In the Melbourne and Sydney papers recently, acoounts have appeared detailing the doings of two tourists, giving the names of Bloom and Douglas, who had arrived at ...
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Article : 445 wordsStill keeping in the Tasmanian section, there are a number of exhibits dotted about here and there t[?] are well worthy of a few lines. ...
Article : 1,612 wordsA public meeting has been held to form a branch of the Victorian Homestead League, recently inaugurated at Casterton, It was unanimously resolved to establish a branch ...
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Article : 315 wordsIn connection with the collision between the Eurimbla and the Lismore, and the suspension of the certificate of Mr. Burrey, the third officer of the Eurimbla, by the Marine ...
Article : 267 wordsBell's Reward, December 19.—North west level extended 10ft.; total, 30ft. Lode keeps about the same as previously reported. Cutting and levelling off ground for main engine ...
Article : 645 wordsA deputation, including a number of clergymen, waited on the City Council this afternoon to ask that the municipal permit to the band of the 3rd Victorian Regiment ...
Article : 410 wordsThe Zeehan and Duudas Tramway contractors have made short work of their difficulties and the line may be said to be virtually completed and ready for traffic. ...
Article : 361 wordsThe South Australian Government has agreed to the proposal of the Victorian Government that a joint military adviser in London, a member of the Ordnance ...
Article : 335 wordsSome fifty years ago the English ship "Argos" was wrecked on a low-lying key or sand Island of the Bahama group. Only one man, a sailor, was thrown safely on the ...
Article : 767 wordsThe influenza epidemic throughout the colony shows no abatement. December 22. The Government has reserved for an ...
Article : 126 wordsA meeting was held to-night in the Y.M.C.A. Hall to express sympathy with the persecuted Jews in Russia. The attendance was very small, but it is intended, as ...
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Article : 318 wordsThe anti-foreign riots in China are being made the theme of popular ballads circulating all over the Empire. The songs are printed coursely ...
Article : 1,858 wordsThe barque Rebecca, which went ashore on the coast near here, has been floated off. December 22. The black grub is proving destructive to ...
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Article : 82 wordsBrandy Creek, s. 10d. New Pinafore (ex div.), s. 50s. Tasmania, b. £6 6s, s. £7. West Pinafore, b. 8s 6d, s. 9s. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 25 Dec 1891, Page 1
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