The Queensland Government schooner Spitfire returned on Saturday night from a cruise, having been engaged in repairing the beacons of the Inner route. She reports having been boarded ...
Article : 501 wordsMR. JULIAN THOMAS, "The Vagabond," delivered a lecture in the large room of the Town Hall last night to a somewhat small audience, there being only about 100 persons present. Mr. ...
Article : 826 wordsTHE Cuzco brings London dates to September 11, and Cape papers to October 4. From the Herald's summary we extract the following:— News was received on the 6th of the ...
Article : 1,508 wordsSIR,—I was much pained when I observed that a movement had been set on foot by certain of my brethren in the ministry to obtain a return to the system of railway passes for ...
Article : 298 wordsA SPECIAL meeting of the council of the association was held on Saturday evening, at the Imperial Hotel. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donnell, vice-president, occupied the chair, and the other ...
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Advertising : 979 wordsAn influential meeting was held in the Tambo court house this afternoon in reference to continuing the present line of mail coaches to this place. A resolution was adopted affirming the ...
Article : 56 wordsAPPOINTMENTS.—Mr. William A. Ackers, to be Government auctioneer at Charters Towers; Mr. Thomas G. Robinson, to be Government auctioneer at Toowoomba; the hon. James Taylor, ...
Article : 285 wordsThe weather has been showery all day, and out-door sports have consequently been interfered with. There was a fair attendance at the exhibition. ...
Article : 216 wordsSIR,—As it is wiitten " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor," permit me, as a Shakspearian student and playgoer of over twenty years, to record my protest against your ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 wordsFIRST STANLEYS V. FIRST BRUNSWICKS. THE first match of the season between the above clubs was commenced last Saturday, at Stratton. The Brunswicks captain (M'Master) ...
Article : 1,201 wordsThe majority of the Press have expressed their satisfaction at the termination of the deadlock. The committee of qualifications have declared ...
Article : 870 wordsTHE Northern Argus writes:—"After sixteen years of continual and costly experiments, the navigation of our river is considerably worse and more intricate than it was when the first vessel ...
Article : 1,010 wordsSIR,—Kindly allow me through your columns to invite the attention of my fellow magistrates to a practice which seems recently to have sprung up, objectionable, in my opinion, in many ...
Article : 717 wordsA MEETING in connection with the early closing of the various drapery establishments in Brisbane on Saturdays was held in the Town Hall on Friday, there being present Messrs. Petty (in the ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 27 Oct 1879, Page 3
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