SIR,—No more important meeting than that fixed for to-morrow, either of the shareholders or the directors, has ever been convened since the copartnery had its origin— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,278 wordsThe municipal building and town-hall at Florence is a quaint and striking building, like an old castle (which it once was), with a church tower on the top. Adjacent is the ...
Article : 4,438 wordsA public meeting was held at Stanley yesterday afternoon to consider the subject of reciprocity. All Circular Head interests were represented, and it was unanimously ...
Article : 87 wordsSIR, — Notwithstanding the letter published in this morning's issue signed "E. Ivey" in reference to the above subject, I hope the council to a man will adhere to ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Municipal Council held the usual monthly meeting on Monday last. Present: The Warden, and Councillors W. Lyne, F. Shaw, E. O. Cotton, Walter Rust, and A. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 309 wordsThe following notifications appear in to-day's Gazette, in addition to others which are repeated, and have already been published:— ...
Article : 408 wordsGreat indiguation was felt and expressed here some weeks ago when it was made known that the stores of the Asylum for the Insane were shamefully mismanaged: those ...
Article : 1,303 wordsSIR,—An assertion has been made no less than three times by your correspondents "J.B.M.," and "A Catholic Parent," that the principle of payment by results has ...
Article : 320 wordsSIR,—A man being sent to gaol for 21 days for "contempt of court," which, to my mind, is imprisonment for debt, is so rare an occurrence at the present day, that had I ...
Article : 733 wordsSIR,—In this morning's Mercury I see John Mezger has given a flat contradiction to my statement that refuse from his bone mill is allowed to flow into the New Town ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 122 wordsAt the police court this morning George Marsh and John Nelson alias Charles Eaton, were charged with uttering a forged cheque for £5 19s., purporting to be signed by John ...
Article : 958 wordsSince my last to you nothing of importance has occurred to note. Winter, with its unpleasant changes, will soon be a thing of the past. Already has fine weather set in, and ...
Article : 956 wordsDrainage Union (Lefroy claim.)—We have extended the drive for the week 8ft. A change of ground is coming in the face, it being of a soft nature, sandstone and slate ...
Article : 49 wordsSIR,—Once more the estimates are under discussion. Again the same indiscriminate increases of salaries are granted to a few Civil servants, who are either prominently ...
Article : 397 wordsThe sitting of the Court was continued to-day, before Mr. Commissioner O'Reilly. In Davey v. Beathe, an action brought under partnership clause of the Mineral ...
Article : 213 wordsSIR,—There is an old saying, "After the steed is stolen, shut the stable door," and I think this is verified in Tasmania by the loose manner in which bills of sale are permitted ...
Article : 241 wordsSIR,—I have no wish at present to enter into the "vexed question" of the best route for the extension of the above, but I must protest strongly against the statement of one ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 531 wordsSIR,—May I be allowed to make a few suggestions through your columns on the proposed appointment of an Agent-General to represent this colony in England. At the ...
Article : 205 wordsSIR,—Will you be good enough to give publicity in The Mercury to the enclosed plan for trapping the codlin moth, which may be beneficial to fruitgrowers who are ...
Article : 512 wordsSIR,—The mode in which breaches of the Marine Board regulations are dealt with in Tasmania is a source of annoyance to the mercantile marine and an injury to the ...
Article : 950 wordsSIR,—It is only from a deep sense of the importance of my subject that I venture to ask you for space in your valuable columns in which to advocate technical education. ...
Article : 747 wordsDr. Leonard Waldo, the astronomer in charge, has recently published his annual report of the watch-rating results for first-class certificates for the year ending June 1, 1884. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 11 Aug 1885, Page 3
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