If there is one evening in the year when rain is not welcome that evening is Christmas Eve. Neither the public nor the shopkeepers like to have their comfort ...
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Advertising : 21 wordsThe Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Institution could be likened unto Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Village on Christmas Eve, for out of the fifty-three pupils only fourteen remained ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Hon. W. Kidston (Treasurer), accompanied by the Hon. E. B. Forrest, Alderman L. G. Corrie (Mayor of Brisbanc) and J. A. Hayes (Mayor of ...
Article : 647 wordsThree masses were celebrated at St. Joseph's, Kangaroo Point, yesterday. All were attended by large congregations, the Rev. Father J. B. Breen being the ...
Article : 121 wordsAn element of the old English services characterised the proceedings at St. John's Cathedral yesterday. The building was tastefully decorated by some of the ladies ...
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Article : 167 wordsThe Christmas season so far has passed off very quietly in Ipswich. Store[?]pers, however, report that business this year has been brisker than during last year's ...
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Article : 498 wordsAt Holy Cross Church, Wooloowin, special preparations had been made for the holy Christmas season. The high altar was tastefully decorated, and presented ...
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Article : 126 wordsMr. John Jones, of Darra, near Brisbane, who has been in the Queensland railway service for seventeen years, recently had a narrow escape from suffocation. "When I ...
Article : 492 wordsA visit to the Diamantina Hospital on Christmas Eve showed that great preparations had been made to make Christmas Day as bright and as enjoyable as possible for the ...
Article : 242 wordsAt St. Andrew's Church, South Brisbane, yesterday, there were celebrations of Holy Communion at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., and at midday by the rector, the Rev. Walter ...
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Advertising : 206 wordsThe correct treatment of sore muscles is very simple. First take a good warm bath before going to bed, and be sure to rub yourself dry. The opens the pores. ...
Article : 108 wordsMerchants report fair business for the week, while yesterday was a busy one. Ready money is not so much in evidence as anticipated, owing to very few payments ...
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Advertising : 14 wordsAt St. Mary's Church, Kangaroo Point, a communion service was held in the morning. The church was prettily decorated, and a profusion of white flowers in the ...
Article : 96 wordsFour masses were celebrated at St. Patrick's Church, Fortitude Valley, yesterday, at which there were large congregations present. The altars were very prettily ...
Article : 339 wordsWe have had many successful Christmas Eves, but it is doubtful whether we have ever experienced a more satisfactory one than last night. Throughout the day the ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 26 Dec 1903, Page 16
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