In the Assembly to-day the adjournment of the House was moved to protest against the bringing of barges from England. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Gold-stealing Commission continued its sittings to-day. Constable Ryan, stationed at Boulder, said that information in his possession led him ...
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Advertising : 2,258 wordsAn exhibition of the mineral resources of the State has been opened at the Royal Exchange by the Minister of Mines. The exhibits later on will be forwarded ...
Article : 51 wordsA dairy draft of 500 heifers and some sclected bulls has been brought up from the south coast by special train, and shipped by the steamer Willyama for ...
Article : 55 wordsThe State Attorney-General has prohibited the holding of an art union in connection with the eight hours demonstration to be held next April. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Prothonotary to-day gave his decision in the case of Hon. E. Edgar, M.L.C., v. Senator Dawson, and awarded Mr. Edgar £50 damages. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn addition to the contract let to Messrs. Evans, Anderson, and Phelan for the construction of ten locomotives, the Railway Department is constructing seven ...
Article : 67 wordsAfter the last race was run on the Richmond course to-day, a meeting of those interested in pony racing was held, with the view of arranging a ...
Article : 131 wordsA telegram from Barcaldine states that John Noble was brought to the police court to-day charged with breaking and entering the railway station there on the ...
Article : 78 wordsAt the District Court sittings at Thursday Island, ex-Gunner Jackson, charged with omitting goods from the canteen stock-book with intent to defraud, was ...
Article : 64 wordsAn amicable arrangement was arriv ed at to-day between representatives of the Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation and the Federal Seamen's ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Adelaide Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to inquire into the possible effect of the Commonwealth proposals [?]o rpreferential trade. ...
Article : 62 wordsSir Samuel Gillot, interviewed to-night, said that the Anti-Gambling Bill legalises betting on racecourses to which a charge for admission is made, and ...
Article : 74 wordsA deputation has waited on the Minister of Justice, and urged that he should introduce legislation to protect mineowners against gold stealing by ...
Article : 70 wordsSir,—Your sub-leader in this morning's issue dealing with the Marriage Bill now before Parliament refers to at least one question of great interest. As you ...
Article : 367 wordsA meeting of colliery proprietors was held in Sydney to-day. The proprietors were unanimous that the demand of the miners as embodied in the latest ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. Justice Cooper, in a speech delivered at an anti-gambling demonstration at Dunedin, said whether the increase in gambling in the colony was due to the ...
Article : 246 wordsAnderson, a railway employee, was fined £50 at Invercargill for selling a nip of whiskey from a bottle in the street. ...
Article : 58 wordsSir Joseph Ward, speaking on the Council Reform Bill, introduced by a private member, said if it came to a question of abolishing the Chamber, he ...
Article : 50 wordsThe only development in connection with the coal trouble was that the proprietors agreed to confer with the miners' delegates. One of the resolutions ...
Article : 249 wordsMr. William Neale Lansley, law stationer and illuminator, died at the Ballarat Hospital on Tuesday evening from debility. Deceased, who was a widower, ...
Article : 93 wordsThe poultry expert estimates the egg production of New Zealand at 17,000,000 per annum. ...
Article : 17 wordsAs the result of an invitation from Mr. Joseph Knight, chief inspector of imported products, a large number of potato-growers and merchants met at ...
Article : 808 wordsThe Castlemaine brancn of the Political Labour Council carried the following resolution last night:—"That the branch condemns the action of the Premier in ...
Article : 61 wordsSir, — I am sure temperance reformers will sympathise with the class of hotelkeepers "Ex-Publican" mentions in his letter appearing in your paper of Tuesday ...
Article : 472 wordsAn extraordinary case of suicide has occurred, when a boy took poison, after having been punished for disobedience. Samuel Coleman, a dairyman, carrying ...
Article : 89 wordsRain fell on Wednesday night, but to-day was beautifully fine. Visitors began to arrive before the gates were opened, and all day long there was a ...
Article : 165 wordsThe annual balance-sheet of the First Mildura Irrigation Trust for the year ended 30th June last has been issued. The total receipts for the year were £15,527, ...
Article : 111 wordsAll pits, with a single exception, in the Maitland coal district, are idle. As was anticipated, the miners did not present themselves for work at the dog-watch ...
Article : 215 wordsA return tabled in the Assembly shows that during the last six months 129 adults and 43 children were sent to the State by the Agent-General as ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 14 Sep 1906, Page 3
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