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  2. AN INCIDENTAL.

    At a recent aldermanic meeting, according to the Fort Denison Times, an amusing squabble transpired with reference to incidental expenses. Whisky figured as the ...

    Article : 264 words
  3. VICTORIAN PRODUCE.

    The amount of Victorian hay, oats, &c., shipped for South Africa to the order of the Army Service Corps for the last season's crop, which commenced about the second week ...

    Article : 222 words
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  5. MINING.

    The market was lively this morning, the higher priced stocks such as Bonnie Dundees, Brilliant Extendeds, Marshall's Queen, Queen Crosses, Queen Centrals and Caledonia Blocks ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. FROM THE AGES OF LONG AGO.

    Daring the past three years a party of German explorers has been busy excavating the series of mounds that extend from two to five miles north of the village of Hillah-- about ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. Chamber of Commerce.

    The monthly meeting of the Charters Towers Chamber of Commerce was hold in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There were present:-- Messrs. J. A. ...

    Article : 612 words
  8. GENERAL NEWS.

    Queen Alexandra is almost as enthusiastic a wielder of the fishing- rod us her daughter the Duchess ol Fife. One of her rods is said to have cost as much as £40 to manufacture. ...

    Article : 1,231 words
  9. Mr. Barton's Mission.

    " Ramanet" in the Cannier writes the following amusing skit on Mr. Barton's coronation visit:-- Memo.-- The Prime Minister has ...

    Article : 664 words
  10. PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR'S LIFE.

    A man has just died in Belgorod at the age of 140. He has been a beggar for the whole of his life, his father having been a professional beggar before him. He alternately nosed as a ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. CHARTERS TOWERS STOCK EXCHANGE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 496 words
  12. WHERE THE WIRE IS BROKEN.

    Perhaps the greatest of all mysteries to the uninitiated about telegraphy is the fact that when a wire is broken or damaged, say, between Glasgow and Aberdeen, or between ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. A HORSE STORY.

    Here is a well vouched for story illustrating the sagacity of a horse. There were two horses in a field. In the same field were a number of sheep. One Sunday when the owner returned ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. Cablegrams.

    President Loubet was greeted in St. Petersburg with wonderful enthusiasm. Officers and sailors hugged and kissed in the streets. ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Last evening a man named W. H. Dinsmore attempted suicide by taking cyanide. He left a letter addressed to Mr. J. A. Benjamin, stating that his body would be found behind ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. DRUNKENNESS AND SOLDIERING.

    Drunkenness is the worst attribute of irregular soldiering upon five shillings a day. If the colonial has the money he will drink. Where the average white man greets a friend and ...

    Article : 261 words
  17. A MESS DINNER.

    The officers of the 3rd Kennedy Regiment entertained Major Toll and Captain Carroll at a mess dinner at Bickell's Hotel last night. Captain Huxtable presided. There were ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. Meteorological.

    The temperatures recorded for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day were as follows: Maximum, 81.3 degrees ; minimum. 53.2 degrees. ...

    Article : 22 words
  19. SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  20. Coming Events.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 12 words
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  22. A QUESTION OF TOMBSTONES.

    An American has remarked that for " downright substantial engraved lying " commend him to a " wellplanted" cemetery. The question of tombstones was before the ...

    Article : 458 words
  23. SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 words
  24. A KENNIFF SCARE.

    People below the range as far as La[?]dley, had a bit of a "Kenniff" scare on Thursday evening (writes the Holidon correspondent of the Toowooraba Chronicle of May 17). It ...

    Article : 189 words
  25. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

    Major Toll leaves Charters Towers on Monday next for the South. He will probably again return to South Africa, but his movements are uncertain at present. ...

    Article : 32 words
  26. A GOOD BAG.

    Messrs. De Castres, J. B. Lewis and Tom Jones, had good sport at Malone's, on the river, on Wednesday and Thursday last. The ducks flew well, and the result of the outing was a ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. PING PONG TOURNAMENT.

    A great Ping Pong tournament and dance lakes place in the School of Arts on Thursday, June 12, in aid of the Benevolent Society. Splendid prizes are to be offered, and the ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. Decadent Palestine.

    Regarded as a pastoral country, Palestine is no longer the "land flowing with milk and honey." But where are the beautiful fruit gardens ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

    There are certain associations working for the benefit of humanity generally, the carrying on of which associations always leaves the mind of the average layman in a state of ...

    Article : 323 words
  30. Trotting and Pony Racing Club.

    A meeting of members of the newly -formed Trotting and Pony Racing Club was held at the Sportsman's Arms Hotel lost evening, when about 25 sportsmen were present Mr. ...

    Article : 302 words
  31. HORSE PULLING CONTESTS.

    At a meeting of the promoters of the horse pulling contests, to take place at the Towers show, held at Messrs. A. B. Bright and Co.'s office lost night, it was stated that £35 bod ...

    Article : 106 words
  32. £500 for a Tulip.

    It is hard to realise a single tulip at one time frequently sold at from £250 to £500, when they now can be bought for 3s. per hundred bulbs. ...

    Article : 200 words
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  34. LUCKY LEGATEES.

    Two or three lucky gentlemen were first at the death- bed of the late Mr. James Hetherington. His medical adviser told him the end was at hand, and that if he had any relatives ...

    Article : 106 words
  35. Advertising

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  36. PSYCHIC FOODS.

    The new notion of " psychic foods," by means of which the special talents of the consumers are said to be developed in remarkable fashion, remind one of the Mark Twain ...

    Article : 103 words
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