The Government has received a cable message from the Agent-General stating that "General" Booth has not yet settled upon a site for his proposed oversea colony, ...
Article : 74 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and salon on 'Change on Saturday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Midland Railway Co. have offered to hand back their land grants to the colony on condition that the Goverument will guarantee 3 per cent. interest on the total ...
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Advertising : 921 wordsThe Anglo-Australian steamer Port Douglas, 3,500 tons (Gibbs, Bright, and Co., agents), one of the most popular of the "Port" line, and which left London ...
Article : 158 wordsThe third decision was given at the Ballarat East Local Option Court to-day, when the licensee and owner of the Cumberland and Durham Hotel, in Bridge-street, were ...
Article : 361 wordsThe annual election of road trustees was held to-day, and much interest was manifested throughout. The result of the election was as follows:—T. Dunbabin, 82; W. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore on Saturday was 17s. per unit. Notifications of forfeiture and intended sale of shares are given in the following ...
Article : 581 wordsThe first meeting of the Hadspen Pony Turf Club took place on the private course of the Hon. Thos. Reibey, Entally Estate, on Saturday afternoon. The ...
Article : 433 wordsThe New Zealand and Australian Steamship Co. have launched the steamer Wairrijos at Wallsend, for the Australian and New Zealand trade. ...
Article : 51 wordsCount Leon Tolstoi, the eminent Russian novelist, who is now in his 65th year, is seriously ill. His condition is said to be critical. ...
Article : 27 wordsCommandant, s. 7d. Derby, b. 1s 9d, s. 2s 2d. East Volunteer, s. 10½d. East Pinafore, s. 1s 4d. East Pinafore (paid), s. 2s 9d. ...
Article : 131 wordsIntelligence has been received that the Dahomeyans, undismayed by the determination of the French Government to send a strong expeditionary ...
Article : 115 wordsThere are a great many complaints made by the fruit dealers as to the condition of the Tasmanian apples whick arrived by the Arcadia. ...
Article : 41 wordsBeatrice Cooper has been sentenced by the University authorities to one week's imprisonment in the Cambridge Spinning House. The decision was ...
Article : 30 wordsThe American Senate has decided to ask President Harrison to endeavour to induce Gieat Britain to secure arbitration on the claims of Messrs. Witham ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. David Williamson Irving, Police Magistrate of Tamworth, died buddenly to-day of epilep[?]y. The deceased was 73 years of age, and was appointed to the magistracy ...
Article : 330 wordsThe following sales of stock were effected on the Stock Exchange this morning:—Block 10, £5 12s to £5 5s 6d. Broken Hill (colonial register), £6 1s to £5.19s to £6 5s. Central, ...
Article : 67 wordsTwo bombs have been exploded at Commercy, in France, in the houses of two of the principal merchants. Much damage was done to property, but no ...
Article : 37 wordsThe racial difficulty in the United States is causing renewed trouble, and in several of the southern and central States an intensely bitter feeling ...
Article : 224 wordsSignor Giolitti, the newly appointed Italian Premier and President of Council, having obtained an expression of the confidence of the Legislature, ...
Article : 51 wordsAnother and somewhat unexpected Ministerial crisis has occurred, Signor Giolitti although having a majority in the House has resigned his position. ...
Article : 41 wordsSIR,—Kindly allow me to draw your attention to the highly unsatisfactory state of the mail service between Hobart and Strahan. We have practically only two ...
Article : 268 wordsA German Judge in East Africa has sentenced seventeen Arab slave dealers to be hanged. ...
Article : 22 wordsAbout 200 guests sat down to the banquet to Sir R. G. W. Herbert, formerly Permanent Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office. Lord Kimberley ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. Secretary Blaine's nomination for the coining Presidential election is considered certain unless he again declines to stand. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Bishop of Durham urges the coal mine owners to consent to reduce wages 10 per cent., and to submit to arbitration their demand for the ...
Article : 76 wordsMost encouraging reports are to hand from the new field. Messrs. Hi[?]kson, Peterson, and Elkin, representing the Hickson P.A., also Mr. A. E. Conliffe and party, returned ...
Article : 610 wordsThe protracted depression in the Argentine Republic seems now to have been overcome, and it is believed that a period of renewed prosperity is about ...
Article : 93 wordsThe American Senate is engaged in debating Mr. Stewart's Bill for the free coinage of silver in the United States. LATER. ...
Article : 69 wordsOn Saturday Messrs. W. T. Bell and Co. sold, [?] account of the Longford Racing Club, the following rights for forthcoming meeting:—Committee booth and bar, £10 ...
