The PRESIDENT (Hon. W. A. B. Gellibrand) took the chair at 11 o'clock. Present—Messrs. Adye Douglas (Premier and Chief Secretary), Watchorn, Dodery, ...
Article : 1,179 wordsThe V.R.A. matches closed on Saturday. The weather was unfavourable, but still there was a large number of visitors, including the Governor and the chief naval and ...
Article : 252 wordsThe Bulgarians under Prince Alexander continue to vigorously prosecute hostilities against the Servians. They to-day captured Pirot, late the headquarters of King Milan. ...
Article : 64 wordsAlong the upper reaches of the rivulet, towards the Cascades, very little damage was done comparatively, owing to the bad of the channel being more open. The water ...
Article : 116 wordsThe match between these two clubs took place on the upper ground last Saturday afternoon. The weather was anything but adapted to cricket, the ground being ...
Article : 110 wordsThe S.S.E gale which raged throughout Saturday and the whole of yesterday proved ditastrous to the ketch Amy Louise, which was making her usual weekly trip to the Franklin ...
Article : 575 wordsIt is understood that an armistice has been arranged between the Servians and Bulgarians, owing to pressure brought to bear on these countries by the Aust ian ...
Article : 39 wordsA large quantity of water, even in an ordinary storm, pours down the streets which lead from the direction of Knocklofty and Lansdown-terrace, and finds its way into the ...
Article : 116 wordsLatest Burmese advices report that General Prendergast's force continues to advance up Irrawaddy, and is expected to arrive before Mandalay to-morrow ...
Article : 44 wordsSaturday was perhaps one of the most unpleasant and boisterous days on which a yacht ra[?]has ever been sailed on the Derwent. In the morning half a gale of wind ...
Article : 935 wordsGermany and England have accepted the decision of the Pope regarding the ownership of the Caroline Islands, and formally admitted the Spanish claims. ...
Article : 54 wordsSo heavy were the floods yesterday that the overflow of the Sandy Bay Rivulet run through Mr. Sayer's garden on the Proctor's road, and practically ruined it. The stream ...
Article : 113 wordsYesterday a child, the daughter of Michael Sweeney, was found drowned in an irrigation drain at Bushy Park. An inquest is to be held here on Monday. ...
Article : 88 wordsLatest advices state that the British forces have captured the Burmah positions of Myahryam and Myongoon after an engagement, the casualties being slight, and that ...
Article : 48 wordsFingal was thrown into a state of considerable excitement early on Monday morning, 23rd inst., by the report that a young man had cut the throat of a girl living on ...
Article : 538 wordsIntelligence of the flood got abroad early yesterday, and the neighbourhood of Wapping was visited by a large number of spectators. The creek ran with terrific force all ...
Article : 232 wordsMuch of the low lying ground at Glenorchy was yesterday afternoon under water, and the hops and other growing crops will Suffer considerable damage. ...
Article : 35 wordsA serious rebellion has broken out in the State of Nepaul, the Maharaja having been made prisoner by insurgents, who have murdered the Prime Minister. ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is expected that the Prince of Wales will attend the funeral of Alfonso, late King of Spain. ...
Article : 25 wordsUp till 10.30 last night no intimation had been received of any damage having been done by floods on the main line, but every precaution will be taken to-day in the tran ...
Article : 65 wordsPending the results of official investigagation into the condition of the estate, the accounts prepared by Simes and Co. show a probable dividend of 3s: 6d. in the £, though ...
Article : 61 wordsThis afternoon Mrs. Martin M. Stephenson, of Barn Bongle, went out with some members of her family for a walk on the beach, and feeling tired, sat down whilst ...
Article : 137 wordsBy a private telegram received from Brown's River last evening it was ascertained that there was 5ft. of water on the road between the creek and the hotel, and as it was ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Government electrician is devising a scheme for connection of most of the colonics by cables controlled by England. ...
Article : 24 wordsOctavias V. Morgan, a Liberal, has been elected for Battersea division, Clapham, defeating Mr. Cooke, a Conservative. The latest returns show that 129 Liberals, 127 ...
Article : 214 wordsMr. Walter Webster informs us that much damage has been done on the Huon-road, the waterliterally pouring over it in tons yesterday, especially near Fern Tree Gully. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe mails ex Orient Steam Navigation Co.'s R.M.S. John Elder, from Melbourne, October 16, were delivered here to-day, via Naples. ...
