The annual meeting of the Hobart Raggrd Schools Association was held yesterday afternoon at the school, Cascade-road. Mr. W. H. Burgess presided, and a number of ...
Article : 632 wordsTransfer books of Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Co. close to-day till after payment of dividend of 1s. per share, payable on 15th inst. ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Full Court ([?]ACTING-CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr JUSTICE ADAMS) delivered a reserved decision in the matter of the application of the defendants in the Kennerley will case ...
Article : 2,065 wordsA dense fog prevailed last night, preventing the s.s. Flinders leaving to time. The meeting for the formation of a debiting society was attended by about 12 ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Marine Board held an inquiry to-day as to the circumstances surrounding the stranding of the barque Excelsior off Edithburgh, on May 8, and decided that the master[?] ...
Article : 122 wordsOn Friday the polling booth[?] throughout the colony of Victoria will be open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The total number of electors on the roll[?], including plural votes, ...
Article : 487 wordsA movement is afoot for erecting a national Gladstone memorial, and £5,000 have been already subscribed. Mrs. Gladstone has expressed her ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Marquis Rudini is now engaged in constructing a new Italian Cabinet. The leading politicians, however, refuse to join the new administration, ...
Article : 39 wordsBRITISH MOUNT REID, MAY 28.—Tunnel advanced 8ft.; the last 4ft. driven has shown a great improvement. On the E. side of the drive about one-half of face carriel fair ...
Article : 647 wordsA terrible tragedy was [?]cted at the Government Hospital, Coolgardie, last night, when a nurse named Gold was shot dead by a man named Kenneth Snodgrass, ...
Article : 237 wordsAfter being twice disappointed in bringing off their winter fixture the committee wore rewarded with a nice bright afternoon yesterday. The meet was hold at ...
Article : 1,426 wordsThe Turks have evacuated Thessaly, in accordance with the terms of peace arranged by the Powers, and the Greeks have re-occupied the country. ...
Article : 33 wordsA full meeting of stewards of the Hobart Turf Club was held at Risdon-park yesterday, when the action of the two stewards who reprimanded J. Morrison for his riding ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Welsh colliers now on strike are still firm in their demands. They now repeat their demand for an advance of 10 per cent, in their wages ...
Article : 64 wordsThe winter meeting of the Bendigo Jookey Club oponed to-day with charming weather. Results:- PUBLICANS PURSE.—Lustre (Fisher), 1; ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Vienna Times states that the entente cordiale between Austria and Russia is ended. ...
Article : 22 wordsRear-Admiral Pearson, in the course of an interview, said he thought Cevera's Spanish squadron was probably somewhere south of Cuba, and its object was to keep the way ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. F. W. Reitz, ex-President of Orange Free State, has succeeded Dr. W. J. Leyds as Secretary of State in Transvaal. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, in a letter to The Times, warmly protests against the suggestion that England should surrender New Guinea ...
Article : 58 words"To federate or not to foderate," is just now the subject which is engrossing the attention of Fingalites, and we have had opportunities of hearing both sides of the ...
Article : 356 wordsExchanges state that Air[?] and Graces, the [?] that won the English Oaks, ran in the interest of Mr. W. T. Jones, the Australian sportsman whose horse Brave annexed a ...
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Advertising : 1,155 wordsThe Kennel Club of New South Wales opened its fourth annual show at the Exhibition-buildings, Prince Alfred-park, to-day. Dogs, especially in the collie class, were as ...
Article : 136 wordsThe committee of the Yorkshire County Club have endorsed Lord Hawke's proposals, relative to selection of test matches with Australian teams. ...
Article : 108 wordsReturns showing the quantities and values of minerals exported from the island of Tasmania for the month ended May 31, 1898:- ...
Article : 50 wordsMuch unrest exists at present in Servia. The health of King Alexander is failing, and the prospect of his death ...
Article : 65 wordsRevenue returns for May amount to £291 OOO, being an increase of £39,000 compared with receipts during May last year. ...
Article : 24 wordsSIR,—In reference to Mr. J. Francis Mather's letter in your issue of the 24th inst. on the above, there are several matters therein which prove that gentleman has not ...
Article : 634 wordsSIR,—Your sub-leader of to-day's issue having reference and bearing on the importance of using every possible means to prevent the introduction of such a pest, is ...
Article : 221 wordsThe right of retention of the designation " honourable " by the Hon. Andrew J. Thynne, late member of the Queensland Legislative Council, has ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Road Trust have discovered that there will be no advantage in obtaining the steam crusher from Hobart to break 100 cubie yards of road metal. On Monday ...
Article : 567 wordsSIR,—I will state bri[?]fly, First, although I have always advocated protection to our industries, I have at the same time pleaded for the federation of the Australian colonies, ...
Article : 500 wordsMr. W. McMurtrie, manager of Mount Lyell Reserve Co., arrived from Melbourne to-day, and proceeded to Hobart by express. While in Launceston he conferred with the ...
Article : 127 wordsI STOOD on the platform of a big railway station talking to the driver of the locomotive. All was excitement, bustle, and commotion about us, bat the driver seemed ...
Article : 377 wordsAt an extraordinary meeting of the Red Hills Mining Co. held last night at Launceston, the directors were empowered to appropriate 3,000 out of the 20,000 shares ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 2 Jun 1898, Page 3
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