His Excellency Viscount Gormanston, accompanied by his Private Secretary and the Hon. W. Moore, reached here yesterday at noon by special train, and was met ...
Article : 470 wordsThe Municipal Council met on the 2nd inst, all the Councillors being present. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. ...
Article : 429 wordsThe New Year races were well patronised, but there was nothing approaching the crush which is an attendant of Cup Day. The weather was delightful, and the ladies ...
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Article : 71 wordsFranch and his wife, under arrest in Spain, have confessed that Anarchists attended a meeting at Barcelona armed with bombs, knives, and revolvers, ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Municipal Council met on Saturday, the 6th inst. Present—The Warden (Mr. McDowell), Councillors Ibbott, Bowden, Chamberien, North, and Nicholas. An ...
Article : 896 wordsSIR,—In your issue of to-day, I see Dr. Benjafield alleges that the Central Board of Health is " wedded to deep drainage of Hobart." What grounds he has for the ...
Article : 201 wordsA sad and fatal accident happened at Promised Land to-day. About 10.30 a.m. Mr. James Byard and his three sons were out on the farm scrubbing. Mr. Byard was ...
Article : 106 wordsSIR,—Allow us to point out the misapprehension your correspondent "Fruitgrower" is labouring under. In your issue of to-day our name is mentioned as having applied ...
Article : 214 wordsTasmanian one million loan scrip is to-day quoted at £3 2s. 6d. premium. ...
Article : 23 wordsAs a visitor to this pleasant and picturesque locality during the Christmas holidays I have been impressed with the signs of steady progress even in these ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. Asquith, the Home Secretary, replying to a question asked in the House of Commons, said he hoped that it would be possible to award some ...
Article : 103 wordsThe body of William Hardwick was found this afternoon in the Bagdad Rivulet near where he would cross on his way home from Tea Tree last Monday evening. He was of ...
Article : 108 wordsAnother fire took place in Launceston early this morning. The alarm was given between 2 and 3 o'clock, and the brigade lost no time in getting to the scene of the ...
Article : 163 wordsSIR,—A short time s[?]ce I remarked on some inaccuracies in the use of the relative "who." A few days ago I came across the following instance in an extract from a letter ...
Article : 249 wordsThe man that has no music in his soul is poetically accredited with an abundance of [?]vil tendencies that make him an undesirable gentleman to have for a next door neighbour. ...
Article : 2,041 wordsA meeting of the Marine Board was held on the 22nd ult. Present:—Wardens Gaffney (Master Warden), Slater, G[?]ing Johnson, and Cordell. ...
Article : 1,134 wordsThe riotous state of affairs for some time prevailing in Sicily is now ceasing, the population becoming amenable to the stringent enforcement of martial ...
Article : 54 wordsLaunceston[?] quotation for tin ore yesterda[?] a full of 3d. per unit. Notification appears in advertising columns of intended registration of the Reward G.M. ...
Article : 130 wordsIn view of the serious complication of affairs in Hawaii, President Cleveland has relegated to Congress any further action on the part of the ...
Article : 29 wordsA [?] meeting was held at the [?] last evening, Pesent:—Messrs. [?], Turner, Chesterman, Batt, [?], J. H. S. Murdoch (hon. treasurer); ...
Article : 252 wordsSIR,—As an interested listener at the organ recital yesterday, allow me to suggest that it would in future be a great improvement if a screen of some sort were attached ...
Article : 147 wordsThe consignment of New Zealand butter and cheese per s.s. Ruapehu has arrived in excellent condition. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 90,100,000 bushels. ...
Article : 17 wordsCOMET, December 30.—The crosscut at the 260ft. level has been extended 15ft., through oxidised lode matter and dolomite. During the past few days we have made ...
Article : 528 wordsThe steamer Barrabool when off Gabo Island this morning, on voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, signalled " Captain musing. " Her captain when she left port was W. H. ...
Article : 41 wordsSIR,—An announcement is made that the chanc[?]l of St. David's Cathedral is to be opened on the 18th. It would be a graceful compliment to especially invite any of the ...
Article : 525 wordsAn endeavour (in many quarters considered a presumptuous one) has been made to induce Mr. H. Murray to relinquish his seat in favour of the Hon. N. J. Brown, who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsA general meeting was held at the Ship Hotel last night. The Commodore (Mr. H. W. Knight) presided, and the attendance was [?]. ...
Article : 1,059 wordsNever go to bed with cold or damp feet. Never lean with the back against anything that is cold. Never take warm drinks and then ...
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Article : 149 wordsThe opinion of the leading skin authorities of the world, viz., the late Professor Sir Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S., Dr. Redwood, Ph.D., F.C.S., F.I.C., Mr. John L. Milton, ...
Article : 128 wordsThe annual treat in connection with the Anglican Sunday-school was held on Saturday, 6th inst., in the Creasy-hall, the inclement state of the weather preventing it ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 12 Jan 1894, Page 3
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