The annual meeting of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society was held this day. The report of the directors presented very gratifying results for the past year. New ...
Article : 328 wordsSir Henry Parkes, speaking at the annual banquet of the Cobden Club last evening, declared there was no deep feeling in Australia in favour of protection. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 705 wordsSouthern Cross, s.s., 780 tons, T. Capburn, from Melbourne 28th inst. Passengers— Saloon: Mrs. Bilton: Misses Bilton, Ryan, Coombes, Crawford, Cottell; Mr. ...
Article : 38 wordsPetrel, Surges Bay, timber; Rebecca, Huon, produce; Skipjack, Amy Louise, Franklin, timber. OUTWARD. ...
Article : 20 wordsENGLAND.—Via Colombo, due on the 11th inst, per Orient line, due to-morrow; via San Francisco, due about the 10th inst.; via Torres Straits, due about the 16th ...
Article : 183 wordsSouthern Cross, s.s., 780 tons, T. Capurn, for Melbourne. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe South Australian gunboat Protector sailed yesterday for Adelaide, flying the blue ensign. ...
Article : 20 words[A special charge is made to consignees who wish to particularise their imports.] Included in the manifests of the s.s. Southern Cross, from Melbourne, are the ...
Article : 215 wordsThe Gorman Reichstag has passed Bismarck's measure providing for the compulsory insurance against accidents. ...
Article : 20 wordsIt has been ascertained that the outbreak of cholera at Toulon originated in a troopship, which arrived in that port from Tonquin. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe 46th Regiment has been ordered to proceed to Keneh in Upper Egypt. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe following are the Customs returns at Hebart for the week ending June 28,1884:— Spirits, £511 17s.; tobacco, £150 18s.; all other goods, £1,317 16s. 9d.; bond rents, ...
Article : 199 wordsThe committee of the French Chamber of Deputies have voted a large sum to defray expenses of permanent occupation of Tamatave, and four other ports of Madagascar. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Observer states that the proposals of tho British Government for sottlement of the finances of Egypt will comprise the following provisions:— Reduction of ...
Article : 89 wordsJune 30, 11 a.m.—Charles and Arthur, brigantine, from Hobart, in Bay. The s.s. Southern Cross left Molbourne at 1.30 p.m. on the 28th ult.; cleared the Heads ...
Article : 314 wordsAdmiral Courbet, who is in command of the French fleet in Chinese waters, has received instructions to bombard one of the Chinese ports unless immediate reparation ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsTHIS DAY.—Yo Olde Englishe Fayre. ...
Article : 8 wordsNews from New Caledonia states that Noumea is overflowing with discharged convicts, and that labour is absolutely at a standstill. ...
Article : 80 wordsLatest news from Soudan states that several important tribes, who have hitherto held aloof from El Mahdi, are now joining him. ...
Article : 45 wordsTHE political campaign for the present year will be formally opened to-day, though it is not at all probable that any real work will be done until next week. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 wordsThe death is announced of Lady Gorrie, wife of Sir John Gorrie, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands, and formerly Chief Justice of Fiji. ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. R. G. Stodart, manager of the Queensland National Bank, died yesterday. ...
Article : 17 wordsMr. Arthur Mills, formerly M.P. for Exeter, has written to The Times appealing for assistance to enable the services of a Church of England clergyman to be obtained ...
Article : 39 wordsA new iron paddle-steamer for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co.'s was (says the S.M. Herald of the 26th ult.) yesterday launched at Mort's Dock and Engineering ...
Article : 257 wordsTo-day it is announced that Sir William Jervois, Governor of the colony, leaves on the 3rd July for Sydney, on his way Melbourne, the object of his visit to Victoria is ...
Article : 68 wordsIn consequence of cholera having appeared at Marscilles vessels leaving that port are refused clean bills of health. A number of deaths have already occurred at Marseilles, ...
Article : 51 wordsWeights for the Metropolitan and Hawkesbury Grand Handicap have been declared. Malua bas the top weight for the Metropolitan at 9st. 71b.; Le Grand, 9st. 31b.; ...
Article : 62 wordsA magisterial enquiry was held by Mr. Vanstan, J.P., this afternoon, into the cause of the death of a young man named John Cook. The evidence showed that the ...
Article : 241 wordsIt is publicly announced that the Imperial Government has addressed a communication to the Australasian Colonies, inviting them to contribute towards tho expense of an ...
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Advertising : 710 wordsThe annual meeting of the Carrick Racing Club was held on the 26th ult. The patron in the chair. The altendance was not large, but real work was done. ...
Article : 199 wordsThe s.s. Corinna left Sydney at 11 a.m. on the 28th ult, cleared the Heads at 11.35; passed Jervis Bay at 6.50 p.m.; Montagu Island at 2 a.m. on the 29th; Grim Cape at ...
Article : 261 wordsInformation has been received from a party of pilgrims who have arrived here that Khartoum was safe up to May 23, and Berber to June 7, at which date they left ...
Article : 273 wordsThe actions instituted at the suit of Mr. A. G. Taylor, M.L.A., against the Speaker, the Chairman of Committees, and the sergeant-at-arms, are set down for hearing on ...
Article : 190 wordsTo-day's Gazette contains notifications as follow:— Twelve Board of Education Exhibitions, tenable for four years from 1st July, 1885, ...
Article : 554 wordsEsk, s.s., for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mrs. Story; Misses Hoggons (2); Messrs. Kingwell, Harrap, and 10 in the steerage. ...
Article : 26 wordsJune 30, l.29 p.m.—Corinna, s.s., 1,280 tons, J. P. Sharp, from Sydney. Passsngers —Saloon: Mr. McFarlane. OUTWARD. ...
Article : 30 wordsHOBSON'S BAY.—Arrived, June 25—Dupuy de Lome, from Bordeaux. June 27—Loch Eck, from London; Empreza, from Port Louis. ...
Article : 85 wordsA telegram trom Bundaberg states that pieces of wreck have been washed ashore at Littabella Creek, including a board bearing the upper half of the word " Cushat." It is ...
Article : 83 wordsWheat.—Adelaide, per 4961b. ex warehouse, has declined Is., and is new quoted at 40s. New Zealand wheat has declined Is. for low qualities, which are now worth 34s., ...
Article : 137 wordsAt a meeting of the Central Board of Health yesterday, it was resolved that, having in view the danger of infestions discases being communicated by means of milk, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 wordsWhat a truly beautiful world we live in We can dosire no better when in good health; but how often do the majority of people feel like living it up disheartened, discouraged, and ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 1 Jul 1884, Page 2
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