THE progress of the surveys of runs in the West which are to bo thrown open for selection has been more rapid than was expected, and some of the grazing farms will shortly be ...
Article : 42 wordsAn Anarchist riot took place on the Paris racecourse to-day. The rioters were armed with pistols and vitriol, which they used freely against tho gentlemen speculating in ...
Article : 233 wordsTHE total value of the trade of India exceeds $250,000,000 annually. HOLLAND sent to the United States during the past year$250,000,000 worth of flowering bulbs. ...
Article : 1,442 wordsTHE Railway Department yesterday received tender for ten covered goods waggons 26ft. long, and ten timber waggons, for tho Northern Railway, from the Toowoomba Foundry ...
Article : 51 wordsTHE troubles of the Wesleyan Church in Tonga have recently been brought prominently under the notice of the public through the reports of the recent New South Wales and ...
Article : 177 wordsTHAT the people of Petric-terrace, although no more partial to policemen than most people, liked them better in the barracks than the permanent force men. ...
Article : 1,526 wordsTHE Commissioner for Railways and the Traffic Manager are to-day visiting the second section of the Brisbane Valley railway to select sites for stations and make other ...
Article : 34 wordsTHE general election for the Legislative Assembly took place today. The following are the results of the polling for tho various electorates so for as they have been received:- ...
Article : 156 wordsTHE Hon. John Douglas, O.M.G., and Captain A Musgrave, Deputy Commissioner for New Guinca, left Cooktown this morning for Brisbane, where they will consult with the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe hopper barge Dugong has been kindly lent as a flagship for the Babbidge Cup Regatta, to take place on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th instant. The master of the vessel. ...
Article : 89 wordsLIEUT.-COLONEL BLAILAND has been appointed Acting O.P.S. at Townsville. Mr. Handley-Dean, the present O.P.S, will be transferred to Maryborough during the ...
Article : 55 wordsA GENERAL meeting of the Commercial Travellers Association was held at the Australian Hotel last night, Mr. G.A.W. Kibble, president in the chair. A telegram was ...
Article : 199 wordsTHE Messageries-Maritlmes steamship Yarra, which arrived hero on the 28th February, has been placed in somewhat of a dilemma. The Yarra, while passing through the Suez ...
Article : 145 wordsCAPTAIN SORENSEN, of the alleged piratical schooner Douro, under arrest for an unnatural offence in the Pacific, arrived in Brisbane from Cooktown last night. The mate ...
Article : 56 wordsSHORTLY before 2 o'clock this morning the inhabitants of Ipswich were aroused from their slumbers by tho clanging of bells and tho blowing of steam whistles, and as these sounds have ...
Article : 1,251 wordsThe total crushings for February amount to 5897 tons, which yielded 9471oz. of gold, or an average of loz. 12dwt. 11gr. per ton. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe labour schooner Flora has been for some time past preparing for a voyage to the South Seas, and was to have sailed yesterday. She was inspected by Sir Ralph Gore, Bart, ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Acting Colonial Architect has received instructions to push on the work connected with the altered specifications for tho new public offices. The draughtsmen will be ...
Article : 51 wordsThe much talked of eclipse of the sun this morning was a decided fraud and the cause of a good deal of disappointment in Brisbane. According to the Nautical Almanac, Pugh's, ...
Article : 325 wordsWITH reference to the cablegram received by Mr. F. Barr-Smith from London, concerning the Commercial Bank of South Australia, it may be interesting to add the exact text of the ...
Article : 413 wordsA child named Ross died very suddenly last night at the residence of its parents in Branswick-street, Fortitude Valley, the cause of death being unknown. At the wish of the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe ceremony of launching their, new screwsteamer Tarshaw took place at Messrs. W. Pettigrew and Son's yards, at half-past 11 o'clock this morning. A staging had been ...
Article : 240 wordsMR J. H. DANIELLS, Engineer for Bridges, leaves for tho North to-day, for the purpose of inspecting tho Fitzroy Bridge at Rockchampton, as well as the bridge now being completed ...
Article : 66 wordsThe special meeting of the committee of the Dorunda Relief Fund called for this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Town Hall, was postponed to the same hour and place on Tuesday ...
Article : 59 wordsA PAINFUL accident befel a lad named William Crust, employed at Messrs. Dath, Henderson, and Co,'s saw-mill, Bulimba, this morning. Crust was working at a machine ...
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Advertising : 731 wordsA DEPUTATION, consisting of Captain Pennefather, and Messrs. A S. Cowley, H. J. Haigh and P. J. Cochrane, waited on the Hon. the Colonial Secretary this morning to ask that ...
Article : 429 wordsWe understand that an infinential deputation of ratepayer, property-holder, and resident in the Ithaca division intend during the ensuing week to wait upon the chairman of ...
Article : 60 wordsTHE sad news of Dr. Power's death will be received with general regret. Dr. Power has been closely identified with the Wide Bay and Burnett district his father having ...
Article : 458 wordsTHE action brought by, the Booroodabin Divisional Board against toe Brisbane Corporation for £4000 damages, arising out of the alleged drainage from the municipality into ...
Article : 76 wordsTHE successful tenderer for the erection, of the municipal wharves at North Quay commenced his contract a few days ago. The amount of the tender, which was accepted ...
Article : 137 wordsBefore the police magistrate. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. -- Two persons charged with being drunk were discharged, and three persons charged with being drunk and ...
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Daily Observer (Ipswich, Qld. : 1883 - 1887), Sat 6 Mar 1886, Page 5
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