We have had some fine rain since I last wrote. Last Friday Toowoomba was visited with one of the heaviest thunderstorms I have seen for very many months. It lasted for an hour and a half, ...
Article : 122 wordsWE were just beginning to get downhearted concerning the weather, but I am happy to say that we are in luck's way again. We have just had a nice steady rain for about twenty-four ...
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Advertising : 3,687 wordsOne of the most unpleasant events of the week has been an accident sustained by the Scottish Bard, just sailed for London with a full cargo of wool and copper. On Sunday, the 19th instant, ...
Article : 396 wordsWe were visited by a very severe thunderstorm on Thursday morning last. It continued from midnight up till 3 a.m. almost without intermission, and during all that time the lightning ...
Article : 145 wordsWITH regard to the municipal elections, the Mayor being satisfied that the nomination of only one candidate for three vacant seats was due entirely to a misapprehension has decided ...
Article : 609 wordsIn the early part of this week the thermometer stood, in the sun, at 104° to 106° up till late at night. Wednesday was cloudy all day, the thermometer falling to 85°; in the evening we ...
Article : 191 wordsPartial showers have fallen through the district, and the country is looking well. Reports speak of plenty of grass and water, but more and heavy rain is wanted to run the creeks and fill ...
Article : 369 wordsTHE Grafton Court of Quarter Sessions met on January 17. His Honor Judge Murray presided. A young lad was found guilty of uttering base coin, which he palmed off as a shilling piece. ...
Article : 642 wordsThe weather has been fair for the paat fortnight, but appearances now indicate rain. In stock and station matters there is little to report except general stagnation in the fat cattle ...
Article : 150 wordsMAIZE is coming in freely. There were 1200 bags on the wharf on Saturday, but the Queensland considerably lessened that number. The crop is heavy and good, needing only fair prices ...
Article : 762 wordsThe weather has been hot and dry for over a week pa[?]t. This morning, however, the spell was broken by a welcome thundersterm, and the sky is now overcast and promising a renewal of ...
Article : 41 wordsSince I last wrote, the weather has been hot, close, and generally uncomfortable. Towards evening, however, we mostly get a breeze, which, lasting till late, gives us cool nights. This ...
Article : 200 wordsI AM happy to state that the drought has broken up here; we have had glorious rain[?] and the country looks like a green wheatfield. The Thompson river is running, and things in general ...
Article : 157 wordsIn my last report I said that the whole of the eastern side of Moreton was beautifully grassed and well watered, but that the little holes were drying up quickly. Since then there has been a ...
Article : 324 wordsWe have had splendid rains here since Friday last, and there is now no longer doubts as to the abundance of fodder. Stock movements have been few. A mob of sheep from Bogarilla, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe weather has been exceedingly hot and dry; it has been [?]hreatening for rain almost every day, but it passes away again. There are parts of the district in which both grass and water are ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 1 Feb 1879, Page 7
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