At the Council meeting to-day Mr. J. E. Farrell was appointed Superintendent of Police vice Mr. T. D. Robinson, resigned. ...
Article : 34 wordsVery llttle fast work was done on the tracks to day. Prelude galloped a mile and a-half on the tan in very good style, the last mile being covered ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 16s. per unit. Half-yearly meeting of the Nubeena S.M Co. to be held in the Masonic Hall at 4 ...
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Advertising : 1,748 wordsThe feeling against foreigners is spreading throughout the Honan district in China, and many Gonorals of the army and Mandarins are joining ...
Article : 30 wordsThe racer Mons Meg goes to the stud immediately. ...
Article : 12 wordsThe eighteenth annual shew of the North-western, Agricultural Society was held at Latrobe to day. The tiny was beautifully fine, and the attendance was excellent, but ...
Article : 2,054 wordsA singular incident occurred at Bellarine on Saturday. A flock of large migratory birds settled on the farm of Mr. McGrath, of Bellarine, and one of his children, a little ...
Article : 97 wordsThe windows of the office of the National Preas at Dublin have been smashed by ai dynamite bomb, thrown from the street. No personal injury ...
Article : 93 wordsMayor Shoppee's motion for the reptal of By-law No. 66, relating to processions in the streets of the western municipality, was tabled at the meeting of the City Council ...
Article : 75 wordsNot a single fase gallop was done to-day, all the trainers restricting their teams to slow work. An accident happened which caused the death of a promising ...
Article : 59 wordsAdams' Dundas South, October 13.—Tunnel to cut No. 2 lode driven 12ft. Country nice slate formation with exception of last 4ft., which has been rather tight. At about 5ft. ...
Article : 1,119 wordsDerby. —Stone Derry. All Engagements.—Siberian. ...
Article : 7 wordsLord Sheffield's cricket team has played a match at Colombo, scoring 143 in their first innings, of which Stoddart made 70. Colombo scored 70 ...
Article : 32 wordsAt the Police Court this morning Clara Woods, aged 92 years, was charged with stealing a gold ring from Patrick Flannigan, a miner. Defendant ploadol guilty, and was ...
Article : 82 wordsPhotographic counterfeits of the Bank of Australasia notes are in circulation, and can only be identified on very clo e examination, The spurious notes are numbered ...
Article : 230 wordsSome lively wagering took place over the Melbourne Cup to-day. Paris, the hading favourite, met with continuous support, maintaining his position at head of affairs, ...
Article : 131 wordsMr. Michael Davitt has finally declined to stand for election to the Kilkenny seat in the House of Commons, vacant by the death of Sir John Pope ...
Article : 37 wordsColonial stocks are dull in consequence of the proposed Victorian loan; Mr. Munro's assurance that the loan will only be six millions, and limited to ...
Article : 83 wordsThis week has been a busy time with us. On Sunday, October 25. the Rev. Lawther preached the anniversary sermons at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, There were ...
Article : 228 wordsDerby.—7 to 4 Strathmore; 4 to 1 Stromboli and Oxide; 8 to 1 Swordbeurer; 10 to 1 Penance and Yarran. Melbourne Cup.—100 to 12 Paris; 100 to ...
Article : 118 wordsWater has been struck on Strathfield station, Burke district, at a depth of 830ft., giving an output of 500,000 gallons per day. Mr. Justice Harding to-day granted an ...
Article : 182 wordsFurther attempts to place the Newcastle municipal loan have proved utterly futile. ...
Article : 19 wordsThis match took place on the lower cricket ground on Wednesday afternoon, and ended in a win far the former by five wickets and 1 run. Following are the ...
Article : 128 wordsCopper to-day is quoted at £47 5s. per ton. ...
Article : 11 wordsThe Daily Netos correspondent at St. Petersburg states that the Russian Governmeat prohibits any private societies fiom relieving the famine ...
Article : 38 wordsA public meeting was held on Tuesday evening, October 20, to consider the action of the Road Trust in planting trees up the centre of the footpath in Cecilia-street, north ...
Article : 964 wordsA man named William McDonald, lately travelling with horses from Taroom to Charters Towers, is supposed to have been murdered near St. Helens, 40 miles from ...
Article : 108 wordsIn the Assembly to-night a Loan Bill was introduced to borrow six millions—five for railways, and one for irrigation purposes. A fortnight ago a plot of wheat sown by ...
Article : 241 wordsMessrs. Jumes McAndrew, Thomas Seaber, and John Stoddart replace Messrs. Clifford, Morrison, and Young, the retiring directors of the National ...
Article : 29 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on 'Change yesterday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 494 wordsThe Colonial Office has advised the Admiralty to restrict appointments to the Victorian Naval Defence Force to unmarried men. The Admiralty has ...
Article : 35 wordsDuring a thunderstorm at George Town this morning, a stack of hay containing 60 tons was struck by lightning and consumed. The stack was uninsured. ...
Article : 247 wordsOne investment company in Northern New Zealand is withdrawing a quarter million sterling, and others are preparing to do likewise, and all refuse to ...
Article : 44 wordsLieut.-GeneralSir Andrew Clarke has been requested to act as Victorian Agent-General in the place of Sir Graham Berry, pending the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Court of Appeal have declared void the Tilden Trust depriving New York of the grant for free library. ...
Article : 33 wordsSome curious samples of streaked wool, the results of experiments made by Sir W. A. Murray, of Capeedee, near Hallett, with the object of geting a breed of black sheep, ...
Article : 188 wordsMaurice Dalton, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife at Sydney, will be executed on November 17. The new Ministry was sworn in yesterday, ...
Article : 176 wordsRussian financiers offer Servia a loan of twenty million francs on easy terms. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition announce that applications for space will be received up to 20th February, 1892, and that ...
Article : 41 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Full Moon Extended T.M. Co., called for yesterday afternoon, lapsed for want of a quorum, PLANET P.A. ...
Article : 384 wordsBrandy Crsek, b, 6d., s. lld. Little Wonder, s. 2s. 3d. New Pinafore, s. 31s. Tasmania., s. £8 10s. ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Emperor William has cordially received the King of Roumania, who is at present visiting Berlin. ...
Article : 25 wordsA sale of land in Poverty Bay district belonging to the New Zealand Estates Co. took placo to-day, and realised £63,448. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe goose has, from the days of AEsop, been noted for its foolishness, and it is refreshing to be able to point to one which forms an exception to the general rule. ...
Article : 248 wordsThe London County Council has arranged to purchase a portion of the City tramways. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe second reading of the Land Purchase Bill has been carried by 24 votes to 13. ...
Article : 22 wordsRioting has taken place in Cork, the mob stoning and beating McCarthyites. The military, assisted by the police, quelled the disturbance and escorted ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Charlotte Plains Co. had a burst of water on Sunday, which choked the pumps. The water rose to within 110ft. from the surface. They started the tanks to-day, and ...
Article : 276 wordsSilver market depressed to-day. Block 1 (ex dividend), £13 16s. Hill (colonial), £8 3s, £7 19s, £8. South (paid), 76s Od, 75s 8d. South (contributing), 58s 9d, 56s. ...
Article : 156 wordsThe rainfall in Great Britain and the Continent has been almost without intermission, and heavy floods are universal, causing much damage to ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 29 Oct 1891, Page 3
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