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Article : 55 wordsMr. Robert Edwards has been granted permission to sell under the license held by Mr. H. G. Webb for the Volunteer Hotel in Brisbane-street, until the next quarterly ...
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Article : 47 words"Captain" Kerr, of the Salvation Army, who was a short time ago fined for playing a cornet in the public street at Milton, Otago, in contravention of the by-laws, not ...
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Article : 413 wordsOwing to an agitation in Bohemia for Home Rule, in lieu of Austrian dominance, all constitutional rights in Prague, the capital of Bohemia, and ...
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Article : 93 wordsThe second reading of the Women's Suffrage Bill was carried by 29 votes to 6. ...
Article : 21 wordsBayley's Reward Claim Co. have struck a heavy flow of water in their main shalt at a depth of 137ft. There is sufficient to run a 10 head battery, the water making 400gals. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 13s. 6d. per unit. Sylvester Co. share register will be closed from 25th to 28th inst. inclusive for ...
Article : 120 wordsWe learn through the Chartered Co. from Victoria that it is reported, on the authority of Mashona spies, that after their recent defeat the Matabele impi returned to the king. ...
Article : 734 wordsThe Colonial Bank of New Zealand his declared a dividend of 7 per cent. ...
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Article : 273 wordsSIR,—The general public must, ere this, have arrived at the conclusion that "for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain" the Hobart Marine Board "is peculiar," if ...
Article : 185 wordsThe first annual general meeting of the members of the Southern Tasmanian Junior Cricket Association is advertised to take place at the Mayor's Courtroom, ...
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Article : 376 wordsSIR,—Mr. ShoobrieDge states that he represented "The Southern Tasmanian Fruitgrowers' Association," duriug his trip to the Old Country. Kindly permit me to ask him ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 15 Sep 1893, Page 3
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