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  2. Letters to the Editor.

    Beta (Coomera)—The salary of the Postmaster-General, Queensland, is £600 per annum—quite enough, we can assure "Beta." Improver (Enoggera).—Hunter's Text Book of English ...

    Article : 213 words
  3. Latest by Telegraph.

    ON Thursday evening a large number of miners came into town from the new rush They state that Boyd's gully is almost deserted, but that the prospects at a place fire miles ...

    Article : 293 words
  4. THE NEW ARRIVALS BY THE PLANET.

    SIR,—Although I have seen a great deal of the colony, I am still hardly out of my "new, chum-hood," consequently I take much interest in all the new arrivals from home; and, as the ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. A TEST FOR GOLD.

    SIR,—Could you or any of your correspondents inform me of any simple method of testing the value of gold, as sometimes we can only get £3 3s. 6d. per ounce for what appears to us ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. THE ALBERT FERRY.

    SIR,—Should there be found an adequate supply of light under my bushel to per[?]etrate and dispel the foggy gloom amidst which "Over!" who writes in your last issue, seems to ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. MARYBOROUGH.

    Richard Mills, a farm laborer, was drowned yesterday, in the Mary river. A child named M'Donald was drowned in ...

    Article : 59 words
  8. MELBOURNE.

    May 2. Enoch Chambers, the engineer, was accidentally killed to-day. May 3. Captain Fyan, the founder Geelong, is ...

    Article : 50 words
  9. LADIES AND MUSIC IN THE HOUSE.

    SIR,—To Mr. Rosenstengel's -excellent suggestion that each member of the House provides himself with a piper, in order that his speeches may be the more easily set to music, I ...

    Article : 400 words
  10. AN ILLEGAL TENDER.

    SIR,—In the way of business I often receive small remittances in postage stamps, and occasionally registration stamps, which through carelessness or ignorance, get out of the hands ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. ADELAIDE.

    April 30. Some samples of Queensland sugar were exhibited at the Exchange yesterday. They attracted considerable attention, and some of the samples were very much admired. ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. GLADSTONE.

    Reports from the to-called "Kroombit Diggings" are to the effect that there are about eight hundred men on the ground. Everything ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. YESTERDAY'S SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 words
  14. PROTECTION ADVOCATES.

    SIR,—Permit me to say a word or two in answer to the letter signed "Crocus," in your Saturday's issue. From the platform of Prohibition "Crocus" ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. ROCKHAMPTON.

    Two nuggets have been brought in from a new rush on the Cawarral, and have been purchased by the banks. One weighed ninety-one ounces, and the other forty ounces. ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. TOWNSVILLE.

    The Boomerang, s., leaves here this evening with five thousand ounces of gold. The crushing at Ravenswood commenced last week. The first lot of tons ...

    Article : 42 words
  17. CLERMONT.

    May 2. The Separation meeting, to have been held at Copperfield on Saturday evening, was adjourned for a week. At the meeting of the electors, held at ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. LADIES AND PARLIAMENT.

    SIR,—I write this letter not because I wish to continue a newspaper war about "ladies and Parliament," but in defence of the Queen's English, by showing "L.E.L.M." what a ...

    Article : 532 words
  19. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

    Can MORRTON.—Arrival: May 6. Queensland, s., from the Northern Ports. PILOT STATION.—May 6. The Clarence, s., is anchored off the Station, as there is too much ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. AN EXPLANATION.

    SIR,—In a recent police case reported in your journal, O'Keefe v. O'Keefe, I beg to state that I have no connection with the plaintiff or defendant. I would not have encroached on ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. SYDNEY.

    April 29. The brig Spray, and an unknown vessel, have been wrecked near Bulli. The crew of the former was saved. The ketch Dauntless has been wracked off ...

    Article : 702 words
  22. Current News.

    A Government Gazette "extraordinary" was issued yesterday announcing that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly had that day issued a writ for the election of a member for the Port ...

    Article : 4,500 words
  23. FREE EDUCATION.

    SIR,—I should like, with your permission, to say a few words on the subject of free education, more especially as I believe the remarks lately made in the House, by Mr. Groom, are ...

    Article : 664 words
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