We have not yet been honoured with a visit from any of the federal candidates. A large number of No. 1 votes will, doubtless, be recorded in favour ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 709 wordsHarvesting, which seems to be a few weeks later here than in other districts, is now being [?]ushed on. Some farmers have got their grain threshed, while ...
Article : 166 wordsHons. Wm. Hartnoll aud Wm. Moore addressed a meeting at the Town-hall on Wednesday evening. The attendance was moderate. Mr. R. P. ...
Article : 287 wordsOn Saturday, 16th, the boys from Longford State school came here to play a cricket team from the local school. A good afternoon's play resulted in a win ...
Article : 228 wordsW. Matheson, the passenger by the Euryalus, who was suspected of being in Bendigo, came to the Town-hall today and reported himself to the town ...
Article : 834 wordsA pleasant function took place at the hall, Dunalley, on Monday evening, 18th inst. Residents met at a social to say good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Greenlaw and ...
Article : 275 wordsA statement has been prepared showing that at one time the cost of telegrams in connection with the Weather Bureau amounted to over £28,000 per ...
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Article : 287 wordsThe first match in "C" stage was fired at the Sandy Bay range on Saturday last at 500, 600, and 700 yards. The afternoon was fine, and the light good, but an ...
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Article : 301 wordsSir,—Will you be good enough to let me say how much I agree with the kindly notice of the late Mr. F. G. Howell, published in the last "Tasmanian Mail," and ...
Article : 327 wordsThe above club held its usual monthly meeting on the Sandy Bay range on Saturday, 23rd inst. The weather was not favourable, a tricky wind blowing from ...
Article : 193 wordsAt the Police Court on the 19th inst. W. H. Keam was charged with removing gravel from Crown lands without permission, and fined one shilling, costs remitted. ...
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Article : 306 wordsSir,—At the last meeting of the Tasmanian Philatelic Society, held on the 18th inst., attention was drawn to a paragraph lately appearing in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 wordsMr. O'Sullivan proposes, as soon as Parliament meets, to submit a question of the deviation of the Blue Mountain line, so as to avoid the zig-zag at ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 27 Mar 1901, Page 5
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