It cannot be said that formal business in the Legislative Assembly yesterday occupied much time. Mr. Jenkinson desired to give notice of a question which may ...
Article : 1,811 wordsThe House of Representatives met at 5 o'clock to-day, and immediately adjourned till 7.30. The tariff was then further considered in ...
Article : 775 wordsThe Spring Meeting of the Queensland Turf Club was advanced another stage on the old course at Eagle Farm yesterday afternoon, and so far as the meeting has ...
Article : 6,434 wordsThe dock workers at Amsterdam, in Holland, who have been trying to organise a general European boycott against British shipping, have now abandoned the attempt ...
Article : 70 wordsInformation has been received from Tientsin, in China, of a serious disturbance having occurred among the troops there. It appears that an Indian sentry ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Natal Border Mounted Rifles have been notified by the military authorities to hold themselves in readiness for active service. ...
Article : 58 wordsSpeaking in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, attributed the deficit of £6,000,000 in the French Budget to the ...
Article : 71 wordsAnother serious anti-German demonstration has taken place at Lemberg, the capital of Galicia (Austrian Poland). Some thousands of Poles, representing all classes ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Chinese Government is reported to have paid the Italian missionaries in China a sum of £680,000 as compensation in connection with the late Boxer ...
Article : 59 wordsA British force under Colonel Holland surprised Commandant Brand's laager at Smithfield, in the south-east of the Orange River Colony, and captured six Boers. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday the President announced that the Hon. James Cowlishaw had taken the oath of allegiance, and subscribed to the roll, as a ...
Article : 584 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that a personal dispute having arisen between two German officers, the sons respectively of General Von Gossier, the Frussian Minister ...
Article : 57 wordsCommenting upon the adoption of industrial arbitration in New South Wales, the leading London newspapers agree that a great experiment has been entered upon, ...
Article : 48 wordsAt Pilgrim's Rest, in the north-east of the Transvaal, a party of Boers had been for some time engaged in grinding grain, until a British scout, who had remained ...
Article : 50 wordsNews from Vienna states that, owing to the continued obstruction by the divergent political parties, Dr. Koerper, the Austrian Premier, has threatened that the ...
Article : 50 wordsSeveral militia regiments to Great Britain have volunteered for service in South Africa, and will embark for Capetown shortly. ...
Article : 28 words[?]e British second-class cruiser Fox and the torpedo-gunboat Plassy, on the East India station, have been ordered to proceed to Koweit, in the Persian Gulf, where ...
Article : 53 wordsIt is reported that 80,000 horses and mules are being shipped from New Orleans to South Africa. ...
Article : 28 wordsReports from Odessa, the great Russian port on the Black Sea, state that efforts are being made there to exterminate the rats, with a view to preventing an ...
Article : 80 wordsPrivate R. A. Watson, of the Fifth Contingent Victorian Mounted Infantry, has died at Middleburg from enteric fever. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn connection with the expedition under Colonel Montanaro recently despatched against the Cross River tribes, in British Nigeria, news from West Africa states that ...
Article : 426 wordsMuch dissatisfaction is expressed at the action of Lord Londonderry, Postmaster-General, in agreeing to co-operate with the National Telephone Company without the ...
Article : 79 wordsMany of the Boer burghers in the Transvaal are requesting the Government to furnish them with work after the conclusion of the war. ...
Article : 34 wordsIn the German Reichstag 210 petitions, bearing a total of 166,798 signatures, have been presented concerning the war in South Africa. Of [?]e, twenty petitions ...
Article : 42 wordsDr. Leyds, the agent of the Boers on the Continent, is now in Paris, and has begun to renew the pro-Boer agitation in France. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn connection with the case against Thomas Goudie, bookkeeper of the Bank of Liverpool, who is charged with robbing the bank of large sums of money (said ...
Article : 68 wordsThe results of the Sydney University Senior public examination and matriculation, honours, and scholarship examinations, which commenced on the 17th November ...
Article : 343 wordsThe Powers are reported to have replied in the negative to a confidential communication from the Netherlands Government asking if they would support the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe British Government is prosecuting Mr. Conor O'Kelly, M.P. for the Northern Division of Mayo, and two others for delivering intimidating speeches in Ireland ...
Article : 52 wordsIn moving the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly this morning, the Premier stated that the business for to-day's sitting would be consideration in Committee of ...
Article : 57 wordsIn view of the suggestion made by the London "Times" that the (British Government should accept the offer of more troops made to them by some of the colonies, Mr. ...
Article : 94 wordsA special window of the choicest Neckties, Scarves, Studwear, Silk Handkerchiefs, &c. Parisian presentation Umbrellas, 27s. 6d. each; Travelling Bags, Fitted Bags, ...
Article : 59 wordsT. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley, have now on view a choice selection of presents for gentlemen, including Dressing Cases, Brush Sets, Sterling Silver-mounted ...
Article : 46 wordsAn Egyptian native has been sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude for being concerned in the derailing of the Sirdar's train in July last. ...
Article : 33 wordsIt is just as well to call and make an appointment to save waiting, there are so many taking advantage of having a perfect Portrait at the undermentioned rates:— ...
Article : 48 wordsDuring this month (December) Charles Gilbert's establishment, Queen-street (near bridge), will be open till 9 o'clock on Friday evenings. Working men who ...
Article : 58 wordsThe following are the final figures for the Coolgardie election for the Legislative Assembly:—The Hon. E. A. Morgans (Premier), 821; Mr. Eddy, 558. ...
Article : 71 wordsIt is reported that Mr. Andrew Carnegle intends to supply a sum of 10,000,000 dollars for the purpose of establishing a University Extension system in the United ...
Article : 49 wordsT. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley, have now on view a Fancy Window of Novelties for Christmas. The display is the best in this city, and will repay a visit.* ...
Article : 37 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons' Delhi Silk Suits, two garments, 50s., to order only. Superior to Assam. Will not rag out in washing. Real Irish Brown Drill Suits, ...
Article : 61 wordsTo prove the value of our materials is to wear them. Examine our array of New Summer Suitings—excellent designs, excellent materials, perfection in cutting. New ...
Article : 43 wordsArrivals.—Perthshire, s., from Queensland ports, via South Africa; Augsberg, s., from Adelaide (at Hamburg); Chemnitz, s., from Sydney, via Brisbane (at Hamburg); Minna ...
Article : 85 wordsAbout half-past 2 yesterday afternoon the Ambulance received a call from the station-master, Pinkenba, to attend to a stockman named Fred. Hampson, who had been ...
Article : 175 wordsStudy your pockets by calling on Chas. Gilbert, the leading tailor and men's and boys' outfitter, Queen-street (near the bridge), for anything you require in Men's ...
Article : 74 wordsHundreds of testimonials by every mail. Mr. W. Flegeltaub, D.B.O.A., F R.C.I., Certificated Optician, has given satisfaction to thousands when others have failed. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 wordsA remarkably interesting Collection of Relics from Hordern's great fire was secured by A. B. Pursell and Co., Insurance Brokers and Policy Supervisors, of ...
Article : 96 wordsIf they want to order a Christmas Suit, and compare Chas. Gilbert's 45s. Suit to measure, in pure Indigo Blue Serge, Tweed, or Sergerette, with the poor and shoddy ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 11 Dec 1901, Page 5
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