Messrs. Peacock and Co. have been advised as follows from their London office: —"You will be glad to know that we are nearing the end of the strawberry season, ...
Article : 148 wordsEach week the inquisitiveness of members increases, and the number of questions of which notice is given is enlarged. Yesterday the Premier gave his ...
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Advertising : 754 wordsTide table, July 31 (approximate):—Low water, 4 a.m.; high water, 10.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. ...
Article : 20 wordsUlimaroa, s.s., 5,777 tons, W. J. Wyllie, from Bluff, N.Z. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Tapping, Priest, McKay; Misses Bohman, Robertson; Messrs. Staples, Tapping, ...
Article : 128 wordsThe new serial story, "The Rose of the Wilderness," now appearing in "The Tasmanian Mail," is one of the best we have had from S. R. Crockett for some time. ...
Article : 193 wordsA Bill has been practically passed by the House of Assembly, and is now ready for transmission to the Legislative Council, dealing with the liquor traffic. ...
Article : 716 wordsPreliminary to taking measures for the improvement of the state of affairs in the Straits Islands, the Government means to acquire information as to the existing ...
Article : 205 wordsUllmaroa, s.s., 5,777 tons, W. J. Wyllie, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Rev. J. and Mrs. Nall; Mesdames Robb and 2 children, G. Dohle and 2 children, Robert Kennedy, ...
Article : 70 wordsEx Zealandia, s.s., from Sydney—600 pkgs merchandise: Ferguson and Co. Ex Ullmaroa, s.s., from New Zealand—11 pkgs merchandise: Burgess Bros. ...
Article : 171 wordsThe Premier (Hon. J. W. Evans) has received a petition from the residents of Zeehan and district, asking that the House should grant the loan of £20,000, asked for ...
Article : 175 wordsTaranna.—New Norfolk. Excelsior.—Huonville. ...
Article : 10 wordsMinisters have acted wisely in introducing legislation to provide for the inspection of private hospitals. Of late years there has been a considerable ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsAfter the City Council yesterday had dealt with the question of the erection of Messrs. Crisp and Gunn's proposed sawmill, Alderman Haywood moved a ...
Article : 143 wordsUlimaroa, s.s., for Melbourne—2,131 css fruit, 152 css palp, 835 css Jam, 50 bls hops, 56 bls skins, 6 bgs hides, 225 bgs pollard, 55 bgs turnips, 1,071 bgs chaff, 639 bls straw, ...
Article : 416 wordsThe St. Leonards Municipal Council, by a large "majority, decided yesterday to grant permission to Messrs. J. C. Hutton and Co. to erect a bacon factory in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 383 wordsYesterday was the last day for receiving a requisition to fill the vacancy on the New Town Municipal Council, caused by the recent proceedings against ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the meeting of the St. Leonards Municipal Council to-day the application of Messrs. Hutton and Co. for permission to erect a bacon factory at ...
Article : 614 wordsIn Sydney, the other day, when the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, took his seat, he informed counsel that the practice of postponing ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Attorney-General (Hon. W. B. Propsting) has inspected several allotments of land adjacent to the North Hobart School, with a view to using one of them for ...
Article : 83 wordsYet another prosecution for marketing tick-infested sheep was disposed of yesterday by Mr. E. L. Hall, the Police Magistrate at Launceston. The defendant ...
Article : 105 wordsThe steamer Zealandia, from Sydney, arrived here shortly after 8 o'clock last evening. She was some hours late, the delay having been occasioned by rough weather. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe marked increase in crimes of violence during hot weather in Europe this year (says the "South Australian Reporter") seems to lend support to the ...
Article : 180 wordsThe Union Company has arranged for a cargo steamer to come to Hobart in about three weeks' time to load timber for New Zealand ports. Which steamer it will be is ...
Article : 106 wordsThe following is an extract from a letter received by Messrs. W. D. Peacock and Co., from their London office, dated June 26:—"You will be interested to know that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 445 wordsHumours are again revived to the effect that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the biggest of the Japanese steamship companies, have it in mind to establish a transatlantic ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 wordsThe Prime Minister has approved of a regulation under the Immigration Restriction Act to prevent Chinese from being squeezed into the Commonwealth ...
Article : 149 wordsAttention was drawn yesterday in the House of Assembly by Mr. W. A. Woods to the neglect of adequate provision for a proper playground for children ...
Article : 237 wordsThe Cunard liner Mauretania, on a recent voyage from Liverpool to New York direct established a world's record in ocean steaming. Although using only three screws, she ...
Article : 182 wordsA bill to make better provision for a supply of water to the town of Penguin was read a first time, on the motion of Dr. McCall, in the House of Assembly ...
Article : 149 wordsPlan of excavation at site of high-level reservoir on page 7. Council of Churches intend to hold great public meeting in support of Local Option ...
Article : 511 wordsAnother public meeting was held at Broken Hill last night in connection with the Government refusal to lend £15,000 to the Umberumberka Water ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Wellington Harbour Board has decided definitely to enter into an agreement for the acquisition of the Wellington patent slip. The Slip Company are to remain in ...
Article : 99 wordsOur North-West correspondent writes as follows:—It does not appear to be an easy matter to get possession of a block of Crown land, even after all the prescribed ...
Article : 308 wordsYesterday two local bodies in Tasmania allowed enterprising firms to erect factories. The Hobart City Council consented, after a lot of fuss, to the erection of ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Mongana, which left here at midnight on Wednesday for Tasman Island, returned here at 4 p.m. yesterday. She leaves at 9 a.m. to-day for East Coast ports. ...
Article : 52 wordsWarrimoo, s.s., from Melbourne. Wild Wave, barque, from Adelaide. Zealandia, s.s., from Sydney. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. George Dakin, shift boss at the Oonah mine while engaged loading bags of ore into a truck, was struck by several coming away with a rush, which ...
Article : 61 words"Bill' Squires, the Australian champion boxer, has returned to Australia by the Oruba, which reached Fremantle this morning. ...
Article : 111 wordsJ. T. North, bq., Port Huon, for Adelaide Karmo ship, Southport, for U.K. Mariner, sch., Port Huon, for Melbourne. ...
Article : 26 wordsLoongana, t.s., 2,448 tons, C. Suffern, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames F. Evans, Alexander, J. Chapman, C. B. Grubb, W. Taylor and 2 children, P. O. ...
Article : 135 wordsCecil Frederick Scanlon, who was locked in the strong room of Drew, Robins[?]n, and Co.'s premises at Albany, and discovered under somewhat ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 31 Jul 1908, Page 4
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