A contract for the erection of an accommodation house for tourists at the Great Lake, and the removal and recrection of the police buildings there, has ...
Article : 41 wordsMoonah, s.s., 84 tons, C. Kerr, from East Coast ports. Agents—Holyman and Sons. Kamona, s.s., 1,425 tons, J. Robertson, from Westport. Agents—U.S.S. Co. ...
Article : 127 wordsLoongana, t.s., 2,448 tons, C. Suffern, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Lewis, Bull, Hicks, Owen, Bouring, Brown, Rich, J. Bonnian, Parker, W. Bales, ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. E. C. Lord) has returned from his tour of inspection of the Spring Bay and Swansea districts. As the result of the visit ...
Article : 42 wordsMan grows cunning as his education advances, and his cunning is the proof of his desire to sit down and let another agent do his work (says the Sydney ...
Article : 185 wordsOn Saturday the Cabinet had under consideration the request of the Premier of Western Australia, that Tasmania should bear a share of the expense of ...
Article : 73 wordsAlm, barque, 740 tons, Pederson, for Apla, in ballast. Agents—W. Crosby and Co. China, R.M.S. (P. and O. line), 7,912 tons, E. Street, for London, via Melbourne, etc. ...
Article : 268 wordsAt the approaching conference of the Australian Natives' Association in this State members are to be asked to consider a proposal that Tasmania should, ...
Article : 428 wordsLOW HEAD.—Arrived—March 14, 6.25 a.m., Loongana, t.s., from Melbourne; 6.20 p.m., Gladys, kt., from Boobyalla. Sailed—March 4, 5.25 p.m., Loongana, t.s., for Melbourne. ...
Article : 70 wordsIn connection with the Surplus Revenue Bill, which the Prime Minister (Hon. A. Deakinth as notified his intention of bringing before the Federal ...
Article : 56 wordsArrived.—March 15, 5.20 a.m., Loongana, t.s., from Launceston; 11.30 a.m., Oonah, s.s., from Devonport; 8.45 a.m., Sarpedon, s.s., from Hobart. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Premier has received a cable from the Premier of New South Wales, to the effect that when in Melbourne, at the Premier's conference, he intends to ...
Article : 87 wordsA relic of early coastal disaster is in the possession of Mr. E. Blake, of Kogarah, New South Wales, in the shape of an anchor (or what remains of it), ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 wordsChina, R.M.S., for London—9,349 css apples, 29 css, 181 half-css, 13 pkgs, and 24 trays pears, 400 css pulp, 1 cs blocks, 1 cs desserts. Mamari, s.s. (Shaw, Savill, and Albion line), ...
Article : 481 wordsThe Strahan Marine Board has requested the Government to send their engineer (Mr. Green) to England, to supervise the construction of the new ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 426 wordsThe prospects of a speedy termination of the strike of wharf labourers were much brighter yesterday. Hopes were even entertained that Monday would ...
Article : 836 wordsThe Premier (Hon. J. W. Evans) goes to Franklin to-day to attend the St. Patrick's Day sports. While there and at Port Cygnet the following day he will ...
Article : 46 wordsThe P. and O. Company's R.M.S. China, the tenth of the season's fruit ships, was despatched for London at 1 p.m. on Saturday. In addition to apples, ...
Article : 97 wordsThe latest strike, that of the wharf labourers in Sydney, shows clearly enough how entirely useless it is to attempt to treat men who have once ...
Article : 847 wordsThe Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. E. C. Lord) is in receipt of a communication from Captain C. W. Prouse, of H.M.S. Powerful, expressing regret at ...
Article : 95 wordsWe referred on Friday, to the curious similarity in the methods of the Protectionists on both sides of the world, that is, they always make their case ...
Article : 465 wordsThe R.M.S. China (P. and O. line), left here at 1 p.m. on Saturday for London, via Melbourne. She took 9,493 cases fruit. The Blue Funnel liner Telamon, from ...
Article : 82 wordsThe agitation in respect to the amendmont of the Licensing laws is not confined to Australia. There is declaration in England as well that the ...
Article : 981 wordsThe Union Company's steamer Kamona, from Westport, arrived here at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning. She brought 1,809 tons of coal for the warships. This will ...
Article : 82 wordsSince Friday quite a fleet of deep sea vessels have taken their departure from Hobart. Taking advantage of a favourable breeze the Norwegian barques Alm, for Apla, ...
Article : 156 wordsOar St. Mary's correspondent writes us:—"Now that the Cornwall mines have a new hall, I trust that a club for men and lads will be started. There they are, ...
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Advertising : 795 wordsThe evolution of marine architecture has been phenomenal. The last wooden liner was built in 1850, and the last iron liner in 1883. The last paddle-ship was the Scotia, ...
Article : 92 wordsAutumn won March Handicap at Launceston on Saturday. On Saturday 4,000 persons visited the Launceston Exhibition. ...
Article : 486 wordsThe annual exhibition of the Art Society will be opened this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by the Attorney-General, the Hon. W. B. Propsting. His Excellency ...
Article : 88 wordsAn order has been issued by the French Naval Department that all the ships of war should be in the future painted the colour of "wetted canvas," which, by an experiment ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Mahinapua, from Strahan, which port she left at 11.20 a.m. on Saturday; arrived here at 6.50 a.m. yesterday, after a fine paspage. She leaves on the return trip at noon ...
Article : 71 wordsIn respect to assertions made abroad that Australian railways are financially unsound, Mr. G. H. Knibbs, Commonweath Statistician, states that figures ...
Article : 83 wordsNubeena.—Port Arthur, Eaglehawk Neck. Huon.—Huonville, Geeveston, Huon River. Dover.—Port Esperance. Mongann.—New Norfolk. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe opening of the new building in Hobart, erected for the Young Men's Christian Association, affords another opportunity of congratulating this ...
Article : 273 wordsChallenger, H.M.S., from Wellington. Cambrian, H.M.S., from Sydney. Encounter, H.M.S., from Fremantle. Iris, barquentine, from Melbourne. ...
Article : 85 wordsThe following staff changes in the Postmaster-General's Department appeared in the "Federal Gazette" on Saturday: — N. R. Pybus, telegraphist, ...
Article : 113 wordsDoris, kt., Southport, for Melbourne. Galavale, s.s., Port Huon, for India. Helen, bq., Southport, for Adelaide. Java, bq., Esperance, for U.K. ...
Article : 37 wordsLoongana, t.s., 2,448 tons. C. Suffern, from Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Wolsh, Middleton, Stubbs, Duckett, Beale, Rasmussen, Lord, Brooks, Dann and child, ...
Article : 170 wordsThe efforts made to recover the body of Frank Richards, who was drowned from H.M.S. Challenger on Thursday last, have proved unsuccessful. The naval ...
Article : 47 wordsThe ordinary men who pay taxes, and is under the impression that he has a clear appreciation of what taxation means, would (says the "Argus") have his ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 16 Mar 1908, Page 4
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