The Federal Convention sat again this morning at 10.30, and at once went into committee on the Commonwealth Draft Bill. Discussion on sub-clause of clause 53, ...
Article : 736 wordsMessrs. Williamson & Musgroves's Operatic Concert Company gave their third concert last evening at the Theatre Royal, in the presence of a large audience, including ...
Article : 1,089 wordsThe Bush Fire Relief Fund has now been closed. Subscriptions received total £5,900, and this is considered sufficient for all present requirements. ...
Article : 454 wordsThe New York Herald states that the commander of the American cruiser Boston has refused the request made by the Emperor Li Hsi of Corea to ...
Article : 48 wordsNews has been received of the picking up of a boat containing fifteen persons, some of the passengers and crow of the steamer Mataura. ...
Article : 298 wordsAnnual meeting Tasmanian Rifle Association held last evening. Report adopted, and office-bearers elected for 1898. Launceston City Council has referred ...
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Article : 41 wordsRussian newspapers sympathise with M. Emile Zola in his crusade on behalf of Captain Dreyfus, and the Novosti censures the French Government for ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is reported at Berlin that the Czar has informed the officers of the Preoblashenske Regiment that affairs in the East have long lain heavy on his ...
Article : 62 wordsThe following weights have been declared for Australian-bred horses in forthcoming spring meetings:- Grand National Steeplechase at ...
Article : 63 wordsIt is reported that the mission of Mr. Kennell Rodd, C.M.G., to Abyssinia has proved very successful. About the middle of last year Mr. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe P. & O. steamer Victoria, which left Brindisi on the 23rd inst. for Australian ports, was delayed 17 hours at Port Said through the steamer ...
Article : 42 wordsThe business of Messrs. Houlder Brothers & Co., shipowners, shipbrokers, and merchants, of Leadenhallstreet, and also of London and Glasgow, ...
Article : 79 wordsThe valuable filly White Rosebud, by Far Niente, from Rose Brier, the property of Mr. W. Crompton, of Forbes ran into a wire fence last night and sustained injuries causing ...
Article : 107 wordsThe occupation by Germany of Kiao-chou has greatly incensed the Chinese populace. Yesterday a mob seized a German sailor who was ...
Article : 44 wordsEnglish wheat market firm, but little business doing. Continental market steady. American markets are tending upward. ...
Article : 717 wordsThe difficulty in connection with the Governorship of Crete is still acute. The London Daily Telegraph says that Russia insists on the unconditional ...
Article : 93 wordsSpeaking at a meeting of the Brisbane Branch of the Australian Natives' Associa tion Mr. Byrnes (Attorney-General) said he considered the colonies not ripe for ...
Article : 61 wordsAt a meeting of the Bootmakers' Union at Christchurch it was stated that a large number of members were unemployed, and similar reports had been received f[?]om ...
Article : 51 wordsA wool-ganger, of No. 4, Globe-street, Circular Quay, by the name of Arthur Andrew Bel[?] i[?]terviewed the other day by a reporter, stated that he had f[?]r a long ...
Article : 720 wordsThe Trades Union trouble has of late made itself felt in the Royal Dockyards at Portsmouth. Four of the Trades Union leaders ...
Article : 85 wordsWe have received the following, and shall be glad to acknowledge further donations:- Already acknowledged—£174 4s. 4d. ...
Article : 30 wordsSIR,—Your report of this race is considerably in error. In your remarks on the sailing races you have Birngana winning from Gaz[?]lle by 67sec, also you have Huon ...
Article : 528 wordsThe electioneering campaign mentioned in a previous letter terminated in favour of Mr. Guraud, who defeated his opponent by a majority of 47 votes out of [?] 800 polled. ...
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Article : 38 wordsLord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the army in Ireland, in replying to the toast of "The Army" at a banquet in Dublin, spoke very strongly on the ...
Article : 69 wordsAt the wool sales yesterday afternoon there was keen competition for all the better class of Merinoes and crossbreds, and prices were very firm. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Mount Lyell (Tasmania) Proprietary Mines Company, with a capital of £500,000, a few days since issued £400,000 to the public. The whole of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 29 Jan 1898, Page 3
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