Langdon and Langdon's timber yard and mills at Glebe was the scene of a spectacular and disastrous fire to-night. The log mill, with valuable machinery and ...
Article : 142 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. S. Baldwin) introduced the Restoration of Order in Ireland Indemnity Bill of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 297 wordsSir,—I would like to bring before the notice of your town readers the trials and privations the farming residents have to undergo, more especially those ...
Article : 189 wordsBuilding Enterprise.—Mr. A. E. Preddy, the well-known jeweller, has purchased the block of land in Brisbane-street, through Messrs. Jackson and Meyers, ...
Article : 158 wordsThe New South Wales Trades and Labour Council was recently addressed by a delegate from the American Marine Transport Workers' Union regarding the ...
Article : 188 wordsWater Supply.—The serious position which has arisen in connection with the shortage of water in Warwick has prompted the Warwick Town Council to ...
Article : 149 wordsMajor E. J. Dibdin, secretary of the State League, was able to produce figures yesterday showing the great work that organisation had accomplished in ...
Article : 370 wordsSudden Death.—The death occurred suddenly on Friday morning of Mrs. Hannah Fitzgibbon (40, widow), who kept a boarding-house in Campbell-street. ...
Article : 66 wordsCommonwealth Laboratory.—The contractor (Mr. J. Hill) has commenced preliminary work on the construction of the Commonwealth laboratory, ...
Article : 256 wordsSir,—I was pleased to read the remarks in the "Courier," of Tuesday last, of W. T. Atthow, about a railway station-master's thonghtfulness. Recently I ...
Article : 174 wordsMr. A. C. Boden, of the Postmaster-General's Department, returned to Brisbane by the Euripides yesterday, after a trip to South Africa. He was ...
Article : 220 wordsM. Pelteric, the inventor of the "joy stick" method of control of aeroplanes, has been awarded 7,000,000 francs (£280,000) by the Paris Courts in his action ...
Article : 225 wordsScout Commissioner.—Sir Alfred Pickford (Overseas Scout Commissioner) visited Lismore during the week, and was accorded a civic reception. Subsequently ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,394 wordsWater Supply.—Members of the council on Thursday inspected two sites for a proposed water supply for the town. They were addressed first by Mr. J. H. Reid, ...
Article : 110 wordsAll the 100 deportees who had been confined in Mountjoy prison were returned to England to-day. The route from the prison to the steamer was ...
Article : 317 wordsSir,—I noticed a letter over the signature of W. T. Atthow, commenting on the thoughtfulness of a North Coast station-master. While on this subject, can ...
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Advertising : 604 wordsBoth cases of smallpox on the steamer Mukura are mild, and one of the patients is practically convalescent. Both patients travelled in the steerage. The health ...
Article : 306 wordsIt is the intention of the War Service Homes Commission to apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to the arbitrators in the claim made by ...
Article : 94 wordsSir,—The British Empire Exhibition will take place in London within a short space of time; but what is the Queensland Government doing towards "boosting" our ...
Article : 333 wordsDuring the summer trainiug the Royal Air Force will carry out a series of realistic air raids on the East Coast. Antiaircraft gunners will meet them with shell ...
Article : 52 wordsAnxiety is being caused to the detectives by the frequency with which stolen motor cars are being stripped of valuable parts, and, after being set ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Empire Day celebration will be held on Thursday evening under the auspices of the Brisbane City Council with the co-operation of the Australian Natives ...
Article : 593 wordsSix of the Irishmen who were deported from London, and four of those deported from Liverpool, have been rearrested. ...
Article : 25 wordsA High Court Judge, sitting in Chambers to-day, refused Art O'Brien's application for bail. O'Brien intends to appeal to the Divisional Court. The ...
Article : 72 wordsQuestions relating both to the site of the proposed provisional and permanent Parliamentary Houses at Canberra were submitted by the Chief Architect for the ...
Article : 259 wordsIn the Criminal Court, to-day John Griffin adn John William West were charged with having, in company with two other persons unknown, robbed Francis Horace ...
Article : 77 wordsSir,—Could any of your readers give me information is to anything that will be a thorough means for the destruction of cockroaches? The place is infested with ...
Article : 179 wordsMr. E. S. Montagu, who was Secretary of State for India in the Coalition Government, but resigned in consequence of a dispute with his colleagues over the ...
Article : 170 wordsA luncheon was given on board the Commonwealth steamer Jervis Bay at King George's Dock to Sir Joseph Cook (High Commissioner for Australia), Sir ...
Article : 274 wordsBefore his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine), in the Criminal Court to-day, Walter Robertson Corney (aged 37 years, of Elwood, formerly a ...
Article : 245 wordsThe State Meteorologist (Mr. G. G. Bond), in his meteorological notes, issued yesterday afternoon, advised that severe gale conditions had been ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. Bonar Law has arrived at Paris from Aix-les-Bains. He saw Dr. Horder, a specialist, who left London to meet him. The "Daily Express" ...
Article : 78 wordsApproval was given by the Governor in Council yesterday to the carrying out of permanent works by the Main Roads Board as follow:—A deviation from the ...
Article : 102 wordsTwo Indians were fined £100 each for possessing opium. ...
Article : 14 wordsA further contribution was received yesterday for the fund which has been inau[?]rated for the purpose of assisting Mr George M'Intyre, who lost both legs in a ...
Article : 61 wordsIt is announced that a free motor 'bus will leave the Post Office at 2 o'clock this afternoon to enable persons to view Brisbane and its beautiful river from ...
Article : 45 wordsDiplomas, medals, and prizes of the Trinity College of Music, London (Brisbane centre), will be presented by his Excellency the Governor in the Albert ...
Article : 37 wordsAn area of 1a. 2r. 32p. at Gin Gin has been proclaimed as a reserve for School of Arts purposes, with Messrs. John D. Walker, David F. Johnston, and Codfrey C. Willen as trustees. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 19 May 1923, Page 9
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