Parliament was opened to-day. Captain McMahon was elected Speaker without opposition, Mr. Duffy having retired from the contest through illness. Dyer, who was apprehended in London on his own ...
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Article : 2,830 wordsThe following correspondence has passed between the Government of Queensland and that of Tasmania on the subject of shortening the time required for telegraphic communication with ...
Article : 1,009 wordsThis is the first day of the New Town Races, and although the good old times of racing caused much more excitement than witnessed of late, the stewards' and secretary's exertions to give good prizes are ...
Article : 3,476 wordsSIR,—At the late meeting to determine upon the Board of Patronage for St. George's parish, on Friday last, your reporter could not his own "unvarnished tale deliver"; becauso—as [?]e will no doubt ...
Article : 224 wordsSIR,—I did not exactly understand the remarks made by the Mayor in reference to taxation: this class pay taxes, that class do not. The fact is, we all pay enough, and to say that a man, because he ...
Article : 268 wordsSIR,—I see by an advertisement in The Mercury that on and after the 1st of May next, the proprietor of the steamer Kangaroo intends reducing the passenger fares from 6d. to 1½d. Really this to some ...
Article : 977 wordsThere has been no change in the local markets to-day. Breadstuffs continue dull of sale at yesterday's quotations. We have received the following auctioneer's ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 26 Apr 1871, Page 2
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