Transfer books of South Tharsis M. Co. will be closed from to-morrow till Monday next, both days inclusive. Extraordinary meeting of South ...
Article : 49 wordsA fatal accident occurred last evening at 94 mine, Pitfield. Two men, Andrew Liston and W. Yeoman, went to work on the afternoon shift and were ...
Article : 293 wordsColonel Gough, with five hundred mounted rifles and six guns, smartly surprised the Boers at Klip River, destroyed Commandant Delange's house, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Japanese Consul at Shanghai has been informed that on the 5th inst. General Tung-fu-Siang, one of the members of the Council, who has persistont[?]y ...
Article : 124 wordsCommissioner Hall leaves for Hobart tomorrow to confer with the Minister re the appointment of a Recorder for the West Coast, and will be absent about a fortnight ...
Article : 153 wordsMoonlight-cum-Wonder, August 6. — Shaft sunk and timbered to 583ft. 6in., country, hard, light grey cabbagetree; good working ground. Have placed a ...
Article : 536 wordsThe authorities at Washington will not consent to proposed removal of Ministers and foreigners, under Chinese escort, from Peking to Tientsin, until the ...
Article : 98 wordsWe have received another batch of letters sent to friends in Tasmania from members of their families now at the front in South Africa. In bulk, those ...
Article : 1,098 wordsThe Council met on the 4th inst., the Warden and all councillors being present. Town-hall Loan.—Copy of a letter to ...
Article : 1,242 wordsThe smuggling of war material for the Boers continues at Delagoa Bay, notwithstanding professed watchfulness of the Portuguese authorities. ...
Article : 77 wordsLi Hung Chang has denounced General Li-Ping-Heng, and demands his dismissal on account of his recent massacre of Christians. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe popularity of the Empress-Dowager is increasing, and all the Provinces are sending troops and money to Peking. ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Joseph Chamberlain, as Secretary of State for the Colonies, intimates that members of the colonial contingents now serving in South Africa will be offer[?] ...
Article : 79 wordsThe decision of the Home Government to employ in China troops raised in the Native States of India has delighted the feudatory chiefs, who, with their ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Allies commenced the advance from Tientsin to Peking on Saturday, 4th inst. The Japanese discovered large forces ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Premier to-day met with a painful accident in his office. A portion of a marble mantelpiece suddenly fell, breaking the bone of his great toe. ...
Article : 31 wordsThese teams met at Brighton on Saturday, 4th inst., for the first match of this year; Lieut. Bisdee in charge of the visitors, and Lieut. W. P. Johnson of the ...
Article : 209 wordsSIR, — The numbor of accidents and deaths from burning has induced me to trespass upon, your valuable space, to point out how much suffering many lives ...
Article : 487 wordsIt has been decided that on arrival of the New South Wales Naval Brigade at Hongkong, Captain F. Hixson will hand over control of the men to Lieut. Alex. ...
Article : 63 wordsInformation has been brought to Lord Roberts that the 1,000 British prisoners now confined at Nooitgedacht are being infamously treated by the Boers, in ...
Article : 38 wordsA British warship reports that a severe engagement was fought on Sunday at Peit-Sang, lasting from daylight to 11 at night. ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Boers have re-occupied the Springs railway terminus, eastward of Elandsfontein, and south of Middelburg, and threaten to destroy the ...
Article : 58 wordsThis morning Thomas Willoughby, chief steward of the steamer Salamis, aged 56, shot himself in his cabin, and was dead when Dr. Stewart, who is ...
Article : 418 wordsGold. — New Monarch, s 1s 4d. New Pinafore, b 1s 9d, s 2s 6d. Tasmania, b £5 19s, £6. Moonlight-cum-Wonder, b 1s. ...
Article : 673 wordsMrs. Mary Black, of McRae's Hills, Cressy, has forwarded to the Defence Department the following letter received from Lieutenant Heritage, and, ...
Article : 261 wordsA meeting of the Town Board was held to-day. Present—Messrs. V. Johnson (chairman) Terry, Slater, Piesse, Povey and War[?]. ...
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Advertising : 560 wordsSir,—In your issue on Saturday I was surprised to see the Queenborough Town Board had purchased a quarry for £150. Anxious to know why such ...
Article : 574 wordsThere were four cases on the list for disposal at the Court of Requests before Mr. Commissioner Dobbie to-day. Three solicitors turned up. The first case ...
Article : 226 wordsThree fresh cases of bubonic plague have been reported at Townsville. The ladies' golf championship of Queensland has been won by Mrs. S. B. ...
Article : 59 wordsA Port Darwin telegram states that the two natives who had been arrested in connection with the Daly River case of mutiny on board a river steamer, and ...
Article : 111 wordsMurchison.—Twenty tons of ore from the Murchison mine are being sent to England next yveek as test of value. North Mount Farrell.—Survoy for ...
Article : 39 wordsA serious accident is reported from South Brisbane. It appears that the youngest son of Mr. W. F. Ford, of Princess-street, was leaning against the ...
Article : 385 wordsMr. Justice McIntyre to-day delivered judgment in the matter of the will of the late Catherine Daly, of Launceston. This was an application by the Curator ...
Article : 346 wordsNurse Woodward, who was trained [?]n Hobart, but went to South Africa with a New South Wales hospital staff writing from Bloemfontein on 4th July to ...
Article : 319 wordsThe terms upon which the Lyell Blocks Consols agree to unite with the Tharsis Consols are on the basis of a company of 150,000 shares, of which the Lyell Blocks ...
Article : 262 wordsA daring burglary has been committed at Barnes's Hotel, Leonora, Mt. Margaret Goldfields. A heavy safe, containing £250 in cash and cheques, was carried off, ...
Article : 63 wordsOn Sunday last a canoe capsized while crossing the Motu River 25 miles from Opotiki, and all the occupants, sixteen Maori children and two adults, were ...
Article : 59 wordsAt a general meeting of the Forest Cricket Club, held on the 4th inst., it was unanimously resolved to change the name of the club to the Glenora Cricket Club. ...
Article : 87 wordsAsk your doctor what soap he recommonds for the skin, and he will uphold the opinion of the highest medical autho[?]es on the skin, viz,, Dr. Redwood, Ph.D., F.C.S., F.I.C., the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 8 Aug 1900, Page 3
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