The Irish Property Defence Fund, established under the auspices of the Lord Mayor of London, has now reached the sum of £30,000. The scrutin de liste, or system of voting by ...
Article : 993 wordsPresent: The Master Warden and full Board. The minutes of the last saeeting were read and confirmed, MESSRS. BELBIN AND CO. ...
Article : 2,691 wordsA Court under the provisions of the Real and Personal Estates Duties Act, was held on Friday morning, in the Mayor's Court, to hear appeals against the a[?]ments of Chief Commissioner F. Butler,in the ...
Article : 880 wordsHis Excellenoy the Governor, the Premier, the Minister of Lands, and the Attorney-General, arrived at Warwick by special train last night. The Minister of Lands was interviewed, and asked for ...
Article : 269 wordsFlouris firm, New South Wales selling at from £12 5s. to £12 15s.; Adelaide best, at £13; and Victorian, at from £11 15s. to £12 15s. Maize realises from 5s. 1d. to 5s. 3d. Salt salmon to ...
Article : 70 wordsA telegram has been received by the police, from Inspector Fitzgerald, at Cooktown, stating that two sugar planters, named Burgess and Kennedy, and another man, are missing from Melvor River. An ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Carola, the first German warship which has visited this colony, arrived to-day. She is 2,169 tons, and under the command of Captain Von Galster. The Carola is in commission for the ...
Article : 65 wordsAll is still going on well at the quarantine station. Two sailors, who were driven under the jetty in a boat this morning, will have to remain on the island till the release of the Mirzspore ...
Article : 370 wordsThe interesting ceremony of laying the foundations stone of St. John's Sunday School, at New Town, waperformed on Friday afternoon by His Lordship Bishop Bromby, in the presence of a number of the principal ...
Article : 1,325 wordsUnfavourable accounts of the crops in Canterbury coutinue to be received. The bad weather has done more mischief than was at first anticipated. Over a large portion of the district the cereal crops ...
Article : 47 wordsA meeting of the members of the Hospital Board was held in the Board-room, Public Buildings, Macquarie-Btreet, on Friday. Present—Dr. Smart (in the chair), Drs. Crowther, Bright, and Perkins, the Mayor, ...
Article : 2,993 words"Many waters go softly dreaming on to the sea, But the river of death floweth softest, by tower and tree! No rush of the mournful water breaks on the ear ...
Article : 957 wordsThe cargo of sugar by the invincible, viz., 350 tons, was sold by auction to-day. Yellow crystals realised £32 5s., and whites from £33 5s. to £33 12s. 6d., fully supporting the prices obtained at last ...
Article : 70 wordsThe remains of Mr. Lowe, of Victoria, was found by Mr. Brookman thirty miles from where they parted company last November, while searching for country near Gascoyne. The body was perfectly ...
Article : 57 wordsA great fire has occurred at Gisborne. Carr's bonded stores and a number of other buildings were destroyed. The damage done is estimated at £100,000. The buildings destroyed were insured ...
Article : 74 wordsA seizure of 200 cases of contraband Chinese spirits, principally brandy, was made this afternoon, at the stores of Sun Kum Fong, in Ballarat, by Custom-house Officer Richardson. ...
Article : 43 wordsConsols are quoted to-day at 99[?]. The market rate of discount has fallen ¼ per cent., and is to-day 5¼, or ¾ per cent., below bank rate. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe voting under the local option clauses of the Licensing Act, took place in several suburban boroughs yesterday, and in each case the vote was almost unanimous against the increase of ...
Article : 643 wordsAll is going on well at the quarantine station. The Garonne will probably be released on Wednesday and her passengers on Friday. A change in the weather has been general ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 13 Feb 1882, Page 1
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