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  2. INTRODUCTORY.

    WHEN our last monthly Summary for Europe was published, the Colony had just got quit of a Ministry that, if the public had had as high an opinion of it as some of its Members appeared ...

    Article : 1,385 words
  3. MINING AND MINERALS.

    The great fill in the price of tin in England has had a depressing effect upon the mining industry of Tasmania, for although the valuable mineral appears to be inexhaustible, the cost of labour and its ...

    Article : 593 words
  4. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.

    Mr. Richall Richardson, promoter of the "Courier Exhibition of Tasmania," who has been "doing" the Honeywood district for the furtherance of his project, delivered a public lecture in the local ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. SOCIAL.

    An amateur entertainment was given at the Working Men's Club on the 13th ult. for the benefit of the wife and family of Mr. John Hollis, who was recently seriously injured by the Corporation ...

    Article : 974 words
  6. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The past month has been favourable for agricultural operations, and ploughing and sowing have been carried on with unremitting attention. Fodder has been plentiful throughout the island, and we are now ...

    Article : 670 words
  7. AQUATICS.

    A meeting was hold at the Town Hall, Hobart Town, on the evening of August 24th, for the purpose of deciding upon the proposal to send a representative crew to the Balmain Regatta, New South ...

    Article : 355 words
  8. COMMERCIAL.

    This has been one of the quietest months of the year in business circles. Transactions have been, small, supplies of grain and produce limited, and the export trade not by any means brisk. Our ...

    Article : 1,456 words
  9. LEGAL.

    The Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court were held on the 21st ult., before the Chief Justice and a jury of seven. The only case heard was that of Crosby and Others v. Evans, who was ...

    Article : 389 words
  10. PARLIAMENTARY.

    The following is a resume of the proceedings in Parliament np to the date of the prorogation, the 9th August:— LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ...

    Article : 1,566 words
  11. INCIDENTS.

    The eleven seamen of the whaling barque Onward, whose arrest was reported in our last summary, were found guilty at the Police Court on August 8th, of disobedience on the high seas of the lawful ...

    Article : 1,465 words
  12. RELIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT.

    The Rev. B. S. Bird, pastor of the Davey-street Congregational Church, delivered two very able sermons in aid of the Congregational Union Mission on Sunday, August 26th. The subjects were ...

    Article : 582 words
  13. MUNICIPAL.

    A movement has been initisted by Councillor R. D. Lord to build a Town Hall in Oatlands, and the Municipal Council have unanimously and most heartily determined to carry out the project. It is ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. POLITICAL.

    At the date of our last summary, the 4th August, the Reibey Ministry, having been defeated by a majority of one, had resigned, and Mr. Fysh had been sent for by the Governor and had undertaken ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  15. RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS.

    The traffic receipts of the Main Line Railway for the four weeks ending the 25th August, amounted to £2,777 7s., which was an increase on the corresponding period of last year of £1,205 11s. 6d. No ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.

    The Georgia Minstrels made their last appearance in Hobart Town on the evening of the 6th ult., and after a short and successful sesson in Launceston, proceeded to Melbourne. ...

    Article : 1,038 words
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