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Advertising : 1,581 wordsSIR,—I see by your report of the last faceting of the Ragged Schools Association, that the Rev. J. W. Simmons strongly recommended the establishment of penny banks in connection with the various ...
Article : 277 wordsSIR,—Allow me to assure "B.A." that my reference to his letter wan not prompted by any spirit of adverse criticism. I am only too glad to find any one taking up the cudgels in the cause of ...
Article : 1,170 wordsThe following are to be the stations of Wesleyan ministers in Tasmania this year, as fixed by the Conference m Melbonrne last weel:—Hobart— Francis E. Stephenson, Samnel T. Withington. ...
Article : 248 wordsSIR,—In continuation of my letter of January 21, I now prooeod to reply to your attack upon West Devon Road Trusts. I will commonce with the Trust which you specially select for ...
Article : 1,102 wordsThe death of Mr. Thomas Henderson, formerly a miner in Sandhurst, and latterly a draper in Melbourne, connected with the firm of Henderson, Buck, and Co., is announced. ...
Article : 1,571 wordsSIR,—I must write to The Mercury and relieve my mind, and demolish the Corporation. I am a mild and inoffensive man, not given to expletives, a patient ratepayer, and also a member and dignitary ...
Article : 335 wordsThe s s Flinders took to Melbourne on Tuesday 1 box containing 1,791oz 2dwt gold, valued at £6,950, shipped by the Commercial Bank. The report given in our last issue as from the ...
Article : 231 wordsThe residents of Tasmania have not, as a rule, been a people to travel much either away from their island home or even through it. This is doubtless unwise, and the parent of many ...
Article : 1,204 wordsTO THE EDITOR OF THE MERCURY. SIR,—Owing to the way in which our regatta ground has been cut up by the railway passing through it, boat-sheds, bathing-house, etc., the ...
Article : 125 wordsSIR,—Once more I beg to call your attontion to to the unsystematic and expensive postal communication with Sandy Bay, and this time I have the melancholy satisfaction of proving statements made ...
Article : 206 wordsSIR,—In your telegraphic news some few days ago the following appeared:—"London, January 22. The directors of the Union Bank of Australia have declared a dividend of 16 per cent, per ...
Article : 87 wordsSIR,—As my previous letter failed to have the desired effect, I venture to suggest that the trustees should ascertain the wishes of the reading public with regard to the closing of the reading-room at 9 ...
Article : 207 wordsSIR,—I was much pleased to see a long article in yesterday's Mercury about the above township, as it is so long since any news whatever has appeared about this lovely spot; but at the same time I ...
Article : 592 wordsSIR,—The announcement that the Bank of Australasia has withdrawn from the arrangements hitherto existing between the associated banks, has met with the hearty approval, not only of its ...
Article : 124 wordsH. M. S. war steamer Emerald, Captain Maxwell, returned to Sydney on Monday from her cruise to the Pacifie Islands. She reports (says an Argus telegram) having arrived at Save on the 18th ...
Article : 782 wordsSIR,—Will you allow me to say a few words on the proposed extension of time at the Tasmanian Public Library? Given [?] sufficient staff, and reasonable ...
Article : 465 wordsSIR, —Reading your report on the Ragged School Association I find the following:—"Mr. Scott pointed out that at present the windows' of the building were being broken, and the walls defaced ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 3 Feb 1881, Page 3
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