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  2. CITY COUNCIL LOAN SCHEME.

    At the meeting of the Brisbane City Council on August 8 the estimates in connection with the proposed loan scheme of £112,000 were presented to the council, ...

    Article : 156 words
  3. GERMAN SHIPYARDS.

    The lockout in the German shipbuilding yards west of Danzig is now complete, and 35,000 men are idle. The employers declare that they have ample time to fulfil ...

    Article : 73 words
  4. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION

    A disastrous fire broke out last night in the International Exhibition now being held in Brussels. The British, French, and six other ...

    Article : 381 words
  5. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

    The death is announced of Miss Florence Nightingale (the famous organiser of nursing in the Crimean War), in London, from heart failure, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 745 words
  6. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Surveyor O. L. Ames, who was recently Charged with the task of inspecting the country through which the proposed Queensland transcontinental line will pass, ...

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  7. SYDNEY SLAUGHTERMEN.

    The strike of slaughtermen at the Glebe Island abattoirs appears to be as far off settlement as ever. The Master Carcase Butchers' Association held a ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD.

    A special meeting of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, for the purpose of revising and amending the bylaws, was held last night. The president ...

    Article : 341 words
  9. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A terrible train collision is reported from France. A Sunday excursion train from Bordeaux, containing 1100 passengers, dashed into a goods train at Sanjan ...

    Article : 275 words
  10. SOUTH BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of the South Brisbane City Council was held last night. There were present: Aldermen G. A. Savage (Mayor), G. H. Schofield, G. H. ...

    Article : 1,286 words
  11. SPAIN AND THE VATICAN.

    Senor Canalejas, Premier of Spain, in the course of an interview, said the majority of members in both Chambers were distinctly anti-clerical. "We shall," ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. CABLE NEWS IN RRIEF.

    The protest of the Pharmacy Board of Queensland at the delay in arranging reciprocity has been referred to a committee of the Pharmaceutical Society. ...

    Article : 815 words
  13. RECENT EXHIBITION.

    Major Cahill (Commissioner of Police) said yesterday that he had seen large crowds of people in many parts, and under many circumstances, but he had never ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. DEFENCE AGAINST DISEASE.

    Dr. Elkington has returned from at visit of inspection along the eastern coast of Queensland as far as Thursday Island, and in the course of an interview it has ...

    Article : 742 words
  15. WAGES BOARDS. TANNERS AND CURRIERS' AWARD.

    A deputation representing the Master Tanners and Curriers' Association waited on the Minister for Works (Mr. W. H. Barnes) yesterday to b[?]ng under his ...

    Article : 916 words
  16. LITTER IN THE STREETS.

    For some little time past there has been a conflict of authority between the Police Commissioner and the Brisbane City Council in regard to the distribution of ...

    Article : 965 words
  17. AS OTHERS SEE US.

    Another eulogist of Queensland is just returning South in the person of the Rev. Thomas Copeland, father of the Rev. L. T. Copeland, of Toowong. This Victorian ...

    Article : 525 words
  18. BIBLE IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    A Bible in State Schools League meeting was held in the Town Hall on Saturday night. Mr. J. Kessell, who occupied the chair, said astonishment prevailed ...

    Article : 447 words
  19. THE FLOODS IN JAPAN.

    There are stated to be 150,000 sufferers from the floods in Tokio, which are now subsiding. Very little inconvenience has been ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. E. AND A. LINER EASTERN.

    Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., agents for the E. and A. line, have been advised that the liner Eastern is still aground near Broadmount: An attempt will be ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

    Active preparations are in progress for the Festival of Empire in 1911 on an enlarged scale, befitting the Coronation. It is proposed to erect models of ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. LEGAL PRINCIPLES.

    Sir Samuel Griffith (Federal Chief Justice), who was present at the Sydney University Law Society's dinner on Saturday, said that when at the University he ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    For the protection of telephone subscribers it is notified by the department that every instrument fitter is provided with a badge to show his authority for ...

    Article : 364 words
  24. STRANDED CRUISER.

    The armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh, which stranded at Atherf[?]ledge, on the coast of the Isle of Wight, has been refloated with the assistance of six ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  26. SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION.

    The quarterly meeting of the State School Committees' Association of Queensland was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last night. There were present: ...

    Article : 378 words
  27. AMERICAN FOREST FIRES.

    The forest fires in the northern portion of the State of Idaho have assumed serious proportions. Reinforcements were hurriedly rushed to the district, and a supply ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. AVIATION.

    The result of the exciting competition for the prize of £1000 offered by the London "Mail" for the longest aggregate aeroplane flights across country during the ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. A Tragic Object Lesson.

    The death a few weeks ago of the Hon. Maurice Gifford, owing to the ignition from a cigarette spark of the petrol with which he was removing a s[?]in from his ...

    Article : 314 words
  30. SHIPPING RINGS.

    A deputation representing various shipping companies waited upon the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to complain of the Ordinance issued ...

    Article : 165 words
  31. GOLF TOURNAMENT.

    The golf tournament was continued to-day. The scores in the amateur championship were as follows:—First round: Howden, 2 up on; Bruce Pearce and Clyde Pearce, ...

    Article : 108 words
  32. SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS.

    The final meeting of the South-eastern Saddle, Harness, and Collar Makers' Trade Board was held in the Wages Boards' rooms, George-street, last night. The ...

    Article : 163 words
  33. "A NECESSARY EVIL."

    Mr. Wise, K.C., delivered a lecture on political ideals at Darlinghurst to-night, under the auspices of the Political Labour League, and in support of the ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. Fire at Midway Plaisance.

    An alarm was received at the Central Fire Station at 8.44 last night, through the telephone exchange. The motor and horse reel turned out, and on arrival it ...

    Article : 103 words
  35. English Mails.

    The Post and telegraph Department advises that English and other mails ex R.M.S. Orvieto are due by train to-night, and will be delivered by ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. Mining in the Northern Territory.

    On board the steamer Changsha, which arrived on Saturday, were a couple of miners returning from Port Darwin (our Cairns correspondent telegraphed yesterday). ...

    Article : 59 words
  37. Docking Government Ships.

    The gunboat Gayundah will be docked to-day, preparatory to leaving on a surveying cruise along the Queensland coast. The Federal trawler Endeavour, which recently ...

    Article : 46 words
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