July 2.—CANBERRA, 7767 tons, Captain R. F. Douton, from Melbourne, via Sydney. Pasengers:—Mesdames J. Kelly, J. Thompson, K. M'Kenzie, E. W. Short, F. W. Russell, T. G. ...
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Advertising : 5 wordsThe testimonial fund for Mr. John Adamson continues to advance steadily. Yesterday the sum of £18/10/ came to hand, all the amounts being from ...
Article : 90 wordsFortunate in being able to secure a copy of Friday's "Courier" upon arrival here from Blackall, Mr. Macartney, M.L.A., at a meeting at the Federal Hall to-night, ...
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Article : 388 wordsRobert Haddon, a cabman, died suddenly at the Howard Smith Company's Wharf at 9 a.m. yesterday. Hidden, who resides at Hale-street, ...
Article : 120 wordsThe officers and crew of the Union Co.'s strammer Waitotara, which was burnt at sea. have arrived in Sydney from New Caledonia. They numbered 44 all told. ...
Article : 315 wordsIn her annual address, given at the speech Jay at the Girls' Grammar School, Rockhampton, yesterday, the head mistress (Miss W. G. Jameson) mentioned ...
Article : 142 wordsColliery stoppages throughout the Northern district are becoming more frequent than ever. There were eight collieries idle to-day, and in most cases ...
Article : 55 wordsThe annual stud sheep sales were commenced this morning, when Dalgety and Co., Ltd., submitted a catalogue somprising 1050 merinos. According to a ...
Article : 167 wordsMr. W. R. Kingwell writes: Sir,—Your leading article of June 28, in which you dealt with reafforestation, should prove valuable reading to all interested in the ...
Article : 257 wordsThe plans of the proposed railway line from Many Peaks to New Cannindah, which have been twice rejected by the Legislative Council, will be reintroduced ...
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Family Notices : 655 wordsA deputation representative of the butter producers and of business men intimately connected with the sale and export of that commodity waited ...
Article : 646 wordsWhen speaking at St. Lawrence recently the attention of the member for Normanby (Mr. J. Peterson) was drawn to the fact that the resumed land on ...
Article : 80 wordsNegotiations have been proceeding for a considerable time between the Queensland and South Australian Governments respecting the transfer of stock to the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe State Government has ended the second financial year of its administration with a deficit of over a quarter of a million sterling. ...
Article : 1,173 wordsMr. O. Bartels has received the following letter, dated May 8, from Sir Jeremiah Colman, London, an authority on orchids:—"I am very pleased to ...
Article : 235 wordsCommenting on the restriction on tinplates, jam makers said the position was serious, and they were relying upon the Minister of Munitions to see them ...
Article : 273 wordsThere was some diversity of opinion at the meeting of the Brisbane City Council yesterday as to the advantage of participation in a movement for the furtherance ...
Article : 249 wordsThe municipal elections were openly fought on the sectarian issue. Four of the retiring aldermen did not stand. The mayor (Mr. Russell) was deleated, ...
Article : 106 wordsThe committee appointed to investigate the applications for the position of City Engineer (Brisbane North) reported to yesterday's meeting of the council that ...
Article : 232 wordsThe General Superintendent of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations will leave Brisbane to-night on an official visit to the Mackay, Mossman, ...
Article : 75 wordsAn extraordinary story of marriage and desertion was told in the Divorce Court to-day by Eliza Ethel Perkins, formerl[?] Davison, who applied for a dissolution of ...
Article : 230 wordsThe City Electric Light Co., Ltd., has just completed and put into service at its Boundary-street premises a large electric storage battery at a cost of ...
Article : 259 wordsCrushing is in full swing at Mourilyan. About 3000 tons of cane passed through the rollers last week. The South Johnstone mill expects to start crushing this ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 wordsThe Minister for Lands was questioned yesterday regarding the statement by Mr. Gunn, in a recent speech in the Central district, that the Government ...
Article : 153 wordsThere is still a number of unemployed in the town, with no immediate hope for employment. Men continue to arrive from distant fields, attracted, by the fact ...
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Advertising : 192 wordsAt about 3 o'clock this afternoon the fire brigade was summoned to attend a grass fire in Miers's paddock, Stuart-street. A house ad[?]cent was in danger, ...
Article : 141 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Toowoomba City Council consideration was given to a communication from Mr. W. Bebbington, M.L.A., with respect to the ...
Article : 345 wordsMr. E. H. F. Swain, District Forest Inspector, delivered a lecture in the Shire Hall, Nanango, on Friday night to the members of the Nanango Chamber of ...
Article : 435 wordsBefore galvanised iron spread its ribbed surface over the houses in Queensland shingles were a useful, cool, and not unpicturesque roofing. The change was not ...
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Family Notices : 320 wordsA parcel mail for the Expeditionary Forces, abroad, will close at noon to-day. ...
Article : 16 wordsIt is understood that a settlement has been arrived at between the Government and the trustees of the Duncan Estate in the action which the Government ...
Article : 98 words"Par" writes as follows: Sir,—The following is an extract from a circular letter sent out by the "Trammel Trade" Government of Queensland: "The Chief ...
Article : 140 wordsEarly in June the Premier, accompanied by his wife, was turning the Central district, including his own electorate. To the Central Press he spoke in glowing ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Queensland Treasury returns for the 12 months ended June 30 show a deficit of £253,493/8/10. This is the first deficit shown in the State Treasury ...
Article : 501 words"I do not think we shall have any such hick as a, fire to sweep this old building off the face of the earth, and give us a chance of getting a new one." These were ...
Article : 225 wordsA meeting of the advisory council of the Commonwealth Bureau of Science and Industry will be held in Melbourne next week, with the object of establishing the ...
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Advertising : 65 wordsWith a tenderness for the wharf labourers which it does not feel for a beautiful tree, the City Council yesterday passed sentence of death upon the ...
Article : 391 wordsA man named J. Murphy was accidentally struck and injured by the mill train, at Mourilyan, He was taken to the local hospital. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 3 Jul 1917, Page 6
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