Yesterday morning, shortly after [?] o'clock, a fire broke out at the rear of Messrs. A. Cumming and Sons', Elizabeth-street. The brigade quickly ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is the intention of counsel for the Hobart Tramway Co. to move for a new trial in the case decided on Saturday last, and in which damages amounting ...
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Advertising : 460 wordsTide Table, September 15 (approximate): Low water, 5.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.; high water, 11 a.m. and 11.45 p.m. ...
Article : 20 wordsMongana, s.s., 43 tons, C. P. Kerr, for East Coast ports. Agents—Holyman and Sons. Mahinapua, s.s., 458 tons, K. Livingstone, for Strahan Passengers: — Saloon: Mesdames ...
Article : 407 wordsDuring a lecture delivered at Mosman, New South Wales, on the history of the Empire, Mr. G. H. Reid informed his audience that England at one time was ...
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Article : 180 wordsThe deputation which yesterday waited on Ministers in regard to the Huon Railway project made out a good case for inquiry. They did not ask the ...
Article : 296 wordsIn referring to his trip to New South Wales and Victoria at the meeting of the City Council yesterday, the Mayor said whilst in Sydney he had interviewed Mr. ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Attorney-General has had several conferences with the Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. E. C. Lord) on matters relating to the superannuation fund, with ...
Article : 36 wordsOur New Norfolk correspondent, writing yesterday morning, said:—"The Nubeena, with two large punts in tow, came up last Wednesday. The latter are ...
Article : 153 wordsAn extraordinary disclosure was elicited at the Court of Marine Inquiry in Sydney regarding the control exercised on board tugs whilst roaming about the New South Wales ...
Article : 201 wordsOur Burnie correspondent telegraphed last evening that a heavy frost on Monday morning had caused damage to early potatoes. ...
Article : 24 wordsBefore Judge McIntyre yesterday the case of Smythe v. Walch was resumed. The case was one in which John Albert Smythe sued Messrs. Walch and Sons for ...
Article : 172 wordsIt is probable that the Minister for Home Affairs will very shortly give his approval to the issue by the Common-wealth Public Service Commissioner of ...
Article : 225 wordsThe growth of the oversea shipping trade of the Commonwealth is most marked, and the following figures tell an eloquent story of how great that trade is, and how rapidly it ...
Article : 129 wordsOn the eve of His Excellency Lord Northcote's departure from Sydney, the Grand Master of Tasmania sent a farewell letter to His Excellency, conveying, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 wordsThe Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's R.M.S. Athenic, 12,234 tons, left Capetown on Friday evening September 11, in continuation of her voyage from London to Hobart. This ...
Article : 61 wordsIn the Mayor's parlour last night there was held a meeting of the committee which is arranging the manner of and details in connection with the reception, ...
Article : 708 wordsMarechal de Turenne, French barque, which arrived here on Sunday from Cherbourg, has received orders to proceed to San Francisco, and will probably sa[?]l this ...
Article : 152 words"It was a revelation to some of the aldermen to discover quite recently that there was a by-law in existence prohibiting vehicles driving at other than a ...
Article : 121 wordsThe porpoise is usually looked upon merely as an ocean pest, for it consumes enormous quantities of fish and fish spawn, but should the Scotch fishermen ...
Article : 178 wordsA very well-known naval architest (says an exchange) professes to be amused at the diversity of opinion which prevails on the subject of vibration in ocean liners. He is ...
Article : 231 wordsPreliminary ties for the Davis Cup will be contested in Melbourne in November. Spraying trees infected with San Jose scale has been completed at Launceston. ...
Article : 303 wordsSome time ago reference was made at a meeting of the City Council to the unfulfilled promise of the Hobart Gas Company and the Hobart Tramway ...
Article : 136 wordsThe refusal of the Commonwealth Government (says an exchange) to hand over surplus revenue to the States considerably upsets the calculations of the ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Koonookarra, from Launceston, arrived at St. Helen's at 10 a.m. yesterday. The Karitan[?], from Newcastle, arrived at Strahan at 8.15 a.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 63 wordsIt was a large and influential deputa tion which waited upon the Premier and the Minister for Railways yesterday, to urge that an inquiry should be made by ...
Article : 199 wordsBrizeux, barque, from Port Ta[?]bo[?] Helen, barque, from Oamaru. Iris, barquentine, from Edithburg. Kassa, barque, from Sydney. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe policy of dumping people on the land, without regard to what the land is, or the people are, is a popular delusion suited for the platform, but one ...
Article : 1,254 wordsLoading or to Load. Aristides, kt., Port Huon, for Geelong Ganymede, bq., Port Huon, for Lyttelton. Karmo, ship, Esperance, for U.K. ...
Article : 34 wordsStill another anomally in the divorce law! Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson raised the question on Thursday in Sydney whether proof of service upon a party to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 wordsIn the financial papers laid on the table of the Assembly there is a return relative to the railways, from 1893 to 1908-9. This return is rather curious ...
Article : 504 wordsAttention is drawn to a notice in our advertising columns to the effect that the committee are desirous of closing this fund at an early date, and they request ...
Article : 234 wordsIt is understood that during the corning session the Federal Parliament will be given an opportunity of discussing the financial proposals put before the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 449 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Representatives on Thursday concerning the steps taken to induce the Common-wealth Government to place New Zealand ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 15 Sep 1908, Page 4
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