Poultry is dearer ro-day than for the past forty years, turkeys 40/ per pair, roosters 5/ to 8/, ducks 5/ to 9/, geese 12/ to 15/. There is a famine in hams, ...
Article : 67 wordsOwing to high prices sent in with the tenders, probably due to the in creased cost of horse feed, substantial additional expenditure will have to be ...
Article : 84 wordsThe enforcement of the regulations with regard to cattle fever has caused some temporary disaffection in the Zulu tribe under the chief Bubula, ...
Article : 64 wordsWm. Power, a witness in the Carg[?]ntaria Downs murder case, was found dead, it is alleged with a bullet wound through his heart, at the old ...
Article : 248 wordsThe bush fire at Bongonge, Gundagai, is still raging fi[?]ly. Up to the present 10,000 acres of country have been swept. On Saturday and Sunday ...
Article : 283 wordsWe do not identify ourselves with, or hold ourselves responsible for, the opinions expressed under this heading. ...
Article : 13 wordsMy dear Bentri[?],— Mrs. Williamson, who with Miss Williamson, has just returned form Melbourne, has just returned from Melbourne, where she was present at ...
Article : 1,174 wordsThis frustration of the plot to assassinate General Gomey completes the downfall of President Castro, of Vene[?]la. The conspirators intend to ...
Article : 81 wordsSir,—In Mrs. Stanley Bruce Kennard, the people more especially the poor people of Toowoomba, have lost a friend indeed. The many loving ...
Article : 207 wordsBurns and Johnson met at Mr. M'Intosh's office this evening, and discussed the referee question. There was a protracted interview, which ...
Article : 344 wordsThe mail steamer Oruba arrived this morning from Sydney, fourteen hours behind time. In the run across the Australian Bight exceptionally heavy ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Duma of Russia has adopted the clans[?] in a bill sanctioning individual ownership of peasantry lands ...
Article : 28 wordsIn reference to the cablegrams received from, Auckland regarding the unrest in Samoa, it is semi-officially stated in Berlin that neither the ...
Article : 63 words[?] Curtis, able seaman, and James Yates, stoker, were sentenced to two and one year's imprisonment respectively, and dismissed from the ...
Article : 40 wordsA party of prospectors at Waverley put eighteen tons through the local mill for 1350 oz. The material was taken from an abandoned lease in ...
Article : 38 wordsAlthough there are several race meetings on the Dawns on Boxing Day, the chief attraction will be the Toowoomba Turf Club's gathering at ...
Article : 653 wordsAt a meeting of the Hon. J. T. Bell's supporters at Dalby, after various speakers had expressed their opinions, it was agreed, on the motion of ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Farrell, M. P., was charged before the King's Bench, Dublin, with having published in the 'Longford Leader' boycotting and intimidatory ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Zulu chief Mjonbelwana, who recently was sentenced to death on charges of treason and rebellion, was executed yesterday in the presence of ...
Article : 40 wordsThe land selected in Queensland from 1st January to 30th November, 1908, amounts to 4,500,282 acres, bearing a rental of £29,803 19s. 10d. For ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,—With reference to a disparaging article that appeared in the "Sydney Mail" of 2nd December, page 1429, re the Dawson River country I send ...
Article : 45 wordsThe lunatic who escaped from the Willowburn Asylum on December 17th was recaptured yesterday in the vicinity of Quinalow. Constable Costello, ...
Article : 73 wordsThe weather is extremely boisterous. To-day a bush fire commenced in a south-westerly direction from here. With a heavy wind behind at ...
Article : 109 wordsThe ringleader of the mutineers in the French foreign legion, in Algiers declares that he acted under formal instructions from the Government of ...
Article : 81 wordsThe London County Council voted £10,000 for meals for underfed school children. ...
Article : 16 wordsBulgaria, in a note to the Powers, describes a passage in the Sultan of Turkey's recent speech as an insult to Bulgaria, and to King Ferdinand, ...
Article : 39 wordsA reduction in the rate of postage on newspapers weighing more than 8oz. has been announced. It was recently arranged with the Imperial ...
Article : 291 wordsSir,—Having read with interest the article in your issue of 2nd instant on the Dawson River, Queensland, by W.M.B., I feel compelled to write ...
Article : 726 wordsThe girl Agnes O'Leary is still detained on suspicion of the murder of Hannah Kelly at Armidale. At the local police court to-day, the police ...
Article : 361 wordsA very pleasant day was spent at Quinalow, when the annual picnic and prize distribution took place at the Quinalow school. Quite a crowd ...
Article : 679 wordsAt the instance of the Mayor and Civic Lodge at Pittsb[?]rg, who has commenced a scheme of reform, seven city councillors and two other ...
Article : 46 wordsDaysda[?] telephoned here this morning that a large bush fire was coming down with the hight north wind from South Goonambil, cleaning everything ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Right Rev. Henry Luke Paget, D.D., Bishop of Ipswich, has been appointed Bishop of Stepney, in succession to Dr. Cosmo Lang, who has ...
Article : 46 wordsBob Fitzsimmons, when interviewed in London yesterday, said that he was willing to fight the winner of the Burns-Johnson match. ...
Article : 27 wordsA proclamation was issued to-night prorogating the State Parliament until February 9. ...
Article : 10 wordsThe following tenders for supplies for 1909 for the Public Service have been accepted:—Toowoomba, including Hospital for Insane at ...
Article : 50 wordsTwenty-three English insurance companies have agreed to settle claims amounting to £800,000, which arose cut of the litigation connected with ...
Article : 32 wordsA bush fire started at Coreen early this morning. It burnt to the Bull Plain road. A number of farmers were burnt out. Crops of wheat and ...
Article : 39 wordsBy the latest American mails to hand comes a remarkable tale of treasure seekers at sea. It appears that a number of American collegians having ...
Article : 474 wordsIt is understood that Mr. George Andrew Ferguson, an inspector in the Audit Department, has been appointed Chief Inspector of ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. John G. Fletcher, of Wal Teela. Ma[?]bo, narrowly missed a terrible death last week. He was assisting to put out a bush fire on Messrs. ...
Article : 91 wordsThe National Bank of New Zealand has declared an interim divided at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. ...
Article : 27 wordsTwo bombs were thrown at a train, which was conveying Mr. H[?]e, the public prosecutor, to S[?]pur. No one was hurt. This is the seventh ...
Article : 48 wordsA bush fire broke out last week on the Dora Dora, Upper Murray, caused by lightning, and although fought continuously has been extending ...
Article : 297 wordsIn connection with the general elections 122 candidates have been nominated. Of these fifty—four are supporters of the Ministerial policy, and ...
Article : 222 wordsThe body found in the Namoi on Friday is supposed to be that of a man named Johnston, who was travelling in a van drawn by two horses. He ...
Article : 286 wordsReuter's correspondent at Constan[?]ple reports that the Marquis Pala[?] (the Australian ambassador) has submitted to the Grand Vizier ...
Article : 112 wordsThe police canvass for electors for the House of Representatives in the electoral divisions of each of the States is approaching completion. The first ...
Article : 194 wordsThe steamer [?], with 22,000 bales of cotton, bound from Galveston to Liverpool is a total wr[?] off Mizzen Head, Cork. The vessel struck during ...
Article : 85 wordsSt. Stephen's Presbyterian Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding last Monday, when Miss Helen MacGregor Hurford, second daughter of ...
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Thu 24 Dec 1908, Page 5
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