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Article : 35 wordsIn the Senate to-aay, the Hon. R. E. O'Connor, in answer to Senator Neild, said he was not in a position to make any communication with reference to the ...
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Article : 40 wordsThe King and Queen, who have been making a tour in Connemara, visited the famous Connemara quarries at Recess, and waiving all formalities, they allowed ...
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Article : 803 wordsThe Orchestral Society's concert to-night was attended by a large and appreciative audience. Miss May Collins, one of Brisbane's popular sopranos, scored ...
Article : 277 wordsMr. Chamberlain, at the request of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, late Chancellor of the Exchequer, has undertaken to ask the colonial Premiers if they will withdraw ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa yesterday, the Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, introduced a bill to provide for the construction of a national ...
Article : 98 wordsIn the Senate to-day, the debate on the second reading of the Judiciary Bill was resumed. Senator Styles (Victoria) opposed the ...
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Article : 60 wordsA petition by M. Constantinide, a Greek merchant, for a divorce from his wife, who is a daughter of the late M. Stephen Ralli, a former Premier of Greece, has ...
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Article : 115 wordsReports from Rome state that out of the sixty-two Cardinals now assembled for the election of a new Pope, twenty are regarded as candidates for tho Papal ...
Article : 38 wordsA solemn dirge and requiem mass in memory of the late Pope Leo was held in St. Mary's Cathedral to-day. The building was simply draped, and a huge ...
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Article : 196 wordsArnold, the Worcestershire cricketer, has accepted the invitation of the committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club to join the English team for the Australian ...
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Article : 101 wordsAt the Carlton Club last night, the billiard match between H. W. Stevenson, the English crack, and Harry Gray, sen., champion of Queensland, was continued. ...
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Article : 102 wordsPortraits of all children who attended Fancy Dress Ball in costume are now on exhibition at our vestibule. Ipswich Jockey Club Races, Bundamba, ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 1 Aug 1903, Page 5
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