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  2. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS

    City of Hobart municipal 5 per cent. debentures have risen 1 per cent. The London closing prices on 20th November last were £109—£114. ...

    Article : 43 words
  3. NOTICE.

    We have to inform our Subscribers that, in accordance with our usage at Christmas time, THE MERCURY will be PUBLISHED on FRIDAY MORNING, and not on Saturday ...

    Article : 61 words
  4. SHIPPING.

    Waihora, s.s., 2.003 tons, John Anderson, for Melbourne, Passengers—Saloon: Mrs. Scholz and child: Misses Hammond, Nicholls, McGough, Willis, Kenny; Master Lyons; and 5 ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.

    The funeral of the late Duke of Devonshire will take place at Edensor on Saturday next. ...

    Article : 23 words
  6. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,723 words
  7. IMPORTS.—December 23.

    (A special charge is made to consignees wishing to particularise their imports or exports.) Ex s.s. Kaiser Wilhelm H. and Taluno via Melbourne—37 [?]ss boots and shoes, leather, and ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. ACCIDENT TO CAPE TWON PREMIER.

    The Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, Premier of Cape Town, has been thrown from his horse in one of the steets of the city, and his collar bone broken. ...

    Article : 39 words
  9. SCHOOL REPORTS.

    The PRIZE LISTS in connection with School Reports, if inserted in our News Columns, will be charged at usual Advertising Rates. ...

    Article : 31 words
  10. MURDEROUS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.

    Eight soldiers of the Imperial Guard of St. Petersburg have been condemned to death for decoying and murdering citizens in the military barracks. ...

    Article : 26 words
  11. EXPORTS.—December 23.

    Waihora s. s., for Melbourne—382 bgs bark, 100 bis skins, 2 [?]ss flowers, 32 bgs bonos, 21 bgs horns 5 [?]ss wine, 107 bishops 50 [?]ss [?]am, 50 css fruitin syrup, 2[?] hams, 366 bis wool. ...

    Article : 348 words
  12. EPISCOPAL.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Austin, Bishop of Guiana, has been appointed Prolate of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in succession to the late Bishop ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. THE MERCURY.

    New Pinafore Co. pay a 3d. dividend. Final rehearsal for Messiah to-night at Town Hall. Tea meeting and sale of work at Sorell on ...

    Article : 4,825 words
  14. A TERRIBLE SNOWSTORM.

    Thirty-five labourers have been found dead, having succumbed to a terrible snowstorm in Abruzzi Province, South Italy. ...

    Article : 23 words
  15. DISAFFECTION AMONG CHINESE SOLDIERS.

    The Chinese Government states that the influence of the Hurran and Anhui secret societies is extending to military forces in other provinces, and that a ...

    Article : 53 words
  16. AMERICAN FLEET AT VALPARAISO.

    An American fleet has appeared slowly passing Valparaiso. ...

    Article : 13 words
  17. [From Melbourne Papers.]

    The journal which has recently been established in Dublin in the interests of the Parnoilito party issues a declaration of the programme which has been ...

    Article : 297 words
  18. TASMANIAN AGENT-GENERAL.

    Sir E. N. C. Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, intends reading a paper before the Society of Arts in March next on. " The Resources of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  19. HUDDART, PARKER AND CO.

    Recent advices received by Messrs. G. Piesse and Co. give particulars of the building of two of the steamers intended for Huddart, Parker and Co.'s now line to New Zealand, the first of ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    A large quantity of contraband munitions of war and some Krupp guns have been seized by the Government authorities at La Plata, in Buenos ...

    Article : 42 words
  21. A PECULIAR LAW CASE.

    A Mrs. Osborne has sued Major and Mrs. Hargreaves, of Torquay, for damages for slander, in alleging that she stole and sold to Messrs. Spinks ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. NOTICE TO MARINERS.

    Lieutenant and Commander Pirie, H. M.S. Paluma, reports that a reef which dries 3ft. in places at low water spring tides extends about three-quarters of a mile N.E. by N. from Torn ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. UNSINKABLE SHIPS.

    A Massachusotts inventor has devised a double bull ship, with compartments so arranged and constructed that it supplies, he asserts, a mathematical certainty against ...

    Article : 213 words
  24. THE MASSACRES IN CHINA.

