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  2. Advertising

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  3. OBITUARY.

    From Welch's "Tasmanian Almanac for 1901" we take the following list of death[?] of prominent colonists of Tasmania during the year 1900:—Anderson, John, master ...

    Article : 1,187 words
  4. POPULATION.

    The following figures relating to the population of Tasmania have been supplied by the Government statistician, Mr. R. M. Johnston: On December 31, 1900, ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. AGRICULTURE.

    In matters agricultural and pastoral the year has been one of ups and downs. A slump in the prices of wool, after having reached abnormal figures, has been ...

    Article : 1,866 words
  6. RELIGIOUS AND TEMPERANCE.

    The Rev. J Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, visited Hobart at the beginning of the year, and on January 2 he and Mrs. Howard Taylor ...

    Article : 665 words
  7. FATALITIES.

    The accidental deaths reported to the press during the year have been rather numerous, though less than in 1889, and of a very varied description. They ...

    Article : 390 words
  8. HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    The following are the New Year's Day excursions, festivities, and attractions advertised:- RAILWAYS.—Cheap trip tickets issued ...

    Article : 601 words
  9. EDUCATION.

    In the matter of education, there have been several notable developments during the year of somewhat disproportionate importance, however, as to result. The House ...

    Article : 546 words
  10. MINING.

    The mining industry has steadily developed during the year, but no unusually important discoveries have been made. The high market value of metals has ...

    Article : 767 words
  11. SCIENCE.

    Apart from developments in relation to mining, which we dealt with under that heading, there is little to record in matters scientific for the year. The delegates ...

    Article : 446 words
  12. FOOTBALL.

    As regards football, there has been a notable improvement, much of the play having been better than anything seen for at least ten years previousls. The ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. RAILWAYS.

    Traffic on the Government Railways during the past year has been fair. The receipts for the first six months of the year show an increase of £6,312, and ...

    Article : 671 words
  14. EXHIBITIONS.

    The usual variety of exhibitions, shows, and fairs were held during the year. The first feature of interest was the Glenorchy Horticultural Society's summer show[?] ...

    Article : 248 words
  15. LEGAL.

    There has been no cause colebre in the Law Courts during the year to record. The most noteworthy event has been the well-merited knighthood received by His ...

    Article : 385 words
  16. TRADES AND MANUFACTURES.

    The tender of Mr. W. Duncan, £14,689, for the erection of the new Custom-house at Hobart was conditionally accepted on April 11. The new hall erected in ...

    Article : 812 words
  17. LAUNCESTON.

    Mr Jas farthing, overseer of the "Examiner" composing room, died very suddenly this morning. He was at his usual,work about 1.45 a.m., when he fell ...

    Article : 272 words
  18. POLITICAL.

    The year has been full of elections of all kinds, and some very sensational indeed. The Ministry, however, has remained the same, constituted as follows:— ...

    Article : 581 words
  19. FEDERATION.

    The steps taken successively month after month to bring to a head the movement towards the union of six of these colonies into what is to be called the ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

    In these lines the year may be said to have been a quiet one. Mr. Bradshaw Major has taken up the work of Mr. Arundol Orchard Mus. Bac., who has ...

    Article : 437 words
  21. MUNICIPAL.

    The Hobart City Council on the 3rd January adopted the report of the committee on Ways and Means. Assessment for 1900—£173,565 for general and water ...

    Article : 807 words
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  23. SHIPPING.

    The project for making a canal through East Bay Neck, and thereby joining the inland water system of the Derwent with Blackman's Bay, opening on to the East ...

    Article : 822 words
  24. FINANCE.

    The finances are still prosperous, and the Treasurer still considers himself, like his immediate predecessor Sir Philip Fysh, one of the fortunate men of the ...

    Article : 534 words
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