A meeting of the Tasmanian Rowing Union was held last night. The president (Mr. R. J. Luca[?] was in the chair, and there were also present:—Messrs. E. J. ...
Article : 717 wordsA deputation, consisting of the Hon. C. E. Davies, M.L.C., Warden J. S[?] Captain de Hoghton, and Messrs. G. Leatham, G. Piesse, J. ...
Article : 1,261 wordsSenator Best, in reply to Senator Needham, said that correspondence was proceeding with the Imperial authorities with reference to the introduction of the ...
Article : 103 wordsThe United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has reported favourably on the arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United ...
Article : 242 wordsPrincess Monica of Saxony received a tremendous ovation on arriving at Dresden this week with her father. The Princess Louise became tired of ...
Article : 180 wordsOwing to the failure to establish an International Sleeping Sickness Bureau[?] the British Government is establishing a national one in London. ...
Article : 305 wordsIt has been officially anounced (says the "Argus") that His Excellency Sir Reginald Talbot will shortly resign the office of Governor of Victoria, on account ...
Article : 850 wordsMr. Deakin, in reply te Mr. Thoma[?] Brown (N.S.W.), said that it was not intended to subsidise the immigration leagues in Australia in future. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe boycott of Japanese goods by Chinese traders is still extending. The Chinese Merchants' Guild at Hongkong has telegraphed to its agents ...
Article : 93 wordsTo-day being the day o[?] which supply was brought forward to enable members to discuss grievances, Mr. Deakin[?] moved an amendment[?]—"That the supply be ...
Article : 909 wordsThe Chinese Government is making an energetic attempt to reduce the consumption of opium, and is rigorously prohibiting its use in colleges, schools, ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Imperial Government intended to conceal the fact of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's resignation, in order to enable it to make the necessary changes ...
Article : 97 wordsLawlessness in Ireland in the matter of cattle driving is again increasing, and the farmers are taking precautionary measures. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe remains of Emanuel Swedenborg have been removed from Stepney, and placed on a Swedish frigate for conveyance to Carlskrona, in Sweden. ...
Article : 140 wordsIt is officially announced that Mr. H. H. Asquith's resignation of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer has been accepted. ...
Article : 138 wordsThe steamer[?] Star of Japan, 6,225 tons, one of the Star liners, bound from London to Auckland, is reported to be badly stranded on a reef in St[?] ...
Article : 116 wordsThe disturbances last week in Portugal, in connection with the elections that are being held, were more serious than was at first reported. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Premior (Hon. J. W. Evans, C.M.G.) yesterday received the following telegram from Messrs. Croft Bros., Fagan, and Dawson:—"Strike among ...
Article : 209 wordsIn the union label case to-day, Dr. Cullen (for Registrar of Trade-marks) addressed himself to the question as to how much of the current definition ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking at the Conservative Club, St. James's-street, London, last evening, said the Government's bills were tainted with ...
Article : 120 wordsThe United States Senate has adopted the Army Bill, which involves an increased expenditure of twenty million dollars. ...
Article : 48 wordsOne of the officers, and some members of the crew of the Bega arrived at Sydney by steamer from Coomonderry to-day. Captain S. Bishop, who ...
Article : 233 wordsMr. Whitney, the official liquidator in the business of McArthur and Co., which is being reconstructed, states that all the ordinary shares have been ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. G. N. Barnes, M.P., who last week resigned the position of secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, did so because, in his ...
Article : 174 wordsIn reference to the Mount Magnet strike, speeches were made at to-night's meeting of the Ballarat branch, of the A.M.A., endorsing the action of ...
Article : 210 wordsThe Agent-General for Victoria (Mr. J. W. Taverner) has arranged for demonstrations to be given in bread-making with Australian flour at the Bakers' ...
Article : 73 wordsThere were a number of unemployed in the streets to-day, the result of the closing down of the Smelters. There is no material alteration in the ...
Article : 152 wordsA sale of lots on the old Wynyard water reserve, Moore's Plains, was conducted by Trooper Cleveland to-day. Good prices were realised. A township ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Swiss National Council has decided to prohibit the manufacture and sale of absinthe. ...
Article : 23 wordsAt a meeting of the colonial section of the Society of Arts in London on Tuesday, Mr. A. Lyttelton was reported to have said that he realised what ...
Article : 148 wordsThe announced intention of the Premier to appoint a coroner for Lyell and Queenstown as soon as a gentleman suited to the position is found has ...
Article : 64 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Strahan Marine Board lapsed to-day for want of a quorum. The reports showed collections for the month of March to be ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Finnish Diet has heen dissolved, as it had got beyond the Russian Government's control. A fresh election will be held in July. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt was rumoured late this afternoon that the pumps were being drawn at Magnet, and it was decided to close down for four months. Mr. W. F. Petterd left by the ...
Article : 42 wordsAnnie Robinson was to-day committed for trial from the City Coroner's Court on a charge of the murder of a male infant. The girl was in the ...
Article : 148 wordsAt the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day 1,397 casks were offered, and 708 were sold. Good quality tallow was from 3d. to 6d. per cwt. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe basis of the agreement for the settlement of the dispute between the Coastal Steamship Association and the strike executive was considered to-day ...
Article : 116 wordsMrs. Fairbairn, known as Madame Harpur, and her daughter have been arrested on a charge which has relation to the death of Laura Tucker, which ...
Article : 58 wordsA man was arrested here to-night on a charge of alleged larceny from a passenger on the steamer Wainui. Another man, one of the Smelters ...
Article : 44 wordsThe visible supply of wheat east of the Rockies is 51,147,000 quarters, as compared with 51,134,000 quarters a week ago. ...
Article : 21 wordsHis Majesty King Edward will return to England from Biarritz on April 16, somewhat earlier than was at first intended, owing, presumably[?] to Cabinet ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Burnie (Tasmania) Brick and Timber Company's prospectus has been issued. The capital is to be £50,000. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe exhibition was well patronised to-day, there being a number of country people amongst the visitors. A tug-ofwar to-night attracted crowds of ...
Article : 30 wordsA lad named Fleming, a resident of Scottsdale, was skating at the Rink to-day, when he fell, and broke one of his arms. ...
Article : 32 wordsSome of the Victorian pears by the steamer Orontes realised from 2s. to 5s. 9d. a tray. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 10 Apr 1908, Page 5
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