Cape Town advices to the 25th of March state that as a convoy with supplies was proceeding to Luneberg accompanied by 104 men of the 18th Regiment, a sudden attack was made upon it by ...
Article : 123 wordsVICTORIA AND THE OTHER COLONIES.—Via Launceston, per s.s. Southern Cross, to leave Melbourne today, and will reach Hobart Town on Monday evening, and be delivered on Tuesday morning. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 395 wordsThe Standard, in a leading article, announces that if the Khedive of Egypt neglects the friendly warnings of France and England, and fails to retrieve his recent extraordinary conduct in ...
Article : 59 wordsThe markets do not present much change, but today on account of the holidays, there has been rather more business than usual transacted. Sales of wheat are being effected at 4s. 9d. to 4s lOd. The millers ...
Article : 711 wordsThe Western Australian 4½ per cent. loan of £100,000, minimum 96, was a great success. ...
Article : 25 wordsColonel Pearson's sortie from Ekowe has been repulsed. ...
Article : 18 wordsConsols have advanced ?, to 97?. Colonial Government Securities.—Five per cent. New South Wales loan, with two per cent. annual drawings, from 1879 to 1898, £106; four ...
Article : 148 wordsOn account of the closing of the English Mail to-day, this Office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MONDAY being a PUBLIC HOLIDAY, the Office will be open from 7 to 8 p.m., for the reception of ...
Article : 50 wordsWhen we became Colonists we did not shake off all the habits and influences which do so much in the old Country to excite class antipathies. Many of the restraining influences which give ...
Article : 6,592 wordsA fire took place at Dilston, East Tamar, early this morning. A barn attached to the East Tamar Hotel, was totally destroyed, together with some wheat, oats, and implements that were inside; ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Berry has telegraphed that he has had a second interview with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and considers that the discussion was favourable to his views. ...
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Advertising : 690 wordsIn the betting on the Sydney Cup Bosworth is firm; Olivia, six to one; Chester, seven to one. Bosworth is still in great favour for the Cup. Eighteen hundred of the Communists who have ...
Article : 50 wordsTamar, s.s., 308 tons, T. Capurn, from Melbourne 8th instant. Passengers — Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Moorhouse, Mr. and Mrs. Quirk, Mrs. J. Brown, Miss Giles, Messrs. E. P. Brown, Musgrove, Brownell, J. ...
Article : 50 wordsNews from Fiji states that the Levuka Chamber of Commerce has transmitted a petition to the Queen against the native taxation scheme, and condemnatory of Sir Arthur Gordon's policy. ...
Article : 33 wordsLady Emma, barque, 203 tons, H. Bowden, for Ly[?]. ...
Article : 14 wordsA disturbance is expected to morrow at Lambton, when the miners leave off work in accordance with notice from the Union, and the police have been instructed to take the necessary precautions. It is ...
Article : 325 wordsRobert Burne, schooner, for Launceston, via George's Bay. ...
Article : 11 wordsLONDON.—L'Allegro (sailed on Dec. 4), daily; Star of China (sailed on February 12); [?] (commenced loading on January 14). RIVER CLYDE.—Flinders, s.s. (cleared the land on ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON.—Helen, barque, on the 19th inst. MELBOURNE.—Tamar, s.s., on the 16th inst. NEWCASTLE.Rocket, barque, to-day. LYTTELTON.—Lady Emma, barque, early. ...
Article : 28 wordsIncluded [?] the manifests of the Tamar are the following consignments:- Ex Tamar, from Melbourne.—55 pckgs merchandise: P. O. F[?]SH &CO. ...
Article : 80 wordsLady Emma, for Lyttelton.—4000 railway sleepers ([?],000ft. timber), 50 [?] green fruit, E. M. Fisher. ...
Article : 16 wordsApril 11, 12 noon.—Esk, s.s., 517 tons, J. Lewis, from Sydney. Passengers-Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Denitthava, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Hooking and [?] Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Rowe, Rev. H. [?]udge, Mr. ...
Article : 409 wordsOn Saturday morning screams of "murder" were heard in the covered wharf at Maryborough. A man named Aitken went in the direction of the wharf, and was never seen afterwards. People ...
Article : 55 wordsThe engineer of harbours and Captain Howard, of the Admiralty, have left for the Murray mouth, to report on the best means of preventing the obstruction caused by the drifting sand. ...
Article : 65 wordsArrived (This Morning).—Ringaroom[?], s.s., [?] Melbourne, via Hobart Town. ...
Article : 15 wordsMr. C. Toby, manager of the New White Boy Gold Mining Company, has sent as the following extract from mining manager's report, dated 9th April, 1879:—In the lower level in the face the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 12 Apr 1879, Page 2
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