That bickering and quarrelling seems to be the fashion among divisional boards at the present time, for no sooner dues one board give it best than another takes up the due and tries to ...
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Advertising : 171 wordsFebruary 14.—BARRA[?]OOL, s., 9[?]2 tons, Captain Lewis Tindall, from Melbourne and Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames M’Mahon, Stewart, M’Guire and 4 children, Bundi[?] and 2 children. Smith, [?] Williams, ...
Article : 64 wordsThe business people of South Brisbane and Woolloongabba have determined to mark the occasion of the election of their first mayor by keeping close holiday to-morrow from noon, ...
Article : 73 wordsFebruary 13 —CULGOA, s., [?] tons. Captain A. Goodall, for Noosa. Passsengers:. Misses G[?]l, Kelly, Dwyer, Messrs. Holme and Briggs. M’Ghi[?], Luya, and Co., agents. ...
Article : 104 wordsAn interesting lecture was given last evening in the Wharf-street Baptist Church, in connection with the Christian Endeavour Society, by the Rev. W. Higlett, of ...
Article : 113 wordsFebruary 13.—CANDIDATE, ketch, 86 tons, Captain Gus Triman, from Sydney, via Numb[?], with timber, J. H. Maynard, agent. February 13.—CULGOA, s., 63 tons, Captain A. ...
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Family Notices : 118 wordsA fearful tragedy, the hero of which was Theodore Popel, a young Russian officer, the heroine one Jeanne Perron, a figurante at the theatre of the Chatean d’Eau, barely out of ...
Article : 360 wordsFebruary 13.-CULGOA, s., 61 tons, Captain A. Goodall, for Noosa, with a general cargo. [?] Luya, and Co., agents. February 18.—SOVEREIGN, schooner, 8[?] tons, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe inconvenience occasioned by the scarcity of wharf labourers owing to the unpre[?]dented activity in shipping circles, was severely felt on Saturday by the A.U.S.N. Company. The ...
Article : 173 wordsCandidate, ketch, from Sydney, via Numbucca: 21 pieces hardwood containing 10,572 superficial feet, and 1559 pieces hardwood containing 27,036 superficial feet. ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsAll Contributions to the Observer, whether in the shape of Letters to the Editor or information to the "O[?] Dit Man," must be authenticated with the name and address of the writer. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 wordsThe steamer Lady Musgrave returned to Brisbane on Sunday night and has landed in splendid condition 140 tons of sugar and a quantity of tallow and hides. It will be ...
Article : 328 wordsRanelagh, s., for Sydney: 3 bags oysters, 1 case pines, and 3 bundles kangaroo sk[?]s. ...
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Advertising : 10 wordsFor Sydney.—Barrabool at 8 p.m. and Quiring at 3 p.m. to-day. For Maryborough and Rockhampton.—Fitzroy 4 at 4 p.m. to-day, and Balmain at 2 p.m. ...
Article : 52 wordsA Boston newspaper man has collected a lot of typographical errors that have the merit of being now and printed them in the Transcript. Here is an extraordinary sentence: "Thestay at ...
Article : 323 wordsIT is gratifying to find, from the report of the Inspector-General of Police for New South Wales, that in that colony crime of a serious character, with the one exception of ...
Article : 675 wordsTHE discussion upon smallpox which took place at the last meeting of the Central Board of Health ought to open the eyes of the Government to the necessity for being ...
Article : 554 wordsAlexandra, s., is still in port. Archer, s., is still in port. Agnes, schooner, from Maryborough for Cairns, cleared Woody Island at 8.[?]0 a.m. on Sunday. Alice Mury, barque, is still at Cooktown. ...
Article : 1,447 wordsMails will be made up and closed at the General Post Office as under:— ROCKHAMPTON, MACKAY, TOWNSVILLE, CARDWELL, CA[?]INS, PORT DOUGLAS, AND COOKTOWN.— ...
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Advertising : 328 wordsThe directors of the Melbourne Tramway Company have declined to give the assurance demanded by the employes belonging to the Trade Union, to the effect that all ...
Article : 254 wordsThe burning of the Grand Theatre, Islington, confirms the worst opinions which can be held regarding this class of risk. The building had "all the latest modern improvements," ...
Article : 428 wordsAfter an exciting and enjoyable game on Saturday afternoon, the members of the Brisbane Bowling Club held their eighth annual meeting. There were present Messrs. P. ...
Article : 158 wordsWe have to congratulate the ladies who have undertaken to collect books for the hospital library upon the good work they have taken in hand. It is always a ...
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Advertising : 74 wordsCaptain F. H. Stanford, of the steamer Leura, wires that that vessel, arrived in Melbourne yesterday, after another good passage of forty-three hours from Sydney. ...
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Evening Observer (Brisbane, Qld. : 1887 - 1907), Tue 14 Feb 1888, Page 4
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