The Australasian Federation Convention met again at 10.30 this morning, the President (Hon. C. C. Kingston) in the chair. Mr. Barton (New South Wales) said the ...
Article : 575 wordsA public meeting of the citizens of Hobart was convened last evening in the Town-hall to receive the report of the committee appointed to consider and report ...
Article : 2,787 wordsA meeting is to be held on Wednesday afternoon in the Town-ball with a view of seeing if arrangements can be made to seud a representative Australian eight-oared ...
Article : 108 wordsBANNERCRUSS, April 9.—Great improvement in lode, which is now about 16in. wide, and of much cleaner and better quality. Am sending parcel of samples of the lode, also ...
Article : 2,701 wordsThe Times states that the Royal Geographical Society intends to organise an Antarctic exploring expedition, relying mainly on private ...
Article : 74 wordsThe report of new and rich placer mines having been discovered near Fort Cudashy, on the Yukon River, in Alaska territory, is causing a rush ...
Article : 54 wordsPOSTAL-TELEGRAPH NORTH V. SOUTH MATCH.—Arrangements have been made for a match to be played on the association ground on Easter Saturday, between teams ...
Article : 116 wordsA deputation representing the city and country newspaper proprietors, walked to-day upon the Attorney-General with a request that a Law of Libel Amending Bill ...
Article : 61 wordsThe report that the Canadian Government wishes to send an entire regiment to attend the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is said to be ...
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Article : 43 wordsAll the Japanese native newspapers, which number about forty, are unanimous in inciting the Government to be firm in protesting against the Hawaiian ...
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Article : 282 wordsFollowing the proclamation recently made by Hamud-bm-Mahomet, Sultan of Zanzibar, that slavery no longer had any status in his dominions, 140,000 ...
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Article : 279 wordsA further letter has been received from Surveyor Innes, operating on the track from Mole Creek to the West Coast, dated April 6, sent from the Murchison River. He ...
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Advertising : 1,137 wordsThe heroic method of saving a child's life, like stopping a runway horse, commanda our admiration because it is heroic, and has a dash about it that stirs our blood. Never ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 13 Apr 1897, Page 3
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