A dense fog over the harbour this morning interfered with shipping. The city also had a similar visitation, and to-night the fog is so thick that it is impossible to see across ...
Article : 175 wordsDonations towards the vublteation of Sermons will be gratefully received by Mrs. Fagg, Mrs. Nicholas, New Town, or Miss Nutt. 24, Fitzroy-place. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe following are the results of the Maribyrnong Racing Club races to day. Maiden Platk, of 25sovs. 5 furlongs. —Snapshot, 1; Saratoga, 2; Kirkconnell, 3 ...
Article : 107 wordsSocialists claim that they secured no less than 2,122,000 votes during the recent elections in Germany. ...
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Advertising : 1,566 wordsJ. Platt-Botts has met with a serious accident at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, and in which five other bicyclists were involved. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe leading metropolitan newspapers have promoted a huge bazaar, held at the Hotel Cecil, and the magnificent sum of £10,000 has been netted for the ...
Article : 66 wordsAdmiral Camara's squadron, bound for the Philippines, has pntered the Suez Canal, although he is unlikely to obtain any supplies of coal en route. ...
Article : 120 words"Daughter, thy faith bath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."—Mark v. 34. How graphically—I had almost said ...
Article : 1,773 wordsReplying to a question asked in the House of Commons, the Right Hon. G N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, said the ...
Article : 61 wordsIt became known to-day that the V.R.C. Committee had been called upon to enforce as against Sir Rupert Clarke, the rule which entails the disqualification for ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, has asked the Hon. Sir Roland Bowler Vaughan Williams, a Judge of the High Court, to ...
Article : 81 wordsGeneral Luigi Polloux, formerly Minister of War in the Rudini Ministry, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies, has succeeded in forming a ...
Article : 104 wordsThe revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ending June 30 amounted to £25,906,441. Customs contributed £5,053,853; the Excise, ...
Article : 32 wordsThe official statement of returns of revenue and expenditure for the year ending June 30 shows the revenue for the year amounts to £9,482,134, being £235,000 in ...
Article : 300 wordsThe Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, has stated in the House of Commons that the Admiralty would gladly utilise the colonial ...
Article : 56 wordsThe American Consul at Port Said, in order to provent Admiral Camara getting any coal su[?] there, took the precaution to pure.[?] every ...
Article : 41 wordsLord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, has addressed a meeting at Hastings, in Sussex. Referring to the naval power of Great ...
Article : 61 wordsGreater interest than usual is being taken in the appearance of "The Muffs next week. The piece to be performed is Our Regiment, one of the best of our modern ...
Article : 201 wordsColonol Shutter's invading force is now concentrating on tho northward side of Santiago. Only half a mile separates the ...
Article : 51 wordsM. Brisson, who has succeeded in forming a new French Ministry, says he has relied on Republicans alone. He intends to replace taxes on windows ...
Article : 95 wordsPresident McKinley regards the recent action of the appropriation Committee of the Senate as an unwarranted interference with his special ...
Article : 91 wordsSafedin, who recently attempted to murder Fuad Pasha at Cairo, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe German Colonial Association has raised protest against Great Britain violating German rights under the Niger Convention, and are asking that ...
Article : 32 wordsSix thousand American troops have left Tampa to reinforce Colonel Shafter's army of invasion, but it is unlikely that they will arrive on Cuban soil before ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Bank of England rate of discount has been reduced to 2½ per cent on three months bills. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. Elliott, a Unionist candidate, has replaced the late Mr. Matthew Fowler, as member for Durham City, by a majority of 65 votes. ...
Article : 27 wordsGeneral Wesley Morritt's instructions from Washington indicate the permanent retention of the Philippine Islands and the institution of a ...
Article : 35 wordsWheat is slow of sale, and Mark Lane quotations aro sixpence per quarter lower. The demand for frozen rabbits is flat. ...
Article : 167 wordsAt the Marine Hoard to-day the superintendent of works reported having tested the river bed at Newnham with a view to ascertaining cost of deepening the ...
Article : 277 wordsFrench trawlers are swarming round the wrecked ship Galatea, now on the sands off Yarmouth, and are looting the cargo. ...
Article : 26 wordsSir James S. Winter, Premier and Attorney-General of Newfoundland, baa forwarded a despatch to Lord Salisbury requesting that Great ...
Article : 104 wordsSIR,—Judging from the absence of any mention of the hoarding question in the report of yesterday's City Council, it seems as though our worthy (?) aldermen ...
Article : 821 wordsArrivals. — Indramayo, s.s., from Bluff. Tekoa, steamer, from Wellington, Departures.—For Sydney—Warrigal, steamer. Invergarry, barque, from ...
Article : 43 wordsIt is reported that by the death of Thomas Martin on May 21 extensive bequests will be received by the two leading hospitals of this colony. Mr. Martin, who ...
Article : 203 wordsThe returns of the Bank of longland for the week ending Juno 30 last, as compared with those of tne preceding week, are as follow, last week's figures ...
Article : 86 wordsU.R.Hn. the Duke of Cambridge has consented to act as President of the Commission for organisme; the Greater Britain Exhibition in London, at ...
Article : 46 wordsTo save ourselves trouble and suffering by learning from the experience of others— that is the wisdom of hietory. Otherwise every generation, and every man and ...
Article : 687 wordsAt the wool sales to-day there was an animated competition, and prices showed a hardening tendency. Colonial clips have realised as follow:— ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Moudell, of Melbourne, who has placed before the War Office the rangefinder invented by a Victorian (Mr. Alcock), has succeeded in convincing ...
Article : 55 wordsAn exceptionally dense fog enveloped Queenstown and surrounding districts during yesterday and to-day, and as a northerly wind was blowing all day the sulphur ...
Article : 255 wordsThe municipal by-election, held to-day, resulted thus:- C. Titmus—Longford, 31; Cressy, 125; Perth, 17; Bishopsbourne, 10; Iveridge, ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Premier has promised a deputation representing those interested in promoting the cause of higher education in the colony, to ask Parliament to grant a sum for ...
Article : 93 wordsThe incoming boat is bringing a shipment of Ogden's Celebrated Guinea Gold Cigarettes, pure and mild. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Police Magwtrate (Mr. B. Shaw), Messrs. C. Swan and W. H. T. Brown, Js.P., presided yesterday. GOVERNMENT SERVICE IRREGULARIETIES. ...
Article : 408 wordsA special meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday, 29th ult., at 5.30 p.m. Present:—Messrs. G. A. Allwright (chairman), S. T. Tinning, T. A. Reynolds, E. A. ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Government have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives providing for a referendum in case of a measure being twice rejected in either ...
Article : 51 wordsSIR,—Noticing a letter in your columns the other day, signed "Gymnast," with reference to the closing up of this very useful and beneficial institution, I must ...
Article : 136 wordsIn the Legislative Council last night Mr. Barton expressed himself favourable to holding another Convention, with the object of making such alterations in the ...
Article : 164 wordsWe are pleased to say that Arnold's ink has fully satisfied us in all the particulars of a first-class ink. It is easy flowing, permanent, and very free from sediment. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 2 Jul 1898, Page 3
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