Mr Norman Cameron has announced his intention of contesting the Tamar seat in the Legislative Council at the election in May. The [?] member ...
Article : 67 wordsOur New Norfolk correspondent writes: —"Orchardists in the Derwent Valley districts are experiencing a particularly unfavourable season this year. Following ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 982 wordsh. m. s. February 6...... New moon..... 3 21 54 p.m. [?]bruary 14...... First quarter... 6 33 54 p.[?] [?]bruary 21...... Full moon... 12 3 18 p.m. ...
Article : 1,419 wordsArrangements have been completed for the comm[?]ncement of boring operations to discover the cause of the subsidence of the S[?]amander bride, and work will ...
Article : 31 wordsA sitting of the Supreme Court, in its local courts jurisdiction, will be held to-morrow. The following cases have been set down for hearing:—V. and [?] ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Launceston State High School is to be officially opened on Friday morning[?] when the Premier and Minister of E[?]ucation will be present, and will address the ...
Article : 53 wordsExporters of pears and other soft fruits are convinced of the efficacy of the pre[?]coling system of shipment (says the "Age"). Large quantities of Williams ...
Article : 250 wordsAn extraordinary mishap with on [?] befel a mill hand [?] Jacobson at Geeveston on Saturday (telegraphs our Huon reporter). He was chopping a log ...
Article : 147 wordsWe are glad to learn that the Commonwealth Government is making investigations into the complaints which are so general as to the state of the ...
Article : 191 wordsFires and flies are giving a great deal of trouble just now, and it may be not amiss to remind ourselves of whit "dire events from trivial canses spring" if ...
Article : 1,247 wordsThough there was not so much wind yesterday, there was a good deal of smoke about from bush fires in the neighbourhood of the city and further afield. There ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Customs returns at Launceston last week were:—Duties, £4,609 2s. 3d.; excise, £853 10s. 10d.; miso[?]llancous, £4 16s. 1d.; total, £5,406 8s. 2d., as ...
Article : 41 wordsHer many friends will regret to learn that the wife of Dr. E. L. Crowther, of Coreen, Macquari[?]-street[?] Hobart, died yesterday. ...
Article : 932 wordsThe history of the artistic world is one, in the main, of great individual effort and poor rewards. We find that, with few exceptions, the great painters, ...
Article : 765 wordsA meeting has been held at D[?]vonport in the interests of the fruitgrowing industry to consider the proposal to start a pulping and jam factory at Devonport. ...
Article : 200 words"With reference to a paragraph published in "The Mercury" on January 3, as to the suspension of an official at Devonport, who was subsequently reinstated, as ...
Article : 100 wordsAt a meeting of the Launceston City Council yesterday, Alderman Hart, pursuant to notice, moved,—"That the extension of the tramway to Mowbray be ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Minister of Mines (the Hon. Edward Mulca[?]y) proposes to leave Hobart by mail train to-morrow night for Launceston, and will motor from the latter ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsAn excellent record has been established in point of absence of crime in Hobart during the racing carnival. It is customary for numbers of undesirable ...
Article : 103 wordsA proclamation has been issued by the Government prohibiting the destruction of black swans, for 13 months, from February 1. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Hobart Marine Board meets this afternoon, and amongst the matters to be dealt with are the report of the special committee on port charges, and the ...
Article : 83 wordsBanquet to Sir John McCall. Meeting of Launceston Council. Sawmill at Uxbridge dostroyed by fire. Agreement between Mount Lyell Co. ...
Article : 405 wordsA branch of the Hobart Savings Bank was opened for business in High-street, New Norfolk, on Saturday. The premises, which were recently used as a ...
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Advertising : 719 wordsThe question of docking facilities for the port of Hobart is to be raised at today's meeting of the Marine Board, when Warden Turner is to move, pursuant to ...
Article : 61 wordsThe total shipments of produce from North-West Coabt ports to Sydney last week were the heaviest for the present season. The prominent item was the ...
Article : 212 wordsThe following were the collections of the port of Hobart for the past week:— Wharfage, £570 17s. 8d.; harbour dues, £44 18s. 1d.[?] light dues, £138 18s. 6d.; ...
Article : 87 wordsThe recent admissions of [?]growers, w[?]lesale merchants, and retailers, concerning the marketing of fruit in Melbourne furnish a sound argument in ...
Article : 261 wordsShortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning Sergeant Ward, of the water police, received word to the effect that the body of a woman had been seen floating down ...
Article : 129 wordsUnited Kingdom to-morrow. Australian States, this day, per Marrawah; to-morrow and Friday, per Loongana[?] Thurs [?], per Oonah. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe wages board for threshing machine employees meets in Launceston to-night under the chairmanship of Mr. R. J. Meagher. The board will reconsider its ...
Article : 42 wordsA disastrous fire occurred at Uxbridge on Saturday at Messrs. J. H. Salter and Sons[?] sawmill, the whole plant being razed to the ground. The origin of the ...
Article : 112 wordsTo-day's issue of the "Government Gazette" contains the assessment rolls for 1913 of the municipalities ot Kingborough, Huon, and Port Cygnet; statements ...
Article : 55 wordsAround the Upper Derwent and the Ouse lies a fertile district which has been well proved yet remains much in the same state as in the early days. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 4 Feb 1913, Page 4
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