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Advertising : 1,469 wordsReplying to a question asked by Mr. J. E, Cox, who inquired if the Government intends to continue the prohibition against contractors supplying ...
Article : 66 wordsTo-day the Premiers' Conference discussed the question of the federal capital site, and there was a general expression of opinion that the ...
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Article : 214 wordsReplying to Mir. Laidlaw, the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, promised to consider the claims of British investors in the ...
Article : 65 wordsIn the course of a comprehensive discussion on immigration, it was pointed out that several of the Stat[?] have existing arrangements for varying periods ...
Article : 182 wordsThis week's issue of the "Mail" is an excellent one, both as regards pictorial and reading matter. Prominent among the illustrations will be found a ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the House of Commons a resolution by Mr. Leif Jones, noting the success of local option in the colonies, and urging the adoption of the ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. J. Walton[?]s Workmen's Compensation Bill was read the second time in the House of Commons, and referred to the Grand Committee on Law ...
Article : 28 wordsMount Vesuvius has ceased expelling rockes, but the [?]mission of sand has increased. The thick darkness has almost ...
Article : 53 wordsA meeting "for the purpose of forming a democratic party of those in favour of the Liberal platform enunciated at the recent elections by the democratic ...
Article : 195 wordsIn regard to the financing of State loans, and the necessity for maintaining a uniform rate of interest, there was a long discussion. The Victorian ...
Article : 191 wordsForeigners and foreign vess[?]ls from the 1st proximo will be free to enter Antung and Tanungkau. Foreign Consular officers will reside ...
Article : 39 wordsKing Edward sent a message to King Emmanuel expressing deep sympathy. A total of five hundred perished at Ottaino and Sanguiseppe. ...
Article : 111 wordsReuter's correspondent at Pretoria states that the superintendent of the Foreign Labour Department has been fined £10 for contempt of Court, for ...
Article : 90 wordsThe movement for the erection of baths at Sandy Bay has been advanced a stage, tenders for the work having been received by the Queenborough ...
Article : 166 wordsAll the delegates agreed that a system of reciprocity by which depositors in one State could operate on their accounts in another State would be a great ...
Article : 83 wordsOttaino has been destroyed. The rain of sand continues. A pani[?] prevails at Torre Dellrico, and there is great destitution on all ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. C. E. Schwann asked in the House of Commons whether the result of the Algeciras Conference implied a virtual suppression of the clause of the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe annual election to fill vacancies in the Ulverstone Town Board was held this afternoon. There were three vacancies, and five candidates presented themselves. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Premiers quickly decided that it was desirable to arrange for a combined Australian exhibition to be held in London, and that it should be made a ...
Article : 49 wordsRev. J. Clifford, President of the Ba[?]tist Union, in referring to the Education Bill, said he was gratified, but not satisfied. He condemns the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe militia have surrounded Bambaata's retreat. Later. Bambaata's party is breaking up and ...
Article : 37 wordsThere was a largely attended meeting of the district committees of the two divisions of the National Association at the Victoria-hall last evening. Hon. ...
Article : 437 wordsDiscussion amongst delegates from Now South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia took place on the subject of rabbit suppression. It simply ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Conference decided that in future, there should be an understanding as to the issue of free railway passes to public officers travelling over ...
Article : 276 wordsMr. Whitelaw Reid, United States Ambassador in London, has presented to Captain R. F. Scott the gold medal of the American Geographical Society ...
Article : 45 wordsAt a meeting of the Montagu Road Trust yesterday complaint was made at the dilatori[?] of the Government in repairing the Dundas-road bridge, which, ...
Article : 225 wordsFour Lascars on the steamer Bursfield have developed plague at Philad[?]lphia. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson), in a letter to the secretary of the National Society, declares that the bill withdraws from churchmen the ...
Article : 101 wordsTwelve thousand anti-dynastic boxers are pillaging the towns of Honan. Troops from Hankow have been sent to the scene. ...
Article : 22 wordsLieutenant Culloch, who was accompanying the Royal Society's Sleeping Sickness Commission to Uganda, accidentally contracted the malady, and is ...
Article : 27 wordsFour schoolboys in broad daylight stuck up a bank at Kharkoff, in Russia. They shot a policeman, but were captured while carrying off the loot. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Right Rev. L. C. Casartelli, Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford, asserts that the bill is without a redeeming feature. It compels Catholics to support ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. A. Belmont, of New York, has purchased the English horse Rock Sand, by Sanfoin — Roquebrune, for £25,000 sterling. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Marine Board was held yesterday. Present— Master Warden (Capt. Ross), and Wardens Henry and Green. The Master ...
Article : 295 wordsHon. J. W. Evans, Premier of Tasmania, interviewed this evening, said: —"The financial work of the Conference has been very successful. The ...
Article : 433 wordsThe quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,990,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,065,000 quarters. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe South Australian apples which were shipped to Hamburg by the steamer Seydlitz encountered an excellent market. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe following are the latest quotations for stocks and shares:—Bank of New South Wales, b £43 10s., s £44 10s. Bank of New Zealand, b £8 15s., s £9 ...
Article : 57 wordsBullion silver is quoted at 2s. 5[?]d. per oz. When a young man believes himself to have achieved a philosophy, nay, ...
Article : 141 wordsThe "Chicago Tribune," m a recent article on what medical science has been able to accomplish for the benefit of humanity, drew particular attention to ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 12 Apr 1906, Page 5
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