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  2. Sporting.

    Training Notes.—By Rattler. Friday. The weather was beautifully fine and clear at the racecourse this morning, but the horses ...

    Article : 392 words
  3. City Police Court.

    Before Mr. Philip Pinnock, P.M. DRUNKENNESS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.— Five persons charged with drunkenness on pleading guilty were treated as first offenders ...

    Article : 408 words
  4. Overland Passengers.

    For Brisbane: Messrs, N. Lassell, G. A. Julins, A. D. Sellars, and R, Roericht. For Toowoomba: Mr. T. D. Badgery. December 2[?]. ...

    Article : 85 words
  5. The Southport Line.

    A special train left the Roma-street station at 8.40 this morning for Southport, conveying Mr. Stanley, engineer-in-chief, Mr. Ann[?]tt, assistant engineer, and Mr. Curtis, railway ...

    Article : 65 words
  6. The Hunter and the Bear.

    This is the time (says the New York correspondent of the Melbourne Age) when stories of hunting and fishing are given to the credulous public and swallowed with avidity. The ...

    Article : 374 words
  7. Recovering a Body.

    Sub-inspector O’Driscoll wires the Commissioner for Police, under yesterday’s date from Ipswich, thus:—The body of David Price, drowned in the Brisbane River yesterday, was ...

    Article : 31 words
  8. LATEST BY WIRE. Our Special Cables.

    The death is announced of the Russian General, Loris Melikoff. [General Melikoff, who was of Armenian descent, was born in 1824, and commenced his ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. The [?]nelagh's Boat Accident.

    The mail which was lost through the foundering of one of the Ranelagh’s boats at Burnett Heads was recovered to-day. The mail was that from Maryborough for ...

    Article : 32 words
  10. A Diamore Desideratum.

    Mr. Glassey, M.L.A., waited on the Commissioner for Railways this morning to ask that a piece of land, about one acre in extent, resumed some time since by the Railway ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. Expelled from Poland.

    The Russian press (says the Odessa corrospondent of the Daily News on 5th November) does not attempt to disguise the fact that the new order of the Russian Viceroy in Warsaw ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. A Street Scene.

    A scene occurred in Queen-street last night opposite the Post and Telegraph Department, in which some of the telegraph-operators were concerned. The affair culminated in a fight, ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. The Perjury Case.

    Hedley H. Tooth, again surrendered to his bail at the City Police Court thia morning bofore Mr. Philip Pinnock, P.M., in answer to the charge of having committed perjury in a ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. Royal Bank of Queensland.

    The directors of the Royal Bank of Queensland met yesterday morning for the purpose of considering the competitive designs for a new bank at the corner of Queen and Wharf streets. ...

    Article : 782 words
  15. The Situation at Suakin.

    Latest news from Suakin states that deserters from Osman Digna’s force report that he is preparing for flight. They also state that the local sheiks would gladly co-operate in an ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. Walking on the Water.

    The latest piece of intelligence as to Japanese inventive faculties is that Mr. Endo, a native of Nagasaki, has devised an instrument for walking on the water. It is said that the ...

    Article : 206 words
  17. B[?]r Annexation of Swaziland.

    The Government of the Transvaal is now parleying with a view to the annexation of Swaziland to the Transvaal, and the pensioning of the King. ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. Attempted Suicide.

    A young fellow named Henry Booth attempted to commit suicide yesterday evening in a house in Tufton-street, Bowen Hills. Some men were passing the house when they heard ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. Head Hunting at Singapore.

    A Bible-reading Contest. On Thursday evening last (says the Melbourne Argus) a competition, showing some novel features, was held at Trinity Church. ...

    Article : 1,096 words
  20. Minor Weights.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 928 words
  21. The Ni[?]st Plot at Malta.

    The Russian Consul at Valetta (Malta), who was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in a Nihilist plot in connection with the discovery of a dynamite bomb in the theatre at Valetta ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. Day Nursery Society.

