WHILE members of Parliament have been discussing night after night the relative virtues of free-trade anti protection, while they have been proposing amendments and ...
Article : 1,124 wordsAn exhibition of dissolving views descriptive of a journey from London to Home will be given this evening in the Institute, Toowong, by Mr. W. Langham. The connective readings ...
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Article : 303 wordsFour train loads of fat sheep from Isis Downs were trucked to Rockhampton from Barcaldine during the week, comprising 5280 head, and consigned to the Lake’s Cr[?]ck Preserving Works. ...
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Article : 1,093 wordsThe Brisbane Grammar School boys will hold their annual sports on Saturday next at the Exhibition Grounds. There are eighteen events on the programme, including 150 yards ...
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Article : 255 wordsA very extraordinary incident occurred in the Assembly Chamber last night when Mr. M'Haster, member for the Valley made an exhibition of himself which was enough to ...
Article : 249 wordsThe following is an attempt to present in succinct form the more serious evils resulting from alcoholism, as reported in the Observer for tho past two months of August ami September. ...
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Article : 187 wordsBy the steamer Zealandia, which left Sydney for San Francisco lately, Mr. M'Coppin, American Commissioner at the Melbourne International Exhibition, forwarded to the ...
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Article : 174 wordsRev. I. Weir, of Maryborough, will lecture in the West End Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow night on “Leaves from my Note-book.” ...
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Evening Observer (Brisbane, Qld. : 1887 - 1907), Thu 11 Oct 1888, Page 2
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