The following is the forty-fifth annual report by the directors to the proprietors submitted at the annual general meeting in London, on the 17th March:- The directors have the pleasure of laying before ...
Article : 2,680 wordsPastor Chiniquy, the celebrated ox-Catholic priest, arrived from Launceston by express train on Saturday evening, and preached at the Chalmers' and Wesleyan Churches yesterday morning and evening ...
Article : 850 wordsIn the Assembly, railway bills, from Narracoorte to Tatiara, and Blyth to Gladstone, were introduced, also several other bills. Nothing else of importance was done, and the House adjourned at 3 o'clock. ...
Article : 658 wordsA catarrhal disease has appeared among the lambs in the eastern districts. It submits to treatment by codliver oil, A Polish Jew named Rosenberg, lately from San ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Bothwell hounds met at Campbell Town on Thursday last. There was a sharp frost during the night, but the morning, by 10 o'clook, was all that was wished for, and the day turned out to be very ...
Article : 507 wordsAt a meeting of natives held at Parihaka, Taranaki, 800 were present. Te Whiti said that he was the director of affairs, but wished peace, and only evil men purposed war. He alluded in ...
Article : 143 wordsThe new rules adopted by the Tasmanian Football Association were played in town for the first time on Saturday afternoon, and, if preparatory mutterings mean anything, the Association will soon have ...
Article : 198 wordsA few days ago we had to record the death of the first bishop of Tasmania in connection with the Church of England, and we have this morning to announce the death of two other clergy of the same ...
Article : 767 wordsFor solidity, emphasis, and variety, for an importunateness that will not be denied, for a great deal of what may be called funerealism of sound, the typical British snare takes precedence of all other ...
Article : 1,032 wordsI notice that tho proceedings at headquarters with regard to the southern detatchment of the Riflo Regiment do not seem to have given satisfaction recently, and I wonder what would be said ...
Article : 1,588 wordsThese clubs met, for the first time, on Saturday (afternoon, on the Battery Ground, Queen's Domain, the match terminating in a victory for the Cricketers by one goal to nil. The new rules adopted by the ...
Article : 331 wordsTasmanian Co., Badger Head.—Mining Captain Pool reports, under date 14th instant, that the main shaft was then down 168ft. 2in. The ground is moro favourable for working, inasmuch as the ...
Article : 102 wordsWe have received from Mr. Henry Ritchie the monthly metal circular of Messrs. P. Sandford and Co., of April 2, which reports that tin rose considerably during Maroh; from £63 on the 1st of ...
Article : 164 wordsWe think it desirable (says the Argus), now that we have Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's despatch, to compare some of the passages with corresponding portions of the telegraphic summary published by ...
Article : 536 wordsThe above clubs met on Saturday, for the second time this season, on the lower cricket ground. E. C. Wright kicked off, at a quarter to 3, for the New Town, The play was very active from the ...
Article : 316 wordsThe following is the despatch addressed by Sir Michael Hicks-Beaoh to the Marquis of Normanby:- " Downing-street, 3rd May, 1879. My Lord—In his despatch of 27th December, ...
Article : 1,793 wordsFrom our direct telegrams it will be soon that Prince Louis Napoleon, son of Napoleon III. and the ox-Emprees Eugenie, has falleon a victim to the assogais of the Zulus. The Zulu war has been ...
Article : 1,309 wordsThe Battery Point public sohool played the return match with the Mereury Juniors (twelve aside) on Saturday, in Mr, McFarlane's paddock, The Scholars retrieved their former defeat by kicking ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 23 Jun 1879, Page 3
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