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Detailed lists, results, guides : 274 wordsThe bill to further amend the Council of Education and Scholarship Act, introduced into the Assembly by Mr. W. R. Giblin, is a very simple measure, dealing with the restriction with regard ...
Article : 348 wordsThe chief local publication of the month has been the book entitled " Adventures in Queensland," by Australian, a work of groat meritnatural, sports manlike, and full of life. Th author ...
Article : 540 wordsThe festival of Easter Monday was favoured with delightfully fine weather, and all the amusements were well patronised. The Tamar and Monarch took a large number of excursionists to ...
Article : 988 wordsThe Brisbane Courier says that the finances of the colony require the most rigid economy to be practised by the Governmont, and that in all probability additional taxation will have to be imposed. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsThe whaling barque Marie Laurb arrived at Hobart Town on Saturday, April 10. Hor cargo of 34 tuns of sperm oil was transhipped to the barque Helen, which sailed for London on April 29. During her cruise of 18 ...
Article : 304 wordsThe death roll of the month includes the name of Mr. Joseph Reynolds Ball who died at Waterloo House on the 20th April, after an illness extending over some years. Mr. Ball was a barristor-at-law ...
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Family Notices : 1,616 wordsA complimentary dinner was given at the Freemasons' Hall on Monday last to Mr. J. E. Risby, M.H.A,on the occasion of his retirement from the Hobart Town Regatta Committee, and a ...
Article : 1,185 wordsBusiness duping the month has been of satisfactory character, though there has not been quite so much briskness as in the earlier months of the year. The wet weather for one thing, as had a ...
Article : 960 wordsMr. Barry and his London proceedings have been watched with intense curiosity by the people of all classes. The decision of the Imperial Government to recommmend the settlement of the difficulty in the ...
Article : 716 wordsFifty scamenu have refused to sign articles for the home trade for less than £5 per month. The wages offered, were £3 10s. The result of the polling on the loan of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,504 wordsThe tenth half-yearly regatta in connection with the Derwont Rowing Club, was held on the river Derwent, off Macquarie Point, on Saturday, 26th ult. There was a small attendance of spectators, ...
Article : 686 wordsThe hull of the Rosette has been discovered in five fathoms near the Goodwin Island, Dampier, Archipelago, but there ia no trace of survivors. Bishop Parry has been married to Mrs. Alexander, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe new Governor, Hia Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, is already very popular. He has been entertained by the citizens oft Wellington at a public ball, and was taking a tour through the south ...
Article : 492 wordsParliament is still sitting. A few days ago, Sir Henry Parkes made a ministorial statement. He said that it was intended to close the session on the 16th of May, and call Parliament together in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 wordsAn inquenest was held at Gr[?] Ponds on the 3rd inst.,upon the body of Eugenie McKinley, a young married woman, wife of a labourer, who diod in child bed. Deceased was taken ill and her husband ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 12 May 1879, Page 2
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