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Advertising : 978 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore on Saturday was 16s. 6d. per unit. Shareholders in the Mercury G.M. Co. [?]cet on Wednesday evening next for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 wordsThe Australian-Eleven went to the wickets on play being resumed at Portsmouth this morning, and in the first innings scored 131. Trott was ...
Article : 227 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on Change on Saturday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 202 wordsA cable message from New Zealand states the Maritime Labom organisations in that colony have concluded all arrangements for a strike. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Silver Age on Saturday stated that the agreement between the Railway Commissioners and the leading Barrier companies had been signed, and that its terms ...
Article : 174 wordsAt the meeting of the Town Board on Thursday evening, 7th inst., it was resolved to borrow £500 under the Local Bodies Loa[?]s Act, to complete the cencrete drain ...
Article : 843 wordsShortly b fore 8 o'clock on Saturduy evening, a man known only by the name of Johnson, was found dead on a track running immediately behind Mr.R. Huckson's ...
Article : 549 wordsSIR,—In your issue to-day we notice letter signed " Uniformity," who is lab[?] ing under a false impression in regard to the size of the above cases. ...
Article : 93 wordsBalstrap's Manganese Hill, August 4.— The air shaft has been sunk a further dep[?] of 12ft. 7in, when it holed through to the rise; total depth from surface to floor of ...
Article : 1,588 wordsGOLD.—Amalgamat d West Tasmania, b. 4s. 2d., s. 4s. 3d., sales 4s. 2d.;Chums. b. 1s. 3d., s 1s. 6d.; Cosmopolitan, s. 1s. 1d.; Little Wonder, s. 3s.; Moonlight, s. 6d.; ...
Article : 210 wordsPremier football matches.—South Melbourne boat Essendon, 7 goals to 1; Fitzroy boat Melbourne, 8 to 2; St. Kilda beat Footscray, 3 to 2; Carlton beat North ...
Article : 108 wordsSir Thomas Cockburn Campbell, who returned to the colony by the R.M.S. Oruba, which reached Albany on Thursday, has arrived at Perth, and been accorded a most ...
Article : 83 wordsSIR,—My attention having been called to a letter published in to-day's issue of your paper, signed B. F. Davie, will you allow me to state that this man has lately left our ...
Article : 98 wordsA Ten Guinea Shelfield Handicap was ran here to-day, in the presence of some 200 spectators. There were 17 competitors. The distance was 130yds., and the race was ...
Article : 126 wordsSIR,—In his address as president of the British Association for the year 188[?], Sir John Lubbock in tracing the past 50 years of science did not forget to draw special ...
Article : 684 wordsSilver quiet, prices lower. The following sales were reported on Stock Exchange:- Broken Hill Proprietary £12 4s., £12 2s.; Broken Hill Block 10, £9 18s. 6d., £9 8s., £9 ...
Article : 100 wordsA creep has occurred in the Lambton mine, and the men were at once withdrawn. Shortly afterwards the south pi[?] collapsed. Fortunately no one was hurt. The force of ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Municipal Council met on 14th inst. Present: The Warden (Mr. W. Gunn), Councillors J. J. Butler, A. L. Webb, T. C. Hodgman, G. E. Piesse, and J. Pace. ...
Article : 1,119 wordsThe ironworkers at Hooker and Co.'s iron foundry, Kilkenny, have struck owing to a non-unionist being engaged. It is believed the new Ministry will be as ...
Article : 77 wordsAt the Caulfield Grand National meeting held yesterday the weather was unsettled, and several heavy showers fell The following were the results of the racing:— ...
Article : 888 wordsSIR,—Is is the custom of some writers in the Press to use the term " blackleg," which has been adopted by trades unions as an opprobrious designation for those who ...
Article : 221 wordsThe threatened general strike amongst railway employees, seamen, and miners has been averted, the boycotting of Whitcomb aud Tomb beiug abandoned by the Trades ...
Article : 39 wordsThe St. Joseph's Band have under consideration a propo[?] to visit Victoria about the end of the present month, and giving a series of concerts in Melbourne and the ...
Article : 160 wordsThe strike of officers connected with the Marine Officers' Association virtually commenced on Saturday evening, all the Officers engaged in the intercolonial trade, ...
Article : 680 wordsSIR,—Though we do not consider the issue between the company we represent and the directors of the T.S.N Co. as one that can be thoroughly discussed in your columns, nor ...
Article : 407 wordsA preliminary competition in connection with the Intercolonial Rifle Match, to be held at Brisbane this year took place on Saturday. Several members of the Country ...
Article : 120 wordsA man named John Cooper, labourer, who has for some years been employed on the Connorville and Parknook estates, was found dead in his bed on Wednesday morning, ...
Article : 617 wordsAnother old resident has passed away in the person of Mr. Laudon Fairthorne, who for many years has occupied the p[?] tion of one of the leading chemists in the ...
Article : 462 wordsSIR,—As I informed you on a previous occasion I would attempt to show where the Technical School Board had failed in its duty to the students, and the public ...
Article : 1,055 wordsSIR,—For a long time past every paper we take up is filled with telegrams or extracts relating to strikes, actual or threatened, or proceedings of [?]es unions, but I do not ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 18 Aug 1890, Page 3
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