Article : 105 wordsBetween 12 and 1 o'clock serious alarm was raised among the inhabitants of the upper reaches of the creek near Melvillestreet, by the blocking up of the culvert ...
Article : 286 wordsThe heaviest and most continuous storm occurring for years past has prevailed for the last 48 hours, and at 2.30 a.m. this morning shows no sign of abatement. Up till 9 a.m. ...
Article : 212 wordsConsiderable excitement was occasioned on the wharf on Saturday morning last when it was circulated that the ketch William and Martha was in very dire straits at the end of ...
Article : 535 wordsAt 3.15 this morning the storm showed no signs of abatement, a stiff wind still prevailing from the southward, and the rain falling steadily. All was quiet at the ...
Article : 135 wordsThree per cent, consols 1/2 higher, viz., 100[?] The market rate of discount is [?] per cent. below the minimum bank rate, viz., 2¼ per ...
Article : 113 wordsOne of the heaviest floods ever known in the history of Geeves Town is now raging, and at present (8 p.m.), no sign of abating. The rain commenced about 9 p.m. ...
Article : 138 wordsThe leading topic in this locality is the Branch Line Railway Scheme, Relative to this a public meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Inn on Wednesday evening, 25th ...
Article : 778 wordsUp to the present time the Conservatives have gained 72 seats whilst the Liberals have-seemed 29 from their opponents. The net Conservative gain is, therefore, 43 seats. ...
Article : 633 wordsIt commenced raining about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and has continued with but little intermission ever since. Heavy falls are now reported from various parts of ...
Article : 68 wordsAmong the properties which are bounded by the rivulet, Currie's Club Hotel has suffered rather severely. Here the houses are protected by piles and planking, but such ...
Article : 129 wordsThe strong gale which blew with incessant force throughout yesterday, accompanied with a regular deluge of rain, played havoc on the wharves, and to those vessels in the ...
Article : 804 wordsSIR,—I have much pleasure in asking your attention to the following extract from the report of the Benevolent Society for last year:—"Emergency Fund.—On the 22nd ...
Article : 169 wordsA stone retaining wall in an old tenement in Argyle-street, situated opposite the residence of Mr. Atkins, bus proprietor, fell across the pavement, the earth on the inside ...
Article : 93 wordsThe division on the want of confidence motion in the Assembly will probably be taken on Tuesday night The division is expected to be very close. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe SPEAKER (Hon. A. Dobson) took the chair at 11 o'clock on Saturday. MESSAGES. The PREMIER and Dr. AGNEW brought in ...
Article : 2,941 wordsA petition to the Queen, signed by about 1,500 northern residents, praying for separation for Northern Queensland, has been received by the Attorney-General for ...
Article : 95 wordsLast night one of the constables at watch on the Campbell-street bridge saw some object, which appeared to be a stable or a small dwelling-house, coming down the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe severe downpour of rain which set in on Saturday flooded the lower parts of the town yesterday, and caused considerable damage to property abutting on the course ...
Article : 856 wordsGeorge Carey and William Bolton were charged by Mr. William Barnes with trespassing on the Trevallyn estate on the 27th inst., and pleaded guilty. Carey was fined ...
Article : 736 wordsSIR,—With "Neptune," allow me to return sincere thanks for throwing open your columns to the advocacy of a reform in the Hobart Marine Board, which, now that ...
Article : 521 wordsA little before 8 o'clock last evening a large number of people assembled to witness the flood from Weaver's-lane, where Messrs. C. Davis and W. G. Weaver have stores and ...
Article : 244 wordsEgremont, the defaulting secretary of the Adelalde, Kensington, and Norwood Building Society has arrived at Heidelberg. A detective leaves by the Liguria to-morrow to ...
Article : 70 wordsThe barque Hudson, from London to Lyttelton, which went ashore in Milford Sound, was successfully floated off last evening. ...
Article : 208 wordsA large gum tree situated in a garden at the corner of Davey and Harrington streets, fell early yesterday morning, through the earth at the roots being washed away by ...
Article : 92 wordsThese were yesterday thickly strewn strewn with timber, boxes, casks, and all sorts of miscellaneous debris, the bulk of which is supposed to have come from the rivulet. A ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 30 Nov 1885, Page 3
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