The necessary capital for carrying out Baron de Losseps' project of cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Panama has been subscribed, and the works will shortly be commenced. ...
Article : 44 wordsHis Excellency the Administrator of the Government, Lady Lefroy, and Miss Lefroy, aecompanied by Captain Hussey, the Premier, and the Colonial Secretary, arrived here at 6 o'clock this evening. ...
Article : 337 wordsSouthern Cross, s.s., 477 tone, T. Capurn, from Melbourne 31th inst., via Goose Island. Passengers from Melbourne—Saloon: Mrsdames Humble, Harris, Smart, Marshall, Webster, Misses Humble, Smellie, ...
Article : 225 wordsENGLAND.—Via Brindisi and Ceylon, expected to arrive here on Thursday. VICTORIA AND OTHER COLONIES.—Per s.s. Rotomahana, due on Thursday. Via Launceston, per s.s. ...
Article : 147 wordsM. Baudry Dasson, who was expelled the Chamber of Deputies in France, on the 11th November, for using intemperate language, is proceeding to law against M. Gambetta, the ...
Article : 57 wordsAfter a fortnight's silence Alderman Pike has at last spoken on the subject of the report of the Waterworks Committee brought up by him as its chairman at the meeting of the City Council on the ...
Article : 3,729 words"Eleemon" and the letters of our Bothwell and Stanley correspondents held over. ...
Article : 16 wordsTHIS EVENING at 8. Derwent Dramatic Club. Golden Plough; and Up in the World. ...
Article : 20 wordsWe have received the following auctioneers' reports:- Messrs. Roberts and Co., on the stock market for the week ended to-day, report a lighter business than ...
Article : 1,201 wordsThe wool sales closed to-day. The quantity sold is 110,000 bales, and 15,000 bales have been held over. There was a good attendance of home buyers, but only a small number of ...
Article : 57 wordsTHE subject of the treatment of juvenile offenders is one that is frequently discussed, but without any practical solution of the difficulty being arrived at. It is a question of vast ...
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Article : 59 words[A special charge is made to consignees who wish to particularise their imports.] Southern Cross, s.s., from Melbourne—140 pkgs tea, 1 pkg brassware, 16 kgs nails, 36 pkgs hardware, 20 tcs ...
Article : 395 wordsTin remains as last quoted, viz., £90 5s. ...
Article : 14 wordsIt is rumoured that the Porte intends to code the island of Crete to Germany, on the same terms that Cyprus was ceded to England. It is stated that the marriage of the Baroness ...
Article : 265 wordsAn adjourned meeting of the Court of General Sessions was held at the Mayor's Court yesterday. Present: Mr. F. W. Mitchell (in the chair), Major-General Irvine, Captain W. Fisher, and Messrs. ...
Article : 1,257 wordsDecember 13, 4·8 a.m. Esk s.s. from sydney, [?] OUTWARD. December 13, 12·25 p.m.—Governor Weld, ketch, for George's Bay. ...
Article : 1,115 wordsGreat efforts are being made to bring about a peaceable settlement of the difficulties between Greece and Turkey. A proposal has been made that the matter should be referred to the ...
Article : 233 wordsThe barque Berean has cleared out for London, and is earlier than the first ship last year. She takes a very large cargo, consisting of 30,681 bales of wool, 41 tons ground bark, 163 tons of tin, 20 ...
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Article : 209 wordsAt a meeting of the Agricultural Society to-day, a committee was appointed to wait on the Commissioner of Crown Lands to urge him to prevent by legislation the growing and removing of vegetables ...
Article : 228 wordsThe public offices and banks are to be closed at noon on Monday next, the second day of the Australian cricket match. Mr. Wm. Peacock, Warden of Sorell, is ex off[?] ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 14 Dec 1880, Page 2
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