The pigeon shooting match held here on Saturday last, promoted by Mr. Sibley, of the White Hart Hotel, was a big affair, and brought together most of the best ...
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Advertising : 756 wordsMr. J. B. Curran sold the following forfeited shares at the Hobart Stock Exchange yesterday:—837 Chums, 2d. The following forfeited shares were sold ...
Article : 128 wordsIt is understood that the A.J.C. Committee contemplate prohibiting pony and galloway races on courses under the control of registered clubs, as it has ...
Article : 88 wordsHis Excellency Governor Hampden arlived this morning by express from Sydney, and will spend a few days in Melbourne. His visit is a private one. ...
Article : 116 wordsOn Thursday evening the local Debating Society met, when the attendance was very good. The membership is now between 30 and 40, and promises to be ...
Article : 495 wordsThe City Police Rifle Club held their second meet in the Boag & Son and James' trophy, and stage prizes, on 11th inst., and it resulted in better shooting than on ...
Article : 144 wordsIn this part of Tasmania it is not very often we have an amusing entertainment, but on the 1st of this month we had a social, which was held in the State ...
Article : 227 wordsBYRON, July 2.—Have driven 2ft.; total, 16ft. Country very hard and bad for blasting, but we have got through the hard bar, and are in splendid footwall ...
Article : 1,302 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent omitted part of what took place at the meeting on Thursday last re Bellerive State School fence. Mr. Allwright asked what had ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Barton will probably leave for Bourke to-morrow, when he will unfold his federal programme. It is believed such programme will ...
Article : 289 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting was held in the Board-room on Monday, 11th inst., at 7.30 p.m. Present:—Messrs. G. W. Allwright (chairman), S. T. Tinning, T. A. ...
Article : 429 wordsThe famine price of Irish apples is one of the most engrossing topics of conversation here, and beside which even the nocturnal "tactics" of the local militia, the drag ...
Article : 715 wordsQuite a gloom was cast over the place on Thursday, 7th inst., when it became known that a much-respected resident, Mrs. Thos. Corrie, at a comparatively early age, and, ...
Article : 214 wordsSIR,—I think a "Non-practical Mind" goes too far afield to cite his cases of experience and his little indulgence in sarcasm at "A New Chum." Although I ...
Article : 1,296 wordsSIR,—In your issue of the 4th instant appears a letter signed G. E. Piesse, giving an account of how he raided railway trucks with the view of unearthing the ...
Article : 194 wordsIt would be almost impossible for farmers to have a more favourable season than tha present for putting crops in. There is a good area of land sown with wheat again ...
Article : 783 wordsA shooting case is reported from the Claverton Station. A man applied at the head station on Monday last for rations, which were given ...
Article : 243 wordsSIR,—Some 12 month's ago I wrote, through the medium of your columns, urging upon the people of Hobart and surrounding districts to ask the Government, ...
Article : 856 wordsSIR,—In commenting upon the proposals embodied in this bill you stated, following the evidence given before Select Committee, that the charges from Queenstown ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Comet mine has been pushing on, and they are now ready to start bailing, and should be in full swing again shortly. The local smelter company have made ...
Article : 272 wordsAnother burglary was committed at Dry Creek, Northern Railway, station last night. The thieves got about £9 in cash, also some stamps. The stationmaster, ...
Article : 129 wordsMuch regret was evinced here on Sunday when it became known that Miss McLaggan, of The Glebe, had passed away. The deceased lady, who was much ...
Article : 297 wordsSIR,—My attention bos just been drawn to your special's article on the Renison Bell mining property in your issue of the 13th ult., wherein your reporter states that the ...
Article : 176 wordsTwo boys, named Ambrose William Hargreaves and John Francis Hargreaves, were at the City Police Court to-day charged with stealing a number of toy swords and ...
Article : 150 wordsGold.—Chums, b. 7d., s. 6d., 1s. Little Wonder, b. 6d. New Pinafore, b. 2s. 3d., s. 3s. Tasmania, b. £5 2s. 6d. Amalgamated West Tasmania, b. 1s. West ...
Article : 734 wordsSIR,—I crave a few lines to call the attention of the authorities to the dangerous state of the Huon-road. The late bush fires have burnt so much of ...
Article : 84 wordsI have to correct an error which occurred in my last notes in reference to Mrs. John Mckenzie having to undergo an operation, it being Mrs. McKenzie's sister, Miss ...
Article : 398 wordsGlorious sunny days, with frosty nights, have> prevailed nero during the week, and rain is badly wanted by our farmers and alluvial miners. ...
Article : 229 wordsAt Marine Board meeting to-day, the Master Warden said a return had been prepared showing cost of raising stuff by dredge Platypus, and for the month of ...
Article : 171 wordsWould it not be desirable to commit the doctor as to which soap commends itself to our uses, as so many skins are ruined past redemption by inferior soaps? PEARS' SOAP is recommonded ...
Article : 224 wordsGlen Lyell.—The contractors in the No. 2 tunnel have drives another 9ft., making a total of 29ft.; country still mineralised schist. In the No. 2 cutting work is still ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 13 Jul 1898, Page 3
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