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Article : 31 wordsThe Khalifa of Soudan crucified the messenger who brought him tidings of the heavy defeat of the Dervishes in the battle of Ferkeh Hills, early in June ...
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Article : 444 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Co. have successfully launched their new steamer the Waimate. ...
Article : 25 wordsFour hundred Armenians have been massacred by Turkish mercenaries, and their habitations pillaged. ...
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Article : 30 wordsThe Goldencliff G.M. Co. (Coolgatdie), with a capital of£200,000, is issuing scrip to the amount of £75,000. ...
Article : 20 wordsTasmanian 3½ per cents, are unaltered at £111 5s. ...
Article : 12 wordsThe half-yearly report of the Australian Agricultural Association shows, a profit of £44,211. Of this amount there will be carried forward £2,211. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe remains of the late Mrs. Reibey, wife of the Hon. Thomas Reibey, M.H.A., of Entally, were interred to-day at Hadspen. The funeral was attended by the Premier ...
Article : 215 wordsAt the wool sales to-day animated competition again prevailed, and prices all round were the firmest of any during the present series. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe R.M.S. Australian arrived from Colombo at 2 a.m., and the Captain reported that one case of smallpox had occurred on board, the patient being one of the ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe coroner's jury has returned a verdict of wilful murder against Matson, whose wife's dead body was found tied up in a sack in a river in Southland. ...
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Article : 818 wordsThe party which has been out some six six weeks exploring a route between Tyenna and the head of the Gordon River navigation has been heard of at last. Yesterday ...
Article : 702 wordsFor some time past much dissatisfaction has been expressed in football circles at the indifferent way in which field umpires have been appointed for the senior matches, and ...
Article : 176 wordsSIR,—Would you kindly allow me space in your valuable columns, in which I wish to make an emphstic denial of a false statement made by your St. Helen's correspondent ...
Article : 417 wordsWill it pay me to go in for dairying? is a question often put to us Our answer is, " Yes, most decidedly, provided you work on approved lines." In support of our ...
Article : 127 wordsTho Railway and City clubs play a match on the S.T.F.A. ground, starting at 2.30 p.m. Train arrangements are advertised. Mr. T. McChristie will act as field umpire, ...
Article : 292 wordsAsk your doctor what soap he recommends for the skin and he will uphold the opinion of the highest medical authorities on the skin, viz., Dr. Redwood. Ph. D., F.C.S., F.I.C., the late ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 18 Jul 1896, Page 3
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