A passenger by the s.s. Ruahine, Mr. J. B. Kattern, of Bowen Hills, sends us the following interesting account of a visit to Pitcairn Island on Sunday, ...
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Advertising : 226 wordsDec. 25.—MORUYA, 52[?]tons, Capt. Macadle, from G'stone. Australian Steamships. Ltd. Howard Smith, Ltd., managing agents). Dec. 25.—CANBERRA, 7707 tons, Capt. R. F. ...
Article : 1,206 wordsSergeant U. T. Burke (since reported il) writes to Mrs. Beak, from "the front line, Belgium":—"It was glorious getting a good motherly letter ...
Article : 749 wordsA triple drowning case occurred at Yeppoon yesterday afternoon. It appears that five young women and a man were bathing near some rocks near the eliff, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsThe following is an extract from a letter written by Driver C. M'Dougall, who is in France, to his father:—"Some people in Australia seem to have an ...
Article : 198 wordsThe policy of the Commonwealth Government in dealing with the wool clip of Australia was explained by the Prime Minister in the House of ...
Article : 972 wordsNo responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for MS., nor can he undertake to return it. No replies to questions will be conveyed by ...
Article : 38 wordsBefore beginning his sermon at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday evening his Grace Archbishop Donaldson said:— "List Thursday this cathedral was filled ...
Article : 219 wordsA soldier friend writes to Miss Grace Woods, of Moray-street, New Farm, from "Somewhere in France":—"We over here just settle down to things as a matter of ...
Article : 169 wordsHis Grace Archbishop Duhig last night received a telegram notifying that the Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wilcannia, passed away at ...
Article : 332 wordsSister Dorothy Webb writes from a hospital in France, where she was convalescent, to her mother (Mrs. W. S. Webb): This is a very nice hospital and ...
Article : 623 wordsLillian Stover, 19 years of age, Ethel Campbell, 20 years of age, and a man named Walter Sharred were drowned on Saturday while surfing at Yeppoon. ...
Article : 380 wordsPrivate J. C. Craig writes from Lark Hill, England:—Thanks very much for your letter. It is so comforting to receive letters from Australia. I don't ...
Article : 336 wordsThe police reported last night that the body of the man who died in the General Hospital on Sunday morning as a result of the injuries which he ...
Article : 184 wordsSince General Townshend, many months ago, was compelled to surrender at Kut-[?]l-Amara, little has been heard of the small British and ...
Article : 713 wordsThe official estimate for the harvest of 1916-17 is as follows (our Perth correspondent wired yesterday):—Area under wheat, 1,564,486 acres, against 1,734,117 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 wordsA new Board of Railway Commissioners was appointed by the New South Wales Executive Council last week, the personnel comprising: Mr. James Fraser, Chief ...
Article : 396 wordsA somewhat significant remark was made last week by the President of the Senate (Senator Givens) when referring to the visit he was about to pay to ...
Article : 388 wordsSergeant C. D. Scott, formerly of the "Courier" reporting staff, writes to a friend in Brisbane:—Your letter reached me here to-night. "Here" is a ...
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Family Notices : 484 wordsThe cable message telling that the old sprit of Christmas has not been forgotten even in the shell-swept areas of the Western Front is ...
Article : 964 wordsA few showers fell in Brisbane yesterday morning the "Courier" gauge recording 7 points, making a total of 280 points so far for the month. LISMORE, December 2[?]. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Prime Minister also tabled in the House of Representatives a most interesting statement, setting out the price which will be paid to growers for all varieties ...
Article : 307 wordsChristmas here passed off very quietly, the chief form of amusement being the R.J.C. races. The bookmakers did not operate, owing to some dispute with the ...
Article : 50 wordsMrs. A. T. Kimlin, Lake Clarendon, has received a letter from her husband, Private A. T. Kimlin, from England, in which he writes: "When I went to ...
Article : 220 wordsConstable John Walsh, of the Woolloongabba police, is reported to have been knocked down by a motor car on Ipswich-road last evening. The Ambulance Brigade found he had sustained ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 26 Dec 1916, Page 4
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