At a little before 4 o'clock on Saturday morning the Crown Hotel, kept by Mr. Paull, and owned by Mr. H. F. Nichols, was discovered to be in flames. ...
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Advertising : 958 wordsA long discussion ensued yesterday [?]t Ballarat at the meeting of the Executive Council of the Victorian District of the Amalgamated Miners' Association relative ...
Article : 150 wordsThe winter moot of this club was favoured with fine weather, and there was a good attendance. Results:- HURDLE RACE.—About two miles. The ...
Article : 198 wordsMr. G. R. Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, in a letter to the Economist, asserts that the assets of New South Wales vastly exceeded the liabilities. The ...
Article : 265 wordsThe returns from Maestri ore, smelted for the week ending June 9, at Zeehan and Dundas Smelting Co.'s works, are as follows:—Ore treated, 366 tons, yielding 119 ...
Article : 242 wordsThe French authorities at St. Vince[?]t refuse to allow the stranded steamer Port Douglas to bo touched unless £3,300 are paid on account of ...
Article : 51 wordsA matter of considerable importance to financial institutions came before the Full Court to-day in the case Regina v. Walsh. The Crown demurred to part of the ...
Article : 434 wordsThe Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, of Auckland, has arrived in England, and occupies the Tabernacle in the place of his lately deceased father for three ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. W. C. Belbridge, who was well known in journalistic circles, died yesterday. He served his apprenticeship on the Sydney Morning Herald, and subsequently in ...
Article : 222 wordsSIR,—The fruitgrowers of this colony have been lately favoured with the attentions of Messrs. Stafford Bird and Co. and those of the Tasmanian Fruitgrowers' ...
Article : 392 wordsI had the pleasure yesterday of seeing a sketch in black and wh[?]oe by Mr. W. Burrowes entitled "A Headache." The subject is admirably dealt with, the conception being ...
Article : 333 wordsThe fierce fighting which has taken place near Valencia, capital of the State of Carabobo, between the Government troops and the insurgents extended ...
Article : 66 wordsThe following were the stock and share quotations and sales on 'Change on Saturday:- HOBART. ...
Article : 205 wordsThe Lancashire and Derbyshire East Coast Railway Co. has been formed with a capital of five millions. ...
Article : 20 wordsIn the county match between Middlesex and Gloucester, the former scored 538 against Gloucester. Scott made Middlesex won by one innings and ...
Article : 29 wordsThomas Neill, an American, has been arrested on a charge of attempting to levy blackmail on Dr. Harper, in connection with the poisoning of two girls ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Hon. E. Stanhope, Secretary of State for the War Department, has instituted an especial decoration for Volunteer officers of 20 years' standing. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore on Saturday was 17s. 6d. per unit. The half-yearly meeting of the Starlight P. A. will be held at the office Collins-street at ...
Article : 511 wordsAmalgamated West Tasmania, b. 1s 6d. East Volunteer, s. 9d. New Pinafore, b. 30s, s. 34s. North Golden Gate, s. 6d. New Golden Era (paid), s. 1s ...
Article : 98 wordsThomas Lowry and John Heathcote, who were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for rioting at Capella during the shearers' strike, have been released after over 12 ...
Article : 129 wordsA prospectus of the Aladdin Lamp Gold-mining Co., of New South Wales, has been issued; capital, £100,000. ...
Article : 22 wordsTo-day a passenger train between Hawker and Beltana had a narrow escape from a serious accident. It was travelling along at a good speed when the two front wheels of ...
Article : 70 wordsThe International Miners' Congress, which is now sitting, has rejected the resolution that a compulsory eight hour system should be applicable to the ...
Article : 106 wordsThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland has made vigorous protest against Home Rule. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe lawn tennis match between the Cricket-ground and Bowling Green Clubs was continued yesterday, the latter club being one game ahead at the start. D[?]ing ...
Article : 443 wordsThe Municipal Council met on the 7th instant. Present: Tne Warden, Councillors Dixon, Clarke, and Pitt. Apologies for absence were received from ...
Article : 493 wordsThe livery stables, the property of Mr. Thomas Williams, were discovered to be on fire this morning at 9.30. The contents including two valuable horses, a large quantity ...
Article : 70 wordsA serious Hagara revolt has broken out, and the Ameer of Afghanistan has sent 10,000 troops to repress the disturbance. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe following sales of stock were effected on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Block 10, £3 16s. Broken Hill (colonial register), £5 14s to £5 16s. Central, 18s. Brothers' Ho[?]e ...
