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Advertising : 707 wordsThe Otago Daily Times of December l8 observes:—"The sale of the second block of land on the Waimate Plains for about £38,000 for 6,000 acres sold for cash, besides the annual instalments ...
Article : 936 wordsSIR,—In the several articles which have appeared in the [?] of your newspaper during the last few months respecting the advantages which the Tasmanian public would reap by our postal ...
Article : 1,088 wordsThe current number of this Review is distinguished by an able contribution to the education controversy from the pen of the Bishop of Melbourne, who replies to Mr. Pearson's article in the ...
Article : 1,512 wordsSIR,—Any person reading the letters of your speoial reporter on the West Coast cannot but he convinced that the country in that portion of the island has not received the attention it deserves at ...
Article : 292 wordsWe are having a long spell of dry weather, and if we don't got some rain there will be very little crops. Most of the late crops are very bad, and in many places are in head at about 6in. high—a very ...
Article : 2,021 wordsSIR,—Mr. Hodgson's letter, which appeared in your issue of the 3rd inst., under the heading "Branch Railways," must have been written under a misapprehension of the actual position assumed by ...
Article : 419 wordsComplaints of rust in wheat come from all parts of the colony. Nearly 15,000 persons visited the Exhibition and 18,000 attended the Champion Race Meeting on ...
Article : 1,296 wordsSIR,—Mr. E. Hodgson's letter in this morning's paper auent railways, is, in my humble opinion, worthy of something more that a passing notice, opening up as it does the whole question of branch ...
Article : 504 wordsNo man is a prophet in his own country, and apparently (remarks the Argus), no natural product commands half the respect to which it is entitled in its own native habitat. Familiarity with our gum ...
Article : 966 wordsSIR,—I beg that you will allow me to thank you for re-publishing the chief part of Bishop Bromby's manly letter to The Times regarding the imprisonment of the Rev. Mr. Dale for extreme Ritualistic ...
Article : 251 wordsSIR,—The question of the drama versus pulpit has, like many other irreconcilable subjects, had for its patrons and opponents men of the highest culture, ability, and influence. Therefore I am not a little ...
Article : 1,147 wordsSIR,—Regarding your foot-note to my letter on the subject of the abovo entertainment, in aid of church funds, "On what" do I "base the assumption that the proceeds were not a willing ...
Article : 127 wordsThe usual games, sports, etc., of this festive season have, of course, been held, and a pleasant Christmas and a happy New Year's Day has been spent by most in this district. ...
Article : 524 wordsSIR,—A letter signed "E I." in your issue of the 4th calls for a few remarks from me. The first thing that strikes me is the long period "E.I." has been brooding over this subject, seeing that it is ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 8 Jan 1881, Page 3
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