SIR,—As the members of our Upper House of Legislature, though auxious to provide means for the welfare of our vagrant children, seem to be in a fog regarding the cost of providing a training ship ...
Article : 283 wordsMr. Samuel Wilson, of the Wimmera, has offered a thousand pounds to the Acclimatization Society, towards an effort for the introduction of salmon into Victoria. ...
Article : 172 wordsThe grain markets present no change. We hear of some sales of medium wheat at 5s. 8d. Flour is steady at £12 10s. to £13; a fuir trade being done. ...
Article : 644 wordsAcacia, barque, 233 tons, Jas. Riddle, from Melbourne, 27th ult. No passengers. Agents—Belbin and Dowdell. COASTERS INWARDS.—September 2. ...
Article : 1,580 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent writing under the nom de plume of "Caution," repeating the level crossings of railways, endeavours to alarm the public about a subject on which he appears to be quite uninformed, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 wordsDBUNKENNESS.—An unfortunate tippler who had been unable to take care of himself on the previous evening, was fined 5s., or in default, seven days' imprisonment. ...
Article : 58 wordsSIR,—I beg that you will give insertion to the remarks following, on a case recently tried under the Scab Act, in the district of Clarence, as reported in The Mercury. ...
Article : 599 wordsMESSRS. ROBERTS & CO., at the Slaughter Yards, at 11 o'clock, 100 prime fat wethers. MR. G. BURN, on the premises, 138, Macquarie-street, at 11 o'clock, superior household furniture and effects, ...
Article : 61 words"Beeswax," we fear, has not made his tradition sufficiently interesting or applicable. Held over—Our Launceston Letter, "C. F. Creswell," "Thos. Hainsworth, Unity," "Lubra," and ...
Article : 37 wordsTHE second reading of the Appropriation Bill for 1875 was moved yesterday by the COLONIAL TREASURER, with the expressed view of allowing the Votes of Supply to at once go up to the ...
Article : 5,544 wordsSIR,—I think it must be evident from what has taken place in the House, that in reference to the speed required by the contract, Government must insist upon its fulfilment, or not pay the interest; and ...
Article : 373 wordsSIR,—During the debute on the second reading of the above bill, I noticed with regret the narrow-minded view taken by several hon. members of the legislature to the third clause, which provides for ...
Article : 314 wordsSIR,—A letter, signed "Impartiality," which appeared in your issue of the 29th instant, accuses me of untruthfulness in my account of the meeting held in St. Thomas' Church, Avoca, on Friday, the ...
Article : 494 wordsSIR,—In reply to the letter in this morning's issue, under the above heading, your correspondent has overlooked that portion of the circular we posted to him and all the members on our registry, ...
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Advertising : 197 wordsSIR,—Will you allow me, through the columns of your paper, to ask a question of the Catholic clergy, which is of great importance to a number of their flock. ...
Article : 141 wordsSIR,—Can yon inform me what, if anything, has been done to mark the appreciation of the gallant conduct of the mate of the Prairie, in bringing that ship in safety many hundreds of miles with a crew ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 3 Sep 1874, Page 2
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