The question of the supply and price of sugar was the subject of a conference to-day between representatives of the Federal and Queensland Governments, ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Customs collections at Launceston for the week ended Saturday, March 13, were;—Duties, £892 11s. 5d.; excise, £901 10s. 6d.; miscellaneous, £2 14s. 9d.; ...
Article : 34 wordsThis week's Government "Gazette" contains:—Assessment rolls for the Municipalities of Hamilton and Green Ponds, accounts of Perth and Clyde Water ...
Article : 50 wordsRises. Sels. March 17..................... 6.11... 6.27 March 25..................... 6.20... 6.11 THE MOON. ...
Article : 1,308 wordsFor the fortnight ended March 3, the Launceston municipal trams carried a total of 155,077 passengers for an agg[?]egate of £1,297 16s. 4d. in fares. The ...
Article : 61 wordsAt last night's meeting of the Hobart City Council the committee of the whole council reported that the committee of the King Edward Memorial Statue Fund ...
Article : 187 wordsThe town of Burnie was in darkness last night from 8.45 to 9.25 owing to a breakdown at the power-house. It being recognised that it would take some ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 664 wordsThe ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Hobart City Council was held last night at the Town-hall. There were present the Mayor (Colonel R. Eccles Snowden), and ...
Article : 1,343 wordsAt last night's meeting of the Hobart City Council, a petition signed by a number of cabmen was received, asking that a shelter be erected for those who ...
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Advertising : 419 wordsThe effect of the recent rains upon the water supply of the city was indicated at last night's meeting of the City Council, when the Water and Sewerage Committee ...
Article : 339 wordsThe attention of the Chief Quarantine Officer for Animals and Plants (Mr. R. A. Black) was directed to the letter published in "The Mercury" of the 13th ...
Article : 238 words"One of the Ratepayers."—Anonymous letters cannot be considered. M. Connors.—You would do well to consult a solicitor, as it depends on the ...
Article : 29 wordsMatters are still obscure in Germany, and we must expect home anxious days to pass before clear light is thrown on them. So far we see no reason to ...
Article : 693 wordsThe following were the Marine Board collections at the Port of Hobart last week:—Wharfage, £300 13s. 4d.; quayage, £1 18s. 8d.; pilotage £11 11s. 9d.; ...
Article : 44 wordsTo enable the local timber carrying trade to be carried on with greater facility and expedition. Messrs. H. Jones and Co. have instructed Messrs. Purdon and ...
Article : 95 wordsA correspondent writes:—Although Bridgewater has been settled for over 100 years, yet it can still boast of big snakes. Mr. James Co[?] the other day ...
Article : 55 wordsThe following cases of infections disease were reported to the Department of Public Health for the week ended Saturday last:—Hobart: Diphtheria, 1; ...
Article : 59 wordsWilliam Donaghy, 47 years of age, employed at the Mount Lye[?] smelters, was admitted to the Queenstown Hospital yesterday suffering from painful injuries to ...
Article : 70 wordsAustralian States per [?]ah delivered Thursday; per Rotomahana, delivered Friday. N.S.W. (direct) and Queensland, per ...
Article : 160 wordsThe report of the nurses of the Child Welfare Association for the week ended Saturday last states that during the past week 51 homes were visited by the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe provision and maintenance of city reserves is a matter which is receiving a good deal of attention from the Hobart Corporation at present, and present, and at last night's ...
Article : 131 wordsAustralians who speak of the high cost of living should pause before they complain too loudly," say people who have just arrived form America. Mrs. ...
Article : 217 wordsAn inquest was opened to-day on the body of a returned soldier named Frederick T. Braid, who died at the Adelaide Hospital on Thursday. ...
Article : 288 wordsAt the last meeting of the Hobart City Council, Alderman Freeman, in moving that a committee he appointed to take charge of various works that were being ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 wordsAlthough there can be no doubt that the wives and children of the miners on strike at Broken Hill have been in dire suffering from the undue ...
Article : 752 wordsRotomahana. s.s., 1,77 [?]ous. E. Evans or Melbourne. Passengers:— Mesdames Duggan Reddy, Kelly, Fysh, Henry, Albiston, High, Carr, Connashaw, Maymahan, ...
Article : 460 wordsIt is understood that the old camp site at Claremont, comprising 246 acres, has been definitely placed under option of purchase to a large English ...
Article : 110 wordsLongford handicaps. State Premiers' Conference. Hobart City Council meeting Proposed new industry at Claremont. ...
Article : 281 wordsThe transactions of the Commonwealth Savings Bank for the week ending 8th March, were:—Accounts opened, 2,933; deposits, £502,675; withdrawals, £528,938; ...
Article : 41 wordsCaptain Sir Ross Smith to-day received a cable message from Vickers Ltd., asking him to arrange for the Vickers Vi[?]y machine, in which he ...
Article : 147 wordsAt the meeting of the Esperance Council on Saturday, Councillor Jackson moved,—"That the Director of Education be asked to apportion school holidays so ...
Article : 244 wordsThe question of extending the brick area for new buildings into New Town, and the boundaries of the area, were again considered last evening by the City ...
Article : 87 wordsThe suggestion made by the Bureau of Science and Industry for the establishment in Australia of largo factories for making woollen materials deserves to ...
Article : 971 wordsAt the meeting of the Esperance Council last week, Councillor Jackson moved that the Commissioner of Police be written to about the unsatisfactory condition ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 16 Mar 1920, Page 4
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