As a precaution in the event of invasion, the War Office has arranged to secure 2000 taxicabs, in London for the transport of 10,000 ...
Article : 315 wordsIn the absence of the Prime Minister, the Minister for Defence has made a statement concerning a question of grave public interest—namely, ...
Article : 312 wordsBoth Houses of Parliament of the Orange River Colony have adopted the draft constitution for a South African Union. ...
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Article : 91 wordsGeorge Clements, the victim; also his Wife and Child. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 15 wordsStanding: W. H. Hancox, J. A. Boyd (secretary), J. Dickie, J. Maxwell, and W. J. Wallace. Sitting: R. S. Exton, J. G. Macdonald (chairman), and W. K. Salton. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsThe Collector of Customs at New York has ordered the American Sugar Refining Company to pay 1,239,000 dollars (£320,000) in ...
Article : 58 wordsThe annual Communion Breakfast of St. Patrick's Branch, No. 187, Toowoomba, was held this morning. About 400 members of the local branch, and about 100 ...
Article : 592 wordsThe Nonconformists are forming an Anti-Socialistic Association to combat Socialism in the free churches and to discountenance politics in the ...
Article : 46 wordsHerr Dernburg, Minister for the Colonies, replying in the Reichstag to the critics who complained that the German Government had refused ...
Article : 100 wordsThe employees of the [?]hondda and New Chum Collieries held their annual excursion to Sandgate yesterday. A large number of residents of the coal centres of ...
Article : 286 wordsA disastrous fire occurred at Cobar on Friday night. It destroyed a large store, with stock, owned by Ward, Bushell, and Co. A row of ...
Article : 119 wordsThe celebration of the second anniversary of the Central Methodist Mission in connection with the Albert-street Church commenced ...
Article : 741 wordsMajor Sankey arrived by the R.M.S. Marmora yesterday morning. He was one of the commissioners at the Franco-British Exhibition. In the course of an ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 658 wordsThe Lord Mayor means to go on with the Dreadnought fund, and yesterday he wired to the Lord Mayor of Melbourne on the subject. He is anxious to make ...
Article : 76 wordsTransvaal has signed the Mozambique agreement after, consultation with the other South African States. The Portuguese Government agrees ...
Article : 79 wordsAdvices from Irvinebank state that a matter which has been causing some excitement in rifle circles has reached a climax. A few days ago, fifteen members ...
Article : 158 wordsA meeting was held on March 31 in the Ballina Council Chambers and was to consider the Australian Dreadnought proposals and particularly the Lord Mayor of ...
Article : 278 wordsThe scrip of the Queensland Government 3½ per cent, lonn of £2,000,000, which was recently issued at £97, is quoted at ½ per cent. ...
Article : 75 wordsAn explosion of petroleum, on the vessel Jules Henri, at Marseilles, destroyed the deck. The catastrophe took place during an official ...
Article : 330 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Foarce) will reply to Mr. Cook's Bendigo speech in the same city next Tuesday, and he will also then more fully detail the ...
Article : 624 wordsThe 66th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race, which was rowed over the historic course on the Thames on Saturday, was won by the ...
Article : 364 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the London "Mail" states that the Franco-Canadian Treaty enables Canadian manufacturers of agricultural ...
Article : 53 wordsEarl Cromer, acting as arbitrator between the Midland Railway Company and its employees, has decided that eleven hours shall constitute a ...
Article : 84 wordsOn the arrival of the Sandgate express at about 2 o'clock at the Sandgate Central Station, to-day, an accident occurred to the engine. It appears that whilst ...
Article : 63 wordsFive thousand persons, chiefly students, formed processions in Cairo demonstrating against the new Press law. In Opera-square a number of ...
Article : 79 wordsA meeting of the Darling Downs Rabbit Board was held on Friday. There were present: Messrs. G. G. Cory (in the chair), F. West, J. W. Wright, C. ...
Article : 554 wordsMr. Keir Hardie, speaking at Reading, said the Labour Party's alternative to tariff reform is a 10 per cent, tax on incomes exceeding ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 wordsThe following wool was despatched during the week:—55 bales RRA Lochnagar, 45 Clover Hills, 26 F. L. Langdale, 6. Crossmere; total, 132 bales. ...
Article : 269 wordsMr. H. B. L. Hubert, a very old resident of Townsville and North Queensland was found dead in a chair yesterday morning at his residence. The ...
Article : 243 wordsExcitement was occasioned in shipping circles yesterday by the receipt of a wireless telegram from H.M.S. Prometheus, stating that the steamer Echunga had ...
Article : 238 wordsThe result of the post-mortem on the body of Mr. James Martin showed death to be due to a fracture of the skull, coupled with fatty degeneration of the ...
Article : 158 wordsThe formation of a full wages board of ten members has been approved for the coal mining industry in the south-eastern division of Queensland, and also ...
Article : 41 wordsMick Tanna, a Kanaka, was charged at Atherton Police Court yesterday with the wilful murder of Paddy Kelly, an aboriginal, at Carrington, on the night of ...
Article : 58 wordsA meeting of farmers and dairymen held yesterday appointed a committee and canvassers to secure further support towards the establishment of a butter factory here. ...
Article : 107 wordsThe following public holidays have been proclaimed:—Tuesday, April 13, in the Petty Sessions District, of Eidsvold, for races; Tuesday, Wednesday, ...
Article : 99 wordsA donation of £2 2s. has been received by the "Courier" from Mr. Ch. Wyndham Bundock for the Philp Testimonial Fund. ...
Article : 27 wordsExaminations for the issue of certificates of competency as engine-drivers will be head in Brisbane on April 22 and 23, and also at Charters Towers on the same day, ...
Article : 41 wordsUnexpectedly the work at Randwick this morning proved the most interesting (so far) of the season. The principal actors were Irishman, Maltine, Golden ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 5 Apr 1909, Page 5
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