The Launceston quotation for tin ore on Saturday was 14s. 6d. per unit. On Friday the Hon. N. J. Brown, M H.A., Introduced to the Minister of ...
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Article : 29 wordsCreditors' petitions for the compulsory winding-up of the following companies have been presented and are to be heard on June 7 next:— ...
Article : 85 wordsAt the Albany Sessions to-day, the Rev. Mr. Hillier was proceeded against for breaches of the Marriage Act in having celebrated a marriage without the production ...
Article : 94 wordsAt a special meeting of the Council of the Sc[?]oll of Mines a scheme of retrenchment was adopted, by which will be effected an annual saving in salaries and wages of ...
Article : 428 wordsThe Australian artillerymen, have visited Woolwich arsenal, and were much impressed with the new field gun firing. They will compete in the ...
Article : 53 wordsLord Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has banquetted Viscount Gormanston, the Governor-designate of Tasmania. Sir E. N. C. Braddon, ...
Article : 75 wordsA smart earthquake shock was felt to-day in Auckland, but no damage was done. The Union S.S. Co. has notified its intention to maintain the coastal fare at last ...
Article : 245 wordsSIR,—I have noticed in your valuable paper that there is a desire on the part of mineowners to open up a trade with England for the sale of lead ores containing ...
Article : 140 wordsThe following are the quotations for Australian Government Stocks:—Victorian 3½ per cents., £87; New South Wales 3½ per cents., £91; Queensland 3½ ...
Article : 102 wordsJames Neill Campbell, son of a deceased Bombay officer, has been charged with theft, and stands remanded. ...
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Article : 71 wordsSIR,—As several exhibitors have ventilated their grievances through your columns, and as I am the one that is most intimately concerned, kindly allow me a small space to ...
Article : 410 wordsHer Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and daughters have returned to London after an extended absence. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe French Press alleges that England is backing up the King of Siam in opposition to French occupation of his territory. ...
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Article : 660 wordsThe directors of the Bank of Victoria did not call a meeting, as they had been legally advised that such proceeding was unnecessary. ...
Article : 247 wordsPratt's well-nown dog biscuit factory in London has been, destroyed by fire. ...
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Article : 95 wordsBroken Hill Proprietary shares are to-day quoted at £3 15s. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Archduke Franz Ferdinand and party, including Mr. F. B. Suttor, the Minister of Public Instruction, arrived at Marramine at midnight, by special train. This morning at ...
Article : 532 wordsThe British Anti-Slavery Society has formulated a protest against the toleration by the European powers of the slave market in Tangiers, on the ...
Article : 209 wordsThe election of four trustees to fill the vacancies in the Leven Road Trust took place yesterday, and was the most exciting election of the kind held here. The polling ...
Article : 214 wordsSIR,—I was extremely pleased with your leading article in this day's issue, also the sensible letter by "Cassiterite." Will Mr. Commissioner Dawson, of St. ...
Article : 127 wordsAt a meeting of the Prussian Cabinet, Count von Caprivi, Chancellor of the Empire, attended and presented the Army Bill, which the late Reichstag ...
Article : 71 wordsA most disastrous landslip has occurred at Vaerdalen in Norway. Twelve large farms suddenly sunk, and the place became converted into a slimy ...
Article : 61 words[?]At the City Police Court to-day Jessie Brown admitted receiving a picture, the property of Louis Young, knowing it to have been stolen. She was sentenced to two ...
Article : 204 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent "A.J.O." has propounded a scheme of taxation with a view to discussion. With this object, I now ask sufficient space in your columns. The ...
Article : 243 wordsAmerican telegrams report that owing to the unfinished condition of the Chicago Exhibition it is not up to the present proving as attractive as was ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Patterson), speaking at a banquet at Port Campbell last night, said, amid cheers from his colleagues, that it was high time that the Customs barriers between ...
Article : 226 wordsRoster.—Mesars. R. Wardlaw (chairman), J. Anderson, J. Morey, J. Markey, A. Becker, J. Cramp, J. Becker, Wm. Lohrey, F. Thorn, R. Hurdy, Colonel Legge (hon. ...
Article : 472 wordsOrient arrived at Suez on the 15th inst., homeward bound. Ruahine sailed from Rio de Janeiro, homewards, on the 17th inst. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Presbyterians in America are agitating for repeal of the Exclusion Act, and the Methodists have appointed a day of prayer to secure just treatment ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 324 wordsThe actual Treasury receipts in connection with South Australian railways from July 1, 1892, to May 17, 1893, amountad to £877,820, compared with £1,054,849 received ...
Article : 206 wordsFor some weeks past local shopkeepers have been complaining of articles being removed from their premises during business hours. Drapers, bootmakers, grocers, and ...
Article : 174 wordsThe first battalion of the South Staffordshire regiment will leave Egypt for England early in June. ...
Article : 25 wordsSIR,—It is very satisfactory to note from the speeches and remarks made by the various members of the Ministerial party since their return to Hobart from the West ...
Article : 560 wordsThe continuation of the match at Lords between the Marylebone team and the Australians was commenced in fair weather, the wicket being in good ...
Article : 898 wordsThe House of Commons has adjourned for the usual Whitsuntide holidays until the 20th inst. ...
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Article : 35 wordsLord Wolverton, who fills the office of a Lord-in-Waiting in Her Majesty's Household, is resigning owing to his disagreement with the provisions of the ...
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Article : 361 wordsThe Bank Bill is being drafted under the supervision of the Attorney-General, and it is probable that the Government will confer with the leading bank managers after the ...
Article : 111 wordsMr. Asquith, the Home Secretary, refuses to release Gilbert, the American dynamiter, now serving a sentence in gaol. ...
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Article : 159 wordsSignor Giolitti, Premier of the Italian Government, has re[?]gbed owing to the rejection of the estimates, which rejection is due to the personal ...
Article : 33 wordsThe. R.M.S. Paramatta, with Governor Duff and suite on board, has arrived here. ...
Article : 20 wordsRichard Handall, one of the persons againat whom proceedings were taken in connection with a fatal glove fight recently, dropped dead yesterday. ...
Article : 87 wordsIf we think of soap as a means of cleanliness only, even then PEARS' SOAP is a matter of course. It is the only soap that is all soap and nothing but soap—no free fat ...
Article : 80 wordsA platform in use at the Women's Congress, held in the Chicago Exhibition, fell, and seventy-five women were hurt, eight of them seriously. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 22 May 1893, Page 3
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