A destructive fire occurred at Parkes on Monday morning, when four shops were totally consumed, and the A.J.S. Bank, the best building in the town, was completely gutted. ...
Article : 66 wordsOur Pontefract correspondent telegraphs that a desperate and destructive riot took place last night at Ackton Hall [?], near Pontefract, belonging to Lord Masham. ...
Article : 1,706 wordsA cold [?] morning was experienced at Epsom. Going was heavy, though some good time was made. Miller was first out, and [?] put in long three-quarter-pace work. ...
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Advertising : 248 wordsWith regard to the paragraph published yesterday from the Western Champion stating that a spirit of disaffection had arisen among the bush workers, and that this ...
Article : 110 words[?] and Badge have brought under the notice of the Commissioner for Crown Lands a new patent for exterminating rabbits. The process involves the use of a chemical ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Excellency the Governor has received a cable, dated 16th instant from the Governor of [?], in French, offering his congratulations upon the connection established by cable ...
Article : 178 wordsTHE naval demonstrations in the Moditerranean are not perhaps so significant as the French would like the world to believe. Yet there is quite enough in the position to ...
Article : 538 wordsColonel George W. Bell, the newly appointed Consul for the United States of America, was a passenger from Vancouver by the steamer Warrimoo on her last trip. Colonel Bell is an ...
Article : 1,091 wordsThe railway receipts last week showed a decrease of £9300 with the corresponding week of last year. The falling off since the beginning of the financial year as compared with last ...
Article : 82 wordsThe quotation elsewhere for Queensland Deposit debentures is incorrect. It should read 15s. buyers instead of 16s. ...
Article : 19 wordsFor the past few days Torpedo-gunner Miles, assisted by the crew of the clamshell dredge, who are all members of the local Naval Brigade, has been busy making preparations for ...
Article : 153 wordsThe steamer [?] passed yesterday bound west. The schooner Myrtle arrived from Port Moresby yesterday with 45 tons of sandalwood ...
Article : 41 wordsThe following is a report of the state of the Goodna Hospital for the week ending 14th instant:—In the house at last report, 504 males, 308 females; since admitted, 1 male; ...
Article : 88 wordsCharlie Ah Yea, on remand, charged with having a pearl in his possession for which he could not satisfactorily account, was again brought up at the City Police Court this ...
Article : 129 wordsA meeting of the subscribers to the Flood Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall this morning. Mr. J. A. Clark occupied the chair, and about a dozen gentlemen attended. ...
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Family Notices : 98 wordsThomas Ryan, aged 46, was charged at the City Police Court this morning, before Mr. P. Pinnock, P.M., with the suspected larceny of a cedar boat on the 14th instant, the property of ...
Article : 59 wordsTonic sol-in demonstration, Exhibition Building, 21st October. Excursions. Railway excursions to Melbourne, 30th October ...
Article : 55 wordsBefore Mr. P. Pinnock, P.M. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Johannah Sullivan, aged 28, was fined £2, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for being disorderly. ...
Article : 98 wordsAll Contributions to the Observer, whether in the shape of Letters to the Editor or information to the "On Dit Man," must be authenticated with the name and address of the writer. ...
Article : 35 wordsIT is abundantly evident from the despatches of Lord Ripon to the Premier of Victoria and our own Governor on the question of the New Caledonian cable that ...
Article : 570 wordsCHARTERS TOWERS keeps up its reputation as the premier goldfield in Australia. The present year promises to show a larger yield of gold than 1892 and increased dividends, ...
Article : 541 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the Phoenix Lodge, 2607, G.U.O.O.F., was held on Monday night in the hall. Brunswick-street, Valley. N.G. Bro. F. V. Williams was in the chair. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Brisbane Debating Society (Parliamentary branch) was held in Darragh's Buildings on Monday evening. About twenty members attended, including the ...
Article : 303 wordsA traveller by the Western mail train, who arrived in town early on the morning of the 12th instant (says the Rockhampton Bulletin), tells of a severe storm that occurred on ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Empire Minstrel and Specialty Company at the Gaiety Theatre have been materially strengthened by the addition to the combination of the Connor Brothers. These three ...
Article : 145 wordsA case, said to be the first of its kind ever brought in the colony, was begun in the Equity Court before the Chief Judge, the Municipal Council of Paddington being the plaintiff and ...
Article : 257 wordsAmong London guardians there appears to be an uneasy conviction (says the Daily News) that some sort of a new departure in their dealings with the unemployed will shortly ...
Article : 175 wordsBushell and Company's Tea Packages are now stamped with a lac simile of their Signature and Price (none genuine without), and only obtainable at 138 and 140 Queen-street. ...
Article : 39 wordsThere is every probability (says our correspondent) that next year will see a sugar-mill in process of erection at Headland Bay by the combined private enterprise of several ...
Article : 123 wordsMails via San Francisco are due by train to-night, and will be delivered by letter-carriers at 8.30 a.m. and at G.P.O. at 9 a.m. to-morrow. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. W. [?], of the Acclimatisation Society, writes:— " Referring to an item appearing in your second edition of yesterday headed 'Mackay Memos.,' there is not the ...
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Evening Observer (Brisbane, Qld. : 1887 - 1907), Tue 17 Oct 1893, Page 2
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