Mr. Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the American Navy, speaking in New York yesterday, stated that on the day when it was announced that ...
Article : 151 wordsThe council of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce at its meeting yesterday had before it complaints as to the position likely to arise through the proposed ...
Article : 113 wordsThe prevalence of swearing and lying was a subject of reference by Mr. J. Moyes (president of the South Australian Public Teachers' Union), in his address ...
Article : 302 wordsOwing to stormy weather in the north telegraphic and telephonic communication with Launceston became interrupted yesterday evening. The telegraph ...
Article : 161 wordsRises. Sets. July 9..................... 7.42... 4.45 July [?]..................... 7.38... 4.52 July [?]..................... 7.31... 4.59 ...
Article : 676 wordsAt the meeting of the council of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the secretary tabled a statement of refunds due on account of s.s. Yarra. The ...
Article : 110 wordsIt was reported av Devonport on Saturday morning that the directors of the Mersey Shipbuilding Co. had received a telegram from the Premier, instructing ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. Clive Lord, at a meeting of the Royal Society last evening, called attention to a paragraph in "The Mercury" of the 4th inst., in which it was stated ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Independence Dav parade in New York was the greatest pageant over seen in the city. The pageant swept uncessingly along Fifth-avenue ...
Article : 78 wordsYesterday morning the Governor (Sir Francis Newdegate), attended by Captain Stopp, paid a visit to the Derwent Valley Paint Syndicate's Hobart ...
Article : 223 wordsThe following wore the Customs collections at the Port of Hobart last week; —Duties, £1,817 3s. 8d.; excise, £929 9s. 7d.; light dues, £39 12s. 1d.; ...
Article : 38 wordsAn adjournment was made at yesterday's meeting the Marine Board, in order to meet, at afternoon tea, Mr Gitsham, who is starting a new white ...
Article : 546 wordsA conference was recently held between a special committee of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce formed to investigate the control of fisheries, and ...
Article : 320 wordsMr. C. H. Schwab, the American Shipping Controller, in a speech at San Francisco yesterday, stated:—The ships launched in America to-day comprise ...
Article : 111 wordsThe following were the Marine Board collections it the Port of Hobart last week:—Wharfage, £182 19s. 2d.; quayage, £1 19s. 4d.; pilotage, £14 6s. 3d.; ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. J. T. Barnes, the Commonwealth officer appointed to inquire into the question of anomalies as the result of fixing the maximum prices to be ...
Article : 433 wordsAt the meeting of the Kingborough Board of Advice last month it was reported that a boy at one of the schools had been expelled until he apologised ...
Article : 189 wordsWild pigs in tho Blackall district threaten to cause as much trouble is the dingo in Central West Queensland. For years there have been wild pigs in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsRotomahans, s.s., cleared Low Head at [?] p.m. yesterday for Melbourne. ...
Article : 12 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Kingborough Council the inspector (Mr. A. W. Kirwood) reported on the carriage of carcase meat on the Channel ...
Article : 131 wordsArrived.—July 7[?] 1.45 a.m., [?] s.s., from Launceston. July 8: 1 a.m., Hill[?], s.s, from Melbourne; 4 a.m., Marra[?] s.s., from Melbourne; 8.30 a.m., ...
Article : 55 wordsA contract has been entered into by Mr. H. Mackenzie, a timber merchant in New South Wales, for the purchase from the Queensland Government of blackbutt, ...
Article : 113 wordsAustralian Stetes, delivered by letter car. riers to-day. N.B.W. (direct) and Queensland, expected at G.P.O. Thursday; delivered by letter ...
Article : 75 wordsAttention has been directed, as the result of an accident which had occurred recently, to the dangerous habit indulged in by children of holding on moving ...
Article : 91 wordsCasualty list 415. City Council meeting. Hobart-Brisbane trade. Straightening the Main Line. ...
Article : 113 wordsYesterday afternoon an enginedriver named Benjamin Robertson was engaged repairing the roof of a sawmilling shed at Taranna[?] Tasman Peninsula, when he ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Government is taking action, somewhat tardily it must be admitted, in the direction of conserving Tasman[?] timber in order that local supplies ...
Article : 320 wordsThe control of the caves of the State has been receiving the attention of the Scenery Preservation Board. The Remarkable Cave and Blowhole at Port ...
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Advertising : 687 wordsThe City Council last night adopted regulations for the conveyance of meat from the abattoirs to the city, these having been drawn up at a conference ...
Article : 117 wordsAt a meeting of the Royal Society last evening. Mr. Clive Lord drew ateention to a collection of [?] book plates which would shortly be placed in the ...
Article : 71 wordsA letter was read at the City Council's meeting last night from the New Town Council, embodying a resolution asking for permission to plant a row of ...
Article : 274 wordsThe latest developments in Russia, of which we have anything like reliable information, are also among the most remarkable. There is still a lack of ...
Article : 935 wordsDuring the past week there has been a gradual slowing dewn among the employees at Alligater [?]reek works (Qld.). As a result a number of men in the[?] ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Westbury Council, at its July meeting, had before it a somewhat unusual application. It was a request for permission to use a traction engine on ...
Article : 61 wordsThis week's Government "Gazette" contains:—Assessment roll for the municipalities of Table Cape, list of Crown lands lessed and sold during June, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe transactions of the Commonwealth Savings Bank for the week ended 1st July were:—Accounts opened, 2,271; deposits, £400,897; withdrawais, £253,068; ...
Article : 43 wordsCertain special features mark the successful operations last Thursday which resulted in the capture of Hamel, the advance of the British line on a ...
Article : 909 wordsThere was on view at the fishmongering establishment of Mr. G. Casimaty, in Elizabeth-street, yesterday, a very large crah, caught in West Coast waters by ...
Article : 75 wordsThe President of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce (Mr. A. G. Kemp) at the meeting of the council yesterday, reported on the result of the recent ...
Article : 166 wordsThe number of cases of infectious diseases reported to the Department of Public Health last week was:—Hobart (including New Town): Phthisis, 2. ...
Article : 64 wordsJoseph Heron, employed by the HydroElectric Department, had a miraculous escape from serious accident yesterday morning. He was engaged stripping one ...
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Advertising : 42 wordsWe are advised by the Deputy Postmaster-General that included in the mails lost by Wimmera were two bags and one hamper for Hobart, and two bags for ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 9 Jul 1918, Page 4
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