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  2. REPRODUCTIVE RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.

    SIR,—Allow me through your columns to draw public attention to what seems to be Tasmania's most pressing acquirement, viz., cheap and remunerative railroad communication. ...

    Article : 1,117 words
  3. ODDS AND ENDS FROM SYDNEY.

    The financial statement revealed the important fact that it is probable that the revenue will be £25,000 below the expenditure for the present year and £300,000 below the expenditure for next year. Since ...

    Article : 1,495 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN MATCH.

    The Eleven began the match against Fifteen of Victoria on Thursday under favourable circumstances. The attendance of spectators was not very, large in the forenoon, but it rose by 3 o'clock to ...

    Article : 2,331 words
  5. CITY OF GLASGOW BANK DISTRESS.

    SIR,—Since the publication of the "Appeal to Scotchmen," which appeared in your issue of 30th ult., I have been daily expecting to hear that someone with more influence than anonymity can claim, had taken ...

    Article : 724 words
  6. THE ORCHESTRAL UNION.

    SIR,—Reading the several letters in The Mercury about the Union, I beg you to allow me space for a few remarks and corrections. "Ochestra" says—The managers of the association ...

    Article : 458 words
  7. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGHTEEN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The match between Lord Harris's Eleven and Eighteen of South Australia was commenced to-day. The weather was splendid, and there were about 3,500 persons on the oval, including the Governor ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  8. THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL TEAM.

    SIR,—I was glad to see by your local in the issue of your paper for the 12th instant, that you endeavoured to stir up the football players in this colony to take some action with a view to obtain a visit of the ...

    Article : 778 words
  9. EDWARD-STREET, BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL.

    SIR,—I believe the Minister of Lands is responsible for the state of Edward-street Here are a number of beautiful cottages and two-storied houses erected, and all occupied by respectable people, ...

    Article : 259 words
  10. GROWLER'S COMPLAINTS, NO. 28.

    "Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, While discontent sits heavy at my heart." —CATO. ...

    Article : 3,092 words
  11. THE CLERGY.

    SIR,—The Rev. Mr. Bird, in one of his Sunday evening lectures, spoke of the hardships endured by Congregational Ministers. He said they werp overworked; to prepare two discourses a week all the ...

    Article : 869 words
  12. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    SIR,—Keenly alive to the prewing necessities of the public interests, and painfully conscious of the smallness of my ability to help, I feel that I may best serve the cause of reason and the national well-being by ...

    Article : 383 words
  13. VOLUNTEER EXERCISES.

    SIR,—Having read in your issue of this morning the letter signed "A Volunteer Rifleman" who states than he has belonged to the regiment ever since its inauguration, I must confess that I was ...

    Article : 336 words
  14. HEEMSKIRK.

    SIR,—I notice in your issue of the 10th inst. a letter from Mr. Woods, in charge of the Oatlands Prospecting Party at the Pieman River. When I was in Hobart Town I told shareholders in some of the claims ...

    Article : 528 words
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