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  2. Australian Fruit.

    Mr. Hooton states that the Victorian pears received by thd R.M.S. Parramatta have averaged 3s, per case. The peaches. are soft and are not selling well, a ...

    Article : 62 words
  3. Citizens' Ball.

    The farewell ball given by the citizens of Brisbane to Lady Norman took Place last night in the Centennial Hall. The attendance was of a representative character. Over 200 ...

    Article : 1,411 words
  4. W. C. T. U.

    After the opening exercises the reports from the Albion, Fairfield, Ithaca, Lee, and subsequently of Thompson Estate, Valley, North Pine, and Bald Hills Unions were read. ...

    Article : 627 words
  5. Late Shipping.

    May 7. FITZROY, s„ 870 tons, Captain Butcher, from Rockhampton, via ports. Passengers: Medames Walters and 6 children, Belford and 2 children, Brookwood, Johnson, ...

    Article : 659 words
  6. Books.

    Hits book is called a "romance;" and it must have struck Messrs. Macmklam as being well up to the mark of modern romance or they would not have published it. Caroline C. Holroyd, ...

    Article : 155 words
  7. TELEGRAMS.

    The members of the Northern Territory Royal Commission, after a stay of several days in Mackay, visited Rockhampton yesterday. They inspected the ment works, and left by the ...

    Article : 60 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 339 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    St. Hippo yesterday was withdrawn from the Sydney Turf Club Royal Stakes and Birthday Cup. Richard Godson, aged 81, formerly overseer ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. Burnt at Sea.

    News from the Cape reports that the British ship Salsette, bound from London to Melbourne, was burnt at sea on April 18. All hands were saved. ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. Strikes.

    Mr. A. W. Johnston, M.A., of Sydney, has written before on economic subjects, and now turns to " Strikes, Labour Questions, and other Economic Difficulties." His little book ...

    Article : 218 words
  12. Railway to Redcliffe.

    A deputation consisting of Hon. W. H. Wilson, M.L.C., Mr. Battersby, M.L.A., and Messrs. A. W. Ham (chairman), H. Donkin, J. M'Cullagh (members), and D. Service (clerk) ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. VICTORIA.

    Lee Samuelson, a Williamstown lighterman, was yesterday fined £100, or imprisonment in default, for smuggling 6 lbs. of soap, liable to 1s. 8d. duty. ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. Godolphin Arabian.

    From Messrs. Watson, Ferguson, and Co. we have received a copy of a neat little edition of Brunton Stephens s " Godolphin Arabian ; a Story of a Horse," a poem well known to ...

    Article : 215 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 31 words
  16. Mails Reached London.

    The Post and Telegraph Department advises that mails for England despatched from Brisbane on March 29, per R.M.S. Ophir. arrived at London on the afternoon of Saturday, the ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. Captain Barker's Accident.

    The numerous friends of Captain Bradshaw Barker, who met with an accident at the Toowoomba Encumpment, will be glad to learn that his medical adviser has pronounced him ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. Gambling in Wheat.

    The following is the text of the "gambling in wheat" motion of which notice has been given in the House of Commons : "That, in view of the injury done to legitimate trade and ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. Lectures by Visitors.

    The Hon. F. W. Holder, a member of the South Australian Government, is to deliver a lecture on "Bi-metallism" on Friday night. The Mayor of Brisbane will preside. ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. English Men of Letters.

    The various volumes comprised in the "English Men of Letters " series, edited by John Morley, and published by Macmillan and Co., have been, speaking generally and ...

    Article : 691 words
  21. Music and Drama.

    At the Comedy, on March 9, there was a revival of Mr. Sydney Grundy's drama, " Sowing the Wind." At the Strand, on March 12. there was ...

    Article : 679 words
  22. Evening Entertainments.

    The last performance of "The Masqueraders " was witnessed by a fairly large audience. A further improvement noticeable was the softer character of the music on the stage ...

    Article : 170 words
  23. Queensland Railways.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
  25. Late Commercial.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  26. Potato Disease.

    Mr. T. W. Kirk, Government biologist of New Zealand, has just furnished the Department of Agriculture with an interim report giving the results of his inquiries into a potato ...

    Article : 476 words
  27. Merely an Incident.

    The coolness of Englishmen in all sorts of circumstances is greatly admired by people on the Continent, where stories of travelling Englishmen are constantly told. ...

    Article : 112 words
  28. Nundah Divisional Board.

    The Nundah Divisional Board met at the offices, Downfall Greek, yesterday afternoon. Present: Mr. Summers (chairman), Messrs. Perry, Lovekin, Phillips, Capner, Mackpherson. ...

    Article : 356 words
  29. London Markets.

    Victorian western factory butter is quoted at 84s. per cwt. Turkeys by the Thermopylae are fetching 6s each. ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. It Was " Remarkable."

    A lady who recently created a sensation by riding, in "rational" constume, a bicycle through the streets of one of our large towns during the dinner hour, while the workmen ...

    Article : 206 words
  31. Hop Growers.

    Hap growers are doing badly in Canada, we notice. The position of the market there (says the Trade Bulletin) is a very peculiar one, such as, it is sufe to say, was never before noticed in ...

    Article : 148 words
  32. Mr. Asquith's Opportunity.

    The Home Secretary is the subject of the character sketch in the new number of the "Review of views," though Mr. Stead devotes a good many of his pages to Mrs. Asquith ...

    Article : 421 words
  33. Cabbage Moth.

    One of the greatest troubles of the gardener at the present time is the cabbage moth, of which the larv[?]e are so destructive to cabbages, cauliflowers, and others of the genus brassica. ...

    Article : 334 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 36 words
  35. Kentucky Kicker.

    " Got any cannons in this establishment" asked a tall, handsome young man of a clerk in one of the leading hardware stores in this city recently. The firm didn't have cannons in ...

    Article : 201 words
  36. She Was Armed.

    They had been mutual friends, and that fact emboldened him to speak without the ceremony of an introduction. "Sloppy, isn't it?" he remarked ...

    Article : 179 words
  37. Father Healy's Wit.

    On one occasion. Mr. Balfour, when Chief Secretary, said to Father James Healy. Parish priest of Killiney in Ireland: "Is it ture, Father Healy, that the people hate me as much ...

    Article : 210 words
  38. Brisbane Time Ball.

    The signal station from which the Time Ball is dropped daily is situated in latitude 27 degrees 28 mins. 02.65 secs, south, and longitude 153 degrees [?] mins. 30.94 secs. east. ...

    Article : 172 words
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