The PRESIDENT (Hon. W. A. B. Gellibrand) took the chair at 4 o'clock. Present—Messrs. Adye Douglas (Premier and Chief Secretary), W. Crosby, J. ...
Article : 3,237 wordsAt a meeting of the Royal Humane Society the silver medal was awarded to W. H. Wyan, of Taranaki, N.Z., a mounted constable, for rescuing W. S. Pardy from ...
Article : 317 wordsThe Council adopted the Address-inReply without a division. The debate on the Address in[?]Reply was resumed in the Assembly to-night. ...
Article : 244 wordsThe final heat for the trophies presented to the Tamar Rowing Club by the proprietors of the Tasmanian for a pair-oared contest amongst the senior rowers was ...
Article : 2,227 wordsThe late Mr. J. T. Wigger has bequeathed £17,000 to the Christchurch Old Men's Home and other charitable inititutions. The Government is arranging for the ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the police court to-day, before Hon. C. O'Reilly, S.M., a Chinaman, named Ah Chuck, was charged by Superintendent Normoyle with having on the 2nd inst., at ...
Article : 181 wordsA meeting of the members of this association was held in the lower room at the Town Hall last evening. Mr. A. I. Clark, chairman, presided, and there were about 40 ...
Article : 763 wordsThe bootmakers' strike continues, and at a meeting of employers it has been determined not to yield in any way to the demands of the workmen for an increase of ...
Article : 107 wordsAn accident happened to-day on the Stanhope Co.'s mine. Some men had been engaged blasting ground when one of the holes missed fire, and Luke Furse, the ...
Article : 111 wordsSir F. Napier Broome, the Governor of Western Australia, with Sir W. J. Clarke, arrived here by the afternoon train, and, accompanied by Messrs. J. Oddie and G. G. ...
Article : 204 wordsThe Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court, before the Fourth Term, was resumed on Wednesday at the Macquarie-street Courthouse, before Sir HENRY ...
Article : 1,378 wordsSIR,—At the meeting in Glenorchy a fling was given to your correspondent who wrote adversely to the proposed pension of the late Speaker. These letters referred wholly to ...
Article : 147 wordsA bush fire of exceptional fierceness has been raging on Barooga run since Saturday, extending from the west to the east boundary of the run, and destroying many ...
Article : 84 wordsThere was a large attendance at the Ministerial dinner to-night, over 80 gentlemen being present, including between 30 and 40 members of the Assembly. ...
Article : 187 wordsSIR,—As your issue of the 12th inst. contains an article headed "Somebody's blundering," which entirely misrepresents the facts of the case commented upon, and ...
Article : 220 wordsThe Primate and Bishop Webber arrived shortly before 6 o'clock this evening, and were met at the wharf by Bishop Stanton, of Northern Queensland, Archdeacon Glennie, ...
Article : 161 wordsThe committee of the Horticultural Society report that the special prize list was accidentally omitted to be supplied for publication yesterday, the oversight being caused ...
Article : 567 wordsSIR,—A statement which occurred in a paragraph of your issue of Tuesday last is erroneous and misleading, namely, that the road for the public from Mount Rumney is ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. J. HIRSCH, College Point Brewery, Long Island, New York, United States of America, writes, that he employs a large number of horses and hands, and having ...
Article : 379 wordsA terrible accident, resulting in the death of a young married man named Robert Walker, occurred this morning at Hender's brick and tile works, near the racecourse. ...
Article : 87 wordsThe SPEAKER (Hon. A. Dobson) took the chair at 4 o'clock. CHARITABLE GRANTS. Mr. BIRD brought up the report of the ...
Article : 9,439 wordsIt is reported that in conseqence of the Customs being shorthanded, smuggling is going on to a serious extent. Last week there were 19 vessels in the harbour ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 20 Nov 1885, Page 3
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