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Article : 124 wordsThere is little or nothing to chronicle from here during the past two weeks, save the Queen's Birthday, which was beautifully fine. There were no public sports of any description in the forenoon. ...
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Article : 95 wordsA meeting of the Wide-awake G.M. Association will be held at 7·30 p.m. on Wednesday, at 12, Elizabeth-street. A sixth call of 6d. per share, payable on June 6, ...
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Article : 735 wordsSIR,—The above subject has been pretty freely alluded to in the Press of late, and as any plan which may tend to counteract the positively disastrous consequences often attending the evil must ...
Article : 169 wordsDuring the last fortnight winter has fairly set in, as we have had a deal of rain, giving a sufficient supply of water to several of the claims to start sluicing. The Ringarooma River has been flooded ...
Article : 362 wordsThe cricket committee are deserving of the heartiest thanks of the whole community for the very spirited sports got up for the 24th, on their ground. The donors of prizes, Mr. W. F. Dix and ...
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Article : 16 wordsSIR,—In order that I may show my gratitude to the timber traders for their appreciative testimonial to be tendered in recognition of my bumble efforts to enlighten them, allow me further to correct them ...
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Article : 358 wordsSIR,—Following other correspondents who have addressed you on the "cabbie " grievance, I desire to direct attention to the utter uselessuess of the authorised scale of charges fixed by the corporation. ...
Article : 197 wordsSIR,—Allow me a few lines to explain that both yourself and those who have written in the columns of The Mercury, respecting my letter upon the above subject, have misunderstood me. It was not ...
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Article : 681 wordsSIR,—I notice a letter bearing on this subject. I think, however, the writer has failed to see the importance of the subject he was writing on, or else his interest and feelings were of a very tame ...
Article : 633 wordsSIR,—I am not an admirer of Mr. Evans' politics, and had no intention of alluding to that gentleman in any way; but when you associate him with the Orange Institution, and through that association ...
Article : 203 wordsSIR.—Hitherto, so much has been said on this subject, that up to the present I have refrained from having my say on the matter. But seeing a letter in The Mercury of Thursday last by Mr. F. ...
Article : 283 wordsThis has been a busy and exciting week for this township. On Tuesday evening Mr. A. I. Clark addressed the electors of Norfolk Plains, at the public room, Mr. Monds being in the chair. After ...
Article : 434 wordsSIR,—Knowing that you are always willing to advocate anything for the public good, I would like to draw the attention of the aldermen through the columns of your paper to the nuisances existing at ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 30 May 1882, Page 3
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