The Tweed Shire Council has decided to erect a bridge over Cobaki Creek, in the vicinity of the ferry and has accepted a tender for the work at £2425. ...
Article : 100 wordsMr. J. F. Cairns, M.I., Loco. E., and editor of the English "Railway Magazine," writes:— On September 27, 1823, the Stockton ...
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Advertising : 936 wordsMr. D. A. Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., who is travelling the world on a pleasure trip, arrived in Brisbane last night by the Sydney mail train. ...
Article : 569 words"I am pleased to note from the 'Courier,'" said the Minister for Works and State Enterprises to-day, "that the British Government has seen fit to place ...
Article : 677 wordsThe opening session of the first Kilcoy Eisteddfod, in aid of the local hospital, was held in the Memorial Hall on Monday, there being a moderate attendance. ...
Article : 590 wordsThe motor launch Myora, owned by Mr. Dug. Ford, was destroyed by fire whilst engaged in towing a cane p[?]nt (writes our Coolangatta correspondent). ...
Article : 94 wordsA raid was made at Innisfail by the police on premises in Chinatown, where it was suspected that fan tan was being played. The descent made by the police ...
Article : 81 wordsForaging among the debris at a burnt shed at Campsie on Sunday night, firemen found a charred fruit box containing £86 in silver. The owner of the shed was a ...
Article : 42 wordsOwing to the horse slipping on the tram rails at the intersection of Queen and Adelaide streets, Mrs. Mary, Anderson, of Ryan-s[?] Hill End[?] South ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Police Association at Adelaide unanimously decided to take a ballot on the question of registration. When the matter was discussed at a meeting, several ...
Article : 59 wordsThe conference on police matters[?] comprising the Chief Inspector (Mr. W. H. Ryan), who will be the new Commissioner, the Under Secretary of the Home ...
Article : 122 wordsAt Newcastle on Sunday a bundle was found on the Cliff Walk, containing a pair of youth's trousers, a coat, belt, a striped shirt, collar, and tie, a striped ...
Article : 49 wordsTHE LATE MR. J. E. MAIDENS, whose death was announced in yesterday's "Courier." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 13 wordsOn Saturday night when hundreds of people were about the streets in Sydney, a man smashed one of the big plate glass windows of Grace Brothers, Broadway, ...
Article : 45 wordsNext June the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland) will have completed the remarkable record of its 40th year of continuous and unbroken ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Crown Prosecutor at Melbourne announced on Monday that no presentment would be filed against Harry Yock Kee, the young Chinese who was committed for ...
Article : 52 words"I do not wish to complain, but I wish that the police would not confuse prosecution with persecution." This protest was made by Mr. Pemberton Billing, of ...
Article : 90 wordsCharleville was fortunate enough to be on the outskirts of a terrific hailstorm late on Saturday afternoon, when crashes on the roofs of houses brought people ...
Article : 125 wordsRegret was expressed by Dr. Sharp (Archbishop of Brisbane) and Mr. H. J. Priestley in a letter which they forwarded to the City Council that the Gardens ...
Article : 82 wordsThirty-eight Chinese staff students of the Canton Christian College were kidnapped on Saturday night while returning on board a launch from Canton to the ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Commission of Experts, which investigated the recent collapse of the Western Wharf, a concrete structure costing many thousands, reported to the ...
Article : 121 wordsA letter from the Town Clerk, South Brisbane, was read at a meeting of the City Council yesterday, in which it was stated that it was proposed that ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is stated in Tokio that at the suggestion of the Powers Japan is offering to mediate in the gold franc issue, which is at present in dispute between France ...
Article : 59 wordsROCKHAMPTON, December 8.—Particulars of the output at Mount Morgan for the 19 days ended November 30, during which period production was affected by the temporary ...
Article : 141 wordsLeslie Young, aged 7, of Stafford-street, Paddington, was shot in the right thigh yesterday afternoon owing to a rifle, which, it is stated, was held by his ...
Article : 44 wordsIn pursuing and breaking up bands of Communists in Reval (Esthonia), the police surrounded a house, from which the Communists opened fire. One inmate ...
Article : 68 wordsHaving promised to surrender the post of Inspector-General of the three Eastern Provinces, General Chang T[?]-lin, in a circular telegram, cancels his expedition ...
Article : 202 wordsConsideration will be given by the Government next session to the question of amending the Public Service Superannuation Act of 1912. In the meantime ...
Article : 89 wordsA woman residing in the Innisfail Chinatown had a sensational experience last night. She was in bed, and it is alleged that a man entered the room and ...
Article : 101 wordsBilly Hughes G.M. Co., N.L. (November 30).—Have started work in the 50ft. level raising ore for a small crushing before the Christmas recess. A shed has been erected ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsAs he stood on the corner of Queen and Edward streets, outside the A.M.P. building, at about midnight on Sunday, a constable heard from ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Mine Superintendent telegraphs that the sample of sulphide ore taken from the bottom of No. 11 shaft, Black Star lease, assayed 19 per cent. zinc, in addition to the lead and ...
Article : 49 wordsA motor cycle and a bicycle collided on the Cook's River Bridge, Tempe, early this morning. Both riders—William Speedy and Stanley Kirk—were rendered ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Missouri and Kansas agricultural experiment stations have taken the weights of silage in thirty-two silos, representing four seasons. From these ...
Article : 193 wordsAn energetic committee, representing the residents of the progressive suburb of Clayfield, has made final arrangements for the erection of a Memorial School ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 208 wordsA fire has broken out in the coal bunkers of the steamer Bambra, which was to leave Darwin at noon to-day. The coal is now being shifted, and the ...
Article : 47 wordsRumours were current in political circles to-day that the State election may not be held until the first week in June next year. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. Justice Draper to-day upheld the Crown Prosecutors objection, in the Criminal Court on Friday, to a juryman being allowed to appear as a witness for ...
Article : 74 wordsBurglars at Bendigo raided four bedrooms of a l[?]ding boarding establishment. One victim was Police Superintendent Gleeson[?] from whose vest about ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 9 Dec 1924, Page 10
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