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 wordsON 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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsRichard Mills, a farm laborer, was drowned yesterday, in the Mary river. A child named M'Donald was drowned in ...
Article : 59 wordsMay 2. Enoch Chambers, the engineer, was accidentally killed to-day. May 3. Captain Fyan, the founder Geelong, is ...
Article : 50 wordsSIR,—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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsApril 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. ...
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Article : 45 wordsThe 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 wordsMay 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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsCan 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 wordsSIR,—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 wordsApril 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 wordsA 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 wordsSIR,—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 ...
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The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Sat 7 May 1870, Page 2
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