    The Rev. Father Mind and a thousand converts to Christianity were massacred during the recent outrages at Ichang and other places in China. ...

    Article : 29 words
  25. Intercolonial Telegrams.

    At the inquiry to-day into circumstances surrounding the imprisonment of Edward Bell, wrongly convicted of burglary through the conspiracy of a couple of ...

    Article : 284 words
  26. LADY BLYTH.

    Lady Blyth, relict of the late deceased Agent-Geueral for South Australia, is now residing at Eastbourne, Sussex. ...

    Article : 20 words
  27. LAUNCESTON.

    Coogee, s.s., 1,000 tons, F. Carrington, from Melbourne. Passengers — Saloon: Mesdames Hurst, Bennett, E. Hannan, M. A. Barrett, J. W. Smith, Wilson, Fliat, McCullagh, Roberts, ...

    Article : 228 words
  28. THEATRICAL.

    Cinderella will be produced at the Gaiety Theatre on Thursday next, but Miss Nellie Farren, who is suffering from rheumatic fever and ague, will be ...

    Article : 51 words
  29. UNITED STATES AND CHILI.

    The long-continuing friction between Mr. Egan, United States representative in Chili, and the Government is increas ing. An attempt to arrest Egan's son ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. BURNING OF AN ATLANTIC STEAMER.

    The Abyssinia, steamer of the Guion line, trading between Liverpool and New York, has been burnt in the Atlantic. All the passengers and ...

    Article : 36 words
  31. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 303 words
  32. MELBOURNE DRAINAGE.

    Mr. M[?]sergh, C.E., states that in his proposed drainage scheme the use of either bricks or cement is immaterial, and that one sewage farm will be ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. BLAND HOLTS SEASON.

    Great preparations are now being made at the Theatre Royal by the members of Mr. Bland Holt's working and managerial staffs for the opening of the season, which takes ...

    Article : 252 words
  34. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. Hawker's report on the proposal to quarry at Broken Hill down to the two hundred feet level has been criticised most adversely. ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Monseigneur Charles Emile Freppel, Bishop of Angers, aged 64. He was born at Abernai (Bas Rhin), and was appointed ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. CRICKET.

    The match between Lord Sheffield's team of 12 and 16 of the Melbourne Cricket Club was resumed to-day. When the stumps were drawn yesterday Grace and ...

    Article : 303 words
  37. MAIL TABLE

    Torres S[?]raits, 26th inst.; Orient, 6th prox. OUTWARDS. Orient and Messageries, 28th inst. THIS DAY. ...

    Article : 36 words
  38. LATEST CABLES.

    The Salvation Army Annual Review just published refers to the wonderful outburst of enthusiasm and romance attending General Booth's recent ...

    Article : 34 words
  39. COMMERCIAL.

    MELBOURNE (by cable), December 23.—At auction to-day 8,000 bags of wheat were disposed of; new to 4s., and 4s. [?]d.; old inferior to 4s. 5d. Seed grains continue dull. Privately ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. A THIEVING GOOSE.

    The goose has, from the days of E[?]op, 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 : 269 words
  41. WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Roberts and Co. report:—We held our second wool sale to-day, 23rd. There was a full attendance of buyers, local, Northern, and Melbourne, resulting in almost entire ...

    Article : 412 words
  42. KING GEORGE OF GREECE.

    King George of Greece continues to slowly recover from his recent severe illness. ...

    Article : 21 words
  43. DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC IN HUNGARY.

    An epidemic of malignant diphtheria has broken out in South Hungary, and all the children have died in several of the villages. ...

    Article : 26 words
  44. BRAZILIAN COMPLICATIONS.

    The Brazilian navy favours it monarchy and betrays a mutinous spirit. The army, on the other hand, adheres to the present Republican Government. ...

    Article : 26 words
  45. TWO DUKES CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    The two Dukes of Villarosa, in Sicily, charged with the treacherous murder of a young officer, who was a suitor of their sister, have been tried at Naples. ...

    Article : 44 words
  46. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Resiguation of District Court Judge McFarland has been received and accepted by the Minister of Justice. The cause of his retirement from the Beuch is monetary ...

    Article : 144 words
  47. SPANISH CONSUL AT SYDNEY.

    Mr. William Von der Heyde has been gazetted Spanish Consul at Sydney He had previously hold the position of Vice-consul. ...

    Article : 31 words
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