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Article : 60 wordsThe Elsternwick Park Race Meeting took place yesterday with the following results:- JUVENILE STAKES, Of 75sovs.; second, 10sovs. Three furlongs. ...
Article : 234 wordsAt the Hobart Tabernacle yesterday morning Pastor McCullough preached a sermon on the burning question of the day. Taking as his text 1st Chronicles, xii., 32 ...
Article : 1,785 wordsGood practical sermon on "Strikes" at Hobart Tabernacle yesterday morning. Crow of the s.s. Flora paid off on Saturday. Vessel lays up until the strike is over. ...
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Article : 17 wordsMr. Davitt, addressing a meeting yesterday, said he hoped Irish begging was at an end. The establishment of varied cultures in husbandry and ...
Article : 50 wordsW. O'Connor, the American [?]uller, arrived this morning, and was entertained by the Mayor of Adelaide. He leaves for England to-morrow. ...
Article : 190 wordsAt Sandy Ray range on Saturday last 11 members of the above Club held a handicap match for three prizea in each class from the Club funds. The conditions were:— ...
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Article : 1,388 wordsThe United States Senate has rejected the proposal to take the tax off imported wool. ...
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Article : 94 wordsIt has been definitely decided that no special levy will be made on the English dockers in aid of the Australian Shipping strike. The ...
Article : 131 wordsAverage quotations tor shares in steamship companies are as follows:- Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand, paidup per share, £10—present quotation, ...
Article : 240 wordsIn reference to the shipping senke no nearer approach to settlement can be reported. The Employers Union met yesterday and ...
Article : 233 wordsA public meeting was held in the readingroom last evening, convened by the Harbour League Committee, and was the largest and most influential meeting yet held at Stanley. ...
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Article : 180 wordsSix thousand quarters of New Zealand wheat, to be landed during September, were sold to-day at 37s. 6d. per quarter. ...
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Article : 241 wordsThe Trades Union is remitting £500 to Melbourne, and a similar sum to Sydney on Monday, it being stipulated that the money thall be properly ...
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Article : 79 wordsNothing extraordinary has transpired in regard to the strike since Friday night, except a big labour demonstration which took place yesterday, when close on 75,000 ...
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Article : 13 wordsMr. Francis Abigail, late Minister of Mines in New South Wales, has sailed for Sydney. ...
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Article : 56 wordsMr. A. J. Potter, one of the leading business men in Newcastle, N.S.W., writes to the Sydney agents of the Waterbury Watch Co.:—"I have been selling your ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 1 Sep 1890, Page 3
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