Yesterday's severe gale was remarkable for the reason that very little damage has so far been reported. At about noon a strong north-westerly gale, ...
Article : 354 wordsMr. Charles Foster, property owner, residing in upper Argyle-street, has made an extraordinary statement to a reporter of "The Mercury" concerning ...
Article : 1,201 wordsThe Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson arrived by the express train at Hobart on Saturday ...
Article : 383 wordsRises. Sets. February 25.................. 6.47... 8.1 March 1..................... 6.53... 7.55 THE MOON. ...
Article : 1,325 wordsA meeting of the City Council is to be held this evening. Among the subjects to be discussed are a motion by Alderman Bottrill, that the inspectors take ...
Article : 57 wordsOonah, s.s., 1,757 tons, E. Evans, from Melbourne. Passenger—Saloon: Mesdames Fraser, Drake and child, Craze and child, Bloomfield and 2 children, Morris, Bowman, ...
Article : 188 wordsThe persistent efforts of those gentlemen in the North largely interested in tin mining in Tasmania to impress upon Federal and State politicians the ...
Article : 422 wordsThe Minister in charge of quarantine (Hon. J. A. Jensen), questioned before he left for Melbourne on Saturday regarding "Pansy," the now celebrated cat, ...
Article : 184 wordsThe holding of a special conference of the Workers' Educational Association and other bodies, to hear papers on the question of teaching what is called "Sex ...
Article : 1,036 wordsDuring his stay in Melbourne last week, the Tasmanian Premier was entertained at luncheon by the Victorian Government. Mr. Lee visited the House ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsOn Saturday, at the invitation of the State Government the members of the Senate's committee, which is inquiring into the sale of intoxicants to soldiers, ...
Article : 108 wordsAustralian States, expected at G.P.O., Saturday, 6 p.m.; delivered by letter carriers, Monday. N.S.W. and Queensland, Thursday. ...
Article : 69 wordsSandy Bay carnival. Allies' fair at City-hall. North v. South bowling match. Scarcity of meat and bread at ...
Article : 86 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted by the Department of Public Works:—Road, Mangana-Storey's Creek, T. B. Yates, £134 14s.; road, Swan ...
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Advertising : 731 wordsWhen the frequently prophesied and much threatened war between Great Britain and Germany became a fact, it found the British Empire unprepared ...
Article : 770 wordsThe Governor (Sir Francis Newdegate), the Mayor, Ministers, and the Master Warden, all seated in deck chairs at the edge of the water, were so interested in ...
Article : 186 wordsSummer time comes to an end in Tasmania on Sunday next, March 3. ...
Article : 27 wordsWhile in Melbourne last week the Premier (Hon. W. H. Lee) took the opportunity to wait upon Senator Russell, hon. Minister in charge of foodstuffs, in the ...
Article : 203 wordsA matter of importance to Tasmania, to which the Premier (Hon. W. H. Lee) gave earnest attention during his visit to Melbourne this week, was that of ...
Article : 251 wordsOn Saturday afternoon, whilst members of the Y.M.C.A. and Leander clubs were playing cricket on the Domain some miscreant set fire to the heap of wearing ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia will hold an inter-State congress in Hobart this week, commencing this afternoon, and it is ...
Article : 228 wordsNominations for the State general elections to be held on March 16 closed on Saturday. In most instances contests in the 72 constituencies will be straight-out ...
Article : 103 wordsOonah, s.s., 1,757 tons, E. Evans, from Melbourne. Passenger—Saloon: Mrs. Day; Messrs. Colhoun, Kerr, Mitchell; 2 steerage SAILED—February 23. ...
Article : 130 wordsGeorge T. Robson, a soldier in camp at Broadmeadows, who was expecting to leave shortly with reinforcements for the front, was killed in a collision with ...
Article : 92 wordsMatters are quiet in the dispute between the doctors and the friendly societies. It is understood that notice of the measure providing for compulsory ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 25 Feb 1918, Page 4
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