Mr. Joseph Clark, of bairnsdale, has discovered by boring some seams of oil shalo, specimens of which were reported upon as being equal to the Joadka Creek ...
Article : 100 wordsSir Oscar Moore Clayton, D.L., is dead. [Men of the Time says:— Clayton, Sir Oscar Moore Passey, D.L, is the eldest son ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Chilian Government are withdrawing their request to the United States Government to recall Mr. Egan, U.S. Consul at Santiago. ...
Article : 97 wordsThe North-West Post of the 25th inst. says:— "We hear of grass seed on offer, but vendors and dealers do not come together as regards values. For English from 2s. to 2s. 6d. is offered, ...
Article : 447 wordsBellinger, s.s.. 277 tons. F. Lloyd, from Strahan. Passengers— Saloon: Mrs. Lang: Misses Mitchell, Mason; Messrs. Hurst. Lang, Lamont, Batchelor. Brown, Luthrell, ...
Article : 51 wordsYolla, s.s., 100 tons, George Madden, for Strahan. Passengers—Messrs. Robertson and Jones. Agents—Risby Bros. Bowra, s.s., 250 tons, A. Lloyd, for Strahan. ...
Article : 739 wordsBuyers are refusing Queensland Treasury bills at 99? on the ground that the period is not long enough for the high price that has to be paid. ...
Article : 66 wordsA terrible tragedy took place yesterday morning near Nathalia. Robert Brown was living on a farm with his brother John, who had been loafing on him for several years. ...
Article : 347 wordsMessrs. C. P. Balme and Co. and Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co. have sold 13,500 bales of-wool. There was a fair attendance at the auctions, and ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. G. W. Hastings, M. P. for East Worcester, was brought up at the Bowstreet Police Court to-day on remand, charged with having misappropriated ...
Article : 248 words"Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and Co., of London, cable under yesterday's date as follows:- The first series of sales opened to-day with a good attendance of buyers. Competition rather ...
Article : 67 wordsThe steamship Aberdeen reported yesterday aground in Hobhaven Spit has been successfully floated off. ...
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Advertising : 908 wordsThe Shaw Savill and Albion Co.'s R.M.S. Arawa has beep released from quarantine at Spithead. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe wheat market is hardening. Pig iron (flat) is quoted at £42. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe mother of the Empress of Austria, and wife of the Duke Maximilian-Joseph of Bavaria, has died from influenza. ...
Article : 57 wordsOwing to a fall in the Continental butter market, the Victorian butter received by the R.M S. Ormuz did not reach extra high values. ...
Article : 45 wordsAt a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday, Mr. John Lucky, M L C., was appointed President of the Legislative Council in the room of the late Sir John ...
Article : 378 wordsThe Russian Government has issued a decree directing the closing of publichouses on Sundays. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe city financiers are supporting Sir Thomas Lidderdale in the difficulty that has arisen between Queensland and the Bank of England, and the ...
Article : 217 wordsThe Rotomahana is still hard aground. After talking nearly all the cargo and part of the coal out, the Wybia and Herbert had another try, with the help of a warp, to shift her this ...
Article : 119 wordsFurther disturbances have taken place in the province of Mendoza, in the Argentine Republic, and the Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies has ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II., has issued a circular to the European Powers, asking them to decide the question as to the suggested evacuation ...
Article : 78 wordsPateena, s.s., 1,212 tons, J. P. Sharpe. from Melbourne Passengers.—Saloon: Mesdames Williams (2), Neill. Kimberly, Smith, M.C. Thompson, Tiley, Paton, F.W. Shelley, W. R. ...
Article : 435 wordsThe German authorities have dismissed three of the officers acting under Captain Weismann, who has been conducting an exploring party through ...
Article : 103 wordsThe indisposition of his Holiness Pope Leo XIII. is causing some uneasiness amongst the Roman Catholic clergy, although his condition is not ...
Article : 84 wordsQueensland Treasury bills are being offered bearing interest at 4 per cent., and to have four years currency. The minimum price is 99. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Bank of New Zealand pays a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. The Australian Agricultural Co. pay a dividend of 42s. per share. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Lisbon newspapers write unanimously approving of the proposal that some of the Portuguese colonies should be sold with a view to resuscitating the ...
Article : 36 wordsA terrible accident occurred yesterday morning on the steam bargo Catherine and Agnes, near George's Head. Captain Childs, of the Madget, when passing the boat ...
Article : 152 wordsOur Fortnightly Summary of News for Home Readers will be published on SATURDAY MORNING. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe pictures in the Arenberg collection at Brussels, which it was feared were destroyed during the recent riotous outbreak, were, it appears, ...
Article : 29 wordsA bill has been introduced to the United States Senate to provide for building 15 new warships. ...
Article : 31 wordsARRIVED.—Melbourne. January 24—Oronsay, from Fredcrickstadt. New castle, January 24— St. Kilda, from Wanganui. Brisbane, January, 25—Osman Pasha, from New York. ...
Article : 43 wordsTHIS EVENING, at 8.—Never Despair. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Paris cabmen have petitioned the French Parliament for a large loan, wherewith to purchase cabs. The borrowed money would be distributed ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Chilian Government, have purchased an armour plated cruiser now in course of building at Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne. The completion of the ...
Article : 38 wordsCourt of Revision at the Town Hall at 11 o'clock this morning. Rev. J. W. Inglis lectures at St. Andrew's Church this evening. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 wordsThe Finance Committee of the American Senate favours the appointment of a bi-metallic conference to consider the enlarged use of silver, which ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Shaw Savill and Albion Co.'s R.M.S. Maori, from Wellington, December 24, left here yesterday evening with her cargo of frozen meat in good ...
Article : 87 wordsThe ironclad Arturoprat, with President Pinto on board, is leaving France, and the U.S. cruiser Philadelphia has been sent to Gibraltar to intercept her. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe damage done at Townsville by the flood is very great. At Aitkenville 26in. of rain fell in 24 hours, but no fatalities are reported. Kennedy-street, which runs from ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Sanitary Conference substitutes disinfection and isolation for quarantine. England urges the exemption of troopships and postal steamers. ...
Article : 23 wordsMoet and Chandon, champagne growers, are proprietors of the beat growths around Epernay, many of which have been in the possession of their house since the year ...
Article : 188 wordsGerman Imperial and Prussian 3 per cent, loans amounting to three million marks are imminent. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe trial of Schneider, who was reported yesterday as a wholesale murderer—the bodies of 15 of his victims having been found in his house—is ...
Article : 79 wordsOrient, 3rd prox. Messageries, 6th prox. OUTWARDS. P. and O.. and Torres Straits, 1st prox. THIS DAY. ...
Article : 71 wordsCommander Pelham, who has been appointed to succeed Captain Barlow in command of R.M.S. Orlando, arrived by the R.M.S. Cuzco to-day. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 28 Jan 1892, Page 2
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