The Estimates submitted to-day provide for the following public works in Queensland:- DEFENCE WORKS. ...
Article : 684 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day Sir John Fo[?]rest rose amidst cheers to make his first Budget speech. He said: I ask indulgence of hon. members in the ...
Article : 4,081 wordsThe Premier's tour in the Pittsworth district was professedly for the purpose of enabling him to judge from personal inspection what claims the district ...
Article : 2,020 wordsA general strike has commenced in Poland, as a protest against—the insufficient national representation provided in the Duma scheme. Some of the railways ...
Article : 48 wordsWhen the usual crop of formal business had been disposed of yesterday in the Legislative Assembly, the House again went into Committee on the Land Bill[?] ...
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Article : 135 wordsNow that the threatened strike of the cotton operators in Lancashire has been averted, as a result of the recent conference between representatives of the ...
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Article : 76 wordsArrivals.—Banffshire, s., from New Zealand ports, via South Africa; Wakanui, s., from New Zealand ports; Offenbach, s., from Adelaide, via Eastern ports; ...
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Article : 37 wordsThe Hon. A. Margan, speaking in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, said that exception had been taken by the Imperial Government to a ...
Article : 675 wordsBaron Kaneko, who is connected with the Japanese Peace Mission, has visited President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. ...
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Article : 45 wordsThere is widespread recognition in the newspapers of Lord Curzon's great abilities, and the work he has done, but several point out that it has been a struggle on ...
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Article : 58 wordsThe German Admiralty has voted a sum of £1000 for the entertainment of the British squadron under the command of Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, which is now ...
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Article : 65 wordsOne of the cleverest and mast a[?]dac[?]s mail robberies that has taken place on the New South Wales railways for a very long time was discovered ...
Article : 297 wordsThe mortality among the Herero prisoners in the concentration camp at Swakopm[?]nd, in German South-west Africa, during the months of February, March, ...
Article : 52 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Kenna had a bunch of questions to ask the Treasurer concerning the expenditure on the Proserpine Mill[?] Mr. Kidston replied that the ...
Article : 304 words[?] [?]ers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Miss Mac[?]ra, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe British authorities in Bechuanaland have disarmed Mahararo and other insurgent captains, and also 750 Here[?] natives, who had crossed the frontier from German ...
Article : 33 wordsA bimonthly meeting of the Brisbane branch of the Royal Society of St. George was held last Monday night in the Civil Service Store, Adelaide-street. Mr. H. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 23 Aug 1905, Page 5
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