The first-class militia assembled to-day. There are not sufficient arms at present to supply them all, even were it desirable to issue them before the companies get into a little better order. ...
Article : 2,310 wordsSaturday being Boxing Day proper, the New Norfolk residents were not disposed to forego their annual rugatta, although in Hobart Town the general holiday will be kept to day, and it was anticipated ...
Article : 3,622 wordsTo-day is proclaimed a general holiday, and is likely to be well kept as such by the citizens. We hear of numerous picnic, fishing and mountain parties having been projected, and a variety of amusements ...
Article : 293 wordsDecember 27th, 12 p.m.—Annie, steamer, from West Coast. THE brig Chanticleer was towed by the steamer Kangaroo from her berth at the wharf named after the ...
Article : 418 wordsThe nomination of persons qualified to be elected as an Alderman of the city of Hobart, in the room of the Hon. P. O.Fysh, Esq., resigned, were opened by His Worship the Mayor on Saturday afternoon,and ...
Article : 194 words8.30 a.m.— Wind, W., cloudy, Bar.29·90. Ther. [?] [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] MOUNT NELSON.—December 26. ...
Article : 109 wordsBy announcement which appears in another column, it will be seen that Mr. James Ralfe one of the candidates at the municipal election has withdrawn in favor of Mr. John Perkins. Electors will ...
Article : 60 wordsPRESENT: The Warden, H. Dawson, Esquire, in the chair, and Councillors Morrisby, Stanfield, Young, and Manm. THE LATE WARDEN. ...
Article : 905 wordsSHIP MAILS will be closed at Hobart Town as under:— For intercolonial ports closed in the following rotation:—South Australia, Brisbane, Rockhampton, New South Wales, Twofold Bay, Auckland, Christchurch, ...
Article : 173 wordsHis Excellency Colonel Gore Browne retires from the government of Tasmania to-morrow afternoon, proceeding to Melbourne by the s.s. Southern Cross. His ...
Article : 847 wordsTo-day being almost a general holiday in town, there has been nothing doing in commercial circles worth reporting. We abstain from giving quotations until the commencement of the ...
Article : 42 wordsTHERE is no occasion for terror but much room for anxiety as to the sanitary state of Hobart Town, should any contagious disease break out among us. Melbourne has had ...
Article : 2,134 wordsBEFORE A. B. Jones, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate. DISTURBERS.—Jessie Taylor alias Moon, for disturbing the public peace was fined 5s. or in default ordered to prison for seven days. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 28 Dec 1868, Page 2
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