Last evening the Brough-Boucicault Company played the comedy-drama The Idler to another full house. This now noted play was first produced in New York in 1890, ...
Article : 504 wordsThe Cabinet has, after a heated discussion, decided to spend the sum of eight millions sterling in strengthening the British Navy. ...
Article : 119 wordsMararoa, s.s., 3000 tons, H. W. H. Chatfield, from New Zealand.Passengers —Saloon: Misses M. Fowler. Messrs. Mayer. James, Rov. J. Manbry, and Sir Gervasse Glyn: and six ...
Article : 47 wordsTambo, s.s., 1000 tons,John wavis[?], for Strahan. Passengers—[?]aloon: Messrs. Browncll, Calder, Doyle, Mrs. Calder, Captain J. W. Evans. Agents—Huddart, Parker & Co. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Government has decided to call Parliament together for a short session, in order to pass an Enabling Bill legalising electoral machinery and amending the ...
Article : 79 words[A special charge is made to consignees [?] ing to particularise their imports.] Mararoa, s.s, from New Zealand—26 pkgs tea and sundries. ...
Article : 26 wordsMararoa,s.s.,for Melbourne—290 [?] wool, 20 bgs sacks, 1 sk moss, 1bg oysters, 106 css jam, [?] bdls skins,1 horse,8 bis hops and sundries. Mararoa,s.s.,from New Zealand,arrived ...
Article : 389 wordsJohn Horne, employed in the kitchen of the Imperial Arcade Hotel, fell with the lift 100ft. yesterday, but jumped just as it reached the bottom, and escaped with a ...
Article : 300 wordsThe trial of Monson for the murder of Lieutenant Hamborough at Ardlamont has been commenced. Scott, the missing witness, whose ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Daily News believes that the Indian Government will shortly propose to impose a duty on silver. ...
Article : 24 wordsOur Fortnightly Summary of News for Home Readers will be published on SATURDAY MORNING. ...
Article : 17 wordsSevere gales have occurred on the South Coast of England, and great damage has been done to churches and railway stations. Several lives ...
Article : 33 wordsOn Sunday last the crew of the ketch Priscilla, which returned from Adventure Bay yesterday, state that they saw a large school of sperm whales in Adventure Bay, The ...
Article : 58 wordsTHIS EVENING[?] at 8.— Brough-Boucicault Company.—The Amazons. ...
Article : 11 wordsSt. John's Church, Goulburn-street, Horticultural Show and Cake and Provision Fair was opened yesterday afternoon by Lady Dobson, and was well attended. On first ...
Article : 634 wordsThe Swedish barque Chin, from Gene, arrived here at 8 a.m. yesterday after a fairly good passage. She left Gefle on August 10 for Hobart, cleared the English Channel on the 30th, picked ...
Article : 287 wordsNew South Wales scrip is now at 6 5s. premium and Victorian scrip at 6. ...
Article : 17 wordsMeeting to-night at Sandy Bay at 8 o'clock re regatta. Taranna makes excursion to New Norfolk this day at 9 a.m. ...
Article : 5,052 wordsAt Rockhampton arrangements are being made to lift the sunken steamer Woonon[?] in two pieces with the view of joining them together again when on the surface. ...
Article : 171 wordsThe House of Lords has expressed sympathy with the French Chamber of Deputies in the recent Anarchical outrages, and Lord Salisbury advocated an ...
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Article : 5 wordsAn official report has been received by the Commissioner of Police of a terrible tragedy on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ten natives, belonging to a police party, have been ...
Article : 298 wordsThe Admiralty has informed Sir Andrew Clarke, Acting Agent-General for Victoria, that it is untrue that the Crescent replaces the Orlando on the ...
Article : 39 wordsSOUTHPORT, 3p.m. — Bar. 29·95.Ther. 57. Wind, S.E., fresh; weather, fine, cloudy. MOUNT NELSON, 3 p.m. — Wind, S.E., light; weather, fine, cloudy. ...
Article : 262 wordsM. Julius Mergell has been appointed Austrian-Hungarian consul at Sydney. ...
Article : 12 wordsA hundred and twenty-seven deaths from influenza occurred in London last week. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe wool sales continue steady, with fair competition. ...
Article : 11 wordsAt a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association held on Tuesday night, the request of the New South Wales Association the they be allowed to play W. L. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe weather has been extremely hot, the thermometer to-day registering 107deg. in the shade, and 163·8deg. in the sun. A meeting in the Town-hall in favour of ...
Article : 146 wordsUnder this head we acknowledge and notice letters of correspondents whose communications through want of space or other reasons cannot be published in full. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 wordsMessrs. L. F. Heydon and W. Pileher, Q.C., are both mentioned as likely to succeed Mr. Barton as Attorney-General. It is said strong pressure is being brought to ...
Article : 281 wordsLAUNCESTON, December 13 (by telegraph).— To-day the Tasmanian Woolgrowers Agency Co. held their annual stock sale at Epping, and the result proved an agreeable surprise to ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Commissioner of Lands received the following wire from Mr. Woodward, acting-warden of the Dundas goldfields, from Esperance Buy yesterday:—" Arrived ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 wordsThe Californian mail steamer Monowai arrived from San Francisco to-day. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Monawai reports that considerable indignation has been excited among foreig[?] residents of Honolulu by the news that President Cleveland intends to restore the ...
Article : 119 wordsALFEX McLEAN, EQ., Alderman for the West Ward of the City of Brisbane, [?] from the Town Hall:—"I have during many years past used St. Jacobs Oil ...
Article : 118 wordsThe opening race amongst the first-class yachts took place to-day in fine sailing weather, with the following result:—Hebe A. James, 1; Nellie, H. Grant, [?] ...
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Advertising : 1,187 wordsA storm of hurricane force was experienced at Maytown yesterday, demolishing half the township. Three inches of rain fell, and flying sheets of iron out the telegraph ...
Article : 42 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day a motion to advance funds to farmers who are in diffio[?], on the security of their real [?],was defeated by one vote. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 14 Dec 1893, Page 2
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