The following Army Order—94, April, 1901—regarding the South Africa medal has been issued:- 1. His Majesty the King has been ...
Article : 1,518 wordsThe Board of Directors of the A.N.A. welcomed the representatives of the Australian States this (Wednesday) morning at the Association-rooms, Prell's— ...
Article : 1,399 wordsThe following entries have been receivd for the Hobart Turf Club meet on Saturday next:- Maiden Plate, 6½ furlongs.—Conquest, ...
Article : 197 wordsOperations on 'Change continue limited. Several slight alterations have occurred in the prices quoted, but very few sales have been effected. Sellers ask ...
Article : 521 wordsA lad named A. Me[?]ch, aged 17 was knocked clown by a tram last night, and killed. The condition of Mr. G.H. Reid has ...
Article : 156 wordsThe "Matin," Paris daily, says that French banks are issuing a Russian loan of sixteen millions sterling. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe efforts of the Hasrimin Kuhn clique to wrest the control of the Northern Pacific stocks from the Morgan-Hill group caused an unparalleled panic in ...
Article : 146 wordsVan Plaze[?], a farmer at Barkly East, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined £1,000 for trea[?]on. ...
Article : 65 wordsWellington v. Lefroy, on the upper cricket ground this afternoon, play to commence at 2.45. Lefroy team from the following.—Abel, Rait, Sly, ...
Article : 235 wordsThe) plague at Capetown is diminishing, but infected rats are still dying [?] hundreds. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Czar of Russia visits England at the end of August, and will then visit Darmstadt, and remain there for some weeks. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt has been arranged to ship 1,700 Boer prisoners to Bermuda, an island in the North Atlantic, belonging to Croat Britain, 600 miles east from the ...
Article : 33 wordsThe census returns show the population of England and Wales as 32,525,716; County of London, 4,536,034, other administrative counties, ...
Article : 53 wordsThe South Australian Wine Depot in the city has sold, for the year ending 30th April last, 110,000 gallons of wine. The total revenue was £3,000. ...
Article : 30 wordsColonials have repulsed Scheepers' [?]ommando at Baviaaro, near Kloof River. Lieutenant Jass, of the Queensland ...
Article : 78 wordsLi Hsi, Emperor of Korea, disapproving of the proposed syndicate loan, the President of the Privy Council has resigned. ...
Article : 107 wordsA tragic incident happened on board the steamer Coogee. As the vessel was approaching Williamstown from Port Phillip Heads this ...
Article : 115 wordsAt the local Court to-day. before Mr. Fowell, S.M., Daniel Coben was charged with larceny of £21 from William Burge, of Darwin, Superintendent ...
Article : 449 wordsIn the House of Commons the Government proposals for King Edward's Civil List allowances have been carried by 307. to 58. ...
Article : 52 wordsPrivate W. B. Burke, Victorian Bushman, has been severely wounded at Bahaanno. Private Henry S. Lamb, Victorian Mounted, was killed at ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Battersea Town Council, having discussed whether "Joubert" of "Methuen" was the best name for a new street, selected that of "Joubert." ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Union-Castle Company, the owners, are hopeless of saving the s.s. Tantallon Castle. ...
Article : 19 wordsA meeting, convened by Mr. A. Bartles, sen., was held on the 6th inst., at the residence of Mr. R. Vince, to arrange to secure a piece of land for recreation ...
Article : 150 wordsNo further light has been thrown upon the tragedies at Goulburn, and Detective Young has gone from Sydney to assist the local police. ...
Article : 180 wordsLieutenant Greig (New South Wales Bushman), Captain Ham (Victorian Bushman), Captain Henderson (Tasmanian Bushman), and Captain Hocking ...
Article : 31 wordsA three-tailed comet has been photo-graphed at Mauritius, travelling north-west. The length of the longest tail is ...
Article : 28 wordsThe English newspapers contain columns of cablegrams from Australia giving accounts of the opening of the Federal Parliament. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe steamer Morayshire has sailed from Capetown for Australian ports, having on board 730 officers and men of the contingents whose time of service ...
Article : 31 wordsAndrew Carnegie, the American manufacturer and millionaire, has doubled his gift to the English Iron and Steel Institute to establish scholarships of ...
