Mr. C. C. Shoppee, J.P., was stabbed on Sunday by an inmate of the Ballarat Benevolent Asylum, of which Mr. Shoppee is superintendent. His ...
Article : 357 wordsThe inter-State stock inspectors again began work in earnest to-day, sitting in private. It was found impossible to recommend uniformity for all the States ...
Article : 82 wordsA statement of affairs issued by the Government Insurance Department shows that the accumulated funds are £3,822,576, and the net value of ...
Article : 38 wordsA return was laid on the table of the House of Representatives, which sets out the number and total cost of Royal Commissions appointed by Federal ...
Article : 146 wordsArchbishop Carr, in opening a school at Bendigo to-day, referred to the Bible in schools' question. He said Catholics did not object to real religious ...
Article : 111 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day the second reading of the Women Suffrage Bill was moved by Mr. Balfour. After debate, the second reading was ...
Article : 117 wordsA deputation of butter factory representatives waited on the Minister of Trade and Customs (Sir Wm. Lyne) to-day regarding the Commerce Act ...
Article : 208 wordsIn consequence of a number of station owners having let their sheds on the contract system for the approaching shearing season, there is likely to be ...
Article : 112 wordsA child named Lily Davie died at the Girls' Orphanage, South Melbourne, to-day as a result of burns received on Monday. The child was suffering from ...
Article : 83 wordsMr. F. Geach has written to the Minister of Lands suggesting that Snake Island should be utilised as an experimental station for Angora goats. ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. Mackey, Minister of Lands, whose seat in the Assembly was vacated consequent on his taking office, was to-day re-elected unopposed for West ...
Article : 30 wordsPatrick Duggan, an old man who had been lost since Friday at Marysville, was found this evening. Though the weather has been bitterly cold, he ...
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Article : 59 wordsFourteen Chinese, members of the crew of the steamer Indradeo, refused to proceed to sea to-day, thus blocking the departure of the ship for the East. ...
Article : 49 wordsLouisa Gordon, who was charged at the Central Criminal Court with having attempted to cause poison to be taken hy her sister-in-law, Mary ...
Article : 44 wordsSir,—I was not surprised to see in to-day's "Mercury" Dr. Willmot's characteristic attempt to account for his deficiencies. That gentleman should ...
Article : 415 wordsMr. Justice Owen, in the Probate Court, dismissed the will suit of Campbell v. Campbell in which the question of legality of the marriage of William ...
Article : 80 wordsAt the annual dinner of the Royal Art Society on Saturday night the president, Mr. Lister, stated that so far £9,000 had been spent in the purchase ...
Article : 128 wordsIn the Supreme Court Dr. Stackwell, who claimed £10,000 from the Government for alleged wrongful enforcement of his resignation from the position of ...
Article : 41 wordsA plague of caterpillars is reported from various parts of the Singleton district. All the young crops have been attacked by the grub, while cabbages, ...
Article : 48 wordsPremier Kidston, in his budget speech to-night, said last year's surplus was stated to be £129,811. It was intended to expend £50,000 in wire ...
Article : 175 wordsA bush fire broke out on Saturday in Langton's country on the Wellshot resumption area. The fire extended over miles of ...
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Article : 162 wordsThat stabbing pain in the small of the back, which accompanies every movement of the body, has its cure in DR. SHELDON'S MAGNETIC LINIMENT. ...
Article : 37 wordsSir Joseph Ward, in his budget Speech, announced last year's surplus as £788,795. All ordinary Crown lands now unsold, or unleased, are to be set ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 30 Aug 1906, Page 3
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