SIR,—Every body seems agreed that something should be done—ought to be done— and must be done to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of our must gracious Queen. ...
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Advertising : 697 wordsOur Easter holidays have passed off very successfully. As details of preceedings have already appeared in The Mercury, I will not repeat them. Suffico it to say that everyone ...
Article : 347 wordsThe retirement of the Rev. J. W. Shipphird, for nearly 40 years Congregational pastor in this district, has made it necessary to appoint another minister, and the choice ...
Article : 787 wordsItb isi rumoured that some important mineral discoveries have benn made in the vicinity of Port Davey by a Melbourne mining man, Mr. A. Church, and a party ...
Article : 423 wordsA man named Charles Morris, aged about 45, was run down by a train on the Port Melbourne line last night and killed. The Tasmanian delegates to the Federal ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Duchess of York has given birth to a daughter. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe commander of the European forces at Heraklion has made an appeal for immediate reinforcements. A considerable body of insurgents, ...
Article : 88 wordsLord Ranfurly, the newly[?]appointed Governor of New Zealand, sails in the s.s. Gothic for his new sphere of duty. ...
Article : 22 wordsM. Blowitz, The Times' correspondent at Paris, says Count von Hohenlohe, German Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, is trying hard to arrange ...
Article : 67 wordsThe total amount received up to date [?]by the Lord Mayor of London in aid [?]of the famine stricken natives of India [?]is £500,000. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe following was the result of the poll at the annual election of three trustees for the Road District of Hamilton held on Saturday, 24th inst.:— ...
Article : 223 wordsThe relief meet organised by the Butchers' Racing Club in behalf of recently widowed [?]women and their orphans takes place to-morrow, weather p[?]mitting, at Elwick, ...
Article : 148 wordsA provision merchant of Rio Janeiro, according to the Boston Transcript, "applies the method of 'cataphoresis,' or the forcing of foreign substances ...
Article : 1,044 wordsThe only attraction here on Good Friday was the cricket match, Strahan v. Dundas, played on the racecourse grounds. Messrs J. Conway and S. Keehan captained the ...
Article : 1,246 wordsThe Mangana Gold Reels Co. are doing good work on their New Sovereign mine. Mr. T. Goodall has let contracts for sinking the big shaft, and also for crosscutting at the ...
Article : 214 wordsMr. A. A, Atkinson, manager of the Barrow Hematite Steel Company's Collieries, Yorkshire, England, has been appointed Chief Inspector of Coal Mines in New ...
Article : 141 wordsBARLEN HERCULES, April 16—No. 1 adit has been extended 5ft. for week through schi[?]t and quartz, total 331ft. Have started to drive S. with two shifts of men on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 192 wordsRokeby v. Glenorchy, at Glenorchy.— Rokeby, 122; Glenorchy, 3 for one wicket. Union Jack v. Sandy Bay, at Domain.— Union Jack, 180 for eight wickets; Sandy ...
Article : 47 wordsThe totalisator dividend in the Steeple[?] chase at the Adelaide Tattersall's Club meeting on Saturday was £38 3s. ...
Article : 23 wordsPreparations are being made by the Mayor for celebrating the Queen's Record Reiga in a proper manner. Although he will offer no opposition to the Volunteer ...
Article : 381 wordsThe wreck of the barque Zuleika, now lying in Palliser Bay, has been sold for £65. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 wordsAt a meeting of the V.R.C. committee to-day a resolution was carried by a large majority strongly supporting the principle of the totalisator, and undertaking to use ...
Article : 93 wordsThe first annual meeting of this league was held at Eady's Federal Hotel, Liverpool[?] street, last evening, and was largely attended. Mr. Leo Bibby presided. ...
Article : 727 wordsA few days back Messrs. Webb Bros., of Pleasant-place had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse very suddenly by death. One of the firm harnessed up two horses ready ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words"About six years ago, when residing in Hobart. Tasmania," said Mrs. Nellie Denver, of Countess Cotttage, Double Bay, Sydney, [?]to a reporter, "I had the misfortune to ...
Article : 750 wordsSIR—The contract for the New Town public buildings has been accepted, the contractor is making preparations for the carrying out of the work, and the souls of Prince ...
Article : 370 words"We saw her gradually fading away under that trying cough to almost a skeleton." So writes a father about his little child. ...
Article : 516 wordsOn the 22nd inst. the annual general meeting of the Oddfellows' Club was held in the committee-room of the hall. The objects of the club are to provide amusement, to ...
Article : 407 wordsSIR,—In your leader of the 23rd inst. there occurs a really admirable suggestion, viz., that the usefulness of the Public Library should be extended by allowing the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 27 Apr 1897, Page 3
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