The PRESIDENT (Hon. W. A. B. Gellibrand) took the chair at four o'clock. Present—Messrs. Adye Douglas (Premier and Chief Secretary), Agnew, Crosby, ...
Article : 764 wordsA monster meeting was held in the Town Hall last night, under the auspices of the Salvation Army. The hall was crowded to excess with an audience composed of ...
Article : 777 wordsMatters are daily assuming a more threatening aspect in Eastern Europe. King Milan has determined to obtain an accession of territory for Servia, and the ...
Article : 70 wordsMessrs. Roc Bros., the contractors for the new Commercial Bank, have already made a start, the outbuildings, which will be used at present for workshops, being on the way. ...
Article : 312 wordsSIR,—Mr. J. B. Mather has been candid enough in this morning's issue to point out one incorrect statement in a letter signed "A Presbyterian." With your permission ...
Article : 304 wordsIt is announced that the representatives of the Great Powers at the conference now being held in this city have formally intimated to the Sultan their condemnation of ...
Article : 83 wordsIt is understood that the Government intend to take advantage of the presence of Sir John Coode in Sydney, to invite him to come to Queensland to inspect the harbours ...
Article : 48 wordsIt was stated in the Assembly yesterday that the Government intend to propose a vote of £5,000 for encouragement to deepsinking for mining, to be paid in proportion ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Government intend to enforce strict examination of all vessels arriving at any port in the colony from the Pacific Islands in consequence of the dengue fever ...
Article : 136 wordsA reply, couched in most insulting and arrogant terms, has just been received from King Theuab, of Burmah, in answer to a proposal made by the British Government ...
Article : 85 wordsAnchor, October 10.—We have confined our operations for the pase fortnight to the mouth of the tunnel. Last week we were engaged in removing stripping which was ...
Article : 180 wordsSIR,—On Friday last my little daughter had the misfortune to fall into the water, when a young man named Barber jumped in and saved her. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Governor, Sir George Strahan, arrived here to-day, and is the guest of Mr. Chas. Youl, of Symmons' Plains. I understand that he will open the bazaar to-morrow at ...
Article : 342 wordsBusiness in the betting market to-day has mostly been settling on the Elsternwick events. Consequent on the performance of ...
Article : 1,152 wordsIn the Assembly to-day Mr. Service's voice was so weak that he was unable to move the second reading of the Federal Bill, M bleb was postponed till Tuesday. ...
Article : 508 wordsSIR,—Many thanks are due to Messrs. J. W. Norton-Smith and W. H. T. Brown for their action in the House of Assembly the other day regarding the division of road ...
Article : 454 wordsBy a private letter received in town yesterday from Mr. Commissioner Glover, a considerable amount of light is thrown on the Mount Lyell rush question, of which Mr. ...
Article : 449 wordsThe SPEAKER (Hon. A. Dobson) took the chair at 4 o'clock. PETITION. Mr. LUCAS presented a petition, signed ...
Article : 6,968 wordsOn Wednesday the Longford Show Day, the fifteenth annual exhibition of the Longford Poultry and Dog Society, was held in the township, the birds being set out in the ...
Article : 1,092 wordsSIR,—Your Hamilton correspondent surely must have turned his coat, as it is not many weeks since he, in his letter, found great fault with the trustecs for "spending" all ...
Article : 233 wordsWe have been having plenty of cold winds and rain, which help to keep the fog fever fiend in our midst, but we hope soon to have more seasonable weather. The Rev. Vaughan, ...
Article : 359 wordsSIR,—Giving the member for the district every credit for his endeavours to obtain roads and jetties over his widely extended district, I must, as a resident, and ...
Article : 152 wordsThe Secretary of Hobart Stock Exchange reports that the following sales and quotations were made on 'Change, yesterday:—Morning—Lefroy, buyers 3s. 6d., ...
Article : 189 wordsSIR,—I have read with some interest (n doubt in common with other residents of the district) your correspondent's account of the ministerial visit to the Ouse and ...
Article : 163 wordsA Court of Petty Sessions was held at Carnarvon on the 5th inst, before Messrs. T. Mason and Perkins, J's.P. Daveridge v. Wolcamwitch.—This was a ...
Article : 554 wordsWhilst very claborate preparations are being made at home and abroad for the propagation of warfare, and the wholesale destruction of human life, few permit them ...
Article : 337 wordsSIR,—Last Sunday evening, in the course of his sorinon, Bishop Sandford referred to his one grout trouble-lack of clergy, and said that 20 more were required to carry on the ...
Article : 513 wordsNumerous election meetings are held in the city nightly, and several nominations for country electorates took place to-day. Much interest is manifested over the elections in ...
Article : 193 wordsHis Excellency the Governor came into town by the mid-day train from Mr. Youl's place at Symonds Plains. His Excellency took lunch at the Brisbane Hotel, and after ...
Article : 1,087 wordsVictorain manufacturers declare that the boot and shoe trade in Melbourne is twenty-five per cent. better than in any other colony, but say the cost of living is not more here, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 16 Oct 1885, Page 3
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