Depositors in the Mercantile Bank of Australia, representing £400,000, have unanimously resolved lo apply to the Court for a compulsory winding-up ...
Article : 238 wordsOwing to last night's storms the intercolonial telegraph lines are greatly interrupted. A great many of the Victorian lines are also down. ...
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Article : 264 wordsThe Miners' Federation of Great Britain advise all minors to oppose any candidates at the forthcoming general elections who object to the eight hours' ...
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Article : 345 wordsA concert was held here on the 21st in aid of the local cricket club, when a short but very agreeable, programme was gone through. The Rev. W. H. Root occupied ...
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Article : 105 wordsThree thousand persons attended the conversazione at the Royal Colonial Institute yesterday. Mr. Dibbs, the New, South Wales Premier, the ...
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Article : 840 wordsThe feast of St. Aloysius—the patron of youth—the 21st of June, will long be remembered by the children attending St. Mary's school, Port Cygnet. The day broke ...
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Article : 326 wordsThe romains of the late Earl of Anerum were buried with military honours yesterday afternoon. The name of the man who attempted to ...
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Article : 64 wordsA great Unionist meeting has been held at St. James' Hall, and resolutions carried fully endorsing the sentiments expressed at the Ulster Convention ...
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Article : 408 wordsThe arrangements for the shipment of sheep for the Sydney Show and sales are now in a forward state. The principal breeders who are shipping this year will ...
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Article : 227 wordsThe Times says the issue of the Victorian loan is inopportune, and has caused surprise since it was generally supposed that the advisors of the ...
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Article : 145 wordsDavid Hewiss, of Liverpool, who died iu 1885, bequeathed £200,000, ultimately amounting to £350,000, to G. J. Colvin, of Sydney, and the ...
Article : 86 wordsAmalgamated West Tasmania, b. 2s 6d, s. 3s. Commandant, s. 8d. East Volunteer, b. 4d, s. 6d. Little Wonder, b. 4d, s. 8d. ...
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Article : 315 wordsThe business of Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, the well-known pickle manufacturers, has been formed into a company, with a capital of £570,000. ...
Article : 25 wordsAnother large paton of gold has been found in the north-west, 400oz. of alluvial, including a 40oz, nugget. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Robert McCarthy, writing from Paradise (N.S.W.), aays: "I find the Waterbury a very good timekeeper, Mine has gone two years and six months, and is ...
Article : 134 wordsMdme, Adelina Patti writes:—"I have found Pears' Soap matchless for the hands and complexion." (Signed) ADELINA PATTI. PEARS' SOAP-Pure! Fragrant ...
Article : 94 wordsThe following sales of stock were effected on the Stock Exchange this morning:—Block 10. £3 2s. £3 5s. Broken Hill (colonial register), £4 13a, £4 12s, £14s, £4 15s. Central, ...
Article : 77 wordsHis Excellency the Governor han been asked by Ministers to appoint 15 now members to the Legislative Council. Lord Glasgow, however, declined to appoint more ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 24 Jun 1892, Page 3
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