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Advertising : 3,275 wordsA meeting of the membery of this board was hold yesterday afternoon. President: The Master Warden, Mr. A. G. Webster (chairman), Wardens Bayloy, Crisp, Boyes, ...
Article : 966 wordsEighteen months ago Messrs. Hazell and Hodkin visited Tasmania in the interests of the Imperial Emigration Bureau, London, for the purpose of forming a committee here ...
Article : 453 wordsIt is authoritatively stated that the recent rumour that China intended to invade Australian ports as soon as her naval armaments are ready is a mere hoax, and also that a ...
Article : 66 wordsIN the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. MOORE moved,—"That the Council at its rising do adjourn until Thursday next," which, after a debate lasting upwards ...
Article : 7,859 wordsThe Ministry, in view of the successive defeats they experienced last night in committee on the budget proposals, seriously considered the situation at a Cabinet ...
Article : 444 wordsThe action brought by Mr. Farnell, M. P., against Tht Times, has been formerly indicted in the Edinburgh Law Courts. ...
Article : 26 wordsA compauy has been formed for the purpose of treating mica deposits in South Australia. ...
Article : 22 wordsM. Carnot, the French Premier, replying to representations made by the farmers of Normandy, has promised to lend his aid in obtaining increased protection for the ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank of Australasia, a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum was declared, £13,000 carried forward, and £1,095 carried ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Hughes, a sugar expert, is going to Queensland on behalf of English capitalists, to report on the sugar industry in that colony. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe stream silver ore obtaintd at Broken Hills, New South Wales, has assayed at the rate of only 82oz. of silver per ton. The company, which it was projected to float to ...
Article : 43 wordsThe commander of the Stanley Military Expedition, with one of the members of Mr. H. M. Stanley's expedition, has arrived at Lisbon, and will proceed immediately to ...
Article : 60 wordsSIR,—I herewith enclose the necessary instractions concerning the Johnson grass I received yesterday from Mr. Colebatch, Sewage Farm, Adelaide. To show you what ...
Article : 834 wordsA man named John King, supposed to be an Australian, has been found, dead on the Midland railway, near Haverstock. It is believed that he was forcibly ejected from a ...
Article : 54 wordsA company is forming for the purchase of the whole of the Cheshire salt fields, and thus creating a monopoly of the trade. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is reported that the Hon. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, Government leader in the House of Commons will be raised to the peerage, and that the Right ...
Article : 59 wordsThe position of affairs at Newcasle remains unaltered, and the outlook is very ominous. A long struggle is anticipated. An attempt waa made the morning to ...
Article : 65 wordsDONCASTER STAKES, of 10sovs. each, with 500iovs. added; owner of second horse to receive 100sovs. out of stakes; third, 50sovs.; and breeder of the winner 100sovs.; 114 ...
Article : 49 wordsIn the Assembly to-night a bill extending the provisions of the Employers Liability Act to seamen passed its second reading. ...
Article : 28 wordsOur rifle corps and ranges here and at Cleveland have been inspected by Colonel Bernard. Companies of this corps are forming at Cleveland, Conara and Barton. ...
Article : 80 wordsIt is stated that Mons Persico, the Pope's special agent, will not again return to Ireland. ...
Article : 27 wordsTin is quoted at £101 3s.; three months. £101 10s. ...
Article : 15 wordsOsman Digna and a force of cavalry approached Suakim and attacked the outposts, but were successfully repulsed. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on Change yesterday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 292 wordsMr. Hymen Cowen's composition "Song of Thanksgiving," recently produced at the opening of the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, has been given at the Hereford ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Bank of England minimum rate of discount has been raised to 4 per cent. The money market is active, Tanned skins and hides are in fair Remand ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 18s. Broken Hill Proprietary Co.—The yield for this week is 82,490oz., representing a ...
Article : 69 wordsThe man who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the recent murders at Whitechapel has been relasied, as there was not sufficient evidence to connect him with ...
Article : 137 wordsPyke Prospecting Association.—The secretary, Mr. E. E. Tilley, reports that the prospectors have secured two 40 aere sections on the line of Godkin's find, which, ...
Article : 409 wordsCampbell's Reward, b. £4: s. £10. Princess, b. 4s. Princess Extended, b. [?]d.; s. 1s. Princess Prospecting, b. 20s. ...
Article : 305 wordsThe Norddeutscher.—Lloyd Imperial German mail steamer Salier arrived at Colombo, from Australia, on the evening of the 5th inst, homeward bound. ...
Article : 142 wordsSIR,—I learn by the Mercury of 8th inst., that the members of the Marine Board have decided to erect a new pier from the Old Wharf for ocean [?]ers, to be used also for ...
Article : 281 wordsThe English wheat market is advancing with increased firmness. The Continental markets are firm, The American market is changing a little for the worse. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 15 Sep 1888, Page 3
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