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Advertising : 628 wordsSIR,—I was very glad to see my friend Mr. Nisbet'a letter in to-day's paper; for I should be very sorry, indeed, if the public thought that any minister of the denomination to which I have the ...
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Article : 309 wordsDRUNK.—A woman and two men were fined, the former 10s, or 14 days' imprisonment, and the latter 5s. each or 7 days' imprisonment. ASSAULTING CONSTABLES.—Michael Thompson, a ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been received from certain landholders in the road district of Hamilton, praying that the boundaries of the said district may be altered and ...
Article : 336 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and party left Sydney this evening en route for Melbourne. The Government intend to make still further reductions in the fares on the railway lines. ...
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Article : 597 wordsPresent[?] Aldermen Brownell, Addison, Maher, Green, Pike, Watchorn and Burgess. The TOWN CLERK intimated that he had been requested to apologise for the absence of His ...
Article : 1,404 wordsA match between the above clubs, took place at Bagdad, on Saturday, the 28th October, and resulted in a victory for Brighton by 87 runs. The Brighton team went to the wickets first, and scored 70; Mr. ...
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Article : 682 wordsSIR,—In The Mercury of the 17th instant, is a letter of the above-named Act, signed, "Tipperary Joe," which obliges me to send you some explanations, one of which I hope will be helpful in fixing ...
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Article : 1,257 wordsSIR,—The people of this Coast have to thank our late member, the proprietor of The Mercury, for the Coast road and bridges over the tidal rivers, where so many valuable lives were lost in the early ...
Article : 761 wordsWe take the following items of news from our Indian files received by the mail:— A proclamation, signed by the Viceroy, has appeared in a Gazette Extraordinary, to which are ...
Article : 701 wordsSIR,—Your shipping intelligence contained in the Mercury of the 26th instant, in giving an account of the arrival of the ships Lufra and Wagoola, states that both vessels arrived in Sullivan's Cove and ...
Article : 161 wordsSIR,—Does it rest with the Minister of Lands and Works, the Woodstock Road Trust, the Port Cygnet Road Trust, or the inhabitants of Port Cygnet that the bridge crossing the Sandfly Rivulet ...
Article : 133 wordsSIR,—I think it is much to be regretted that Mr. Grant should make such statements as he did at the meeting at the Town Hall on Friday last, as I cannot but think he must have been fully aware it ...
Article : 591 wordsSIR,—In your issue of this morning under the above heading appears an account of last Saturday's match by your regular contributor " Nemo," and in which he states, in describing the play of some of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 31 Oct 1876, Page 3
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