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  2. LATEST BY WIRE.

    A Finance, Building, and Organising Committee of the Imperial Institute has been appointed. Belgium and Australia. ...

    Article : 146 words
  3. NO FURTHER CASES.

    There are no further cases of smallpox at the quarantine station. All the patients are doing well. Celebration of the Centenary. ...

    Article : 330 words
  4. More About Larrikinism.

    What is a larrikin:--Ask a dozen different men and pat come a dozen different answers. The boy who runs the streets; the lad who likes a lark; the boy who is beyond control; ...

    Article : 2,943 words
  5. Ship on F re.

    An alarm of fire was rung out shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, and it was soon ascertained that the barque George R. Crowe, 543 tons, Captain M. L. Chisholm, lying in ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  6. Cairns Railway.

    At the Cabinet meeting to-day, the Minister for Works declined to recommend any of the tenders for the Cairns-Herberton railway for acceptance. ...

    Article : 24 words
  7. The Under Secretary Indisposed.

    Mr. R. J. Gray, Under Colonial Secretary, who was prevented by unexpected illness from attending the banquet to the Premier last night, is to-day confined to his house. Mr. Gray's ...

    Article : 44 words
  8. The Arrowroot Accident.

    Symington, the old man who was injured while carrying a bag of arrowroot on Monday, died at the hospital at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 27 words
  9. A Few Little Farms.

    The Executive approval has been sought for opening the following lands for selection:-- Dalby land agent's district: On a resumed portion of Jimbour run, in the parish of Cooranga, ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. The P. and O. Company's Mails.

    The English mails per the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Bengal, which arrived in Adelaide on Friday last, and were forwarded overland to Sydney, left for Brisbane in the ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. Continuous Brakes.

    The Railway Department have for some time past been endeavouring to have all the principal passenger trains fitted with vaccuum brakes, and as fast as the material arrives the ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. In Liquidation.

    A petition for the liquidation by arrangement of the estate of Henry Meyer, sugar-grower, of Newhaven, Southport, was filed yesterday. The liabilities are stated, at £3190 ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. Suppressing Spitting.

    A filthy and disagreeable habit of spitting on the floor of the Police Court, accompanied by uncomfortable noises, that has prevailed for some time, was strongly animadverted upon ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. The Harbour Traffic.

    An inquiry was opened at the Immigration Office this morning into the cases connected with the voyage of the labour schooner Eliza Mary, which arrived at Bundaberg on the ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. Reuter's Cables.

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Rome, from Melbourne 14th December, for London, arrived here this evening. LONDON, January 17. ...

    Article : 657 words
  16. Victoria.

    At a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday the Chief Secretary and the Minister of Defence, who are to represent this colony at the Imperial Conference, were thoroughly informed of the ...

    Article : 517 words
  17. The New South Wales Ministry.

    It not possible yet to give a full list of the new Ministry; but Sir Henry Parkes has progressed so far in its formation that he is prepared to take office at once, and the Ministry ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. Drowned in a Creek.

    On Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock two men named Reid and Farquison, living on the Grafton Estate beside a small creek or inlet from Breakfast Creek, entered the creek to bathe, ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. An Ipswich Bridge.

    A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Macfarlane, Kellett, and Salkeld, MM.L.A., and Alderman Willey, of Ipswich, waited on the Minister for Works yesterday to urge upon ...

    Article : 155 words
  20. Alleged Cruelty to a Horse.

    Henry B. Tilbey, on remand, was charged with cruelly beating a mare the property of Metropolitan Tramway Company on Wednesday, the 12th instant. Mr. F. Dickson ...

    Article : 854 words
  21. A Nasty Jar.

    A. G. Taylor Wants the Queen to Recall Lord Carrington for Refusing to Exercise His Prerogative. ...

    Article : 257 words
  22. South Australia.

    Messrs. Chaffey Bros, submitted to the Premier yesterday a proposal on the basis of the original scheme laid before the Victorian Government. This was considered at a ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. Divisional Board Elections.

    Mr. J. Watson, the returning-officer for the Bulimba Division, at noon yesterday declared Mr. C. F. Uhlmann duly elected for No. 1 sub-division, there being no other candidate ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. New Zealand.

    Nine yearlings, valued at 5220 guineas, owned by Messrs. Chirnside, Pearson, E. Mitohelson, and Dr. Bowler were shipped for Sydney to-day. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. CITY POLICE COURT.

    Before Mr. P. Pinnook, P.M., and J. Lehane, J.P. DRUNKENNESS.--Four persons charged with drunkenness pleaded guilty and were ...

    Article : 148 words
  26. Olla Podrida

    Mr. W. Stevenson offers himself for re-election for the Booroodabin division. Mr. Elliott Bland was sworn in as a justice of the peace before Mr. E. Mac Donnell, J.P. ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. Intercolonial News.

    Inquiries having been made into the working of the sub-departments of the Treasury with a view to retrenchment, it has been found that a saving of about £8000 may be effected. The ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. 3000 Tons Coal.

    The Commissioner for Railways has accepted the tenders of Marthin Norman for 3000 tons of Queensland, coal, to be delivered at Townsville for use on the Northern railway. Amount, ...

    Article : 33 words
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