Article : 31 wordsNow Golden Gate, May 10 (by telegraph). —From 400 tons of quartz crushed, we obtained 613oz. of amalgam from plates and ripples. ...
Article : 510 wordsThe death is announced in our obituary columns this day of Archibald Wookey, of the 5th New Zealand Contingent. Ho was well- known ...
Article : 985 wordsA Reuter's telegram, published on the 5th inst., reports an unpleasant incident at Tientsin. The Germans have built a bridge over ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Scottish Australian Investment Corporation losses for the half-year are £7,222. ...
Article : 21 wordsA ball in aid of the hall fund was held at Irish Town on the 3rd inst., and was pronounced by all to be a splendid success. Over 50 couples were at times ...
Article : 174 wordsIt is reported from Thursday Island that the remains of a wreck found on the island of Anawaida by the Chalmers punitive expedition is probably that of a ...
Article : 79 wordsWheat.—Markets firm, but less favourable crop reports from France and Germany. Good demand for cargoes. Victorian, ex barque Jean Baptiste, from ...
Article : 82 wordsThe recent grounding of Prince Henry's flagship, the Kaiser Frederick, at Arkona Promontory, north coast of Rugen Island, Baltic Sea, is officialy stated ...
Article : 47 wordsCensus returns show that the population of New Zealand, exclusive of Maoris, is 773,439, against 636,659 in 1891. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe returns of the Bank of England for the week ending May 10, as compared with those of the preceding week, are as follow, last week's figures being ...
Article : 80 wordsThe usual monthly meeting of this trust was held on Saturday, at their office, in Main-street, when there were present—Messrs. Sam. Mason, M. ...
Article : 608 wordsAt the wool sales bidding continues spirited, and the demand for all classes is firm. Sales.—Goonambil, 8¾d.; ...
Article : 43 wordsMessrs. Mather and Crowther, Limited, one of the great and wondrously-organised advertisement contracting firms of London, have issued, in a large ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 wordsBullion silver was quoted on the 8th inst, at 2s. 3 7-16d/, and on the 9th linst. at 2s. 3¼d. per oz. ...
Article : 24 wordsA large number of residents and voters assembled at the Courthouse on Thursday to hear the official declaration of the poll for the Derwent district. ...
Article : 105 wordsIn regard to the punitive expedition now pursuing the murderers of the Revs. Chalmers and Tomkins in New Guinea, the London Missionary Society urge on ...
Article : 49 wordsThe manager of the Hercules Mining Co. to-day received account sales of the first shipment of ore sold under contract to the Smelting Co. of Australia, at Dapto, ...
Article : 127 wordsBands of Chinese pirates have attacked several posts around Tongking, killing or wounding twenty-four French soldiers. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe letters we receive from people who have used Scott's Emulsion show clearly that this preparation succeeds in giving relief where other remedies ...
Article : 475 wordsSir,—Cannot we rely upon our own resources to decorate our streets for the approaching visit of the Duke and Duchess, instead of sending to ...
Article : 306 wordsThe Australian Agents-General consider that the alteration of the German tariff will scarcely affect Australian commercial interests. ...
Article : 45 wordsArrivals.—Indragheri, steamer, from Wellington; Pakeha, steamer, from New Zealand ports; Ravenswood, barque, from Fremantle; Edinburgh, barque, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 wordsSir,—I do not see why the people of Tasmania should send over to Melbourne of any other of the States to get second-hand Venetian masts for the decoration ...
Article : 266 wordsIt is stated here on good authority that the plans for the duplication of the Cataract bridge, which have been prepared by the Lands and Works Department, ...
Article : 183 wordsTo the Editor of "The Mercury." Sir,—In reference to a letter which appeared in your columns on the 8th inst., signed "A Visitor," I am quite sine there ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. H.H. Black, the well known village blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sullivan Co., N.Y., says: "Our little son, five years old, has always been subject ...
Article : 152 wordsTo remove a troublesome corn or bunion: First soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it, then pare it down as closely as possible without ...
Article : 94 wordsAll Functional Derangements of the Liver Temporary Congestion arising from Alcoholic Beverages, Errors in Diet, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Giddiness, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 11 May 1901, Page 4
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