One of the recommendations made by Mr. Alexander Cooch in the report upon the management of the State Savings Bank in Tasmania, furnished by him at ...
Article : 179 wordsThe Public Works Commission, which is to take evidence in regard to the Glenora-Tyenna Railway extension, will, it is expected, reach Hobart to-day. They ...
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Advertising : 688 wordsTide table, June 17 (approximate):—Low water, 4 a.m.; high water, 10.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. ...
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Article : 19 wordsWestralia, s.s., 2,884 tons, H. L. Dunsford, for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Lomas, Mr. and Mrs. Robson; Megdames Walker, Arnold, O'Neil, Nicholson and child, ...
Article : 118 wordsThe examination of police officers desiring to qualify themselves for promotion to the rank of sergeant is to be held at Launceston to-morrow. There are four ...
Article : 52 wordsThe discovery of a secret organisation in India for the manufacture of bombs appears to have created a considerable sensation in Great Britain, and it is ...
Article : 546 words"It is my intention to carry out my usual practice this week, and address my constituents," remarked the Premier yesterday. "I will leave the capital on ...
Article : 102 wordsKylemore, barque, Norfolk Bay, for English Channel, for orders—670,000ft. piles and sawn timber. June 16. ...
Article : 759 wordsOur Devonport correspondent writes:— "Produce deliveries at Devonport last week were not so heavy as on the preceding week, neither were the exports to Sydney ...
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Article : 20 wordsDoris, kt., Esperance, for Melbourne. H.J.H., Ketch, Esperance, for Melbourne. Helen, barque, Southport, for Oamaru. Iris, barquentine, P. Arthur, for P. Pirie. ...
Article : 38 wordsIn connection with the federal survey of the route for the proposed transcontinental railway, the Minister for Home Affairs has received a report from ...
Article : 163 wordsA State-school Teachers' Conference will be held in Hobart, beginning on Tuesday, the 30th June, and will last for three days. The opening meeting, over ...
Article : 221 wordsRotomahana, s.s., 1,777 tons, F. Maitland, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Carnec and 2 children, Parker, Archer and infant, G. Cohen and infant, Rayner; ...
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Article : 31 wordsA Masonic trowel of silver which is on its way around the world has reached Portland. Oregon, where it was received with due ceremony by a committee of ...
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Article : 37 wordsThe Marin[?] Board has decided to build a new pier at Dunn-street, a work which seems, from all accounts, to be needed. The Board consists of ...
Article : 276 wordsSeevral vessels will be loading at Port Huon shortly. The steamer Arnell, which has been chartered to take a large cargo of sl[?]prs for the Chinese railways, was ...
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Article : 210 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Hobart Marine Board, in committee, the question was considered whether the new pier should be built of Tasmanian hardwood ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsWhen will the Transatlantic shipping trade be free from rate wars? According to the "Berliner Tageblatt," reports have been cur rent which show that a renewal of bitter ...
Article : 129 wordsThe English mails, despatched from Tasmania on the 12th ultimo, per R.M.S. India, arrived in London on the afternoon of the 13th instant. They were ...
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Article : 217 wordsThe High Court, consisting of the Full Bench, dealt with an appeal from the decision of Mr. Justice Hood in the State Court at Melbourne on Friday. ...
Article : 218 wordsSeveral worthy citizens have recently waxed surcastic on the varied methods proposed for the entertainment of the American fleet (says the Sydney "Daily ...
Article : 329 wordsInteresting papers read at the meeting of the Royal Society last evening. Lighterman named Johnson accidentally killed at Launceston yesterday. ...
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Article : 172 wordsSome time ago the Premier (Hon. J. W. Evans, C.M.G.) wrote to the Commissioner for Fisheries in New South Wales (Mr. Frank Farnell), asking him ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Koonookarra, from Launceston, via East Coast ports, arrived here at 0.40 p.m. yesterday. The Mahinapua, from Hobart, arrived at ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 17 Jun 1908, Page 4
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