IT is a little more than twelve months ago since it was determined to form a bowling club in Roma. A half-acre allotment, on which stood an old ramshackle building, was ...
Article : 553 wordsIn connection with the recent discovery on a farm at Laporte, in Indiana, of the bodies of 15 persons believed to have been murdered, the grand jury lodged an ...
Article : 99 wordsChick wheat was quoted in Brisbane to-day, from 3s to 4s 9d per bushel, and passed. SYDNEY, May 26. Wheat is quoted at Sydney at 4s 7½d per ...
Article : 43 wordsA conference of the committees of the two Ho[?]ses of the United States Congress has been held with the object of amalgamating the provisions of the Currency Bills. The ...
Article : 395 wordsMessrs. Dalgetty and Co., Ltd., Brisbane, report as follows under date of 21st May, 1908:—The catalogues this week show an improvement, both as to quantity and ...
Article : 93 wordsAs the result of a pointsman's mistake two electric tramcars at Philadelphia collided and were wrecked. Four people were killed, and a dozen seriously injured. ...
Article : 30 wordsCrossbreds sold at 20 per cent above opening rates, and merious were fully equal to the April closing prices. At the wool sales auction to-day there was a strong sale and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe election for Stirling resulted as follows:—Arthur Pensonby (Liberal), 3873; William Whitelaw (Unionist), 2512. Unionist Peers consider that a ...
Article : 308 wordsAt the Brisbane wool sales on Friday, 9932 bales were offered. Competition was keen, Compared with last Brisbane sales, prices for super, greasy merines declined ½d, ...
Article : 352 wordsShooting was commenced at 500 yards soon alter 3 o'clock, and some good shooting was done for both sides at this range, Robinson topped with 46, and Calcino ...
Article : 257 wordsNews received from St. Petersburg states that twenty peasants have been tried by court-martial on charges of brigandage at Elisaberad, and all of them were taken to ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is reported from St. Petersburg that the Czar has given Persia fifteen days within which to compensate the Russians for the loss they sustained owing to the attack by ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is announced that the Czar of Russia and President Fallieres will meet at St. Petersburg on July 24, and that the Czar will later on visit Paris and London. ...
Article : 39 wordsTHE combined rifle and cricket teams from Roma and Mitchell arrived at Charleville about 2 p.m. on Saturday, where they were met by many members of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsIt is reported that the German Government has stationed another cruiser in the South Seas, owing to the reported insecurity of life and property on the Admiralty ...
Article : 39 wordsTHE annual state school picnic[?] held on Saturday, and was as usual a great success, the weather being ideal from a picnic point of view. Many ...
Article : 537 wordsPunctually at noon on Thursday a red flag was hong out near the tramway terminus, at the Queen-street wharf. A few cars were then at the terminus, and the ...
Article : 294 wordsA Morrell sirship, 450ft. long, propelled by engines of 540 horse power, fell a distance of 300ft. to the ground during a recent trial, in the presence of thousands of people at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsIt has been arranged that the celebrations of Empire Day shall extend over three days throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. ...
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Family Notices : 15 wordsIt has been reported at Simla that the Mohmands and the Khuda Khels have petitioned the Ameer of Afghanistan to the effect that they attacked the British ...
Article : 164 wordsCardinal Moran on Sunday afternoon laid the foundation stone of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, in the presence of between 8000 and 10,000 persons, ...
Article : 93 wordsEmpire Day was celebrated with enthusiasm yesterday. The streets were decorated with Union Jacks and other flags. Thousands of children attended picnics held at many ...
Article : 100 wordsThe London "Daily Express" states that an Austrian Princess has eloped and she and her lover have reached London, hoping to be married at a registry office. ...
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Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Qld. : 1875 - 1948), Wed 27 May 1908, Page 2
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