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Article : 717 wordsThe London "Observer" says that the letter which the Kaiser sent to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Tweedmouth) asks, "Who is "Lord ...
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Article : 111 wordsThe financial troubles of the Tasmanian Smelting Co. have been much discussed during the past week, and various scare rumours—as usual, with very shadowy ...
Article : 964 wordsHis Excellency the Lieut.-Governor (Sir John Dodds, K.C.M.G.) leaves Hobart by the express train to-day, for the purpose of attending the Scottsdale show. His ...
Article : 1,517 wordsOn Thursday Japan reiterated her demand regarding the release of the steamer Tatsu-Maru, which had been s[?]i[?]d off Macao. Japan intimated that ...
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Article : 39 wordsThe incident in the Methodist Church last night was of a dramatic character. It appears that the Rev Rogers had been speaking strongly on gambling, etc., and ...
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Article : 151 wordsAt the instance of the Labour party, the Government has decided to appoint a committee to inquire into the desirableness of magistrates having the ...
Article : 51 wordsOn Saturday the Kaiser attended the ceremony of launching the first German battleship of the Dreadnought type. It has been christened the ...
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Article : 64 wordsAt motor races in Florida on Saturday, Bernin drove a 60 horse-power Renault car one hundred miles in 1hr. 12min. 56sec. ...
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Article : 35 wordsThe Portuguese delegate, who will attend the South African Tariff Conference at Pretoria, has received instructions, which the Lisbon authorities ...
Article : 51 wordsThe steamer Mongolia, from London, which put, into Marseilles last week owing to an outbreak of fire on board, has sailed from the latter port ...
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Article : 44 wordsFrance has expressed approval of all the proposed Balkan railway schemes, including those in which Austria and Russia are interested. ...
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Article : 139 wordsInvestigations at Lisbon prove that five or six conspirators fired upon the oc[?]upants of the Royal carnage last month, when King Carlos and the ...
Article : 73 wordsAt the sale of the Durham Court Estate, at Manella, to-day, the property realised £114,267. ...
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Article : 75 wordsA German Court of Honour at Potsdam has issued an order for the removal of the name of Count Ho[?]ena[?] from the list of military officers. The ...
Article : 131 wordsDr. L. Forbes Winslow, founder of a British Hospital for Mental Disorders, has been fined £50 for loading a lunatic in an unlicensed house. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe trustees of this fund, which was opened in "The Mercury" Office in June, 1905. wish to male it known that the total receipts were £211 1s. 2d., and bank ...
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Article : 51 wordsThe Noble benefit match, to be played between the Australian XI. and the rest of Australia, will commence on March 20. Messrs. Iredale, McAlister, and ...
Article : 50 wordsAt the express command of His Holiness the Popo, the Congregation of the Index has sentenced the works of Abbe Loiey to the Greater Excommuni ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 10 Mar 1908, Page 5
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