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  2. INTRODUCTORY.

    Whan our last Summary was despatched Ministers were considering what course they would pursue in consequence of the House of Assembly having passed a resolution asking His Excellency ...

    Article : 1,340 words
  3. RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS.

    Both these subjects have been attracting great attention, for every candidate for Parliament is expected to indulge his opinions upon the state of affairs between the Main Line Railway Company ...

    Article : 273 words
  4. MINING AND MINERALS.

    Tin-mining has been carried on with vigour in the George's Bay district, and we hear of large quantities of ore having been forwarded to Launceston during the past month. A considerable quantity ...

    Article : 1,122 words
  5. PARLIAMENTARY.

    On the 18th May Parliament was prorogued till the 1st of June, and on the 19th the Assembly was dissolved. The following is a precis of the business ia Parliament up to the time of the prorogation:— ...

    Article : 3,501 words
  6. RELIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT.

    During the past month a religious controversy has taken place in our open columns. It was opened by a correspondent under the nom de plume of "Protestant," who said he had been present at one of the ...

    Article : 1,936 words
  7. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.

    Mr. A. J. Taylor, the Principal of our Public Library, has issued a pamphlet 911 "Capital Punishment." Besides giving reasons why the death penalty should bo abolished, and answering some ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. MUNICIPAL.

    The agitation which we stated was being got up with the view to forming a public Gas Company in opposition to that established in Hobart Town by private contract has for the present collapsed. A ...

    Article : 407 words
  9. SOCIAL.

    The want of a first-class temperance hotel has long been felt in Hobart Town, but we are gled to say that the matter has at length been taken in hand by a number of gentlemen, both total ...

    Article : 795 words
  10. LEGAL.

    Tho Criminal Sessions opened at Hobart Town on the 15th May. Sir Francis Smith, Chief Justice presided in the first court, where Timothy Doyle and Edward Davies pleaded guilty to an indictment ...

    Article : 735 words
  11. VICE-REGAL.

    His Excellency the Governor hold a levee at the Town Hall on the 24th May, but probably on account of the inclement weather, the number of presentations wasunusually small. Aposse of the City Police, ...

    Article : 757 words
  12. AGRICULTURAL,

    We have little to report uuder this hoad in our present summary. Much heavy rain has fallen throughout the midland and southern districts during the last few weeks, and the consequence has ...

    Article : 723 words
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