At last night's meeting of the Queenborough Council, Councillor Lucas, in reporting the result of the meeting held at Huonville recently in regard to the ...
Article : 170 wordsIn yesterday's "Mercury" appeared a cablegram from Melbourne, which stated that the price of bread had been reducid from 6d. to 5½d. the 4lb loaf. In ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 393 wordsTide table, August 25 (approximate):—Low water, 0.30 a.m.; high water, [?].30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ...
Article : 22 wordsMongana, s.s., 45 tons C.P. Kerr, for East Coast ports. Agents—Holyman and Sons. Mahinapua, s.s., 458 tons, K. Livingstone, for Strahan. Passengers—Mesdames Gatty ...
Article : 55 wordsEnnerdale, s.s., for New Zealand ports, from Port Huon—520,000ft. timber. Ar[?]stides, ketch, Port Huon, for Geelong— 44,000ft timber. ...
Article : 919 wordsFor some time it has been known that grave doubts existed regarding the successful termination of the operations which are being conducted to test the ...
Article : 155 wordsThe following were the Customs collections at Hobart for the week ending August 22, 1908:— Duties, £1,547 10s. 5d.; excise, £494 5s. 6d.; miscellaneous, £10 ...
Article : 109 wordsThe annual reports of the Hobart Electric Tramway Co. is to hand. It sets out that the receipts from the tramway and other, sources during the year were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 718 wordsWe have received a number of letters, besides those already published, on the subject of bad language, used in public places, which ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Government Entomologist (Mr. Lea), who is engaged in the North in the work of helping in the eradication of the San Jose scale, wrote as follows ...
Article : 63 wordsUnlike many of the cart horses to be seen in the city, those belonging to the Hobart Corporation have a bit of spirit in them, being well-fed and well-looked ...
Article : 85 words"The all-important talk now" (writes our King Island correspondent) "is a jetty on the east, coast, and as there is a great quantity of land being taken ...
Article : 269 wordsThe Warden of the Queenborough Municipal Council, at a meeting of that body last night, said he thought the time had arrived when they should request ...
Article : 81 wordsThe publication of Part VI. of the Victorian Year Book, which deals with what is called the Social Condition, enables us to test, once again, the ...
Article : 467 wordsMrs. Sprott has received a letter, written on behalf of Mrs. B[?]echey by her sister-in-law, in which she expresses heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Sprott and the ...
Article : 180 wordsAs reported in another column, the residente of Campbell Town have taken up the question of a municipally-owned water scheme for the town, and the ...
Article : 220 wordsFrom the returns compiled by "Lloyd's Register of Shipping," It appears that excluding warships, there were 388 vessels of 799,178 tons gross under construction in the ...
Article : 157 wordsThe spectacle of a Sunday-school teacher sitting in judgment on an expupil was witnessed at the Police Court yesterday, when the Acting Mayor ...
Article : 161 wordsColonel Foster, who is Director of Military Science at the Sydney University, has been trying to get into the minds of chuckle-headed and self-conceited ...
Article : 1,300 wordsOperations in connection with the refloating of the Tavluni, stranded on the south beach at Westport, are proceeding slowly but surely. The timber-required—about 150,000ft—has to ...
Article : 149 wordsOur King Island correspondent writes: —"Mr. Ely, manager of W. T. Bell and Co., is over here looking up the cattle sellers. He is well pleased with his trip, ...
Article : 155 wordsThe secretary of the Agricultural Council (Mr. L. A. Evans) returned on Saturday, after a visit to Burnie, Ulverstone, and Devonport. At those places ...
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Advertising : 699 wordsThe ownership of the Congo Free State is now to be definitely transferred from King Leopold to Belgium, the monarch being paid a sum of £2,000,000. In ...
Article : 646 wordsThe latest report as to the result of the trial shaft at the site of the new reservoir is not very reassuring. So far, some £1,800 has been spent, and ...
Article : 176 wordsTaranna.—New Norfolk. Exc[?]lsior.—Huonville. ...
Article : 10 wordsA destructive fire occurred early on Saturday morning, when a stable belonging to Mr. John Herbert was burnt to the ground, and two valuable horses ...
Article : 176 wordsThe departure of the Koonookarra for Launceston via East Coast ports, was deferred until 4 a.m. to-day. The Mongana left here at 10.15 a.m. ...
Article : 94 wordsIn his report which was presented to the Launceston City Council yesterday the City Health Officer (Dr. Thompson) stated that six cases of enteric fever and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 wordsEdward, brig, from Melbourne. Kassa, barque, from Sydney. Turgot, bq., from Hamburg. Westralia, s.s., from Sydney. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. Commissioner Turner to-day gave his reserved decision in the matter of the costs in the cases of alleged illegal occupation of Crown land at ...
Article : 144 wordsLoading or to Load. Doris, kt., Port Huon, for Melbourne. Karroo, ship, Esperance, for U.K. Relic, sch., Adventure Bay. for Melbourne. ...
Article : 23 wordsA youth, a resident in New Town, found himself in a serious position at the Police Court yesterday. He was arrested on Saturday on a charge of ...
Article : 222 wordsUnited-Kingdom and Continent of Europe, Thursday morning. Australian States, this morning, per Rotomahana[?] Thursday, per Loongana. ...
Article : 108 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the City Council the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Gregory Sprott) said that during the months of July there were 62 deaths ...
Article : 165 wordsThe annual meeting of the Victoria Convalescent Home was held last night. There was a heavy fall of snow at Zeehan yesterday. ...
Article : 431 wordsThree hundred local entries from Zeehan and Strahan have been received for the Zeehan poultry show. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 25 Aug 1908, Page 4
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