Good business done in wheat, covering 5,000 bags, at 2/11 net; small lots quiet at 2/10½ to 2/11. Flonr, £6/10/ to £6/17/6. Algerian oats, fairly active; feed, 1/4 to ...
Article : 70 wordsSir Henry Seymour King, K.C.I.E., member of the House of Commons for Central Hull, is asking the Imperial Government to make inquiries why ...
Article : 73 wordsSir Alfred Milner has assured Mr. Chamberlain that the latest proposals made by the Volksraad will enfranchise less than half of those entitled ...
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Advertising : 12 wordsMahinapua s.s., 458 tons, G.J.R. Wald, from Strahan. Passengers — Saloon: Mesdames Spalding, McKay, Nelson and child, Hillcleaver. Moles, Seabrook; Misses ...
Article : 68 wordsReturn showing the value of imports and exports, also duties collected at the several ports, and sub-ports of Tasmania during the month ended June 30, 1899, as ...
Article : 262 wordsParliament was opened this afternoon. Sir Joseph Abbott retains the Speakership. News has been received that Commander Sturdee of H.M.S. Porpoise has been ...
Article : 239 wordsOonah, s.s., 1,757 tons, J. Gibb, for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Clarry and two children, Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Pike, Mr. and Mis. Buckuell; ...
Article : 74 wordsThere is every prospect of a great wine harvest in France for the current season. ...
Article : 20 wordsM. Theophile Delcasse, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has conferred the Legion of Honour on a German naval officer who rescued a ...
Article : 35 wordsEx Oonah, s.s., for Sydney—236 bgs [?] FRANK BOBD. Lillie May, ketch, left Spring Bay at 6 p.m. on Saturday last, passed Cape Pillar ...
Article : 153 wordsThe mother of the Hon. W. P. Schreiner, Premier of Cape Colony, has expressed unbounded admiration for Mr. Rhodes's proposals in South ...
Article : 134 wordsAmerican war correspondents have protested to General Otis, Commander of the American forces, against the extremely rigid censorship of their press ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Mahinapua, from Strahan, which port she left at 1.30 p.m. on the 17th inst., arrived here at 9.45 a.m. yesterday. Experienced moderate S.E. winds, with fine ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Premier has received a message from the Samoan Commissioners, thanking him for the loan of a steamer in which they have been round the Islands, and ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Archbishops of Canterbury and York are hearing argument as to the reserving of sacrament from notoriously evil-doers, and from those who have ...
Article : 36 wordsFifty, loads of material have been despatched for the purpose of constructing a telegraph line, from Mafeking th[?]ough Basutoland to Natal. ...
Article : 25 wordsSir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of the Dominion, proposes adoption of amoddress to the Queen requesting amendment of the Canadian Constitution ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the Dartmoor prison the convicts are at present proving rebellious. During the past fortnight five unsuccessful attempts at escape have been ...
Article : 32 wordsDEVONPORT.— ARRIVED — July 18, before daylight—Yambacoona, s.s., from Launceston. LOW HEAD.—ARRIVED—July 18, 2.50 ...
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Advertising : 352 wordsA savage dog has bitten Rudyard Kipling badly. Carrier pigeons will be used to communicate between ships and the shore ...
Article : 58 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. William Smyth, member for Gympie in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Death ensued after a surgical ...
Article : 26 wordsEnoch Marshall, one of the men employed re-decking the Deloraine bridge, fell 30ft. into the Meander River to-day. He had an iron bar in his hand, but fortunately ...
Article : 62 wordsPateena, s.s., 1,212 tons, J. V, Bentley, for Melbourne. Passengers — Saloon: Mesdames R. J. Sadler, W. Read and family, Miller, J. P. Sullivan, Morgan and ...
Article : 119 wordsThe French Geographical Society has awarded Major Marchand its gold medal for good services rendered in Africa. ...
Article : 23 wordsMr. F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the beet sugar in Europe for the 10 months of the campaign (September to June) of ...
Article : 71 wordsThe half-yearly returns of the Union Bunk of Australia show bank deposits, £14,837,784; cash investments, £4,662,047; bills and securities, ...
Article : 24 wordsIn connection with the recent chaffcutting accident, whereby Jas. Freeman lost his left forearm, active measures are being taken to raise funds to assist him. Mr. ...
Article : 172 wordsArrivals.—Waimate, steamer, from Port Chalmers, via Monte Video; Donna Francisca, Wakanui, steamers, from Lyttelton; Mamari, steamer, from ...
Article : 58 wordsSynopsis.—Fine, cloudy weather obtains over New South Wales, while in West Australia it is cloudy and squally, and in South Australia, Victoria, and New ...
Article : 319 wordsBullion silver is quoted at 2/33/4d., being an advance of 1/8d. per oz standard. ...
Article : 15 wordsNo matter whether physical or mental labour is meant, or even, if, as is too often the case in these days of fierce struggle for existence, an excess of either has to be ...
Article : 464 wordsOn Monday evening the usual weekly lecture was given, Mr. B. B. Le Tall, M.A., of the Friends' School, being the lecturer. The title of Mr. Le Tall's lecture was ...
Article : 311 wordsA meeting was held on Monday; 17th inst. Present:—Messrs. J. F. Lee (chairman), J. Maploy, G. Hill, and the secretary (W. T. Purkiss). Mr. J. Mapley ...
Article : 146 wordsA meeting was held in the local store on Saturday night, 15th inst., for the purpose of forming a social club. Present:— Mrs. Parker, Misses C. Parker and M. ...
Article : 192 wordsSIR,—Some days since you had an article on the subject of the production of aluminium. I have often thought that if the raw material exists in this colony, ...
Article : 291 wordsSir Edward Braddon will address a meeting on the subject of federation at Ulverstone on Saturday afternoon next and at Penguin in the evening. ...
Article : 76 wordsFederation question night at Town-hall on Friday. Metropolitan Drainage Board meeting this afternoon. ...
Article : 5,138 wordsThursday.—United Kingdom, Victoria and other colonies. outwards. This Day.—West Coast, per ...
Article : 40 wordsThis club fired a match on Saturday, 15th inst., for prizes presented by Mr, G. L. Finlay, of Frogmore. Bad light caused the scoring to be low. The following are ...
Article : 229 wordsMr. Elisha Berry, of this place, says he never had anything do him so much good and give such quick relief from rheumatism as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He was ...
Article : 210 wordsLAUNCESTON, Tuesday (by telegraph).— At Newstead to-day the market was well supplied with stock. Prices for sheep were rather dull, but cattle were firm at last ...
Article : 68 wordsFor rough, red, chapped, or cracked hands, Keeps the skin soft and smooth, and PREVENTS Chilblains. Price, One Shilling. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 19 Jul 1899, Page 2
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