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Advertising : 937 wordsTin is the London market on Friday last was quoted at £94 per ton. The Launceston quotation for tin ore on Saturday was l6s. 3d. ...
Article : 393 wordsAskin Edward Bonney, a native of Tasmania, was arrested on Saturday on a Sydney warrant, charged with obtaining £75 from a draper in Sydney by means of ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. Owen Jones, director of the CanadianPacific cable scheme, and Mr. Fleming have arrived in Canada, in connection with the laying of a cable between Vancouver, Hawaii, ...
Article : 141 wordsThe members of the local rifle club met in considerable force on Friday evening, the 10th inst., when they were drilled in the manual and bayonet exercise by ...
Article : 267 wordsThe weather at present is very cold, and accompanied by occasional showers of rain, although we have not as yet experienced anything like a real good downpour. Spring ...
Article : 320 wordsA meeting of representatives of the municipalities of Newcastle and district met on Saturday, and decided that the Mayor of Newcastle should be delegated to wait on ...
Article : 169 wordsSIR,—Any candid person reading the report of a recent meeting of the Marine Board must come to the conclusion that the bulk of the wardens are merely playing with ...
Article : 365 wordsThe Servian Consistory has decided to open the divorce inquiry asked for by King Milan (Obrenovitch) of Servia, against Queen Nathalie from whom he is already ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Nottingham team who, up to luncheon time yesterday had lost only two wickets for 118 runs, subsequently lost 6 wickets for 359 runs. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe third match between the Australians and Surrey team has been arranged to take place on the 20th prox., after the present list of matches has been concluded. ...
Article : 31 wordsAnother sad and painful accident, which, I am sorry to say, terminated fatally, happened to a child of Mr. John Butter, an employee of Mr. W. Shoobridge, Bushy ...
Article : 273 wordsBrothers' Home No. 1, August 18 (by telegraph).—The yield for the week has been 6 tons. Jubilee, August 15.—We started the shaft ...
Article : 142 wordsIt is stated that an Australian "plunger" lost £20,000 in backing the Australian cricketers in the recent match, Australians v. England, played at Kennington Oval, in ...
Article : 35 wordsWithin the last few dayl I paid a visit to the new State school, just finished by Messrs. Burleigh and Reid, contractors, and it is a creditable piece of workmanship. It ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Animal Products Committee of this Exhibition have decided to hold two special shows of dairy produce and analogous exhibits, extending over three days each, in ...
Article : 302 wordsAt the banquet given to Mr. Eddy, the newly appointed chairman of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, 50 guests were present, including the leading officials ...
Article : 97 wordsA handicap match was held by members of the above club on Saturday last at the Sandy Bay range, when four prizes from the club funds were competed for, the conditions ...
Article : 133 wordsRESPECTED FRIEND, — "F.R.M.S." in Mercury of the 8th, in correcting my "insoc[?]racier" has done what I thought better avoided, vi[?]., detail what known or ...
Article : 777 wordsThe London Press now denies that there is the slightest foundation for the reports current that the Princess Christian (Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, Duchess of ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Municipal Council met on Tuesday, 14th inst., when the Warden and all the members excepting Mr. Wm. Lyne were present. An apology from the latter ...
Article : 1,058 wordsAs the day is approaching for the meeting to be held by those interested in the anexation movement, the subject is one of very general discussion, and seems to have taken ...
Article : 282 wordsTuesday, the 14th inst., was not, on the whole, a fine day, but one of mingled smiles and tears. When the last heavy shower passed over the sun shone out brightly in ...
Article : 2,079 wordsThe Kaiser William II., in the course of a speech made at Frankfort, has said that it would be better for every German soldier to be killed than to surrender a single stone ...
Article : 43 wordsSir,—Mr. W. T. H. Brown, judging by his Utter in your issue of to-day, appears to have waxed wroth over the brief report sent you by me. Mr. Pillinger's observations as ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following matches were played on Saturday:- RAILWAY v. LAUNCESTON.—The return match between these two clubs, which has ...
Article : 1,527 wordsMons. Persico, confidential agent for His Holiness the Pope, is now in London. ...
Article : 17 wordsA special session has been convened of the Legislative Council of Cape Colony for the purpose of reconsidering the proposed South African Customs Union, which the Council ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Native Americans have nominated G. W. Curtis, LL.D., a prominent leader of the Hayes and Garfield section of the Republican party, and one of the Regents of ...
Article : 43 wordsSir,—I hope in the interest of, say, 2[?],000 residents of this colony you will find space for this letter, as I suppose about that number, or not very far short of it, to ...
Article : 939 wordsSaturday's fox-terrier coursing meet at Newstead brought together a number of well-known dogs between whom there was some capital coursing. They hailed from ...
Article : 171 wordsSir John Gorst, Under-Secretary for India, denies that Mr. Palmer, with whom he has intimate business relations, is connected with the (Hyderabad) Deccan ...
Article : 40 wordsTin (Australian and Straits) is quoted at £94 per ton. ...
Article : 14 wordsMeeting of conference on the sugar bounties question have bean adjourned until the 27th inst. ...
Article : 26 wordsThere was a well-contested football match played on the 11th between Gould's Country and St. Helen's teams, resulting in 2 goafs for St Helens and 4 for the local team; the ...
Article : 285 wordsA Parnell Defence Fund has been started to enable him to fight his cases in the Law Courts against The Times. ...
Article : 29 wordsReferring to the libel actions with which it is threatened, The Times asserts that the suits instituted by Messrs. O'Connor and Redmond are intended to distract public ...
Article : 61 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on Change on Saturday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 87 wordsCardinal Moran is at present the guest of Archbishop T.W. Croke at Thurles, on the river Suir, County Tipperary. ...
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Advertising : 6 wordsM. Goblet, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, declares that the latest Italian proposals with respect to the Franco-Italian commercial treaty are unacceptable ...
Article : 32 wordsALKALI IN COCOA.—The public are cautioned against Dutch Cocoas and their English imitations, which though called pure, contain about 4 per cent. of added ...
Article : 348 wordsA collision has occurred between two steamers in the Atlantic, and a hundred persons have been drowned. ...
Article : 23 wordsThere is a growing belief that the " White Pasha" whose reported movements in Africa have caused so much interest of late is really Mr. H. M. Stanley. ...
Article : 36 wordsA very largely attended meeting of farmers took place at the Bl[?]helm Hotel on Monday evening for the purpose of hearing Mr. Thomas Hogarth's lecture on ...
Article : 294 wordsThe Bank of England minimum rate of discount remains at 3 per cent. Wheat, ex warehouse, remains steady at 37s. to 37s. 6d. Off coast cargoes have ...
Article : 162 wordsMdme. Adelina Patti writes:—"I have found Pears' Soap matchless for the hands and complexion." (Signed) ADELINA PATTI. PEARS' SOAP—Pure! Fragrant! ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 20 Aug 1888, Page 3
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