On Monday, the 6th inst., the annual treat to the Roman Catholic children was given by their kind pastor, the Rev. James Hogan and the ladies of his congregation, and as usual, it was a grand ...
Article : 440 wordsThe official declaration of the poll for Mudgee was made to-day, giving Mr. Rouse a majority of one. Mr. Buchanan said he did not intend to test the validity of the election. ...
Article : 899 wordsYesterday, the remains of the late Corporal David Thomas Griggs, of B battery of the S.T.V. Artillery Corps, were interred in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, with military honours. It will be remembered that the ...
Article : 709 wordsSIR,—Respecting the paragraph in your issue of to-day about my alleged appointment to the office of Government printer, I think it my duty to say most emphatically that I nevar heard from ...
Article : 271 wordsThe position of the English Government in view of the request which may shortly be looked for from the Legislative Assembly of Victoria is not altogether an easy one. That it is not the business of the ...
Article : 1,505 wordsSIR,—Through a misprint my letter the sum allowed to Mr. Storie by law was said to be £175 per annum, it should have been £275. There are I belive, two Acts bearing on this subject, the one ...
Article : 141 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Saturday the 4th January, 1879. Present: the Warden, R. D. Lord, Esq. and Councillors Dowling, Jones and Burbury. ...
Article : 550 wordsThe s.s, Truganini, which arrived at Hobart Town from George's Bay on Saturday afternoon, brought 383 bags of tin ore from the following claims:- Albert, 114; Emu, 81; F.B., 52; Union, 57; and ...
Article : 40 wordsLaunceston.—Mr. Audrew Reid, the legal manager, reports the tunnel having been driven 16ft since last report. A good quarte lender has been struck in the face, which taken in conjunction with ...
Article : 552 wordsThe seamen here are not taken on, and vessels arriving are fully manned with seratch and Chinese crews. The seamen think the Sydney Union has thrown them over. Much discontent is expressed. ...
Article : 444 wordsFor several years past the public examinations of the Catholic Sunday Schools at Brighton have been attended by circumstances which combined to make the event one of pleasing general interest. ...
Article : 848 wordsA terrible accident occ[?]rred at Lake Alexandrina yesterday. Mr. Yelland, his two sisters, and Miss Croweker, of Adelaide, left Point Sturt in a small [?]oat, which was found capsized. All are supposed ...
Article : 363 wordsAn extensive lot of shares in gold and tin mining compauies was offered for sale by Mr. W. Hartuoll, jun., at his mart to-day, but bidding was very dull. The fact is we have so many companies and such a ...
Article : 911 wordsHow is it that our Parliamentary proceedings disappoint the expectations of the people? and why do our Governments, which are supposed to be constituted under the most liberal system in v[?]gue, ...
Article : 980 wordsThe Green Ponds festival and examinations took place on Wednesday, the 8th inst. His Lordship the Bishop, with the pastor, the Archdencon, and the elergy who took part in the Brighton festival on ...
Article : 288 wordsRaratonga is visiting the Maori King. The grain crops are excellent in quality, but deficient in quantity. Labour is unusually scarce throughout the colony. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 13 Jan 1879, Page 3
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