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  2. THE NEW LAND BILL.

    The statute laws relating to Crown lands in Queensland are in rather a confused state. The advent of a consolidated Bill is therefore welcome to all who are ...

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  3. SOUTHPORT CARNIVAL.

    Southport, that ideal seaside resort situated at the southern end of Moreton Bay, has much to attract the holiday maker. The long stretches of pure white ...

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  4. FROM THE COURTS.

    The Earl of Halsbury, who carries his age with a lightness and a vigour at once the admiration and the despair of many younger men, began his career without ...

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  5. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

    Wynnum residents were quietly having their breakfast yesterday morning when a tremendous explosion shook every house, shattering windows, bringing down lamps ...

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  6. CITY LOAN PROPOSALS.

    To-morrow a poll of land owners in the City of Brisbane will be taken on the question of raising moneys on loan to the amount of £59,500 for wharfage works ...

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  7. W.C.T.U.

    The Outing to White's Hill on Saturday. [A report of the Convention proceedings appears on page 7.]—A. A. White photo. The silver anniversary convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. FIGHTING TICK FEVER.

    The following report has been furnished to the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Stock, upon the progress of work at the Stock Experiment Station, ...

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  9. CHINA'S AWAKENING.

    The " Times " has concluded a series of articles from its Peking correspondent descriptive of a journey across China. These articles show a remarkable revivification ...

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  10. THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION.

    The Premier and the Home Secretary visited the Christmas Creek district on Saturday, one of the objects being to make arrangements for the visit of the Scottish ...

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  11. REV. W. S. FRACKELTON'S FAREWELL.

    The temporary farewell which the Rev. W. S. Frackelton is taking of the Ann-street Presbyterian Church for the purpose of recruiting his health for a year in ...

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  12. TWO SHEARING SHEDS BURNED.

    Two shearing sheds were destroyed by fire at Yalcowinna station, near Broken Hill. The damage is estimated at £7000. The sheds were 60 yards apart. Shearing ...

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  13. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    Sir J. B. Robinson (chairman of the Robinson South African Banking Co.) telegraphs to the British Press that there has never been any crisis in General ...

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  14. CITY COUNCIL AND TRAMS.

    A special adjourned meeting of the Brisbane City Council was called for yesterday to further consider the council's attitude towards the question of the taking ...

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  15. THE FEDERAL SERVICE.

    A deputation from the Central Staffs Association of the Federal Public Service waited on Mr. M'Lachlan (the Public Service Commissioner) to-day with regard to ...

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  16. RAILWAY DISASTERS.

    A collision on the Viadikavkas railway, in the Caucasus, caused many persons to be either killed or injured. VANCOUVER, Sunday. ...

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  17. THE LATE JOHN F. BUCKLAND FUND.

    Sir,—We have gratefully to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions which have been sent to us towards the above fund: ...

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  18. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE.

    General Lord Methuen has just completed a tour for the purpose of converting the northern part of the Orange Free State, to the idea of having a unified South ...

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  19. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    The " Hamburger Nachrichten " states that the new German armoured cruiser Von der Tann will be sent on a cruise of several months, partly to test certain ...

    Article : 186 words
  20. THE CANADIAN RIFLES.

    The King has sent a message of farewell to the detachment of the (Canadian) Queen's Own Rifles, who have been visiting England to take part in the military ...

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  21. AUTOMOBILE FATALITY.

    An automobile which was returning to Nww Orleans at racing speed shot from the roadway into the canal, and four persons were drowned. ...

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  22. AVIATION.

    The Paris newspapers state that M. Chavez will receive a prize of £3000 for his aeroplane flight across the Simplon Pass, though he failed to reach Milan, ...

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  23. FISCAL POLICY.

    The Right Hon A. Ure, Advocate-General for Scotland, in a pamphlet issued under the auspices of the Cobden Club, incidentally describes the tariff as ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. THE INDIAN FRONTIEH.

    Before the closing of the Kohat Pass, the Traffic Commissioner of the Northwest frontier province met the Jirgah tribesmen, who, instead of expressing ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. ESPIONAGE IN GERMANY.

    The preliminary investigation into the case of the two Englishmen, Brandon and Trench who mere arrested at Borkum for photographing fortifications, has been ...

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