At the Launceston Police Court to-day, one drunkard was fined 5s., John Harper charged William Phillips and another with failing to pay wages owing to complainant. ...
Article : 613 wordsWork at Flemington this morning was mostly confined to steady cantering. Mr. D[?] Mestre's consignment of yearlings were sold at Newmarket to-day by Messrs. ...
Article : 339 wordsIn the intercolonial tennis match, Mr. Quirk and Mr. Robinson played their match on Thursday. Mr. Quirk won, but Mr. Robinson played really well. The first set ...
Article : 3,270 wordsSIR,—A letter, under the above heading, appeared in one of your recent issues, with the authorship of which several of my friends and other connect me. Though I concur ...
Article : 113 wordsSIR,—I have been much interested in the report of your travelling agent, which has been inserted from time to time in your paper, particularly that portion from Ross ...
Article : 354 wordsA narrow escape from drowning occurred this afternoon. It appears that James Bonney, sen., who resides near Vincent's mill, was out on the river, trying a new flat ...
Article : 360 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the United Chum Extended G.M. Co., called for yesterday afternoon at Launceston, lapsed for want of a quorum. ...
Article : 1,090 wordsSIR,—Some men in Hobart of very p triotic (?) spirits are said to have brought Mr. Conway to deliver his lectures for the benefit of their fellow townsmen. Now ...
Article : 535 wordsA public meeting of electors was held in the Mechanics' Hall at Franklin on Thursday evening, 1st inst., to consider the vote of the Hon. John Watchorn, member in the ...
Article : 1,993 wordsBefore His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE. NICHOLLS T. FISHER. Claim £10 10s., value of cow lost on the defendant's land while in his charge. ...
Article : 370 wordsThe usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the office, Franklin Wharf, yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. E. M. Fisher (Master Warden), C. Dowdell, ...
Article : 1,556 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Robert Stones, about whose sad end I telegraphed you last Friday, took place on Sunday afternoon at the cemetery connected with the ...
Article : 184 wordsSIR,—The Council in its last moments was calm. For a brief while in holy hallucination it seemed to enjoy all the sweetness and light sung by the poet—placidity ...
Article : 728 wordsSIR,—Tasmania, it is painfully evident, is now suffering a recovery from an extreme attack of over-speculation. Many worthless ventures, which originated with people who ...
Article : 626 wordsThe principal topic of conversation here is the diamond drill which has been at work on the Rock Shaft Co. grund for some considerable time, and the last hole was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 935 wordsSIR,—The Volunteer movement seems dragging on in a manner which must be unsatisfactory alike to Ministers, the public, and the volunteers themselves. It is now ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 3 Nov 1883, Page 3
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