SIR,—A letter appears in the Mercury of Monday the 6th of September, signed " Fair Play." Surely, sir, the writer of that letter cannot have considered the subject about which he has written, or he never ...
Article : 1,351 wordsParliament met to-day. Mr. Berry detailed the procedure of business. There will be a deficiency of over two hundred thousand sterling (£200,000), which will be met by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 124 wordsSome small lots of wheat have changed hands at up to 4s. 9d., and the market for Southern is still firm. Flour is selling up to £11. We have received the following auctioneers' ...
Article : 188 wordsROBERTS AND CO., at Sorell, at 11 o'clock, stock, household furniture, etc. G. S. CROUCH, at 11 o'clock, furniture, etc. ...
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Advertising : 141 wordsItaly, barque, 286 tons, J. R. Gourlay, from Lyttelton, 11th ultimo. Passengers: Two in the steerage. Agent, master. COASTERS INWARDS—September 7. ...
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Advertising : 225 wordsA correspondent writes:— The appreciation in which the ministerial services of the Rev. A. Wayn, both in the pulpit and amongst the sick and the poor in this district, during the whole time he had ...
Article : 460 wordsDRUNKARDS.—Two men and a woman were each fined 5s., or seven days' imprisonment, for being drunk and incapable. PEACE DISTURBERS.—Catherine Wilde and Ann ...
Article : 303 wordsSIR,—I have read most of the letters an[?]nt the Scab Act these last six months appearing from time to time in The Mercury, notably those of "Theodore Bartley" and " J. J. H." I read those of the former simply ...
Article : 475 wordsThe unprecedentedly rough, wet, and boisterous weather of the presunt season is the general and almost single subject of conversation. After about a fortuight's continuance of rough weather, on Saturday morning the ...
Article : 543 wordsSIR,—A good deal has been said and written adverse to Justices' justice, but surely they are not so much to blame when the moral sense of right has so far run riot through the whole of society ...
Article : 548 wordsSIR,—As I am one who thinks it would be a pity that Mr. P. T. Smith's liberal proposal to give £1,000 towards the establishment of a Training School in Hobart Town should not be taken advantage of, will ...
Article : 186 wordsSHIP MAILS will be closed at Hobart Town as under:— For Queensland, etc., per s.s. Tasman, this day, at 3 p.m. For Sydney, ditto ditto, 3.30 p.m. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 8 Sep 1875, Page 2
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