Sir—I perfectly agree with your correspondent, "Onlooker," that the young gentlemen, to whose " respectable antecedents" and " pleasing manners" the Bishop referred to at the meeting on Friday ...
Article : 317 wordsBella Vista, barque, 166 tons, Geo. Graves, for Auckland. Free Trader, barque, 206 tons, H. Robinson, for Adelaide. ...
Article : 864 wordsJudge Pohlman has been sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court, and has gone on circuit. The conviction of Davis, a mining manager, for stealing gold, has been quashed. ...
Article : 134 wordsOur Summary for England, for transmission by the R.M.S. Rangoon, will be published on THURSDAY, the 13th instant, the mail having been announced to close on that day. Parties requiring extra copies are requested ...
Article : 44 wordsThis Evening: PANORAMA OF FRANCO[?]PRUSSIAN WAR. Commence at 8 o'clock. ...
Article : 13 wordsTHE Report of the Board of Management of the Queen's Orphan Schools and Asylum for destitute children for 1860 commences thus:—"On the 1st January, 1860, this institution was ...
Article : 5,956 wordsMr. Jno. Trowbridge has been appointed Postmaster at Black Boy, vice Mr. Jno. Reid, resigned. Mr. Wm. Wheeldon is to be Deputy-Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Franklin, in ...
Article : 160 wordsSir,—In your paragraph on Mr. Munro's funeral you say, " owing to narrow-minded objections raised by Mr. Storie, the address which is usually delivered at the grave of a Foroster was omitted." This ...
Article : 959 wordsThe Ouse Ploughing Match came off on Friday last on land belonging to Mr. J. Howard, but the fact of its being the first attempt at a gathering for such a purpose, combined with the disagreeable ...
Article : 635 wordsThe bakers have again advanced the price of bread from 3d. to 3½d. for the 2 lb. loaf, and 6d. to 7d. for the 4 lb. loaf. This is in consequence of the advance in the price of flour, which is now quoted ...
Article : 768 wordsSIR,—It is scarcely possible for gold mining to progress in Tasmania while the Lands Department act with so little wisdom in the management of the gold-fields. On the 30th May last I find that ...
Article : 561 wordsSir,—In your able article on "the late Sorellca[?]e" you do much to destroy the petty spirit of mere money. grubbing which has characterised some of the southern municipalities, and the excuse for which ...
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Advertising : 61 wordsSir,—I am surprised your correspondent, " Onlooker," should throw cold water on the attempt to abridge the hours of labour by comparing the state of things here with that at home. Surely people do ...
Article : 169 words"OBSERVER"—We really fail to understand what "Observer" complains of. He speaks of an exorbitant road rate, and then says that in consequence of 6d. and 3d. rates, the trustees had shown Government they ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 11 Jul 1871, Page 2
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