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  2. EXCITING EXPERIENCES.

    The tropical disturbance which has been operating off the coast for the past week has been responsible for some exceptionally rough weather, and there is reason ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    The second divison of the mail train from Cloncurry met with a serious accident three and a half miles beyond Hughenden about 9.10 p.m. on Sunday. A ...

    Article : 294 words
  4. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.

    Dec. 17.—MALLINA, 3213 tons, Capt. H. P. Upward, from Rockhampton. Capt. Upward reports that the Mallina left Rockhampton on Saturday at 8 a.m., and arrived at Brisbane ...

    Article : 587 words
  5. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    No responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for MS., nor can he undertake to return it. No replies to questions will be conveyed by ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. REFERENDUM NOTES.

    Remember Thursday next Every Australian elector will be asked to say "Yes" or "No"—"Yes" for honour and duty, or "No" for dishonour and ...

    Article : 1,157 words
  7. The Commonwealth Police.

    Temporary headquarters for the Commonwealth Police have been secured at the Adelaide-street drill shed. The Commissioner (Mr. W. J. Anderson) reports ...

    Article : 44 words
  8. General Hospital and Blind Institution.

    The Home Secretary stated yesterday that the State will take over the administration of the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Institution, Woolloongabba, from ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. Roma Gas and Oil.

    Boring operations for gas and oil at Roma are now approaching a depth of 2000ft., and interesting developments should be expected in the near future, as ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. Consideration for the First-class.

    "First-class" writes: Sir,—Now that the Christmas holidays are very close I venture to again suggest that more consideration should be given to those paying ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. Christmas Day Dinner.

    Christmas will not be happy for any of us if we forget any sailor or soldier who has been doing his bit throughout this year, and it is for the sailors who will b[?] ...

    Article : 295 words
  12. Advertising

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    Advertising : 208 words
  13. Private Mail Bags.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General advises that henceforth private mail bags which require to be conveyed by railway can be arranged for, or continued, only provided ...

    Article : 102 words
  14. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  15. The Roma-street Markets.

    A letter was received at the meeting of the Brisbane City Council yesterday from the Department of Agriculture and Stock stating that if the Roma-street ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. "A SLOW DOWN AGE."

    Before the war, the cost of producing a ton of copper at the Hampden-Cloncurry Mines was from £45 to £50. At the annual meeting to-day, the chairman ...

    Article : 300 words
  17. NOTICE TO YACHTSMEN, FISHERMEN, AND OTHERS.

    Notice is hereby given that owing to the erosion the lightstund at the South Passage will be removed. The light is at present shown from the Keeper's ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. Remarkable Double Fatality.

    Mrs. and Miss Huie, of Sydney, were visiting the Grand Canyon in the Blue Mountains on Sunday, when they were struck by a piece of rotten log which fell ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. Drowning Accidents.

    At about 1.30 p.m. yesterday James Alexander Muir (8), Longlands-street, Woolloongabba, was playing with some other boys near the flood gates on ...

    Article : 145 words
  20. CONTEMPT OF FACTS.

    "Strange enough," wrote Carlyle, "how creatures of the human kind shut their eyes to the pla[?]nest facts, and by the mere inertia of oblivion ...

    Article : 806 words
  21. Compound Fracture of the Jaw.

    Edward Collins, a resident of Bajool, was turning some cows out into a pad dock yesterday, when a draught horse raced into the rail, which it knocked out. ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. SUN, MOON, AND TIDE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  23. CRECHE AND KINDERGARTEN FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  24. "Wilful and Deliberate Evasion."

    In the Rockhampton Police Court yesterday Stephen Struber, of Hanoversquare, nine miles from Rockhampton, a naturalised German, was charged with a ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. The Brisbane Courier. 72ND YEAR OF PUBLICATION. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917.

    The cutter St. Lawrence is believed to have been lost. She was caught in the tropical disturbance which has been operating off the coast. ...

    Article : 259 words
  26. MAILS OUTWARD.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  27. Sanitary Contract for Ten Years.

    The tender by Mr. Henry Carr for carrying out the work of collecting, removing, and disposing of the nightsoil and refuse of the city of Brisbane for ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. SOLDIERS' CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS.

    Next Saturday the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers Imperial League intends trying to brighten the spirit of the many little ones whose fathers are fighting the ...

    Article : 102 words
  29. Ithaca's Little "Pleasantries."

    For a considerable period during its meeting last night the Ithaca Town Council was on the verge of eruption. The finance report was the cause of the ...

    Article : 173 words
  30. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 742 words
  31. MR. RYAN'S CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.

    A correspondent has reminded us of a letter from the trenches in France, which was published in the "Courier" of April 18 last, and which is pertinent to the ...

    Article : 388 words
  32. Estimated Sugar Crop.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  33. A GENEROUS GIFT OF TOYS.

    Mr. W. A. Fisher (secretary of the Queensland branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League and hon. treasurer of the Children's Christmas ...

    Article : 269 words
  34. New Railway Regulations.

    A 'Government Gazette" has been issued containing a complete outline of the now regulations made by the Commissioner for Railways (Colonel C. Evans) ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. Littering the Streets.

    The question of preventing litter being thrown about the streets was again referred to at the meeting of the Brisbane City Council yesterday. Alderman ...

    Article : 227 words
  36. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    We know very little about the real position in Russia, but the speech of Herr Stresemann, Loader of the German National Liberals, places a ...

    Article : 867 words
  37. Clayfield's Picture Poll.

    Some time ago pictures were shown in the open an in the Clayfield district, but as the result of certain court proceedings it was shown that the Toombul Shire ...

    Article : 139 words
  38. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. SPECIAL APPEAL.

    Inasmuch as though ye might not touch or tend them Ye were with them in your love, to heal and save, ...

    Article : 370 words
  39. FOR JOLLY JACK.

    Never before in the history of the Empire his the British Navy had harder work than now, and the men of Australia on the ships of Australia's own ...

    Article : 147 words
  40. Ithaca Valuations.

    Mr. W T. Abraham (town clerk), at the meeting of the Ithaca Town Council lost night, submitted a report of the municipal valuations made by him for ...

    Article : 214 words
  41. THE MURRUMBA SEAT.

    A meeting of delegates was held on 15th instant to take the necessary steps for calling for nominations for a candidate to run in the National Party ...

    Article : 134 words
  42. RECORD WOOL PRICES.

    In connection with the Government's wool valuation at Canterbury G. Gerard gained the top place with 40d. per lb. for scoured merino pieces, which is stated to be an Australasian ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. SUGAR CANE PRICE ACT.

    In the High Court on Monday an appeal was heard against the judgment of the Queensland Full Court, given on October 9, on a special case stated to it as to ...

    Article : 148 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 110 words
  45. Dawson Valley Coal.

    At the Dawson Valley State mine a seam of coal 11½ft. in thickness has been struck at a depth of 130ft. The Minister for Mines (Mr. Jones) states that ...

    Article : 187 words
  46. Elderly Man's Death.

    The dead body of William Tucker, 52 years of age, was found near his home, about 8 miles from Cunungra on Thursday. Shots were heard by neighbours, but ...

    Article : 104 words
  47. FIFTY £10 FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  48. Expeditionary Force Mails.

    Newspaper and packet mails for the Expeditionary Forces in England, France, and Egypt will close at the General Post Office at 7 p.m. on Friday. A lester mail ...

    Article : 48 words
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