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  2. THE STATE'S TIMBER.

    In an interview with a "Mercury" reporter last week the Minister of Lands (Hon. Jas. Belton) gave an interesting outline of his views in regard ...

    Article : 548 words
  3. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

    Many employees in the Government Printing Office felt, as noted in yesterday's "Mercury," more or less like the Peri outside the gates of Paradise, ...

    Article : 664 words
  4. TRAGEDY IN RUSSIA.

    Today a woman named G[?]seva who had shadowed Father Rasp[?]tin, a monk, for a fortnight, stabbed him in the village of Pokrovsky, in the ...

    Article : 675 words
  5. HOME RULE.

    The celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of the B[?]yne took place to-day. At Belfast a procession of about ...

    Article : 313 words
  6. SANDFLY AND MARGATE

    The Minister of Lands and Works (Hon. Jas. Belton) yesterday paid a visit to the Margate and Sand[?]y districts mainly with a view to inspecting the ...

    Article : 616 words
  7. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    A minority of shareholders in the New York, Newhaven, and Hartford railway are s[?]ing Messrs. William Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Lewis, ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. SENSATION IN FRANCE.

    A sensation was created in the French Senate yesterday owing to M. Charles H[?]bert, the reporter for the Army Committee, surprising the ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. DOUBLE TAXATION.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon Mr. L. W. Evans, the Unionist member for Colchester, moved an amendment to Clause 5 of the ...

    Article : 820 words
  10. DROWNING TRAGEDIES IN U.S.A.

    During yesterday ten people who were bathing in various parts of New York State were drowned. At Prospect-park, Brooklyn, two ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the doubles of the Davis Cup lawn tennis contests to-day, Decugis and Germ[?]t (France) b[?]at Roper Barrett and Mavr[?]gordate (Great Britain) ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    It is officially announced that the Sixteenth Australian Infantry, of Newcastle, New South Wales, have won the S[?]hu[?]aeher, or Empire Day Challenge ...

    Article : 841 words
  13. EMPRESS OF IRELAND DISASTER.

    Captain Andersen, the master of the collier Storstad, who has been found responsible for the disaster to the Empress of Ireland, expressed the ...

    Article : 354 words
  14. THE STATE SCHOOLS.

    The other day a "Mercury" reporter brought under the notice of the Minister of Education (Hon. J. A. Lyons) the report of the Hamilton local health ...

    Article : 251 words
  15. THE RAILWAYS.

    For some time past the Glenorchy people have been agitating for a more frequent train service to and from Hobart, and recently the Warden ...

    Article : 520 words
  16. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    The woman who was arrested after service last night at St. John's Church Smith-square, Westminster, where a bomb, with a lighted fuse attached, was ...

    Article : 260 words
  17. AUSTRIA AND SERVIA.

    The anti-Austrian movement in Servia is increasing and the lives of hundreds of Austro-Hungarians in Belgrade the capital of Servia, are ...

    Article : 39 words
  18. OVERSEA FRUIT TRADE.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Hobart Marine Board a report of the conference between the members of the board and other persons interested in the ...

    Article : 470 words
  19. BULGARIAN FINANCES

    The contract for the Bulgarian loan of £20,000,000, which is being financed by German banks, and the first half of which is to be issued at the end of ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The compulsory enrolment provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act are still ignored by a very considerable number of electors, despite the many warnings and ...

    Article : 483 words
  21. HOBART IMPROVEMENTS.

    In a recent issue of "The Mercury" reference was made to the great improvements which have taken place, and are still taking place in Collins-street, ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. DREADFUL TRAGEDY.

    Simmone Pianetti, a miller of Brembana, in Italy, ran amok yesterday, and [?]atally shot eight people, including a doctor, the town clerk, the town ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. MEXICAN SITUATION.

    The Brazili[?]a Minister to Mexico has cabled to the State Department at Washington confirming the statement made by Don Roberto Estevaruiz, the ...

    Article : 130 words
  24. LABOUR UNREST.

    The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board having declined to recognise the trade unions of the men employed in the warehouses and engineering ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, announced that another session of Parliament would be held in November, ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. GENERAL CABLES.

    A vessel to be constructed for the P. and O. Company by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, at Belfast, will have a displacement of l5,500 tons. A ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. AMERICA AND NICARAGUA.

    The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Congress recently considered a treaty with the Central American Republic of Nicaragua, by ...

    Article : 188 words
  28. THE BRIDGEWATER ACCIDENT

    We have received from Mrs. Louisa M[?]Donald the following amounts:—Arthur Davies, £[?]; [?]. Walshe. 10s.; Samuel J. Ca[?], 10s.; H. Stokell, 2s.; F.W. ...

    Article : 222 words
  29. FIRE AT QUEENSTOWN.

    A [?]re broke out last night in the office of Mr. Chas. Evans[?] general stores, and a big conf[?]gration looked imminent. The brigade, however, ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. LAUNCESTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The annual meeting of the Launceston Horticultural Society was held to-night, Mr. F. E. Burbury, in the absence of the president (Mr. [?]. Weedon), occupying ...

    Article : 176 words
  31. TASMANIAN CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. J. G. S. Ma[?]Neill, the Nationalist member for South Donegal, again asked Mr. Lowis Har[?]ourt, the ...

    Article : 114 words
  32. FIGHTING IN ALBANIA.

    The insurgents in Albania have captured Berat, 50 miles to the south-east of Durazzo, the capital. The situation at Berat was considered critical, ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. HEAT WAVE IN AMERICA

    A boat wave is spreading over New York State, Missouri, and the middle west of the United States. Hundreds of people are nightly sleeping on th[?] ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    The weather shows no signs of moderating. Hail and rain provail, with i[?]y, cold winds, and work at Lake Margaret has not yet been resumed. ...

    Article : 52 words
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