It is reported that a hitch has occured in the negotiations in connection with the new commercial treaty between Great Britain and China, arising out of the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Treasurer. (Mr. T. B. Cribb) is confined to his bed to-day through contracting a cold. The Hon. A. S. Cowley was taken [?] at ...
Article : 853 wordsThe Governor and party returned from a shooting expedition yesterday afternoon, having camped out all night. They held a sing-song around the campfire and spent ...
Article : 101 wordsIn view of the recent discussions on the irrigation question, and the depressing views given expression to, Dr. Maxwell, the Director of Sugar Experiment, was ...
Article : 631 wordsRichard Walker and Peter Muir were two of the miners who were taken out of the colliery suffering severely from the effects of aft[?]-damp. Walker succumbed ...
Article : 421 wordsEx-President Steyn, with his wife and family, arrived at Southampton on Saturday, where they were met by Messrs. Fischer and Wessels. Mr. Steyn was ...
Article : 193 wordsThe Emperor William of Germany will start to-day for Reval, a Russian port on the Gulf of Finland, 206 miles from St. Petersburg, and his Majesty will be ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the meeting of the Brisbane Municipal Council yesterday, a report was read from the Health Committee containing the following passage:—" In the opinion of a ...
Article : 2,364 wordsLiu Kun Y[?], the Viceroy of Nanking, in a strongly-worded letter, has asked for the withdrawal of the foreign garrisons from Shanghai, and he declares that during the ...
Article : 145 wordsM. de Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, recently proposed that the Powers who are signatories to the Sugar Bounties Convention arrauged at Brussels should ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Premier, with Mr. Story, M.L.A., Mr. P. J. Leahy, M.L.A., and the Hon. W. B. H. O'Connell, passed through Charleville to-day on their way to Brisbane by mail ...
Article : 56 wordsThe exports from the United States to Europe for the year ended 30th June show a decrease of 100,000,000 dollars (£20,800000), compared with the previous year. The ...
Article : 55 wordsComplaints are being made of overcrowding on the troopship Britannic. The men also complain of being ill-fed, and that the vessel's hospital was full of sick men. The ...
Article : 175 wordsLieutenant Bonar, of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, has sailed for England. ...
Article : 20 wordsInformation has been received that the Governor of the province of Sue-chuan, in Western China, requested the commanders of the British and French gunboats ...
Article : 64 wordsRear-Admiral Taylor, of the United States navy, has been interviewed here, and stated that he hoped America would rapidly increase her navy, foreseeing a crisis in ...
Article : 82 wordsIt Is reported that some of the influential mining houses on the Rand are attempting to prepare the way for the Introduction of Chines labour for the mines. ...
Article : 105 wordsKing Edward indulged in walking exercise on the deck of the Royal yacht on Saturday, and held an investiture lu the afternoon. Among those Invested were ...
Article : 48 wordsH.M.S. Sparrow will leave Wellington tomorrow on another cruise in search of the missing steamer Quiraing. The steamer Tutanekal has also been instructed to take ...
Article : 38 wordsNews has been received of a disastrous railway accident in India. A passenger train ran off the rails at Khataull Station, near Meerut, sixteen persons being killed ...
Article : 40 wordsReuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that, pending the establishment of representative Insiitulions in the Transvaal, a Political Association, representing ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Agent-General cables that there is no alteration in the mutton market. There is, however, a good demand for lamb, and stocks have undergone a considerable ...
Article : 32 wordsThe great engineering undertaking, the Assouan dam, on the Nile, has been completed, and the inauguration will take place in the autumn. ...
Article : 324 wordsThe colliery disaster at Mount Kembla was mentioned by the Mayor (Alderman L. G. Corrie) at the meeting of the City Council yesterday. His worship said that the ...
Article : 134 wordsThe King has now so far progressed towards recovery that he takes luncheon and dinner with the members of the Royal family. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Appeal Court has reversed the decision of the magistrate at Masterton, who fined a man for Ashing without a license in a stream running through private land. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe ordinary monthly meeting of the committee of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce was brid at the Courier Building yesterday. There were present—The ...
Article : 618 wordsIt is expected that on their arrival in England King Edward will receive Generals Botha, De Wet, and Delaroy in the presence of Earl Roberts and Viscount ...
