The Wyndham races were held on Saturday though the weather was wretched. D. O'Brien and the horse Maori were disqualified for six months for deliberate ...
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Article : 1,517 wordsLord Beresford's resignation as Naval Lord of the Admiralty has not been accepted by the Queen. THE NEW HEBRIDES QUESTION ...
Article : 189 wordsSIR,—Kindly permit me to briefly bring under the notice of our Board of Advice and the Government of the day the disgraceful state of the Kellevie School ground From time ...
Article : 320 wordsThe return contest botween the senior representatives of North and South Tasmania was played on Saturday afternoon on the Cornelian Bay ground. The weather ...
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Article : 2,050 wordsSIR,—Mr. Arthur Eckford attempts, though he signally fails to correct " Boz," in your issue of July 16, appears a letter from Mr. Eckford imputing that "Boz" ...
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Article : 661 wordsThe news of the Ministry's majority created to-day no great astonishment. The real struggle is looked for in committee, and the discussions on the separate items will be ...
Article : 263 wordsThe secretary of the Hobart Stock Exchange reports the following quotations which took place on 'Change on Saturday last; Unity, buyers 1s. 6d., sellers 3s.; ...
Article : 256 wordsSIR,—Seeing a letter in The Mercury of July 29 in reference to the relations existing between district and assistant surveyors, and considering that the letter does not deal ...
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Article : 972 wordsSIR,—Will you kindly afford me sufficient space in your already crowded columns to reply shortly to "Alpha." The writer has an equal right with myself or any other ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 1 Aug 1887, Page 3
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