOR THE RATS.

    According to the French Moniteur there are in France upwards of two thousand millions of rats and other rodents. Supposing each of these little quadrupeds to commit the damage of only ...

    Article : 371 words
  19. DELIVERY OF LETTERS AT NEW TOWN.

    SIR,—If the City of Hobart arrives from Sydney on Saturday the inhabitants of New Town do not receive their letters until 1 o'clock on Monday. The City leaves again on Tuesday ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY CONTRACTS.

    The contractors for the Launceston and Western Railway line, Messrs. Overond and Robb, are now advertising for tenders for the supply of a large quantity of timber ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  21. THE POWER OF A HORSE.

    SIR,—It has been stated that a Tasmanian horse can draw three tons' weight from the bottom of Murray-street hill up to the Watorloo Hotel, and that the samo task has been ...

    Article : 95 words
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