Formal business in the Legislative Assembly yesterday having been disposed of, Mr. Airey moved the adjournment of the House; with a view to urging that a day ...
Article : 1,496 wordsThe hearing of the petition against the return of Mr. G. P. Barnes as member for Warwick was continued yesterday before the Elections Tribunal, consisting of ...
Article : 999 wordsPublic meetings have been prohibited in India for a month, and this has prevented the holding of an extremist native congress, which was to have met at ...
Article : 137 wordsA meeting of the Government Party was held yesterday, at which a number of matters came up for consideration, including the question of the Port Alma ...
Article : 123 wordsAn inquiry into the cause of the death of Dr. R. R. Whishaw, who was fatally injured by being assaulted by a patient named Sydney Herbert Coulter, at the ...
Article : 562 wordsWHICH MR. KIDSTON PURCHASED DURING HIS VISIT TO ENGLAND. —Royal Studio photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 17 wordsThe race for the sculling championship of the world between Arnst and Webb was rowed on the Wanganui River to-day. Arnst rowed a runaway race against his ...
Article : 257 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. BARLOW presented the report of the Select Committee appointed to deal with the proposed grant of land in ...
Article : 1,186 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Colonel J. E. B. Seely, Under Secretary for the Colonies, stated that he had heard nothing with ...
Article : 98 wordsKing Edward, who has been suffering from an influenza cold, came to London yesterday from Brighton, and held an investiture at Buckingham Palace. His ...
Article : 92 wordsSome time ago Engineer Commander Clarkson was sent to England to draw out specifications for the machinery needed in connection with the small arms ...
Article : 511 wordsPreparations for the resumption of boring are steadily progressing. The taking down of the derrick with the view to its being erected over the bore was ...
Article : 161 wordsTen thousand women in Bilbao (a town in Spain, capital of the province of Vizcaya) have been summoned for the publication of a petition on behalf of a ...
Article : 95 wordsIt is reported from Shanghai that the influence of the Viceroy Chang Chih-Tung with the Regent (and de facto Emperor of China), Prince Chung, is now eclipsing ...
Article : 405 wordsFred Wilks, a married man with three children, and William Radcliffe, a single man, were riding up Mills's United underlie on the bow of a skip, while an ...
Article : 195 wordsMrs. Fanny Wilson, who is charged with murder in connection with the Carpentaria Downs tragedy, was admitted to bail this afternoon, and released from Stewart's ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Asquith states that the Government is not at present prepared to take any action on the report of Lord Rosebery's committee on the reform of the House of ...
Article : 107 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Horticultural Society was held in the Albert Hall last evening. The Hon. A. Norton (president) occupied the chair, and about ...
Article : 533 wordsA proclamation was issued by the Governor-General to-day proroguing the Federal Parliament until January 27. This does not mean that Parliament will ...
Article : 117 wordsMiss Malster and Claribella have been scratched for the Carrington Stakes. Amboise and Suez have been struck ou of all their A.J.C. engagements. ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. Joseph Devlin, Nationalist M.P. for West Belfast, speaking at Queenstown on his return from the United States, stated that the Irish in America had guaranteed ...
Article : 500 wordsThe weather is fine and favourable for harvesting. There his been no report of any serious damage being done by the storm on Friday night. Shipping is ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday introduced to the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. H. H. Asquitlh, an influential deputation from the ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Lund line steamer Waratah, which arrived from London to-day, had a record number of immigrants. There were 780 souls on board, of whom 709 were ...
Article : 267 wordsIn a case in which Alfred Jackson sued Charles Haynes, proprietor of the "Newsletter," claiming £500 on the grounds of libel, some remarkable evidence was ...
Article : 327 wordsThe representatives of the furniture board met yesterday, but failed to elect a chairman. It was eventually decided to leave the matter to the Minister. ...
Article : 139 wordsAs the result of investigations the police have arrived at the conclusion that Mrs. Robert Scott, whose body was found in Spring Gully Creek at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 wordsIn his annual report the Controller of Central Sugar Mills (Dr. Maxwell) stated, after referring to the release of certain mills directly under the control of the ...
Article : 300 wordsA six: days' team cycle race has just been concluded at Madison-square Gardens, New York. The American team won, covering a distance of 2737 miles. ...
Article : 65 wordsAt the meeting of the City Council, yesterday the Mayor gave notice of a motion providing that applications be invited for the position of lady sanitary ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon. H. Mahon, points out that Mr. G. H. Knibbs, the Commonwealth Statistician, hoped some time ago to be in a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsThere was a fair attendance in the lecture room of the City Tabernacle on Monday evening, when the members of the Chirstian Endeavour Society and ...
Article : 228 wordsFor the supply of sawn ironbark required by the Railway Department, tenders were received yesterday from Brown and Broad, James Campbell and Sons, ...
Article : 88 wordsAt the meeting of the City Council yesterday afternoon Alderman Diddams, speaking on the Water and Sewerage Bill, complained of the delay alleged to ...
Article : 235 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day probate of the will of James Laurence Fox, of Palmerville, near Cooktown, carrier and grazier, was granted to Charles Patching, ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. COWAP presented a petition from residents of Mount Morgan and district praying that a railway line be built from Port Alma to the ...
Article : 2,382 wordsA fire occurred early yesterday morning in a large shed at the Salvation Army's Prison Gate Home at Glenrosa road, Ithaca. The Central Brigade motor went as far as ...
Article : 60 wordsThe monthh meeting of the Parent Committee of the Ambulance Brigade was held yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs. W. H. Bell (chairman), W. D. Grimes (hon. treasurer), ...
Article : 116 wordsThe saloon steamer Emerald will make special excursions to Redcliffe and Woody Point during the Christmas holidays, leaving the Adelaide Steamship ...
Article : 50 wordsAn accident happened at Gunalda, about 17 miles from Gympie, at noon to-day (our Gympie correspondent wired yesterday). Edwin and George Williams, two brothers, who had recently ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 16 Dec 1908, Page 5
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