The proposal was submitted by the Premier last night to the House of Commons, that the cloture may be adopted by a bare majority of the House, provided that the motion to do so is ...
Article : 61 wordsAmy, s.s., 35 tons, Jno. Reid, from West Coast ports. Agents—Perkins and Nephew. ...
Article : 19 wordsE[?], Elisa, Margaret, Old Beach, hay; Maud Myr[?] Brothers, Long Bay, firewood; Laura [?], Forget-me-not, South Arm, Produce; Favourite; Barnes' Bay, firewood; Lily, Franklin, ...
Article : 1,102 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Gray, member for Carlow, brought forward a motion for an enquiry into the arrest of Irish members of Parliament during the recess. After ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is reported that Earl Granville has formally protestod to Prince Lobanow, the Russian Ambassador at London, against the treaty recently concluded by Russia for settling the ...
Article : 38 wordsTwo partics, sent out on behalf of the Government, by Mr. D. F. Scott, were dragging the river to-day for the purpose of recovering the bodies of Sedgeman and McGill, who were ...
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Advertising : 40 wordsMr. O'Connor has engaged quarters for Shadow, Morven, and O'C, at M[?]zger's, New Town. Nearly all the horses were at work at Elwick on Wednesday morning. The first to strip was ...
Article : 694 wordsOur Summary of News for Home Readers, containing a complete epitome of the fortnight's events, for despatch by the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Rosetta, which sails from Melbourne on Thursday, ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. WM. CARTER, late of Entally, having been appointed Country Collector and Agent in conjunction with Mr. G. A. Green, is authorised to receive moneys and transact business on our account. ...
Article : 41 wordsAll prepaid advertisements in The Mercury under16 words are now inserted for One Shilling. ...
Article : 27 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has received from the Secretary of Trade for the Colonies a depatch, dated December 14, 1881, enclosing proposals for an International Exhibition of colonial and export ...
Article : 274 wordsTHIS EVENING, at 8. Walter Reynolds' Dramatic Company. School for Scandal. ...
Article : 18 wordsTHE opening of the Hobart Stock Exchange on Tuesday was an event fraught with no little interest to all who engage in mining investments or speculations. It was the initiation of a ...
Article : 1,312 words[?] weather, fine, Bar, [?] Th[?] 62. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH] LAUNCESTON.—Wind, N.W., light; weather, fine. ...
Article : 58 wordsThere was a good attendance at both morning and afternoon Change, and business was somewhat brisker. The following sales were reported to the Secretary:—Royal Standards, 1s.; Cliffs, 2s.3d.; ...
Article : 144 wordsENGLAND,—Via Brind[?] and Ceylon, expected to [?] Hobart on February 24. VICTORIA AND OTHER COLONIES.—Per s.s. Tas[?] Via Launceston, per s.s. Tamar, ...
Article : 163 wordsThe price of tin ore at the Hobart Smelting Works is 20s. per unit. The s.s. Amy, which arrived from the West Coast yesterday evening, brought 5 tons of tin stone ...
Article : 657 words"The nearer the church, the further from God" might well be paraphrased into "the nearer the reservoir the further from water,"so far as the hapless residents at Lansdowne Crescent are concerned. In ...
Article : 5,054 wordsMessrs. Roberts and Co. held a [?] of woold to-day, at Mr. I. Wright's stores, New Wharf. There was a good attendance, all the wool buyers being present, and every lot offered wa disposed of. Greasy wool ...
Article : 178 wordsA committee meeting of the Northern Turf Club was held in the Criterion Hotel, Launceston, yesterday afternoon, at 2 30. Present: Mr. H. W. Douglas (in the chair), Messrs. J. Rankin, E. ...
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Advertising : 216 wordsThe attendance on Change was moderately good in the morning, but very small in the afternoon. The only sale was a parcel of Lefroys at [?] which figure the seller of that line was still willing ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 10 Feb 1882, Page 2
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