    The usual monthly meeting of the Day Nursery Society was held in the committeeroom, Town Hall, on Monday last. There were present—Mesdames Griffith (treasurer), ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. Pith and Point.

    Commit a sin twice, and it will not seem to thee a crime. “Fell in the soup,” is a Cincinnati phrase for a play that fizzled. ...

    Article : 883 words
  24. Proving the Phonograph.

    There was an idea that the merits of the phonograph would be tested at the Gladstone demonstration at Birmingham, says a correspondent of the S.M. Herald, but the directors ...

    Article : 246 words
  25. The Servian Constitution.

    The concession made by King Milan to the Grand Skuptschina to conclude alliances with foreign Powers has secured a majority of that body in favour of the new constitution. During ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. Mails and shipping.

    The B.I.S.N. Company’s R.M.S. Dorunda ailed yesterday for Queensland ports. COLOMBO, December 26. The B.I.S.N. Company’s R.M.S. Dacea, ...

    Article : 36 words
  27. Sad Drowning Case.

    A lad named Robert Craig reported to the police last night that when crossing the Victoria Bridge about 7 o’clock he saw three men struggling in the river about sixty yards from the ...

    Article : 220 words
  28. Bully for Barrabool.

    Messrs. Wm. Howard Smith and Sons’ steamer Barrabool, which left Brisbane on Monday evening at 6 o’clock, arrived at Townsville at half-past 4 o’clock on Thursday ...

    Article : 51 words
  29. Peking’s Oldest Building.

    The greatest age belonging to any building in Peking is 1286 years. Every visitor to Peking sees a pagoda on the west of the Chinese city. This pagoda was built A.D. ...

    Article : 195 words
  30. Produce Prices.

    The following are the prices obtained this morning at Messts. Jackson and Co.’s auction sale of produce:— Butter, from 11[?]d. to 2s. per [?]b.; bran, £7 12s. 6d. ...

    Article : 102 words
  31. [?]ay’s Catastrophe.

    At the South Brisbane Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. H. Day, P.M., Patrick Condon was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Grey-street, South Brisbane. ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. Still They Come.

    A fire occurred at about 2 o’clock this morning in a wooden building situated at the corner of Clarence and Boggo roads. The promises comprised two shops and dwellings under one ...

    Article : 239 words
  33. The New German Lance.

    The lance which is about to be introduced in the German service (says the Broad Arrow), for both medium and heavy cavalry, is a weapon materially different from former types. ...

    Article : 220 words
  34. News in a Nutshell.

    The Government Meteorologist forecasts light showers in the coast districts of Southern Queensland; chiefly fine weather in the central portion, but cloudy with increasing heat soon, ...

    Article : 348 words
  35. Kent-street Church.

    A pleasant entertainment took place last evening in the Kent-street Congregational Church. The room was nicely decorated with evergreens. The entertainment was opened by ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. Sundry Sins.

    The following summons cases were decided at the City Police Court yesterday before Mr. Philip Pinnock, P.M.:—Daniel M‘Donald v. Mrs. R. Sexton, detention property, case ...

    Article : 195 words
  37. Joy for Juveniles.

    Messrs. Plunkett and Stevens, MM.L.A., of the Albert and Logan electorates respectively, have made arrangements with the Railway Department to run a special train to Southport ...

    Article : 139 words
  38. Still Larger Telescopes.

    In an interview Alvan Clark, of Cambridgeport, near Boston, has a word to say about the possible construction of telescopes larger than the famous Lick instrument in the West, with ...

    Article : 238 words
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    The Presbyterian College at Beirut is reported to have found unusual favour among the Mohammedan authorities. A large number of Sheiks and other officials attended the ...

    Article : 72 words
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    The insurance on Russell and Co.’s building [?]ppears to have been wrongly given in yesterday’s issue, the South British having only £1500 spread over four buildings instead of £3000. Of ...

    Article : 70 words
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