Aug. 24.—PEREGRINE, 2200 tons, Capt. Wm. T. C. Firth, from T'ville. Passengers: Mesdames H[?]mer, D[?] R. Lowe, W. G. Corbett and son, J. Bristowe, J. J. Gough, Misses ...
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Advertising : 159 wordsThe Premier has taken the most reasonable and constitutional course available for the determination of the political situation in asking his ...
Article : 1,091 wordsA restart was made after lunch in the match between the Australian Eleven and Middlesex, when the weather was dull and the wicket wet and easy. Cotter ...
Article : 244 wordsNews was received to-day of the tragic and sad death of the Rev. W. Walkup, the representative of the Boston Protestant Mission, in the Gilbert Islands. Mr. ...
Article : 181 wordsWhile the Ipswich City Council's steam roller was proceeding along the river road near the outlet of the Brisbane-street sewer this morning, the wheels, owing to ...
Article : 113 wordsApart from finance, one of the dangers involved in the threatened usurpation of State rights, and the replacement of State by Federal ...
Article : 477 wordsThe Home Secretary recently decided to entertain the Governor-General with a genuine corroboree and a display with the woomera, spear, and boomerang, and ...
Article : 232 words" Interested" writes: Sir,—As one interested in the discussion of ticks, I am sorry to sea the arguments have died out, or maybe they are waiting to see the ...
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Family Notices : 173 wordsThe Holt liner Alcinous, which arrived on Monday evening from Glasgow, is the first steamer that has reached Port Adelaide via the Cape since the report ...
Article : 216 wordsThe match was resumed to-day in dull weather. The wicket was much faster, but the attendance was only moderate. Whitty and Armstrong took up the bowling to ...
Article : 224 words"The shades of night were falling fast" when a cyclists—leading his machine—was espied by the municipal inspector, who took the cyclist's name and in due time ...
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Advertising : 75 wordsAn elderly man, William Hicks, had his arm severed at the wrist while attending to a vertical saw at Fraser and Co.'s sawmills to-day (our Grafton correspondent ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsAs the travelling representative of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty was returning from an inspection of the children assigned to their core in the country, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 923 wordsA further development has taken place in connection with the potato trouble: A proclamation will be gazetted to-morrow placing an embargo upon all Victorian as ...
Article : 313 wordsKent is now practically assured of the English country cricket championship for the present season. ...
Article : 20 wordsIt is stated an experiment tried by Rockdale (Sydney) Council for the past few years in the extermination of mosquitoes has shown ...
Article : 210 wordsFine weather was experienced for the opening day of the [?]ndaberg Racing Club's Carnival meeting, and there was an excellent attendance. The entries were ...
Article : 736 wordsFor Dalveen: Mr. J. Swan. For Goondiwindi: Mr. C. E. Doyle. For Toowoomba: Messrs. R. J. Rodson, Taylor, E. Ridal, Robertson, Mesdames Dearden, ...
Article : 118 wordsA fatal case of cerebro spinal meningitis has been reported in Brisbane. Steps are consequently being taken to have the metropolitan area proclaimed, so that ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. Douglas gave notice in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he would ask the Treasurer to-day if the Government were in treaty for the leasing of an ...
Article : 87 words"Aglum" writes: Sir,—" Progress " (evidently a Government Printing Office employee) makes a statement in reply to my letter that calls for some explanation. ...
Article : 279 wordsAll Australian States and New Zealand (via Sydney)—overland, daily, 6 a.m. Gladstone and Rockhampton—overland, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 7.45 p.m.: Mondays ...
Article : 267 wordsIn his annual report the Director of Forests says:—"The cutting down of the natural timber forests, and the attempt to replace them by artificial plantations, ...
Article : 719 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Douglas gave notice that he would ask the Home Secretary whether his attention had been directed to the Mapoon inquiry, ...
Article : 99 wordsThe taxation of the costs in the action brought by Rev. W. S. Frackelton against J. N. M'Callum for defamation, came before his Honour Mr. Justice Real in ...
Article : 139 wordsApplicition was made in the High Court to-day for leave to appeal from an order of the Full Court ordering the reinstatement of Richard Denis Meagher on the ...
Article : 177 wordsPreliminary tables issued by Mr. John B. Trivett, F.R.A.S., F.S.S., Government Statistician of New South Wales, give some interesting information with regard ...
Article : 234 wordsMr. Wade came in for some pretty solid criticism at the Labour Council meeting a few nights ago, when his reception of the clerks' deputation was discussed ...
Article : 298 wordsAt a meeting of the Boonah branch of the People's Progressive League it was agreed to hold a public meeting, and invite Messrs. W. Maxwell, M.L.A., A. ...
Article : 69 wordsSome time ago at was announced that it was the intention of the Brisbane Tramways Company, as soon as the existing issue of commutation tickets had been ...
Article : 145 wordsMr. Foster Fraser visited the House of Assembly to-day, and was accommodated with a chair on the right of the Speaker. The proceedings were not such as to give ...
Article : 142 wordsMr. D. P. Cleary writes: Sir,—Your announcement of the death of Mr. John Flood set my mind wandering back to the long past. I was introduced to Mr. ...
Article : 567 wordsAll records of aerial flight, so far as speed is concerned, appear to have been beaten at Rheims, where the first contest of that kind has been held, ...
Article : 396 wordsMr. J. B. Paddle, General Manager of Central Mills, has just been on a visit to Nerang Central Mill, and states that an area of cane has been lightly touched by ...
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Family Notices : 160 wordsThe New Zealand golf championship was won by Mrs. Bevan, a Maori woman, of Otaki, by 4 up and 3 to play. Miss Brandon (Wellington) was [?]unner-up. ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. William Kellett, under yesterday's date, writes: Sir,—I see in the " Courier " that two train loads of cattle for a chilled meat experiment are coming from Emerald ...
Article : 230 wordsOur Rockhampton correspondent has outlined a scheme proposed by the lessee of a pastoral holding in the district for sub-letting part of his holding for ...
Article : 167 wordsNandillyan Maid has been scratched for the Epsom Handicap. Elkhorn has been scratched for the Metropolitan Stakes. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 25 Aug 1909, Page 4
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