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Article : 1,478 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, Mr. Gladstone stated that he would consider the question of arrears of rent in relation O Irish tenants, during the rocess. ...
Article : 52 wordsA meeting of the North Bischoff Valley T. M. Co. was held at the company's office at 3.30 p.m. Mr. Wm. Hart in the chair. The directors' report pointed out that the results were not up to what ...
Article : 865 wordsThe present quotation for tin is £108 15s. per ton. NEW YORK, MARCH 31. STEAMER BURNED—THIRTY-FIVE ...
Article : 151 wordsPrince Leopold is indisposed, and it is probable that his marriage with the Princess Helene, which was to have taken place after Easter, will have to be postponod. ...
Article : 37 wordsAnother murder is from Ireland. The victim in this case is Mr. Herbert, magistrate of County Kerry. The assassins are not yet apprehended. BERLIN, MARCH 31. ...
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Article : 1,459 wordsDr. McCall, who was recently appointed resident (medical officer here, vice Dr. Stowart, resigned, has entered upon his duties. The weather is still very unsettled. ...
Article : 42 wordsHis Excellency the Governor was met by aparty of horsemen, and escorted into the township, at 11 o'clock to-day. At McDonald's Hotel a large party was assembled, and an address was read by General ...
Article : 148 wordsMessrs. C. Toby and Co. report the following sales made by them during the week at the Tasmanian Stock Exchange Record Office:—Olive Branch (gold), 7s. 9d., 8s.; Wyniford River (tin), ...
Article : 288 wordsFour cottages were burned down in a fire which occurred at Carlton this morning. Another death from erysipelas has occurred in the Melbourne Hospital. The patient's name was ...
Article : 134 wordsSIR,—The roport of the meeting held at the Franklin on the 25th inst., to consider by what means that obnoxious insect could be kept out of the district, shows that moths, as well as men, can ...
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Article : 62 wordsA meeting of the shareholders of the Royal Mint G.M. Co. will be held at Mr. Macmicbael's office, on Tuesday evening. A call of 6d. per share, payable on April 17, has ...
Article : 594 wordsJohn Plummer, schoolmaster at Wagga, has been sentencd to death for, rape. No hope of mercy was held out to him by the Judge. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Cormorant arrived from the South Seas today. She reports that while first lieutenant Lacraft, with 46 officers and men, was marching through the scrub in the New Hebrides he was ...
Article : 51 wordsH.M. warship Espiegle has arrive, from England. ...
Article : 21 wordsBefore the Police Magistrate, Mr. F. W. Mitchell, and Major-General Irvine, Js.P. AN INCAPABLE DRIVER. Samuel Underbill, for being drunk and incapable of ...
Article : 347 wordsSIR,—The case heard at the Police Court on Wednesday last, the 22nd inst., against Michael Welch, again calls attention to the disgraceful state of many of the horses driven in the public ...
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Advertising : 1,226 wordsPresent: The Master Warden and a full Board. The minutes of the previous meeting were and read and confirmed. An estimate was received from Mr. Watson of the ...
Article : 1,044 wordsThe half-yearly general meeting of the Orient Co, was held last evening in the M[?]e Hall, there being an attendance of from 40 to 50 shareholders, A sp[?]did display was made on the table, 16 slabs ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 1 Apr 1882, Page 3
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