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Article : 39 wordsAt a private meeting of Hobart Municipal Council on Saturday Alderman Reynolds was unanimously elected Mayor of the city for 1892. Alderman BAILY after warde ...
Article : 725 wordsMr. Justice Chitty has authorised a reduction of the capital of the National Bank of New Zealand in accordance with the wishes of the directors. ...
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Article : 39 wordsLord Knutsford declares that during the coming session of Parliament the Local Government Bill will be confirmed. ...
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Article : 59 wordsThis powerful combination, headed by Frank M. Clark, will make their first appearance in Hobart this evening. They have met with great success during the past ...
Article : 610 wordsSilver market somewhat easier. Sales:— Block 10, £11 17s, £11 15s 6d, £11 17s, £11 16s. Block 14, £5 16s. British (New), 19s. Hills (colonial), £7 1s. South (contributing), ...
Article : 96 wordsA circus company, numbering 25, have been drowned in a cyclone while voyaging off the South American coast. ...
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Article : 211 wordsIt is officially announced that Earl Dufferin will succeed Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, as Governor of Ceylon. ...
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Article : 296 wordsThe Court of Appeal has ordered the sale of Lord Ailesbury's Savernake estate. [The Court to which a pplication was first. ...
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Article : 39 wordsMessrs. P. W. Spence and Co. report under date November 5:—Tin improved from £91 12s. 6d. cash for Straits to £91 paid on the, 12th ult, and varied between that ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 14 Dec 1891, Page 3
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