Article : 48 wordsSir,—The financial proposals of the Government to prevent further deficits are receiving a good deal of attention at the present time, especially by the public ...
Article : 714 wordsThe Rev. R. Stewart, President of the Methodist Conference, writing on 4th Instant, Says:—Please give space for a short appeal on behalf of the sufferers at Mount ...
Article : 137 wordsGeneral Lukas 'Meyer and his wife, who have arrived in England from South Africa, were invited by King Edward to be present at the Coronation in Westminster ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Director of Sugar Experiment Stations, Dr. Maxwell, In company with the Under Secretary of Agriculture, visited the Westbrook State Farm on Friday, and, in ...
Article : 564 wordsIn a speech at a dinner given by the Junior Reform Club at Liverpool on Saturday night, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon stated that England was In the same ...
Article : 79 wordsSir,—The Mount Kembla disaster brings to my recollection a colliery explosion at heme—probably about thirty-five years ago —about which Gerald Massey, I think, ...
Article : 123 wordsThe London " Daily Telegraph" states that as a result of the recent visit of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy to Russia a commercial treaty between the two ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 have awarded science research scholarships of the value of £150 a year, to Kenneth Inglis, a New Zealand student of ...
Article : 43 wordsIt is reported from America that Lieutenant Clelland Davies has discovered a method of carbonising armour-plates by electricity, the degree of hardening being ...
Article : 95 wordsSYDNEY, August 4.—Arrived: Cintra, s., from Melbourne. Sailed: Sonoma, s., for San Francisco. MELBOURNE, August 4.—Arrived: ...
Article : 31 wordsA sensational accident occurred this morning at Sutherland D[?]ck, Cockatoo Island, by which seven m[?]n were badly injured, and several others sustained ...
Article : 304 wordsA number of the colonial troops [?] visited England for the Coronation are now making a tour in Scotland, and the members of the Australian Contingent were ...
Article : 47 wordsSir,—I was very glad to see the letter on the above subject by Mr. Charles Sealy in your issue of this morning. No doubt the writer, being a cheese and butter factor, ...
Article : 257 wordsThe new steamer Victoria, which Is being built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, was launched on Saturday at Glasgow. ...
Article : 29 wordsA conference between representatives of the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales and delegates frcm the Australian Workers' Union, as to the rates to be paid ...
Article : 229 wordsFor the Charles Wood Bowling Cup contest on Saturday twenty-eight clubs competed. The cup was won by the Valentine Park Club of London by 115 to 58 made by ...
Article : 51 wordsA job lot of 200 pairs Boys' Tweed Knickers, lined, sizes 1 to 12, clearing 1/11 pair, at T. C. Beirne and Co.'s Alteration Sale. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Federal Treasurer has furnished details of the Customs and excise revenue for the month of July, which was larger than the receipts for any previous month since ...
Article : 173 wordsWho? Why, Charles Gilbert's competitors when they see the value he is giving in the latest new stripe and check Suitings and Trouserings, purchased In London ...
Article : 78 wordsA telegram has been received from Camooweal stating the Constables Doyle and Kelly had found the missing man Shaw at water, three miles from the road, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Smith, Miss Grant, Miss Hockey, Messrs. H. Chaffman, L. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Legislative Assembly will meet at the usual hour this afternoon. The Special Retrenchment Bill will be considered in Committee. The Legislative Council stands ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. R. Nevill, the tobacco expert, has returned to Brisbane from Texas, where he superintended the sowing of the seed beds for the coming year, and prepared ...
Article : 123 wordsG. P. Merry, Toowoomoa, has removed to new premises opposite, and Is showing a choice selection of French Millinery. Uwantsum YANKEE DOODLE. ...
Article : 61 wordsWill be closed during the whole of Saturday next, Coronation Day. Smoke YANKEE DOODLE Tobacco. Uwantsum YANKEE DOODLE. ...
Article : 74 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons have an Australian reputation for Helmets and Sun Hats. Beware of imitations of their standard goods. Quaid's Patent Kapri ...
Article : 63 wordsBoys' Tweed and Serge Sailor Suits, assorted, to be sold at clearing prices (regardless of cost), during the last few days of sale at T. C. Beirne and Co.'s. ...
Article : 56 wordsSmoke YANKEE DOODLE Tobacoo. YANKEE DOODLE, smoke natural bright. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 5 Aug 1902, Page 5
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