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Advertising : 797 wordsThe PRESIDENT (Hon. Ady[?] Douglas) took the chair at 4 o'clock. VICE-REGAL ASSENT. A message was received from the ...
Article : 1,651 wordsIn the association aggregate firing to-day Commons (Victoria) was first, with 131 points; Gray (Victoria), second, 130; Hart (Queensland), third, 128. The Tasmanians, ...
Article : 140 wordsGoldshrough, Mort & Co.'s tallow factory at Kensington was destroyed by fire last night. The fire appeared to break out in the engine-room. ...
Article : 542 wordsThe Australian mails, aboard the s.s. Austral, which vessel has had to put back to Suez with a broken propeller, will be transferred to the s.s. India, ...
Article : 53 wordsHon. F. W. PIESSE brought in the following reasons, drawn up by a committee, for the Council insisting upon its amendment in the Salaries Reduction Bill, as ...
Article : 1,787 wordsIt was at the instance of Sir Claud Macdonald, the British Ambassador at Pekin, that the Dowager Empress consented to a medical examination of the ...
Article : 59 wordsOur Launceston correspondent telegraphed last night as follows:—" Mount Bischoff Co. have declared a 5s. dividend, pavable on October 29. ...
Article : 163 wordsTheSPEAKER (Hon. Nicholas Brown) took the chair at 7,30 o'clook. ...
Article : 18 wordsA disquieting report comes from Vienna. A servant has died from plague in a Viennese medical institution where ...
Article : 36 wordsThe SPEAKER said before the Orders of the Day were called on he deemed it his duty to call the attention of the House to an irregularity which appeared to ...
Article : 4,661 wordsThe rifle matches were continued to-day under unfavourable circumstances. The Queen's Aggregate was won by Quartermaster Sergt. Draper, with a total ...
Article : 93 wordsSir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing a public meeting at Tynemouth, said if France insisted on retaining F[?]hoda she must ...
Article : 108 wordsEAST VOLUNTEER, October 15.—N. drive off main tunnel on course of lode advanced 14ft., total, 44ft.; average width of lode 12in., and payable. Country rock very hard ...
Article : 204 wordsTo-morrow afternoon Mowbray racecourse, Launceston, will be publicly occupied for the first time this season for the purpose of bringing of the spring meet of ...
Article : 166 wordsA rumour is current both in Paris and London that M. Brisson, French Premier and [?]inister of the Interior, intends to retire from office, consequent ...
Article : 36 wordsThe American Trade Unions are much inceased at Judge Hammond's injunction prohibiting strikes, the asking of others to cease work, ...
Article : 31 wordsNice ore is making in the north drive of the Fahl Ore mine. Eastman and party's tribute on Smith's section have ceased underground ...
Article : 223 wordsThe following scratchings have been notified:- Melbourne Cup.—Acton. Oaks Stakes.—Honeysweet. ...
Article : 32 wordsMadrid reports that Emilio Aguinaldo refusing to discontinue use of the rebel flag, Admiral Dewey, of the American Naval Squadron, has captured several ...
Article : 37 wordsIn the betting market to-day Massinissa and The Grafter continued favourites for the Melbourne Cup, each being backed for small amounts. ...
Article : 95 wordsTurkish evacuation of Crete has sommenced. Bishop Cecil Wilson, of Melanesia, sails in the s s. Orotava on her next ...
Article : 41 wordsThe fire on board the steamer Buteshire has been extinguished. Captain Olsen is quite at a loss to account for how the fire originated. He says the hold was ...
Article : 275 wordsThe annual meeting was held at Hobart yesterday. A large number of members were present. The report, read and adopted, congratulated members on the ...
Article : 731 wordsMooney Valley Cup.—Olaf, Wayfarer, Lochaber, Homespun, Alemene, Veloce, Rosy Morn, Locksmith, Orla, Sioux, Tapioca. ...
Article : 34 wordsGold.—Chums, b. 1s. 3½d., s. 1s. 4½d., 1s. 6d. Mabel, s. 1s. 5d., 1s. 3d. New Pinafore, s. 6s., 5s. 9d., sales, 5s. 6d. Volunteer, b. 1s. 3½d., s. 1s. 4½d. Little Wonder, s. 8d. ...
Article : 510 wordsThe race meeting at Epsom this afternoon was held in beautiful weather, but was poorly attended. Results:- TRIAL HANDICAP.—Betsy Swiveller, 1; ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly Mr. Philp moved the second reading of the Mining Bill, and urged its acceptance to relieve the industry and induce investment of ...
Article : 160 wordsAt the Hospital Board meeting to-night the Finance Committee reported that the receipts for the month of September were £496, and the expenditure £549 1s. 11d., ...
Article : 171 wordsWheat quoted at 2s. 11d. to 3s. at Port Adelaide. Flour, £8 10s. to £9 10s. ...
Article : 20 wordsMrs. Wilmot Fysh and her child had a narrow escape this afternoon. While driving in her phaeton down George-street one of Dr. Maddox's horses bolted out of a ...
Article : 79 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night the Sergeant-at-Arms, under authority of the Speaker, removed from the press gallery A. P. Colebatch, a reporter of the ...
Article : 179 wordsSIR,—Last night the Attorney-General stated in the House that the reason why the Government would not abandon the demurrer in this case was that if they did ...
Article : 286 wordsA Pigeon Homing Society has been formed here with Mr. F. W. Wathen as secretary. The first match is to be from Strahan on December 24. ...
Article : 80 wordsAshfield v. Fitzroy on top pitch, at 2.30 p.m. Fitzroy from the following:—E. Lovell (cap.), Parkinson, Bowering, Baldwin, Tennant, Sullivan, Carter, Macmillan, ...
Article : 74 wordsA bill to enable the Government to lend money to local bodies for water supply and irrigation passed its second reading and committee stages to-night. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 21 Oct 1898, Page 3
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