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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    A proclamation was issued on September 29 proroguing Parliament to November 11. Parliament will prohably meet about the end of May. The Government has agreed to a proposition from ...

    Article : 289 words
  3. SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.

    The racing season 1879-80 was inaugurated at Bothwell on the 2nd instant, when the Southern Hunt Club held their annual meeting on the Dennistoun course, and the meeting was the most ...

    Article : 1,036 words
  4. AQUATICS.

    A meeting of the Hobart Town Regatta Committee was held on Ootober 16. The treasurer preaented the balance-sheet of the last regatta, which showed a small sum on the debit side. A meeting was ...

    Article : 424 words
  5. CUSTOMS DUTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  6. INLAND AND OTHER REVENUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 128 words
  7. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A Property and Income Tax Bill, which is estimated to raise £80,000 per annum, has been introduced by the Government. Incomes exceeding £300 are to pay threepence in the £, and persons ...

    Article : 263 words
  8. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  9. INCIDENTS.

    Three sharpers have been arrested for attempting to swindle a countryman named Alfred Lord by means of a alight variation of the "box trick." After Lord had been inveigled into an hotel in the ...

    Article : 408 words
  10. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The officer who was alluded to in our last sums mary as illegaly holding upwards of a million acreof picked land at Murchison, has been exonerated. The rainfall has been abundant everywhere, and ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. WHALING.

    The whaling barque Asia arrived from a cruise on October. Sheleft Hobart Town on January 23, 1879, and proceeded to the So[?]ders, on the S.W. Coast of New Zealand, but, finding the weather there too bad, went ...

    Article : 359 words
  12. PUBLIC SECURITIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND.

    Shortly after the meeting of the new Parliament the Grey Ministry was defeated Minsters then [?] signed [?]ditionally, Sir George Grey making no recommendation to the Governor. Mr. Hall ...

    Article : 446 words
  14. SHIPPING.

    Oct. ARRIVALS. 2. Southern Cross, s.s., from Melbourne; Taraura, s.s., from Melbourne. 4. Tasman, s.s. from Sydney; Asia, barque, from a ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. INTERCOLONIAL.

    Parliament has been sitting continuously during the month, the principal business being the revision of the tariff. The charges are principally increased in the protective duties on imports of all descriptions, ...

    Article : 264 words
  16. BANK RETURNS.

    GENERAL STATEMENT showing the average amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, within the Colony of Tasmania, taken from the several Weekly Statements made up during the Quarter from ...

    Article : 644 words
  17. SHIPBUILDING.

    The boat-yards, especially those of Mr. L. Macquarie and Messrs. Whitehouse Bros., look very brisk, several boats having already been finished, and others being in progress. Mr. Macquarie has completed a ...

    Article : 254 words
  18. COMMERCIAL.

    The business of the month has been of a very quiet character, and the falling off in our produce exports is being severely felt. Not many years since we exported a large quantity of grain to the ...

    Article : 799 words
  19. FIJI.

    The Hon. J. B. Thurston, Colonial Secretary of Fiji, bas been appointed secretary to the High Commissioner of the colony, which post he will hold in conjunction with his present appointment. ...

    Article : 164 words
  20. LAUNCESTON.

    Oct. ARRIVALS. 2. Mercury, brig, from Melbourne. 3. Maniana, s s., from Melbourne. 4. Rosedale, s.s., from Melbourne. ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The International Exhibition continues to be a great attraction. The attendance has much increased lately, and over 100,000 persons have visited it. At the International sheep show most of the best ...

    Article : 482 words
  22. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 1,325 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,311 words
  24. HOBART TOWN REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

    The atmospheric phenomena of this month wera on the whole favourable to health and life, as well as pleasant, being more than usually calm, sunny and warm, with no great variations of pressure or ...

    Article : 1,722 words
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