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Advertising : 1,810 wordsThe Municipal Council met on the 5th inst. Present: The Warden (Mr. R. Harrisson), and Councillors Agnew, Butler, Robert Jones, Win. Jones, and Nettlefold. ...
Article : 1,388 wordsArthur Goring Thomas, musician and dramatist, has committed suicide by getting in front of a railway train. He was a follow student with Sir ...
Article : 66 wordsA bill was introduced by the Government in the Legislative Assembly with reference to the King George's Sound garrison and defences. It provided that the garrison ...
Article : 147 wordsCape apples are fetching threepencehalf-penny each at Covent Garden, and Cape grapes and peaches also fetch high prices. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Government has decided to appoint a departmental committee to inquire into the treatment of habitual drunkards. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Indian budget shows a surplus. The budget statement, which has just been delivered, says that the famine which exists in the Madras Presidency ...
Article : 100 wordsThe prosecution of the Cologne Gazette for having recently commented on a foolish speech made by the German Emperor has been abandoned. ...
Article : 27 wordsDuring to-day Mr. H. A. Page, secretary, will receive entries for the Maiden Plate to be run at the annual meet on April 6 The event is worth 20sovs., and winners of back ...
Article : 57 wordsA glove fight for a hundred pounds provided by the National Sporting Club between W. Williams and W. Whatley has been got off. Williams ...
Article : 48 wordsA serious revolt against the Government has taken place in Venezuela. Some severe fighting has taken place betweeen the Government forces and ...
Article : 36 wordsOFFICER COLLEGE V. HUTCHINS SCHOOL. —The return match will take place on the upper cricket ground this afternoon, commencing at 2 o'clock:—Officer College: J. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe price of wheat at Mark Lane is a shilling per quarter lower, than last week's quotations. ...
Article : 19 wordsOwing to the steady drain on the Australian Mortgage and Deposit Bank that institution will suspend payment from tomorrow. ...
Article : 183 wordsBullion silver is to-day quoted at 3s. 5d. per oz. ...
Article : 17 wordsA mysterious death took place on Friday. John May was, missing, and on Saturday a search was made. In deceased's hut blood was found on the floor, and the looking glass ...
Article : 671 wordsDr. Bergamin desires to slightly operate on the Emperor William to arrest the aural affection from which he has been some time suffering, but ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Mount Cameron Water-race Board met at Scottsdale on the 15th inst. Present: All members of the Board. Mr. Belstead, Secretary of Mines, presided. ...
Article : 312 wordsOn Saturday, 19th inst., these teams met at Wattle Hill and enjoyed a pleasant day's cricket. There not being time enough to finish the game, it was decided by the first ...
Article : 195 wordsCheor Hong Cheong, the Victorian Chinese missionary now in England has addressed a meeting of members of Parliament in the committee-room of ...
Article : 53 wordsA military plot has been discovered in Greece to depose King George, and numerous officers have been arrested. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 15s. 3d. per unit. There were no sales on Hobart Public Exchange last night. ...
Article : 203 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, Mr. Sec, replying to a question, re the amending of the tariff next session by repealing duties on raw material which cannot be produced in the ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Financial News expresses opinion that Mr. Shiels' economics, as propounded in his speech setting forth the proposals of his Government, will be ...
Article : 36 wordsWorks at the Zeehan and Dundas smeltery are in an advanced condition, and could be in blast in a week's time if necessary, all the heavy work connected with the first water ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the Standard says the political crisis has been adjusted by General Caprivi retaining the Chancellorship of the ...
Article : 39 wordsThree railway stations, all on the S[?] gate line, were broken into and robbed on Friday night. The robberies are supposed to have been committed by a gang of Southerners ...
Article : 145 wordsIn the House of Commons, Mr. Hugh Watt, member for Glasgow, asked if Lord Knutsford was favourable to a scheme for rendering South Australia ...
Article : 59 wordsBrandy Creek, March 19.—The winze has been sunk a further depth of 6ft. 6in. Lode still pinched and walls very hard. At present we have the track only. There is a seam of ...
Article : 1,354 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on Change yesterday:— HOBART ...
Article : 422 wordsA general strike among employees on the Canadian-Pacifio railway is imminent. ...
Article : 18 wordsThree Bulgarians connected with the recent murder of Dr. Vulkovitch have been expelled from Odessa. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe motion carried at the Postal Conference that the carriage of mails over the South Australian lines should be expedited has an element of coolness about it, the ...
Article : 349 wordsThe Standard says Lord Salisbury in refusing the vivendi encourages America to seize all seal poachers in Behring Straits, believing that, England will ...
Article : 51 wordsVery heavy rain again fell in Sydney and throughout the eastern division of the colony on Saturday. In Sydney, during the hours from 9 [?] to 9 p.m., 4½in. fell ...
Article : 320 wordsHer Majesty Queen Victoria, has been cordially welcomed at Hyeres where she intends sojourning for several weeks. ...
Article : 26 wordsDear Sir,—The case of Mrs. John Gemmill presents a striking example of suffering and marvellous care. She has lived in and near Milroy for 30, years, and is 69. In ...
Article : 77 wordsIt is reported, that Herbert Vaughan (brother to the late Archbishop of Sydney), who was appointed Bishop of Salford in 1872, and who has beenori ...
Article : 55 words[?] pastorate of the Metropolitan Tabernacle has been offered to the Rev. Mr. Pierson, who formerly acted as assistant to the late Rev. C. H. ...
Article : 189 wordsDuring these long 19 years of suffering she found no relief from the numerous remedies she had tried. In 1885 her daughter read the advertisement of St. Jacobs oil, and she ...
Article : 291 wordsAlscrity, b. 9d. Amalgamated West Tasmania, b. 10d. Little Wonder, b. 1s 7d, s. 2s 6d. New Pinsfore, b. 41s, s. 46s. New Golden ...
Article : 159 wordsSir Samuel Griffith, during the course of a speech at Maryborough on Friday, expressed the determination of the Government to introduce a measure for the ...
Article : 133 wordsWe have had quite a lively and exciting week, though unfortunately from a business point of view the depression still exists, aggravated by the fact of so many men ...
Article : 1,378 wordsThe following sales were effected on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Block 10, £7 4s, £7 3s, £7 5s, £7 10s 6d. Broken Hill Proprietary, £7 3s 6d, £7 4s, £7 5s 6d. Centrals, ...
Article : 110 wordsSwanston, alias Deeming, alias Williams, eats, smokes, and sleep well. He declares himself to be perfectly happy, and hopes that he will soon be free. He is, however, ...
Article : 442 wordsAn enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Australian Mutual Provident Society was held yesterday. Mr. B. Short, of Sydney, who is a candidate for a seat on ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is rumoured that the Emperor William of Germany has borrowed a sum of £2,000,000 in order to liquidate his debts. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 23 Mar 1892, Page 3
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