Mr. Edward Watson, on orchardist at Kettering for the past 25 years, died on Thursday. He landed with his family at Adelaide in 1840 by the barque Douglas. ...
Article : 462 wordsOur Queenstown correspondent telegraphed yesterday:—The weather continues exceptionally severe, with almost constant rain. During the eight days ...
Article : 67 wordsImmediately after his selection as leader of the Victorian State Parliamentary Labour party, Mr. G. M. Prendergast, M.L.A. (says the "Argus") wrote ...
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Advertising : 703 wordsRises, Sets. July 17..................... 7.38... 4.52 July 25..................... 7.31... 4.59 THE MOON. ...
Article : 801 wordsJohn McGce, boilermaker, employed at the reduction works, Queenstown, met with a very painful accident on Wednesday. He was supervising some work ...
Article : 94 wordsAnother of the prosecutions against drapers who have applied the term "Merino" to articles of apperel which are not wholly of wool took place at ...
Article : 95 wordsSome further light has been shed on the tangled question of the finances of the Hobart Marine Board by the survey made at the meeting yesterday by ...
Article : 900 wordsIn the course of an address at a meeting in connection with the Missions to Seamen held last evening, the Dean of Hobart (the Rev. R. S. Hay) quoted the ...
Article : 242 wordsTasmanian fruitgrowers and shippers who send quantities of apples to Sydney frequently complain that their fruit arrives in had order, and they blame ...
Article : 358 wordsMr. J. H. Gillies, managing director of the Hydro-Electric Company, who is returning to Melbourne to-day, after a short visit, informs us that the erection ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Emu Bay railway receipts for June, 1918, amounted to £4,500, as compared with £63,847 for June, 1917, making the total receipts for the six months ...
Article : 42 wordsOur Tyenna correspondent writes:— During the last few days there has been heavy rain in the valley, with two days of snow. The conditions thus created ...
Article : 69 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Premier (Mr. Ryan) tabled the report of the Boyal Commission which was appointed to inquire into the advisability of ...
Article : 445 words"British Pluck," "Simple Simon."—Such vague statements have no value. Give us detailed facts, and we shall make full inquiries. ...
Article : 49 wordsMessrs. J. and E. Hall, a well-known engineering firm in the Old Country, who had the contract for fitting up the North-Western Freezing Company's works with ...
Article : 118 wordsThis morning, in the Practice Court, the point of law which arose in the case of Wallace v. Crosswell, as to the jurisdiction of local justices, is to be reargued. ...
Article : 36 wordsUnder particularly favourable conditions a Tasmanian branch of the Australian League of Loyalty has been formed in Launceston. A large and ...
Article : 806 wordsAt Monday's meeting of the Huon Municipal Council, the appointment of Councillor W. Talbot to the vacancy upon the licensing bench caused by the ...
Article : 84 wordsThe pictures in the illustrations in this week's "Tasmanian Mail" deal mostly with war and military subjects. There are views of the military procession ...
Article : 129 wordsOur Devonport correspondent telegraphed yesterday:—Although another annoying delay was recently announced in regard to the signing of the contract for ...
Article : 234 wordsAt the last meeting of the Port Cygnet Board of Advice a letter, which had been addressed to the chairman (Warden C. G. Markham) by Mrs. Rowe, of ...
Article : 269 wordsHon. J. B. Hayes (Minister of Public Works) yesterday made a statement concerning the request made recently by the Rosny Ferries Company for an increase ...
Article : 274 wordsRotomahana, s.s., 1,777 tons, F. Maitland, from Melbourne. Passengers:—Saloon: Mesdames J. Epstein, A. Burbury, N. McGladery, A. Thompson; Misses L. Thompson, V. ...
Article : 158 wordsAt a lecture given by him to members of the Field Naturalists' Club last evening on the caves of Tasmania, Mr. E. T. Emmett, director of the Government ...
Article : 197 wordsAt Launceston yesterday the Mayor (Alderman W. Coogan) and Alderman R. J. Sadler, M.H.A., accompanied by Mr. J. Gitsham and Mr. F. Reynolds, ...
Article : 98 wordsTavluni, s.s., arrived from Hobart at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She loads produce, and sails for Sydney direct to-day. Koonda, s.s., sailed at midday yesterday ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. H. W. Lee, who arranged the recent deputation to Mr. Jensen to protest against the Defence Department commandeering rabbit skins at the ...
Article : 116 wordsKoonya, s.s., is not likely to call at Burnie before Saturday morning, as the rough seas on the West Coast have prevented her leaving Strahan at the time originally fixed. ...
Article : 114 wordsFinancial assistance to make good the defects at the new water storage dam at Sorell was sought yesterday by a depution which waited on the Minister of ...
Article : 223 wordsDuring the financial year ended June 30, revenue amounting to £5,500,505 was received by the Victorian Railways Department, as compared with £5,952,718 ...
Article : 159 wordsThe most interesting feature of to--day's proceedings at the Farmers' and Settlers' Conference was the remarkable response to an appeal for funds to fight ...
Article : 204 wordsUnited Kingdom, delivered to-day. Australian States, daily, except Saturday. N.S.W. (direct) and Queensland, delivered to-day. ...
Article : 102 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Brennan was informed by the Secretary of Lands that the Forestry Department had placed on the market, for ...
Article : 143 wordsThe attention of the Acting Director of Agriculture has been drawn to a discrepancy between the approximate value and the selling price of a fertiliser in ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the Practice Court Launceston, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Ewing, an application was made by Mr. Louis Page for an order nisi on behalf of John ...
Article : 234 wordsWhite lead factory. Marine Boards' charges. Appeal against conviction. Mt. Lyell smelting returns. ...
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Advertising : 12 wordsAt a meeting of teh State Executive Council yesterday Mr. B. W. Turner, P.M., was appointed chairman of the Mechanical Engineers' Wages Beard; ...
Article : 146 wordsThe steamer Malachite, under charter to Howard. Smith, bound from Queensland, via Sydney, with 230 tons of copper for the Electrolytic Company, ran ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsIt ought not to be necessary to impress upon the public the fact that police constables, who have difficult and troublesome duties to perform, are ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 12 Jul 1918, Page 4
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