In "The Tasmanian Mail" this week special attention is devoted to the summer carnival of the Tasmanian Racing Club. In addition to the usual ...
Article : 108 wordsLittle surprise was manifested yesterday when the news came to hand that England, requiring 495 runs, had not much prospect of winning the fourth test ...
Article : 85 wordsArrivals.—Karonga, s.s., from Adelaide, Yang-Tsze, s.s., from Adelaide; Thuringon, s.s., from Melbourne; Gneisenan, Walwera, s.s., from New Zealand. ...
Article : 62 wordsWestralia, s.s., 2,884 tons, H. L. Dunsford, for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Walker, Hall, Phillips, Mitson, S. Walker and infant, Tyler, E. H. Drayson, A. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 wordsH.M.S. Encounter will be open to visitors from 3.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays during her stay at Hobart. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, who very occasionally makes time to be in his place and take part in the work of legislation, ...
Article : 872 wordsAt the request of many visitors, and to enable lovers of flowers who were unable to be present on the last occasion when the grounds were thrown open to ...
Article : 79 wordsHis Honor the Chief Justice (Sir John Dodds, K.C.M.G.) will preside at the Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court (Local Courts Act Jurisdiction) to be held ...
Article : 29 wordsAmongst the passengers by the Loongana from Melbourne yesterday were His Honor Mr. Justice Isaacs, of the High Court of Australia, and the Hon. J. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Victorian Full Court was occupied on Friday in hearing arguments in regard to the law relating to pounds. The appeal was from a decision given by ...
Article : 310 wordsEx Alm. b[?] direct from Sweden—1,000,000 [?] T. and G. pine, 6 × 7/8. 6 × [?] 6 × ½; T.G.B., 6 × ½; T.G., centre-bead, 6 × [?] rebated. Also 190,000ft. Baltic deal ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 545 wordsThe Premier has written to the Workers' Political League in Launceston (writes our correspondent), stating that he has adopted the principle of giving ...
Article : 37 wordsOur cable messages from London yesterday stated that the price of butter was still hardening. Sellers were asking from 146s. to 148s. per cwt. for the Australian ...
Article : 64 wordsWestralia, s.s., for Sydney—2,669 css fruit. 1,376 hf-css fruit, 891 bgs peas, 20 bckts fruit, 1,135 css jam 1,055 css pulp, 63 hhds ale, 10 hf-hhds ale, 833 bgs oats, 73 bgs bran. ...
Article : 371 wordsIn a case of using threatening language to a railway porter heard at the City Police Court yesterday, it was stated that the defendant had given the wrong name ...
Article : 118 wordsThe regulations made by the Minister of Customs regarding the use of substitutes for hops mil meet with general approval. This appeals not only to ...
Article : 279 wordsThe "British Export Gazette" says:— "Of one simple fact the aspiring industrialists of the colonies need to be reminded. There are few British ...
Article : 260 wordsA brave rescue was effected on Saturday at Hampton, Victoria, by the Rev. E. S. Hughes. A lad named Robinson, who was one of a party of picnickers, ...
Article : 183 wordsNo Southern crews have entered for the Tamar regatta. The Mount Bischoff Co. has given £25 to the funds of the children's picnic, ...
Article : 428 wordsMr. William H. Raeburn, of the firm of Raeburn and Verel, shipowners, in a letter to the "Daily Chronicle," with reference to the employment of Chinamen as firemen on ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Mount Cameron Water-race Board held its annual meeting at Gladstone last week. Mr. W. H. Wallace, Secretary for Mines, presided, and the other members ...
Article : 279 wordsTo-day being Hobart Cup Day, will be observed in the city practically as a close holiday. The Railway Department has made special arrangements in ...
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Advertising : 771 wordsFurther inquiries with respect to the growth of the traffic in "smuggled Chinese" via vessels arriving at Australian ports from the East confirm the ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Mahinapua, from Hobart, entered Macquaric Heads at 11.20 a.m. yesterday. The Karo[?] from Sydney, entered Macquaric Heads at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 30 wordsReliance.—Port Cygnet, etc. Waldemar.—Channel and Cygnet. Huon.—Huonville, Geeveston, etc. Dover.—Esperance and Southport. ...
Article : 29 wordsAlm, bq., from Sundsvall. Carin, bgtine, from Port Pirie. Encounter, H.M.S., from Fremantle. Marguerite Dollfus, from Cardiff. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe English mails which left Tasmania on the 7th ultimo, per R.M.S. Mongolia, arrived in London on the night of the 7th inst. ...
Article : 25 wordsCastle Holme, bq., P. Esperance, for Europe. ...
Article : 11 wordsWith a view to giving citizens an opportunity of bidding Sir Gerald and the Lady Edeline Strickland farewell prior to their departure for England, ...
Article : 54 wordsA case of some interest was heard at the City Police Court yesterday. The keeper of a pie and coffee stall, who has been in the habit of taking up his ...
Article : 198 wordsLoongana, [?] 2,448 tons, C. Suffern, from Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon Mesdames White, MacKremm and child, Isaacs, Hetherington, Halley, Love, Caldwell, Mountford, ...
Article : 234 wordsThe "British Weekly" on January 2 published the following letter from Lord Kelvin on the age of the earth, addressed to Professor Orr, of Glasgow, and ...
Article : 313 wordsThe following holiday arrangements will be observed by the Post and Telegraph Department, Hobart, in connection with the Elwick races:—Wednesday[?] ...
Article : 77 wordsOfficial confirmation was given yesterday to the appointmont of Kathleen Beatrice Packer as a clerk in the office of Public Works. At the same meeting of ...
Article : 99 wordsOur Devonport correspondent writes:— The potato trade is an enigma. Last week's transactions, from an unfortunate combination of circumstances, proved ...
Article : 290 wordsA story is told that once upon a time the King of Spain ordered that all the beggars should be compelled to join the army, but as soon as the sergeants ...
Article : 1,202 wordsLoongana, t.s., 2,448 tons, C. Suffern, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Molphy, Lowry, Harty, C. Field, B. Field, Irvine and child, King, Neil, Trumbla, ...
Article : 277 wordsA little batch of proclamations for bank holidays was signed at yesterday's meeting of the Executive Council. One of them gives authority for the observance of a ...
Article : 102 wordsOwing to the commercial advantages of cultivating silk for manufacture of dresS materials in Australia, or export for making up elsewhere, having been ...
Article : 213 wordsThe annual meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club is part and parcel of the summer carnival time, and a very important one it is. Unlike the ...
Article : 505 wordsOur London correspondent writes:— "The boom in the country's foreign and colonial trade still continues. For the fifth year in succession it is possible to ...
Article : 169 wordsUnder a proclamation gazetted on Saturday the Minister of Customs decides that the importation of "hop aromas, hop bouquets, hop extracts, hop essences, hop ...
Article : 101 wordsSailed.—February 11, 3.30 p.m., Oonah, s.s., for Devonport. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 12 Feb 1908, Page 4
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