May 26.—TINA[?]NA, 769 tons, Capt. E. Karston, from Cairns. Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., agents. May 27.—MORIALTA, Capt. [?] Brissenden, ...
Article : 489 wordsA most important departure has been made by the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Watt) from the policy introduced by the Fisher Administration of ...
Article : 323 wordsThe Political Labour League's annual conference will be held in Sydney next Saturday. The agenda paper shows every evidence of intention not to let the ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Queensland Federal Dairy Produce Advisory Committee on Saturday instructed its secretary (Mr. J. M'Farlane) to arrange for the taking of a census at ...
Article : 71 wordsAs a result of the conference in Melbourne of representatives of the Federal Butter Pool Committee an advance of 1d. per lb. in first grade butter will take ...
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Article : 327 wordsCorrespondence for soldiers is being received by the High Commissioner in London. The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated yesterday that such ...
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Family Notices : 1,126 wordsMr. C. E. Gray, a selector at Wombo Creek, in the Chinchilla district, has struck a good Supply of water in a bore at a depth of 350ft. The water rose 217ft. ...
Article : 118 wordsSYDNEY.—Arrived, May 2[?]: Balga, from Port Pirie. Departed: May 26, Paringa: Mallinga, and Bombala, for Queensland; Burwah, for Melbourne: A[?]n, for Port Pirie: Katoomba, for ...
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Advertising : 204 wordsAn instance of the rapid spread of the prickly pear, if allowed to go unchecked, is reported from Taroom. About eight years ago a tender for £90 was submitted ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Minister for Lands, when speaking on Saturday with reference to soldiers' settlements, denied a statement contained in a letter to the "Courier" to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 wordsIn the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on Saturday his Honour Mr. Justice Powers announced his final award on the plaint by the Australian ...
Article : 792 wordsA burning accident occurred at Palen Creek, in the Beaudesert district, on Friday, when Jack Bell suffered serious injury. The tent in which Bell was living ...
Article : 77 wordsA Government department loves accuracy, so the announcement in Saturday's "Courier" that the Railway and Post and Telegraph Departments had decided to ...
Article : 106 wordsNorthern mails—Fridays, 8 p.m.; parcels, 5 p.m. Townsville, Thursday I., Zamboango, Manila, China, Japan—May 28, 12.30 p.m. ...
Article : 76 wordsOn Friday afternoon when the Emu railway gang of six fettlers were returning from Tullah siding to Rosebery, aboard the rail motor, they ran into a train en ...
Article : 144 wordsA rather serious collision occurred late on Saturday night in Ruthven-street North, Toowomba, between a motor car, driven by Mr. Teys, jun., and a spring ...
Article : 170 wordsJames Jackson, a cadet, while running over the parade ground at Mount Morgan, fell and broke his thigh. ...
Article : 22 wordsAs a result of a further batch of soldiers' votes made available last night. Mr. Sinclair is leading for Moreton by 48 votes, and in the Brisbane division ...
Article : 450 wordsThe first series of missions in connection with the Queensland General Mission of the Church of England was entered on on Saturday night in the metropolitan ...
Article : 447 wordsA mass meeting of the A.W.U. was held yesterday afternoon, when it was resolved to observe an eight-hour day for mill and field work, and prohibit ...
Article : 60 wordsAnother list, containing the results of the poll in 26 local option areas, was gazetted on Saturday. These include the Ipswich and Biggenden areas in which ...
Article : 305 wordsFrank May, a farm labourer, employed by Mr. T. Crundon, of Umbiram, was thrown from a horse yesterday afternoon, and sustained a fracture of the skull, a ...
Article : 56 wordsHow much credence the people of Australia gave to the Caucus mouthings about its sincerity of desire to win the war has been amply ...
Article : 776 wordsMr. J. H. Coyne (Minister for Railways) and Mr. J. A. Fraser (Deputy Chief Engineer), accompanied by Messrs. R. S. Hodge end W. J. Vowles, Ms.L.A., ...
Article : 247 wordsNo responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for MS., nor can bo undertake to return it. No replies to questions will be conveyed by ...
Article : 47 wordsThe interstate university conference upon music examinations, at which South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria are ...
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Family Notices : 342 wordsThe Acting Prenmier (Mr. Fuller) has made available the following letter from the President of the Central Bureau for Municipal Affairs of the Union of Towns ...
Article : 205 wordsAt a meeting of the Farmers' and Graziers' Political Association yesterday Mr. T. H. Hill's motion relative to writing to the National Political Association ...
Article : 79 wordsMr. W. R. Smith writes: Sir,—A large and representative meeting of the booksellers of Brisbane was held on Tuesday afternoon to take into serious ...
Article : 520 wordsThe wife of Mr. Anthony Drexel, an American millionaire, has obtained a decree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage. The divorce suit was ...
Article : 33 wordsDavid Hugh Grey Owen, aged 33 years, died in the Sydney Hospital to-day from a broken neck. It is alleged that an altertation occurred between the deceased ...
Article : 89 wordsThe funeral of W. Hing was largely attended, members of the Rechabite Lodge taking part. Hing was badly scalded on an engine. A lad named Grovers was the ...
Article : 69 words"It is the plain duty of every man," says H. G. Wells, in his latest book, "War and the Future," "to give his life and all that he has if ...
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Advertising : 825 wordsAn outbreak of cattle pleuro in reported from the Noonga district, but is not of a serious nature. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 28 May 1917, Page 6
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