News has been received of a sensational occurrence in New York, where several large tailoring workshops took fire. At the time there were 300 persons inside, and ...
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Article : 20 wordsIn the county cricket match Yorkshire v. Surrey to-day, the former won by 59 runs. ...
Article : 26 wordsAt the meeting of the Marine Board of Queensland, held yesterday, a second-class engineer’s certificate of competency was granted to J. Gain. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Prince of Wales’s new yacht Britannia won the Commodore’s Cup in the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht. Club regatta at Dover, defeating the Earl of Dunraven’s ...
Article : 324 wordsThe adjourned monthly meeting of the Brisbanc Licensing Board was held at the City Police Court ihis morning. There were present—Messrs. P. Pinnock, P.M., in ...
Article : 166 wordsThough the weather has now moderated the news received from the country points out that great distress is being caused by the continuous floods. The valley of the Clarence River is ...
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Article : 70 wordsA correspondent telegraphs from Limestone as follows:—At a large meeting of depositors in the Bank of North Queensland, held in the Union Hall at Limestone, it was unanimously ...
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Article : 432 wordsMessrs. Moxon and Company’s steamer Kurrara has made a very fast run to Thursday Island. She left Brisbane at 1 a.m. on the 4th instant; called at Townsville, where she ...
Article : 104 wordsThe opening meeting of the Working Girls’ Club was held in St. John’s schoolroom yesterday evening at half-past 7 o’clock. Lady Norman presided, and was accompanied by ...
Article : 366 wordsIn connection with the day of prayer as appointed by the Brisbane Ministers’ Association the South Brisbane Committee have completed arrangements for a good series of ...
Article : 117 wordsA private wire received from Mr. Bentley’s Press representative (Mr. A. M. Seaton) this morning states that owing to the delay caused through the floods the opening performance of ...
Article : 107 wordsNotes of suspended banks taken at John Hunter’s City Boot Palace, Queen and Edward streets, and all his branch shops. Still selling at sale prices. All goods marked in plain ...
Article : 34 wordsThe protracted struggle between Mr. Passey (Brisbane) and Mr. Allen (of Ipswich) terminated last night at the School of Arts, Ipswich, in favour of the former. There were two games ...
Article : 88 wordsQUEENSLAND is to be congratulated on the attitude and utterances of her worthy Governor on religious questions. There are those amongst us no doubt who with all ...
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Advertising : 43 wordsWe have received a letter signed by two cabmen complaining that yesterday, although cabs were standing outside the Central Station eager for a job, railway porters were despatched from ...
Article : 107 wordsThe B.I.S.N. Company are in receipt of cable messages stating that the Taroba left Port Said homewards on the 11th instant, the Merkara left Colombo homewards on the 9th, ...
Article : 48 wordsCanon Kommis delivered the third of his series of “Silver Readings” in All Saints Schoolroom, Ann-street, last night, in the presence of a large and appreciative audience. ...
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Article : 314 wordsAdvices received by the Railway Department this morning from the Wide Bay and Burnett districts state that the line between Maryborough and Bundaberg and the Gladstone ...
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Advertising : 198 wordsThe weekly committed meeting of the Lady Musgrave Lodge was held yesterday. Lady Norman presided, and Mesdames J.H. Smith, Oxley, Salton, Reading, Keith, Clark, Poole, H. Smith, ...
Article : 309 wordsIt is not generally known that a firm in this city have in their possession a huge ledger on which many thousands of our citizens are utterly dependent for their comfort and good vision. It ...
Article : 228 wordsA question was raised in the South Brisbane Municipal Council meeting yesterday concerning the stoppage of ferry communication, during Monday last. The reply of the mayor ...
Article : 196 wordsNotes of suspended banks taken at John Hunter’s City Boot Palace, Queen and Edward streets, and all his branch shops. Still selling at sale prices. All goods marked in plain ...
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Advertising : 97 wordsABDUL WADE is not a white man literallyI or figuratively. He has a black body and a black heart. So at least his unhappy countrymen, brought to South Australia to ...
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Evening Observer (Brisbane, Qld. : 1887 - 1907), Wed 14 Jun 1893, Page 4
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