Article : 48 wordsThe hearing of the divorce case, Shortal v. Shortel, was concluded to-day. The petitioner was Thomas Shortal, a bookseller. Petitioner, in his evidence, alleged that ...
Article : 212 wordsSIR,—Considerable indignation was felt by all parents whose children are in attendance at this school, when it became known that the Government intend relieving the ...
Article : 305 wordsThe Porte's proposal to construct a railway from Sofia to Salonica has greatly delighted Bulgaria. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe Sydney Turf Club Birthday Meeting was concluded yesterday. There was a large attendance and fine weather. The following are the results: ...
Article : 313 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s R.M.S. Ballaarat, which left Melbourne on April 23, arrived at Suez on the morning of 25th inst. ...
Article : 66 wordsA cyclone has wrecked a large portion of Wellington city in Kansas. The Opera House, four newspaper offices, a foundry, and four squares of ...
Article : 60 wordsThe appeal case, Ramsay v. Gilchrist, has been dismissed by the Privy Council with costs. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe proposed contest between Nickless and Williams, which was declared off, has been re-arranged. Jackson says if he outlives five rounds ...
Article : 35 wordsA telegram received in the city this morning from Broken Hill reports that 134 points of rain have fallen and all the dams are now full. ...
Article : 186 wordsLast night two burglaries were committed, and a third frustrated through the burglars being disturbed. Jewellery to the value of about £150 was stolen from the residence of ...
Article : 306 wordsBaron de Worms, Parliamentary Secretary to the Colonial Office, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said that the resolution of ...
Article : 517 wordsThe French Press is jubilant at the prospect of Italy being compelled by her financial necessities to leave the Tiiple Alliance or else submit to ruin. ...
Article : 36 wordsTwo express trains have collided near Birmingham, and both were much damaged, and two passengers were killed. ...
Article : 59 wordsAbout one o'clock this morning a very serious shooting affray occurred in upper Collins-street. It appears at the hour named a young man named B[?]llock, employed by ...
Article : 110 wordsReplying to Lord Dundraven's advocacy of preferential treatment of Canada in commercial matters, Lord Balfour stated that such policy, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe following were the results of yesterday's races:- DISPOSAL STAKES.—Six furlongs. La Grippe, 8st. 9lb...... (Cripps) 1 ...
Article : 152 wordsLefroy, like Mathinna, is no new goldfield, and a bird's eye view of the country surrounding it shows that in the past it has been the scene of extensive operations. Situate N.W. ...
Article : 2,044 wordsHave been awarded to ST. JACOB'S OIL at different International Exhibitions for its marvellous power to relieve and cure pain. Its extraordinary merits have been placed ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Cycling Carnival was concluded yesterday. The Five Mile Internatio[?]al Championship was won by Warwick, of England; Scharpe, of Victoria, 2; McComb ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Small Holdings Bill has been passed in the House of Commons. ...
Article : 21 wordsA writ has been issued for the election of a member of the Assembly for Bundaberg in place of the late Mr. Walter Adams. The date of nomination is June 2, and the ...
Article : 142 wordsThe third competition for the selection of the Intercolonial team for 1892 was held at the ranges at Hobart and Launceston on Saturday. Major Wallack officiated as ...
Article : 257 wordsPears' soap manufacturing business is about to be converted into a company with a capital of £660,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Robert McCarthy, writing from Paradise (N.S.W.), says: "I find the Waterbury a very good timekeeper. Mine has gone two years and six months, and is ...
Article : 251 wordsMr. Hutton succeeds Lord Rosebery shortly as Chairman of the London County Council. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Intercolonial Eight-oared Race took place on the Brisbane River yesterday. Distance, a little over three miles, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland crews ...
Article : 62 wordsLead to-day is quoted at £11 per ton. ...
Article : 13 wordsLord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has issued invitations to a State dinner. The Agents-General of all the British colonies are amongst ...
Article : 300 wordsThe test case under the new Licensing Act, to decide whether certain clubs are entitled to licenses, was concluded at the Police Court to-day, when Mr. Pater decided ...
Article : 111 wordsThe attendance at Williamstown Races yesterday was marred by bad weather. The events contested resulted thus:- SELLING HURDLE RACE. ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Hon. P. O. Fysh, the Premier, and the Hon. A. I. Clark, Attorney-General of Tasmania, leave for Melbourne by Monday's express. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 30 May 1892, Page 3
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