Sir,—will you allow me, in justice to Mr. Joseph Barwick, to correct a mis-statement made in your issue of Friday last, contained in a letter [?]igued " Chairman Road Trust," dated from ...
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Article : 350 wordsThe Mangana took 24 thoroughbred draught horses for Melbourne. Ten Chinese also left en route for China. Sarah Rogers was sentenced on Saturday, for ...
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Article : 181 wordsSIR,—I think the time has arrived for the above company co provide larger and more powerful boats, otherwise the Union or A. S.N. Co, must be called in to carry the increasing freights. ...
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Article : 607 wordsFootball was so far favoured by the clerk of the weather on Saturday that play was not prevented by heavy showers or continuous rain Still, the conditions were not very thankworthy, a ...
Article : 1,444 wordsSIR,—In connection with the Post Office Savings Bank I think there is one thing that will prevent some from becoming depositors, and that is the declaration contained in No. 3 of the regulations. ...
Article : 536 wordsOne of the members of the Launceston Hospital Board is an important personage—in his own estimation. There are 115,705 persons yearning for his opinion upon all subjects, and on Launceston Hospital affairs in ...
Article : 641 wordsSIR,—After reading Mr. G. M. Petrie's letter in your issue of to-day, what further evidence is required to establish the fact that a public woighbridge is an absolute necessity. ...
Article : 132 wordsWest Cumberland.—Mr. C. Guesdon, legal manager, furnishes the following extract of a letter from Melbourne, received from Mr. L. Sanderson, recently mining manager to the company:—"I ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 3 Jul 1882, Page 3
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