The Chief Secretary to-day received three deputations in reference to the early-closing provisions of the Factories and Shops Act. The first was from the Shopkeepers' Union, which ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Maryborough Permanent Building Society at their annual meeting to-day de-clared a dividend of 1134 per cent. A public meeting will be held on Friday ...
Article : 170 wordsIT has been ascertained that the man who committed suicide at Hackney a few days ago was not an Australian colonist. THE NEW CABINET. ...
Article : 275 wordsJuly 29.--BURWAH, P., 700 tons, Captain J. H. South, from Rockhampton and Maryborough. Passongers: Mesdames J. Woodyat, A. Ander-son. H. Cosgrove, and W. H. Couldery, child. and ...
Article : 2,269 wordsFine rains have fallen in the north-west pastoral country. At the Port Augusta Circuit Court, the late Mayor Knipe pleaded guilty to the charge of ...
Article : 59 wordsThere was a good fall of rain last Saturday. The weather is now fine and clear. Grass and water are plentiful. ...
Article : 26 wordsWeather fine, with clear days, cold nights, and heavy dues. During the month ninety- one points of rain have fallen. ...
Article : 25 wordsA mail-cart upset while fording the South Esk, near Avoca, and several mail bags were lost. Parliament is expected, to meet about the ...
Article : 36 wordsDr. Kelynack delivered an interesting lec-ture in tho Wesleyan Church to-night on "Fiji Missions." The sum of £24 was col-lected. ...
Article : 151 wordsAt the City Club to-day Earl Granvillo an-nounced that the Imperial Government had allowed the Queensland gunboat Gayundah to carry the white ensign. He also stated that ...
Article : 464 wordsTHE cricket match between the Australians and an English eleven was continued at StokE to-day. The attendance was good; and the weather fine. The visitors resumed their ...
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Advertising : 104 wordsWE are informed that the dock dues in respect to the vessel Glaucus, pending the pay-ment of which she was detained, have been paid, and the vessel was released on Saturday ...
Article : 64 words"MUCH Ado about Nothing" which has been played to full houses all the week, will be per-formed for the last time to-night. Mr. H. A. Jones's successful comedy-drama, "Saints and ...
Article : 65 wordsThe weather during the past week has been fine and clear, south-east winds prevailing; rainfall, nil. Crushing is proceeding at the Hambledown ...
Article : 111 wordsA MEETING of the local committee of the proposed new division of Stephens was held at the Thompson Estate on Tuesday evening last, when it was reported that 127 signatures had ...
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Family Notices : 137 wordsTHE Queensland Scottish Rifle Volunteers assembled for drill last evening for the first-time resplendent in their new kilts. The corps was under the command of Major ...
Article : 80 wordsTHE Colonial and Indian Exhibition would appear to be beginning to bear fruit already. We notice that the exhibits of manganese ore from Gladstone have attracted the notice of ...
Article : 61 wordsA large and enthusiastic public meeting was hold here last night, John Newell, Esq., in the chair. The following resolutions were carried unanimously:--(1) "AsHerberton and George ...
Article : 111 wordsAT the committee meeting of the Hospital for Sick Children, held yesterday afternoon, there were nine ladies present. The lady superintendent reported for the past week as ...
Article : 78 wordsALL Contributions to the Observer, whether in the shape of Letters to the Editor or informa-tion to the "On Dit Man," must be authenti-cated with the name and address of the writer. ...
Article : 37 wordsAN analysis of the late Sydney sheep sales shows that the Queensland sheep took a promi-nent position amongst the general averages, being largely in excess of any of the Victorian ...
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Advertising : 48 wordsTHE ordinary meeting of the Fire Brigade Board, which should have been held yesterday afternoon, lapsed for want of a quorum, the mayor and. Mr. J. Thomson being the on ...
Article : 128 wordsOne inch and twenty-nine points of rain have fallen during the past week. The only stock movements to report are 117 horses from Roma to Georgina River for sale. ...
Article : 40 wordsIN the Supreme Court in Insolvency yester-day, before his Honour Mr. Justice Mein, in the matter of W. H. Brebble, gloss merchant, of Brisbane, an order was made for the exami- ...
Article : 122 wordsFURTHER consideration of the provisions of the Local Authorities (Joint Action) Bill does not commend several of them more favourably to our judgment. The perpetual ...
Article : 1,348 wordsParliament sat till 3 this morning, and then progress was reported. A tram accident occurred this morning in Oxford-street. A boy named George Mitchell ...
Article : 268 wordsTHE Rev. George Muller ... to a large congregation in the Free Methodist Church last night. The Rev. Osborne Lilley opened the proceedings with prayer, and after the ...
Article : 161 wordsAt the monthly Land Court yesterday, before Mr. Commissioner Cardew, twenty-two appli-cations for agricultural farms were considered. Of these, nineteen were accepted for a total ...
Article : 41 wordsFROM a private source we learn that, at a public meeting held at Watsonville on Monday evening, it was resolved to petition the Post-master-General to divert the telegraph line in ...
Article : 206 wordsTHE cabmen of Brisbane are just now learning by experience the value of that buruing affection for the working man which some public men feel at election ...
Article : 638 wordsTHERE was a large audience in the Exhibition building last evening, over 1600 perzons being present to hear Dr. Guinness's final lecture. He took for his subject the words "The ...
Article : 145 wordsThe coach was forced to return to Morven from Angellala Creek to-day. The driver re-ports a party of men are wanted to clear the mud from the crossing before a passage is ...
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Daily Observer (Ipswich, Qld. : 1883 - 1887), Thu 29 Jul 1886, Page 4
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