The adjourned meeting of the Glenorchy Municipal Council was held in the Glenorchy Council-chamber yesterday afternoon. Present: The Warden (Mr. C. Ball), and ...
Article : 1,135 wordsNotwithstanding the lowering aspect of the sky, a large number of visitors gathered at the show ground to-day. The general opinion was that a heavy downpour would ...
Article : 808 wordsLast night, in the House of Commons, the motion of Mr. Dilwyn, member for Swansea, for disestablishment of the Church of Wales, was rojected by a majority of 12, the ...
Article : 97 wordsTin in the London market is still advancing in value. Last Wednesday's quotation was £93 15s. per ton. The Secretary of Mines has received the ...
Article : 109 wordsOn Saturday a largo shark was caught in Watson's Bay by George H. Robinson. To-day it was opened, and in its stomach were found several human bones, also the leg of a ...
Article : 490 wordsThe adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Little Wonder G.M. Co. was held at the Mechanics' Institute to-night. There were 12 sharcholders present, and Mr. E. W. ...
Article : 553 wordsA largely attended meeting of working men was hold at the central market to-night, when a Working-men's Political Association was formed, its objects being the abolition of ...
Article : 175 wordsTenders for the City of Melbourne 5 per cent. loan of £150,000, the minimum of which was fixed at £103, were opened today, The total subscriptions amount to ...
Article : 56 wordsA demonstration of popular sympathy wiht Mr. James Mirams, on his defeat for Collingwood, is likely to be held shortly. The friends and admirers of that gentleman ...
Article : 1,662 wordsTin (Australian and Straits) has advanced to £93 15s. per ton. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe follwing artic'e, contributed by the Marquis of Lorne to the Contemporary Review, for April, 1884, will be read with particular interest in connection with the ...
Article : 1,246 wordsSir William White, the British Minister at Bucharest, will represent Great Britain at the Conference of Ambossadors of the Great Powers to be held on the 13th inst., for ...
Article : 51 wordsThe dirrctors and the committee of the Commercial Bank of South Australia were both busily engaged this morning, and Mr. Tarlton, in reply to a question, said, There ...
Article : 178 wordsIn consequence of the prevalence of Dengue fever at Fiji, orders have been given to quarantine all vessels from Fijian ports. ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is reported that a serious railway colision has occurred near Mentmore, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being English. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe weather was fine, and there was a nice wind blowing at noon, but the attendance on the ground was limited. Jarvis, who had been elected captain of the home ...
Article : 551 wordsThe mysterious bank robbery at Yankallilla is still a matter of much comment. The Rev. A. J. Lyall, the muhager's father, went down to Yankallilla this morning. ...
Article : 655 wordsThe following are the latest movements of the Orient Steam Navigation Co.'s steamers:— LONDON, March 6. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe police and black trackers arrested Frost, alias Rilley, early on Sunday morning, in his camp in a gorge of the Booroolong Mountains. A stolen horse and samples of ...
Article : 70 wordsConsiderable amount of alarm and anxiety was occasioned in the city this morniug by the publication of extraordinary editions by the morning papers containing ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsThe first cricket match in which both sides were composed of ladies was played on the association ground this afternoon. The weather was as favourable as could bo desired, ...
Article : 93 wordsThe question of the unemployed caused some excitement in the city this morning, and the matter was considered by the Cabinet. A deputation of the unemployed, numbering ...
Article : 517 wordsThe annual sale of pure bred sheep from the flocks of Messrs. W. Gibson and Son, Scone, was held at Russell's yards, Perth, on Wednesday, 10th inst., Mr. Westbrook ...
Article : 288 wordsBridget Smith was sent to gaol for 14 days this morning for using obscene language in the streets. The contemplated banquet to the ...
Article : 997 wordsSIR,—Your correspondent "W.," in his letter which appears in your issue of 5th inst., "re sheep-stealing," makes certain statements which I connot allow to pass ...
Article : 402 wordsA sitting of the Supreme Court in its Small Debts (£100) Jurisdiction will be opened at the Macquarie street, Court-house, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning next, ...
Article : 354 wordsCardinal Moran is a passenger for Sydney by the R.M.S. Alameda. One million whitefish ova have been received from the United States hatohery, at ...
Article : 49 wordsWhat may possibly prove to be a discovery of considerable value was made at the claim of the Moonlight Co. on Saturday. The company's men are working from the ...
Article : 499 wordsThe Municipal Council met to-day. The Warden reported that he had interviewed the Hon, the Treasurer on the subject of the Government taking gas for lighting the ...
Article : 125 wordsDuring the month of February 711 immigrants were nominated in the colony, 555 being from the United Kingdom, and 156 from the Continent. ...
Article : 185 wordsA complimentary dinner to the Hon. Wm. Moore, M.L.C., aud J. W. Norton-Smith, M.H.A., members for Wellington, was held in the Town Hall, Burnie, to-night. ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. Hennessy late second in command in Mr. H.O.Forbes' New Guinea expedition, arrived an invalid at Townsville on Saturday from Port Moresby, Via Cooktown. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 12 Mar 1886, Page 3
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