The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4 o'clock. Present: Hon. the Premier, hon. Messrs. Chapman, Innes, Agnew, Robertson, James Lord, John Lord, Field, and Gellibrand. ...
Article : 481 wordsIn the House of Lords a discussion has taken place regarding free trade and protection. Lord Beaconsfield spoke, and declared that reciprocity, or a reversal of free trade principles in Great ...
Article : 52 wordsCity Gold Mining Co.—Mr. Irvine, mining manager, writing under date of the 30th ult., says:— The contractors in the main shaft are slabbing up, and would be finished on Friday, when Turner's ...
Article : 559 wordsAt a Liberal meeting at Chelsea, at which Sir Charles Dilke was chairman, Mr. Graham Berry, in replying to an address presented to him on the occasion, said he expected ultimately to see ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Marquis of Salisbury, at a banquet last night, said he was convinced that the Powers, without exception, had determined to execute the Berlin Treaty. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Graham Berry, in the course of a speech last night, said he had cause to be reasonably satisfied with the result of his mission. He has been promised a definite reply on Saturday, and ...
Article : 47 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Peter Rylands, M.P. for Burnley, brought forward a motion, of which he had previously given notice, censuring the financial administration of ...
Article : 164 wordsThe SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. GIBLIN to ask the hon. the Minister of Lands, what steps have been taken to give effect to the vote ...
Article : 7,969 wordsAt the Police Court to-day Alfred Manchey was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for uttering a forged order. A rush is setting in to a new gold field near ...
Article : 216 wordsIn addition to the crushing cleaned up on Wednesday from the City of Launceston Company, mentioned in our last issue, another cleaning up from the New Native Youth Company took place ...
Article : 331 wordsA special meeting of subscribers and others interested in the Campbell Town Hospital was held at that Institute on Thursday last, when matters relating to the future carrying on of the ...
Article : 419 wordsA fatal affair happened at Greta yesterday. It is reported that Thomas Lloyd, lately discharged at Beechworth, and John Lloyd, known as "Fat Jack," were drinking at Mrs. O'Brien's hotel, and ...
Article : 145 wordsMount Bischoff.—Mr. H. Ritchie, manager of this Company, has received a telegram from Mr. Kayser advising him that the output for the month of April was 235 tons ore. ...
Article : 30 wordsOn Friday night a lecture was delivered in the Mechanic's Institute, by Mr. John Sly the agent for the Australian Mutual Provident Society. A lady resident played several popular airs on the ...
Article : 385 wordsA meeting of the Society of Carpenters and Joinera last night passed a resolution repudiating all connection with the late strike, and calling upon the prominent leader of the strikers to defend his ...
Article : 290 wordsSIR,—In your Launceston letter of this morning referring to this correspondence, occurs the following:—"I notice that some of your correspondent's are publishing garbled portions in a manner ...
Article : 723 wordsBishop Stanton, at the Church of England parochial meeting, said he was delighted with the hearty sympathy given him since he arrived in Australia. Recent advices report heavy floods over the ...
Article : 56 wordsGreat excitement was caused here on Saturday night last and sympathy felt for the parents, when it was known that a little boy, the son of Mr. Jas. Bacon aged seven years was lost in the bush a few ...
Article : 1,197 wordsA serious charge has been preferred before the Marine Board against Captain Moore, of the barque Courier, by Mr. C. F. Stansbury, agent for the owners of the barque, to the Marine Board. He is ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 3 May 1879, Page 3
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