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  2. Crazing Farms.

    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 words
  3. Second Edition.

    An 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 words
  4. PITH AND POINT.

    THE 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 words
  5. Tenders Received.

    THE 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 words
  6. Trouble in Tonga.

    THE 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 words
  7. ON DIT.

    THAT 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 words
  8. The Commissioner on his Travels.

    THE 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 words
  9. The Victorian General Election.

    THE 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 words
  10. Douglas Coming Down.

    THE 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 words
  11. Babbidge Cup Regatta.

    The 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 words
  12. Blaxland in Luck.

    LIEUT.-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 words
  13. Commercial Travellers.

    A 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 words
  14. Accident to the Yarra.

    THE 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 words
  15. Sorensen and His Accusers.

    CAPTAIN 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 words
  16. Fire at the Railway Workshops.

    SHORTLY 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 words
  17. Charters Towers.

    The total crushings for February amount to 5897 tons, which yielded 9471oz. of gold, or an average of loz. 12dwt. 11gr. per ton. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. The Flora Detained.

    The 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 words
  19. The Public Offices.

    The 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 words
  20. The Eclipse.

    The 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 words
  21. The Adelaide Bank Failure.

    WITH 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 words
  22. Sadden Death.

    A 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 words
  23. A Launch.

    The 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 words
  24. What Daniells is Doing.

    MR 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 words
  25. Dorunda Relief Fund.

    The 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 words
  26. Painful Accident.

    A 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 ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 731 words
  28. Ingham Requirements.

    A 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 words
  29. Houses of III-fame.

    We 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 words
  30. Dr. Power.

    THE 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 words
  31. Brisbane and Booroodabin.

    THE 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 words
  32. The North Quay Wharf.

    THE 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 words
  33. CITY POLICE COURT.

    Before the police magistrate. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. -- Two persons charged with being drunk were discharged, and three persons charged with being drunk and ...

    Article : 343 words
  34. Sunday Services.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 words
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