Article : 55 wordsThe quotation to-day for silver bullion is 3s. 4¾d. per ounce. ...
Article : 18 wordsAt the inquest held yesterday on the the death of G. A. Hawkes, the Adelaide agent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., a verdict was recorded of suicide during ...
Article : 34 wordsA great and cordial gathering welcomed the New Zealand athletes at Luffell Park. In the Fast Grass Track Race of ...
Article : 95 wordsSIR,—A lady from the country attended the service at the B[?]rracks this evening, accompanied by her little son. Whilst there the little boy was taken ill, and ...
Article : 213 wordsAt 10 minutes to 1 o'clock on Saturday last the Hon. George Salier fell down in Elizabeth-street, and died within a few moments. The hon. gentleman was on his ...
Article : 531 wordsThe bulk of the Tasmanian apples, ex R.M.S. Ballaarat, have been sold at from 5s. to 13s. per case. ...
Article : 21 wordsThE Government dairy export condemns thE bonus system in voguE in Victoria as affording opportunity for deliberate misrepresentation. ...
Article : 134 wordsMr. R. L. Edge, who made the amateur 50 mile bicycle record last year, has succeeded in breaking the record for the journey from Land's End ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Prince of Wales has paid a visit to Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand lunched with the Lord Mayor of London to-day. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Earl of Huntingdon, and Miss Maud Wilson, of Victoria, were married to-day at St. George's, Hanover-square. There was a very large and fashionable ...
Article : 33 wordsAustral North, June 3. —The main shaft is down 142ft., timbered to bottom. Ground much softer. Maestri, June 4.—During the week have ...
Article : 304 wordsThere are now no f[?]wer than six Electric Railway Bills for London now before the House of Commons. One has already been granted, that of the ...
Article : 32 wordsSignor Giolitti, the Premior and President of Council, by a majority of seven to six, has secured a provisional credit for six months. The Budget ...
Article : 40 wordsSIR,—A misprint occurred in my letter you published yesterday on the above Society. It ought to have e[?]d that I met at that office two old women. But ...
Article : 344 wordsAn extensive pumping plant for the Cohuna Irrigation and Water Trust has been manufactured by Messrs. Thompson and Co., of the Castlemaine Foundry. The ...
Article : 277 wordsNew Zealand cheese is quoted at from 40s. for medium to 58s. per cwt. for prime qualities. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe French military forces in Dahomey have occupied Whydah, a province and port on the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa, a position of ...
Article : 30 wordsTHE MANCHESTER CUP.—Handicap, distance about one mile and three quarters and 196 yards, was run to-day, and resulted time:— ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Thomas Wro[?], postmaster, Buckley's Crossing, N.S.W, writes:—"As a timekeeper your Waterbury cannot be beaten; and I find it much better to work the mails ...
Article : 475 wordsIn financial circles the suspension of the new Oriental Bank has been regarded as a likely event for some time past. Many depositors who were ...
Article : 135 wordsAt the Court of General Sessiens, hold on Wednesday, 8th inst., before Mr. Mace, chairman, and Messrs. G. Pitt, S. Salmon, and H. I. Salier, three undefended cases ...
Article : 449 wordsThe resolutions of the Convention Committee propose that the Convention approve of the bi-metallic system; that the Government shall maintain the ...
Article : 320 wordsMr. Norman Godkin informs us that on Saturday he received intimation that good tin, quite equal to that found in the reward claim, had been struck six miles further ...
Article : 46 wordsSome clever swindler or swindlers—for appearances point to there being two of them— have been defrauding several firms of brokers both in Ballarat and Melbourne in the ...
Article : 399 wordsThe fourth competition for the selection of the Intercolonial Team for 1892, was held on the Rifle Ranges at Hobart and Launceston on Saturday last. The duties of range ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Sectional Committee of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee of New South Wales arrived at Deniliquin last night from Jerilderie, after having travelled over the ...
Article : 357 wordsSIR,— Your correspondent on mining managers signing himself "West Coast" is probably a mining manager himself. He writes very amusingly. He will not allow ...
Article : 552 wordsIt is reported that Mr. William McKinley, the author of the ultra-protective tariff lately adopted by the United States, who is a candidate for ...
Article : 51 wordsThe P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S. Britannia, which left Melbourne on May 21, arrived at Colombo on the evening of 7th inst. The same company's ...
Article : 120 wordsMdmo. Adelina Patti writes:—"I have found Pears' Soap matchless for the hands and complexion." (Signed) ADELINA PATTI. PEARS' SOAP—Pure! Fragrant! ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 13 Jun 1892, Page 3
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