The Englishmen won the match against the Victorian eleven with six wickets to spare. The farewell banquet to the English team on Saturday was a brilliant affair. Lord Harris made ...
Article : 93 wordsTruganini, s.s., 131 tons, T. M. Fisher, from George's Bay and intermediate ports. Passengers— —Saloon: From George's Bay—Mrs. McMichael, Mrs. Gearing, and Miss Graves; and five in the ...
Article : 69 wordsVenus, ketch, 76 tons, N. Lucas, for Spring Bay. ...
Article : 13 wordsLONDON.—L'Allegro (sailed on Dec. 4); Star of China (loading on December 3). LYTTELTON.—Waratah, barque (to sail on February 18). ...
Article : 36 wordsLatest news from Samoa states that a civil war is feared. Malieta has been proclaimed King, in opposition to the Legislature. General Bartlett has accepted the post of Prime Minister. ...
Article : 40 wordsMELBOURNE.—Rotorua, s.s., to-day. SYDNEY.—Tasman, s.s., to-day. LYTTELTON.—Southern Cross, barque, early. ...
Article : 19 wordsEmpress of China, from Southport for Port Adelaide —10,000ft. sawn timber, 12,000 palings, 28,000 laths, Facy, Hay, and Co. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt the inquest on the carman, Prosser, the evidence showed that the wheel passed over his head, fracturing the base of his skull, but that he remounted and drove for twenty minutes. He ...
Article : 158 wordsMarch 10.—Empress of China, barquentine, A. Griggs, for Port Adelaide. THE s.s. Truganini left George's Bay at a quarter to 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, and reached Swansea ...
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Advertising : 193 wordsAdvantage was taken of the public, Holiday yesterday by these two clubs, and a whole day's match of a very interesting character was played on the Association Ground. There was considerable ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsYesterday was a delightfully enjoyable holiday. The weather was pleasant—a trifle too warm perhaps, in the middle of the day; and those who patronised the public excursions, or went ...
Article : 1,183 wordsSIR,—Under the above head, a correspondent has written a letter which appears in the Supplement of your issue of the 8th March. Does your correspondent really mean to affirm ...
Article : 409 wordsVICTORIA AND THE OTHER COLONIES.—Via Launceston, per s.s. Southern Cross, to leave Melbourne to-day, and will reach Hobart Town on Thursday. NEW SOUTH WALES — Via Launceston, per s.s. Esk, ...
Article : 267 wordsWe have received the following acutioneers report:- Messrs. Roberts and Co. report a busy week in stock of all descriptions, but without any material ...
Article : 1,045 wordsSIR,—I understand that the Richmond Road Trust have at last seen the expediency of letting several sections of the "Risdon Road" for repairs, etc, and, indeed, not before it was required, as it ...
Article : 141 wordsSIR,—I recently had occasion to visit the locality of North-West Bay River, and on Saturday evening, as our provisions were short, we, at a late hour decided to walk to Hobart Town (which, by the ...
Article : 219 wordsSIR,—Were it possible that our "Chief Justice" could rise higher in the estimation of his fellow citizens than is now the case, surely the few words he addressed to one of our leading attorneys, during ...
Article : 383 wordsThe annual Tasmanian dinner in London, the proceedings at the last of which were reported in The Mercury of Wednesday last, may now be regarded as an established institution. As a ...
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Advertising : 818 wordsThe yacht racing opened the proceedings. It was confined to the Alert, Haideo, and Neva, from Hobart Town. The boats were sailed down. The wind was too light for a very exciting race, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 11 Mar 1879, Page 2
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