A young man named Kenneth Smith, 17, died suddenly last night at Stowport. He was occupying the same room as another lodger, who, on rising in the ...
Article : 59 wordsIn the Warden's Court to-day, before Mr. E. L. Hall, Harry White sued William Ch[?] Tock for £22 10s., the plaintiff's share of proceeds of sale of a ...
Article : 428 wordsThe tender of Swanson Bros. was accepted to-day for the erection of an Inebriates' Retreat near Moonee Valley Creek, the price being £14,676. ...
Article : 41 wordsOne of the most thoroughly enjoyable concerts that has been given in Hobart for a very long while was the farewell given by Miss Vivie Keeling ...
Article : 441 wordsA young man named Albert Soown met his death as the result of a brawl in Hannan-street. At a late hour, shortly before midnight, the deceased ...
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Article : 49 wordsA prosecution under the Pure Foods Act was instituted to-day against Charles Sandford, of Richmond, storekeeper. He was charged with ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. J. Wren has received a cable message from Jack O'Brien, who is matched to box the Australian champion, Squires. It runs: — "Match off; ...
Article : 65 wordsTwo Chinese were fined at Dunedin, each £100, for selling pakapu tickets. One of them, who was a previous offender, was also sentenced to be ...
Article : 40 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the bill to extend the Brighton elcctric tramway was introduced. The second reading was moved, and agreed to by 27 to 12. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Railway Audit Bill was read a third time, and passed. ...
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Article : 101 wordsThe Industries and Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives have obtained a week's more time to consider the reciprocity treaty. ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Licensing Bill was further considered in committee. ...
Article : 12 wordsThe Premier (Hon. T. Bent) stated to-night that he had received word from the Premier of South Australia that he would be unable to attend the ...
Article : 76 wordsSir Joseph Ward stated that the Tourist Department is being run for £4,000 a year. The lowest estimate showed that visitors last year left ...
Article : 32 wordsThe School of Instruction for Stateschool tenchers was continued to-day at the Wellington-square school. M. Dechaineux, assisted by Mr. Buring, gave ...
Article : 315 wordsThe R.M.S. China, which sailed for London on Saturday, took 29 boxes of gold to the value of £120,378, of which £100,000 was shipped by the Commercial Banking ...
Article : 57 wordsThe position at Newcastle continues serious, but there is still a possibility that a general strike will be averted. So soon as the conference resumed this ...
Article : 345 wordsSo great was the success achieved on Tuesday night last by the children of the Trinity Hill State school in the entertainment given at the Town-hall, ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Postmaster-General says that the department proposes to charge 6s. for three minutes' conversation over the telephone line that is to be established ...
Article : 68 wordsThe promoters of the charity entertainment to be held in St. Peter's-hall this evening may reasonably expect a crowded attendance. In addition to ...
Article : 84 wordsDuring the sitting of the land court on Saturday, Mr. Sword, one the members of the court, made reference to the Alleged attempts on the part of certain ...
Article : 137 wordsAt the Police Court to-day William Illingsworth and A. E. Terry, hotel proprietors, were each fined 10s., and costs 7s. 6d., for permitting their houses to be ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Blind Singers, headed by Mr. John Tainsh, the well-known blind tenor, have just concluded a succcssful tour of the Huon district, and are now ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Government has received a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, intimating that the King had received a petition from the ...
Article : 103 wordsThis company has been touring the island during the past fortnight with great success, in charge of Ensign Bailey, of the Salvation Army. The ...
Article : 54 wordsPatrick John Crohan has recovered £500 from the Railway Commissioners for injury through being thrown out of a cart with which an electric tram-car ...
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Article : 358 wordsThe annual meeting of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association on the cricket ground to-day was taken part in by 20,000 scholars, and ...
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Article : 248 wordsAt the Police Court to-day Ah Kee and Chun Saw were charged, on remand, with having opened a lottery by selling to Norman Hanlin, police ...
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Article : 48 wordsGiving evidence before the Royal Commission on gold-stealing in Perth to-day, Robert Hastie, a former Min ister for Mines, said that on one ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 20 Sep 1906, Page 3
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