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  2. Civil Service Reform.

    TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING OBSERVER. Sir,—Now that the Civil Service Commissioners have taken office, a fact which causes immense satisfaction to that body of men who ...

    Article : 307 words
  3. The Waterworks Contract.

    At the meeting of the Board of Waterworks yesterday, it was decided to accept the tender of Messrs. Smellie and Co. for the supply of 8500 tons of pipes, including special castings ...

    Article : 620 words
  4. Influenza at Albury.

    At the time when the whole of Europe seems to be thrown into a state of convulsion owing to the outbreak of influenza and the proportions which it is rapidly assuming, it will surprise ...

    Article : 128 words
  5. Mount Morgan Mine.

    On the 7th instant we announced a fresh discovery in the Mount Morgan mine, and the reports from the manager, Mr. Wesley Hall, which are printed below, confirm the ...

    Article : 427 words
  6. Suicide of an Actor.

    The Ceylon Times states that Phil. Beck, a well-known actor, who was a passenger from Brisbane to London by the Pundua, shot himself on the arrival of the vessel at Ceylon on ...

    Article : 83 words
  7. LATEST BY WIRE.

    Our Special Cables. The Imperial Parliament. LONDON, January 13. The truth of the statement published by the ...

    Article : 564 words
  8. The Wet Season.

    The flood water has now receded about 3ft. from the highest level and is still falling steadily. The weather is fine. The Relief Committee are doing good work, and the subscriptions to ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. Q.T.C. Races.

    From the advertisement of the next race meeting of the Queesland Turf Club it will be seen the added money comes to close upon £3500, that selling races are eliminated from ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. Wallangarra Wayfarers.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 words
  11. The Weather in Brisbane.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 words
  12. A Drainage Tunnel.

    The Mayor of South Brisbane and Aldermen Heaslop, Caswell, and Morry, with the town clerk and engineer, attended yesterday at the drainage tunnel being constructed near the ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. Breakfast Creek Grounds.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  14. Pleuro-pacumania.

    Sir,—If your correspondent "B. B." at yesterday’s issue is to be commended for his caution, he certainly cannot be congratulated on his knowledge of pathology. In his letter ...

    Article : 284 words
  15. A Big Guide-book.

    We have been shown a copy of Williams’s Illustrated Transcontinental Guide of Travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, being a complete traveller’s guide to the Union and ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. South Side Sins.

    At the South Brisbane Police Court to-day, before Messrs. Day, P.M., Chancellor, and Jones, JJ.P., the adjourned summons brought on behalf of the Excise Department against ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. The Tramway Company.

    Shares in the Metropolitan Tramway Company were sold yesterday at 31s., the highest price realised for many months. On Tuesday, the 7th instant, buyers quoted 18s., but after ...

    Article : 321 words
  18. Monument to Tenison-Woods.

    A strong, representative, and influential committee has been formed in Sydney for the purpose of taking steps to erect a fitting monument over the remains of the late Rev. J. E. ...

    Article : 198 words
  19. Financial Guarantee Company.

    The third half-yearly report of the Financial Guarantee and Agency Company, Limited, shows that the net profit for the half year amounts to £2278 ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. A Mysterious Disease.

    A telegram to the Evening News says that Mr. Roderick M’Kenzie, formerly court bailiff at Cobar, died in the hospital, on Friday, of a disease unknown in the district, bearing traits ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. City Police Court.

    Before Messrs. P. Pinnock, P.M„ Geo. Wride, Geo. Prentice, jun., W. Widdop, H. W. Coxen, S. Unwin, and J. Petrie, JJ.P. MINER OFFENCES.—One person charged with ...

    Article : 158 words
  22. Fire Brigade Board.

    A special meeting of the Fire Brigade Boar was held to-day, in the Town Hall, when there were present—the Mayor (in the chair), Messrs. Hipwood, Wakefield, MacDiarmid, and ...

    Article : 249 words
  23. Railway Employees’ Conference.

    The Railway Employees Association conference resumed its deliberations this morning, the president (Mr. G. M. Colledge) taking the chair at 10 o’clock. The whole of the delegates ...

    Article : 437 words
  24. Mount Morgan Railway.

    It is understood that everything possible is being done to expedite the construction of the private railway to Mount Morgan. The line will be on a slight modification of the ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. Religion and Temperance.

    The usual weekly meeting of the Emblem of Peace Lodge, I.O.G.T., took place at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Brunswick-street, last night, but owing to the wet weather there were only about ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. News in a Nutshell.

    Metropolitan Tramway Company's shares, which were at 18s. a week ago, sold at 31s. yesterday. At a meeting of creditors of Mr. J. Cormack, of Brisbane, held yesterday, it was resolved to wind ...

    Article : 472 words
  27. Tip from the Transvaal.

    The following is an extract from a letter received from a well-known mining man who was at the date, 2nd November, at Johannesberg, in the South African Republic:—“Got ...

    Article : 254 words
  28. South Brisbane Licensing Court.

    The adjourned quarterly meeting of the South Brisbane Licensing Court was held today before Messrs. W. H. Day, P.M., W. Stephens, A. F. Luya, A. Midson, and Jones, ...

    Article : 129 words
  29. The Royal Bank.

    The eighth half-yearly report of the Royal Bank of Queensland has been issued. It shows that the net profits for the half-year, after deducting rebate on bills current, interest on ...

    Article : 166 words
  30. Excelsior Rechabites.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Excelsior Tent of Rechabites was held in the Fernbergroad Church, Milton, last night, when the following officers were duly installed by the P.C.R., ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. The Ross Creek Bridge.

    Shortly after the completion of the swing bridge at Ross Creek, Townsville, several complaints were made to the Works Department that the machinery was not working ...

    Article : 349 words
  32. Sleeping in the Parks.

    We (S. M. Herald) find on inquiry that the statement which was published in the Melbourne Evening Standard, to the effect that there were 2000 people nightly sleeping in the ...

    Article : 339 words
  33. Licensing Court.

    The adjourned quarterly sitting of the North Brisbane Licensing Court was held at the City Police Court this morning, when Messrs. P. Pinnock (chairman), J. Petrie, J. W. Ayscough, ...

    Article : 314 words
  34. A Fashionable Wedding.

    English papers by the last mail bring news of the wedding of Mr. Sydney Francis Hoffnung, Hawaiian Charge d’Affaires, with Miss Violet Goldsmid, eldest daughter of Sir Julian ...

    Article : 318 words
  35. A Successful Pictorial.

    The Illustrated Sydney News continues to occupy a leading place among Australian pictorial journals. The New Year number, issued last week, is a thoroughly colonial production. ...

    Article : 222 words
  36. The Bible in State Schools.

    At the monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Brisbane last evening—Rev. A. C. Smith, Mowbraytown, moderator—the discussion on the reading of the Bible in State schools was ...

    Article : 259 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 133 words
  38. Advertising

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    Advertising : 99 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 63 words
  40. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 33 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 39 words
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