The Exhibition of 1913 closed as it began—in brilliant sunshine. The blue haze of a summer morning hung over the grounds when the gates were thrown ...
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Article : 205 wordsThe Montoro of the Burns, Philp line, arrived at Pinkenba at half-past 4 on Saturday afternoon from Singapore Captain Mortimer reported that the ship had ...
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Article : 230 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Towner proposed a resolution in favour of mediation in Mexico by the United States, the Argentine, and Brazil, ...
Article : 168 wordsAlfred Relf (Sussex) has accepted the invitation to join the English cricket team which is to tour South Africa. Mr. P. F. Warner, who was suddenly ...
Article : 85 wordsPrivate information has been received in Sydney that Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, has been offered by the British ...
Article : 174 wordsThe executive of the Miners' Federation has repudiated Mr. Kenyon as a candidate for the Chesterfield division of Derbyshire Mr. Kenyon, who already has been ...
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Article : 127 wordsThe Admiralty has placed orders with private yards for three battleships, heavier and more powerful than the Queen Mary, (the latest Battle-cruiser), and ...
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Article : 74 wordsThe Australian cricketers defeated a team of 16 representing All Montreal in a match played here yesterday. The Australians scored 289, and Montreal 154. ...
Article : 37 wordsTo afford visitors to Brisbane an opportunity of inspecting the Ipswich railway workshops the Commissioner arranged for two excursion trains to be run from ...
Article : 223 wordsAfter the 11 o'clock mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral yesterday morning his Grace Archbishop Duhig administered the sacrament of confirmation to ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 18 Aug 1913, Page 7
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