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  2. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Solid Progress."—Your letter has already appeared. "Subscriber."—We have no space for short stories in "The Mercury." ...

    Article : 20 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 784 words
  4. SHIPPING.

    Tide table (approximate), June 9: Low water, 9.30 a.m.; high water, 4 p.m. ARRIVED.—June 8. Doris, ketch, 52 tons, H. J. Petersen, from ...

    Article : 30 words
  5. The Mercury.

    Demonstration against horse Tatters in Launceston yesterday. Sorell v. New Norfolk football match, at Sorell, to-morrow, for Brown trophy. ...

    Article : 429 words
  6. SAILED.—June 8.

    Mahinapua, s.s., 458 tons, K. Livingstone, for Strahan. Passengers:—Saloon; Mesdames Allan, Barnett, Green and child; Misses Self, McGowan, Fulton; Messrs. M. E. J. Salmon, ...

    Article : 599 words
  7. STRAITS ISLAND AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Apropos of the proposal to establish communication by wireless telegraphy between King Island and other islands in the east of Bass Strait, the Minister for ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. LAUNCESTON TO HOBART AND RETURN—IN A DAY.

    The praacticability of a person in Launceston visiting Hobart, or in Hobart visiting Launceston, and returning the same day, was demonstrated on Sunday by two ...

    Article : 142 words
  9. ARE THE MACRIS DYING OUT?

    A great deal has been written about the Maori population of New Zealand, and of late years it has been stated roundly that the decrease in it had been ...

    Article : 471 words
  10. A NEGLECTED CHURCHYARD.

    Our New Norfolk correspondent writes: —"Looking through the old Church of England burying ground here a few days ago, I was astonished to find the amount ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. MAIL TABLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 words
  12. DEPRESSION IN THE SHIPPING TRADE.

    In regard to the present shipping depression in Great Britain and the Continent, "Fair Play," an English shipping journal, says:—"Over a hundred steamers are laid up ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. POLICE AUXILIARIES.

    In their docks at Hull the North-Eastern Railway Company have been making an experiment in the employment of dogs as police auxiliaries. So satisfied ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. WEATHER REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 415 words
  15. THE WRECK OF THE MURITAI.

    Particulars of the wreck of the steamer Muritai (ex Bellinger), on the New Zealand coast show that the vessel ran into a cluster of rocks at the Big Chickens during a heavy ...

    Article : 284 words
  16. A LEAGUE OF STATES.

    It is, undoubtedly, a great misfortune that the Federation should have become so involved in unnecessary disputes. Every day shows that the true spirit, ...

    Article : 1,203 words
  17. HIGH COURT HUMOUR.

    Occasionally, during the long drawnout arguments that may daily be heard in the High Court, sparks of humour flash out between Bench and Bar. On ...

    Article : 217 words
  18. THE WORLD'S TIMBER SUPPLY.

    Within recent years attention has been drawn to the possibility of the denudation of timber areas in various countries, and many, suggestions have ...

    Article : 829 words
  19. A TASMANIAN SPORTING EMBLEM.

    The suggestion made by "The Mercury" that the various bodies controlling sports in Tasmania should have a common emblem, to be used by ...

    Article : 355 words
  20. THE END OF H.M.S. PENGUIN.

    The work of converting H.M.S. Penguin into a depot ship, commenced at Sydney about a month ago, will not be completed for several weeks. The Penguin, which was ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. COASTAL WEATHER REPORT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 463 words
  22. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FOR THE STRAITS.

    The Postmaster-General was further questioned in the House of Representatives on Friday with regard to the sum of £10,000 placed on the estimates for ...

    Article : 170 words
  23. INDIAN PILOT CRUISER.

    The pilot cruiser Lady Fraser, built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company from designs by Professor Biles, has run her trials on the Clyde. The ...

    Article : 243 words
  24. HARMONY IN THE FAMILY.

    Federal Ministers are slowly learning the wisdom of not fighting each other in public (says the "Argus"). On Friday Mr. Bruce Smith (N.S.W.) asked the ...

    Article : 235 words
  25. THE ORIENT COMPANY.

    The operations of the Orient Steam Navigation Company for the year 1907 have been so satisfactory that the directors have been enabled to write off to reserve the fall ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The forty-third anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, which occurred on June 3, was celebrated throughout the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FOR AUSTRALIA.

    A leading shipping manager has expressed the opinion (says the "Age") that within the next few years Marconi signal stations will have to be established along the Australian ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. CELEBRATING THE BABY.

    "The Hobart Baptist Church," remarked the Rev. F. W. Boreham at the public meeting at Moonah last night, has a baby. It is in the position of a ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. MAMMOTH STEAMER FOR N.D.L. LINE.

    It is officially stated that the N.D.L. Co. has ordered an ocean liner which is to exceed all other steamers of the German companies. She will be named the George Washington, ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  31. MR. O'MALLEY'S COMPLAINT.

    With characteristically extravagant language, Mr. O'Malley complained in the House of Representatives last week that the Union Steamship Company had ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. VESSELS IN PORT.

    Doris, ketch, from Melbourne. J. T. North, bq., from London. Natal Queen, barque, from Port Pirie. Zealandia, s.s., from Sydney. ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. A GOVERNOR ON FAIR PLAY.

    In speaking at the presentation to cricketer Noble, in Sydney, the other day, Sir Harry Rawson, the Governor of New South Wales, is reported to have ...

    Article : 211 words
  34. THE COASTAL STEAMERS.

    The Koonookarra left here at 3 a.m. yesterday for Launceston, via East Coast ports. The Mahinapua left here at 0.20 p.m. yesterday for Strahan. ...

    Article : 45 words
  35. RIVER STEAMERS.

    Taranna.—New Norfolk. ...

    Article : 9 words
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