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  2. FOOTBALL.

    The weather, though cold in the extreme, was favourable for football on Saturday afternoon; and, so far as the number of engagements were concerned, it was the busiest day of the whole season. ...

    Article : 1,454 words
  3. CENTRALISATION OF POLICE.

    SIR, —The controversy now being conducted through the instrumentality of your important journal on the subject of municipal offices offers an opportunity for the advocacy of, as it so clearly ...

    Article : 935 words
  4. THE DERWENT VALLEY RAILWAY.

    SIR,—I see by your valuable paper that Mr. Fincham has a critic in the person of Mr. Fred. Milne, who condems his line of route from the first proposed bridge across the Derwent to the third over ...

    Article : 262 words
  5. MUNICIPAL POLICE.

    SIR,—Some weeks since I wrote a few lines to your valuable journal on the subject of municipal mismanagement of the police, and subscribed myself " Saddened Soul." ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. PUBLIC WORKS IN HUON.

    Sir,—In your leader of the 28th ult. you furnish me with a very opportune hint when you ask, what is a cotract serveyor? Now, I do not think I am competent to solve so difficult a problem ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  7. VICTORIA.

    A prisoner at Pentridge borrowed a knife for a moment the other day, and mutilated his body in a fearful manner. He got a long lecture, and seven days'" solitary." ...

    Article : 676 words
  8. THE LICENSING ACT.

    Sir,—I see by The Mercury that on the 2nd inst. a deputation waited on the Ministry, on the subject of amending the Licensing Act. As to the deputation as they appear in the paper, viz., Hon. J, ...

    Article : 457 words
  9. MUNICIPAL OFFICES.

    Sir,—The question of municipal officers and patronage that has been so often brought before the public lately, is one that, for various reasons, should be well ventilated and thoroughly discussed, ...

    Article : 1,361 words
  10. MEDICAL GENTLEMAN FOR OATLANDS.

    SIR,—A letter, signed "Pator[?]smilias," which appeared iu your issue of to-day, contains statements which seem to call for notice at my hands. The paragraphs—"... shows the want we ...

    Article : 405 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    Several more natives have been arrested near Paribaka for fencing the roads. No opposition was made, but it is believed that Te Whiti will continue this form of obstruction for some time. ...

    Article : 600 words
  12. THE NORTH-WEST COAST.

    Round the north-west corner of Tasmania from Stanley to Mount Cameron, and back again across country to the Montagu, that was the programme. Health, recreation, and a temporary rolease from ...

    Article : 4,263 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 207 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERCURY.

    Sir,—The ambiguity, unintentional I have no doubt, of your correspondent "Paterfamilias," would lead any one in ignorance of the actual circumstances to suppose that I had failed in my ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. ASTRONOMY EXTRAORDINARY.

    Sir,—Allow me to congratulate you on the full report of the Hamilton railway meeting. But, why omit the fact that the statement once made in reference to Boston revolving in an elliptical orbit ...

    Article : 458 words
  16. T.S.N; CO.

    SIR,—A letter in your issue of the 7th inst., signed " Observer of Passing Events," needs notice. If your correspondent was an observer of passing events he would know that the system he condemns ...

    Article : 590 words
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