It has been arranged that the meeting of the Government Party shall take place on Monday, July 10, the day before the assembling of Parliament. The gathering ...
Article : 250 wordsWreckage has been found on No. 5 Howick Island, which has given rise to the belief that at last something has been discovered concerning the German ...
Article : 353 wordsMr. G. H. Pritchard (secretary of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association) returned to Brisbane yesterday, after spending two weeks visiting Northern ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 529 wordsLady Northcote yesterday presented Australia's gift of plate to the battleship Commonwealth at Spithead to Captain P. Vaughan Lewes, D.S.O. In ...
Article : 415 wordsThe Hon. E. H. Maca[?]tney (Minister for Lands) was yesterday asked if he cared to refer to the remarks made by the Hon. Dr. Kidston at the Hughenden ...
Article : 415 wordsAn accident occurred this afternoon near Harlaxton to the goods train which left here about 4 p.m. for Ipswich and Brisbane. It appears that when the train ...
Article : 489 words"Eight white men who were growing bananas at Tully and Maria Creeks had ceased planting and had abandoned their gardens because during the past two ...
Article : 927 wordsThe damage done by the fire which last night demolished the premises of Fuerth and Nall, printers and cardboard box makers, in Castlereagh-street, is estimated ...
Article : 62 wordsAt a congress of representatives of German Trade Unions the president stated that 4110 strikes and lockouts had occurred during the year 1910, involving 348,000 ...
Article : 119 wordsAt the last meeting of the Proston and District Settlers' Association the secretary submitted a report in connection with the suggested improved mail service ...
Article : 557 wordsNotwithstanding the explanation which appeared in a recent issue of the "Courier" as to the direction in which the Great Western Railway extension is apparently ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Electoral Commissioners appointed in connection with the redistribution of seats under the provisions of the Electoral Districts Act of 1910 have submitted their ...
Article : 813 wordsA steamer which was returning to Stockholm from Helsingfors, in the Gulf of Finland, was wrecked at the Skerries, and the fate of 400 excursionists who were ...
Article : 69 wordsA committee meeting of the Bundaberg and District Railways League was held this morning. There were present: Messrs. W. F. Marshall (chairman), G. M. ...
Article : 113 wordsIn response to an invitation from both parties to the dispute in the Queensland sugar industry, the Minister for Customs has decided to leave this afternoon for ...
Article : 160 wordsA great blaze occurred on Lake Sabine to-day. An explosion, the origin of which is not definitely known, occurred on one of the oil barges which had been laden in ...
Article : 86 wordsReferring to the judgment of the High Court, by which the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association is declared to be an association which should not have been ...
Article : 163 wordsCaptain Wynne, in the course of an interview, stated that when he applied to the War Office for accommodation for the Australian cadets, Senator Pearce ...
Article : 171 wordsA special meeting of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association has selected Christchurch as the location of the Davis Cup contest for 1911. The New Zealand ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Townsville Show was opened to-day in splendid weather, with a good attendance for a first day. The Hon. R. Philp, member for Townsville, and patron ...
Article : 301 wordsThe Plane Creek Mill is working smoothly to-day. A big number of labourers arrived from the North, and were taken in tow by the strikers' agents. ...
Article : 96 wordsYesterday the Minister for Railways (Hon. W. T. Paget) returned to Brisbane from Mackay, where he attended the annual show, the Coronation festivities, ...
Article : 267 wordsThe Royal guests of their Majesties, and the foreign envoys who attended the Coronation, were present at a gala opera performance at Covent Garden Theatre ...
Article : 217 wordsThe proposal that the Lawn Tennis Association's Courts be opened to members on Sundays has been the subject of a great deal of discussion. A ballot of ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the evidence to-day, before the Royal Commission inquiring into the matter of shortage of labour, Arthur Stone, mantle and costume manufacturer, said that in his ...
Article : 158 wordsNotwithstanding the fact that a great many men have accepted contracts for cane cutting, the A.W.A. executive continue to persuade their followers that the ...
Article : 131 wordsMr. Cooke, representing the New South Wales sheepbreeders, read a paper at Norwich dealing with the supply of mutton and wool to Great Britain. He stated ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Hon. J. Murray (Premier of Victoria) is resting in Scotland. Senator Guthrie (South Australia) was unable to attend the recent functions in ...
Article : 224 wordsA serious railway accident occurred here to-day. An incoming express train came into collision with an inter-urban car, and great damage was done. More than a ...
Article : 45 wordsThe C.S.R. Mill was to have started crushing to-day, but this morning some 64 men came out on strike, and to-night there are about 80 men out. The strikers ...
Article : 125 wordsThe railway workers at Hull have decided to join the seamen who are on strike unless the strike is settled by Wednesday. ...
Article : 255 wordsFrom the representations recently made to the Minister for Customs there appears to be some misapprehension that he proposes to administer in a more drastic ...
Article : 252 wordsIn answer to a question in the Legislative Assembly to-day the Acting Premier (Mr. Holman) said that it was proposed in the new Industrial Bill to place skilled ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Parliament Bill (abolishing the veto of the House of Lords), which has been passed by the House of Commons, is now being discussed in Committee in the House ...
Article : 212 wordsMr. David Campbell, the superintendent of the fire brigade here, was killed while on duty to-day, together with two firemen. The superintendent was leading his men ...
Article : 62 wordsPreparations are going on space for the approaching crushing season. There are no signs of any labour trouble. Engagements for cane cutting and work in the ...
Article : 498 wordsA meeting of the Opposition was held at Parliament House this afternoon to discuss the plans for the session, and to decide what action should be taken so that ...
Article : 101 wordsIt is announced that the steamer Emerald will resume her running to Redcliffe and Woody Point to-morrow, after her annual overhaul. The steamer will ...
Article : 104 wordsWe are authorised to state that the Rev. C. E. Curtis, whose letter appeared in yesterday's "Courier," in no way expresses the opinions of the Australian Board of ...
Article : 135 wordsWhile a cinematograph representation of the Naval Review was being given in the Portsmouth Picture Palace last night the film became ignited. The operator, being ...
Article : 102 wordsMELBOURNE, June 27.—Wheat is quoted at 3/4 to 3/4½, with fair business at the latter figure. Flour, £8. ...
Article : 21 wordsare new, double sided, 10in. dises, which will play on any gramophone or other disc machine. Sole agents, Heindor[?] Bros., Queen-street.* ...
Article : 27 wordsNo home should be without "Kerol." Destroys all infection, Dalgety, Agts.* ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 28 Jun 1911, Page 5
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