The PRESIDENT (Hon. Adye Douglas) took the chair at 4 p.m. PETITION. Mr. WATCHORN presented a petition ...
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Advertising : 892 wordsA meeting of the Council of Agriculture will be held in the boardroom, Public-buildings, this day, at 11 a.m. AGENDA. ...
Article : 284 wordsOn Saturday, 15th inst., the streets and Court house of Burnie were thronged by strangers and town folk, conti[?]ting of all sorts and conditions of men, many of them ...
Article : 113 wordsApplication was made to Judge Chomley to-day for a new trial in the case of Pouting v. Huddart, Parker & Co., in which the plaintiff recovered damages for loss ...
Article : 329 wordsMr. K L. Murray, the superintending engineer, has completed his final inspection of the electric light works constructed for the Corporation by Messrs. Siemens Bros. ...
Article : 622 wordsThe match between the Australians and the Surrey eleven was resumed at Kennington Oval to-day. The attendance was again very large ...
Article : 654 wordsThe Times suggests that Norway, Great Britain, and the Australian colo[?]nies should unite and subsidise an Antarctic expedition, giving Dr. Nansen ...
Article : 85 wordsA rumour is current here of an alleged forgery of deeds of a kind not of frequent occurrence in Tasmania. Although something of a [?]imi ar nature occurred in Hobart ...
Article : 154 wordsThe marriage of the Prince of Naples to Princess Helen of Montenegro has been arranged to take place in November next. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe long enduring dispute in Manitoba concerning the regulation of State schools has at last been settled on a Labis which permits of religious ...
Article : 37 wordsA very successful Band of Hope meeting was held in the Sunday-schoolroom on the 19th inst., the room being filled with people, de-pite the evening threstening to be ...
Article : 253 wordsProfessor Hilprecht, of Pennsylvania College, has excavated at Nippur some Babylonian vases bearing inscriptions which show that they are ten thousand ...
Article : 29 wordsA public meeting, convened by the Minister of Agriculture, was held on Wednesday evening in the Library-institute, to discuss general matters bearing on the ...
Article : 2,347 wordsTurkey lias mobilised 420,000 soldiers of all arms, in evident preparation for decisive action. ...
Article : 17 wordsTurkish troops have massacred 80 aged villagers in Macedonia. ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Paris press has cordially welcomed the Right Hon. Sir E. J. Monson, G.C.M.G., who has been transferred from the British Embassy at Vienna to ...
Article : 70 wordsThe board appointed to consider the question of erection of new Parliament Houses met to day, and instructions were given that the Colonial Architect should ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Pinafore-hall on Wednesday evening, 12th inst., was the scene of a very enjoyable social tendered by the young ladies to the gentlemen of this town. The hall was very ...
Article : 204 wordsCaptain Barnes, of the British army, has been killed in a skirmish which has occutted at Mangwendes kraal. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Mount Bischeff Co. declare a 5s. dividend, payable on August 29. Statutory notices are given that the North Mount Lyell Mining Co., the Mount Lyell ...
Article : 65 wordsTaking advantage of the present mavigable state of the Nile, a reinforcement of 2,000 Anglo-Egyptian troops has arrived at Dongola, above the ...
Article : 32 wordsShares in the New Zealand Minerals Co. have been allotted. The Consolidated Gold Trust of London, Paris, and Brussels, with a ...
Article : 34 wordsJUNCTION, August 20 (by telegraph).— North and south lode improving; bunches solid galena. Tunnel lode widened to 1ft.; Co[?]ah lode looks strong. ...
Article : 688 wordsA cheque for £500 has been sent to the Brisbane Hospital for general purposes, on condition that the name of the donor shall not be divalged. The same giver has also ...
Article : 100 wordsMr. T. Coffey's residence here was burnt to the ground at 3 o'clock this morning, and nothing saved. Luckily a girl awoke, [?]r Mr. Coffey and ...
Article : 80 wordsGeneral regret is felt that Mr. G. R. Selby is about to take his departure from here after a residence of 11 years, he having sold his property, Bellevue, to Mr. Jas. ...
Article : 483 wordsMr. W. R. Wilson heads the list of winning owners for the past season with 13 races, of a total value of £7,139. Mr. D. James, of South Australia, is second on the ...
Article : 126 wordsSIR,—Instead of the Government wasting valuable time with the so-called Education Bill, which will, no doubt, greatly interfere with a great number of ladies and ...
Article : 609 wordsA meeting of fruitgrowers was held on Wednesday evening, 19th inst., at the Library-institute, the object being to consider the best means to adopt in order to ...
Article : 334 wordsRailway v. North Hobart, at Risdon.— North Hobart: Langford (2), Danton, Nicholson, Williamson, Semple (capt.), Wil cox, Williams, Smith (2), Mason, Hill, Lowe, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 6 wordsYesterday (Thursday) the Australians commenced a return match at Cheltenham against Gloucestershire. ...
Article : 17 wordsUp to present date the oldest inhabitant in this part of Her blessed Majesty s dominions cannot recellect [?]eeing such a glorious winter, and not only that the ...
Article : 344 wordsThe Australian Eleven have decided to abandon their proposed trip to Paris, where it was originally intended to play two or three matches. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Home News of July 10 gives the batting and bowling averages of the Australian cricketers; but instead of carrying the division of the number of runs by the ...
Article : 244 wordsThe Chronicle praises the sturdiness and evenness of form of the Australian Eleven as being superior to that of All-England Elevens. ...
Article : 24 wordsR. Abel, the well-known Surrey pro fessional cricketer, who is now at the head of the English batting averages, completed his second thousand of runs ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Comet sampled and sold this week 85 tons. The lode is improving, and the bottom level is now showing over 3ft. wide of clean galena. ...
Article : 92 wordsSIR,—The following extract from the Hobart Town Gazette of April 7, 1821, may be of interest:— "April 1, 1821. Arrived, Mary, from ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 21 Aug 1896, Page 3
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