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  2. Society Gossip,

    The British-India social took pnce in the Lycoum Hall on Friday week, and was a brilliant success. The room, which was decorated with flowers, overgreens, and the company’s ...

    Article : 542 words
  3. [All RIGHTS RESERVED.] FETTERS OF FIRE.

    To the court Captain Allister duly wended his way. Seldom during a long and choqnored existence had his spirits seemed so clastic. From the outset, when the ...

    Article : 2,265 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1 words
  5. Missing Friends.

    The following is a list, taken from Lloyd's London weekly Newspaper, of persons who left the United Kingdom for Australasia, or were last heard of in these colonics, and who are inquired for by friends in ...

    Article : 1,320 words
  6. A Spring Reflection.

    This world’s so very, very old— Six thousand years or 50— That you would think that one so old Most everything would know. ...

    Article : 48 words
  7. Cooktown Chronicles.

    It is blowing a heavy gale, H.M.S. Orlando anchored off the port at 9 o’clock this morning. The mayor has gone out to receive the Governor and the Admiral. The ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. Interesting if Not all True.

    The story from the “Youth’s Champion" about the lake captain who kept saying "the Lake Huron” in reply to the passenger’s question, what’s the lake we’re on, recalls the row ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. He Wants to Know.

    An American wants to know, you know, why all women step out of a car left foot first. Why every woman getting into a street car insists upon getting into a seat that is already ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. A Sudden Death.

    A man named James Holland, aged 39 years, dropped dead on the Albion railway station platform on Thursday. "The deceased was a married man, with a family of two, and had ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. After Tea.

    There is a charming young widow in South Brisbane who retains a flve-year-old girl as the only pledge of her dear departed. The little one has just begun to learn her alphabet. A ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. Prize Schedule.

    MISCCLLANORS Ho[?]—=Hackney (gelding of mure) upto 11st., combining two paces, walking and trotting or walling and cantering, festness of either pace not to be so essential as neatness of action, ...

    Article : 587 words
  13. Not a Millinery Shop.

    “Can I get something to eat here?" asked an eastern man of the proprietor of a Montana “hotel." The landlord eyed him suspiciously. “Tenderfoot, eh?" ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. Rockhampton Records.

    The Yeppoon sugar plantation will probably have a crop of about 100 tons this season. The following is a copy of a circular issued by the trafic manager of the Central Railway ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. The Oldest Living Nag.

    The oldest horse on record is owned by Major Robert Maas, of Louisville, Kentucky, who possesses papers proving its age to be something over 47 years. Ivanlioc, as he is called, ...

    Article : 319 words
  16. About Adulteration of Food.

    A brief discourse by the Reverend Whangdoodle Baxter, of the Austin Blue Light Tabernacle. Berlubhed bredderen and sistern: Dis am de ...

    Article : 458 words
  17. Our Neighbours.

    Dear Quotouille,— Very few ladies ventured out to our local show in spring raiment, but a great many notable gowns were visible, One of, the handsomost was Unit worn by Mrs. ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  18. Brisbane Fire Brigades.

    A capital exhibition of fire brigade drill was witnessed at the Central Fire Station yesterday The exhibition was given for the benefit of country visitors, who attended in large ...

    Article : 426 words
  19. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Potatoes, [?]ewt. from a bulk of at least 1 ton: W.R. Kefford highly commended. Manufactured leather: Allcock. Bell, and Comnany, Coorparoo, first order of merit and recommanded for silver inedal. ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. Death of a Caretaker.

    An old man of 70 years named Wilson died this morning at the Old Immigration Depot, where he had been for some time employed as caretaker. ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. Women and Ladies.

    There have been some amusing instances of the misapplication of the word lady, which custom has decreed to mean social culture instead of its original meaning, “loaf giver.” ...

    Article : 245 words
  22. Shipprng.

    Avoca, s., 5330 tons; to sail 1st September. The B.I, and Q.A. Company, Limited, agents. Aramasa, barue, 835 tons, from New York for Brisbane direct. Castlemaine Brewery and ...

    Article : 488 words
  23. A Misfit Marriage License.

    “I got a license here day before yesterday," said a man to a clerk in the Vital Statistics Office. “That docyment gave permission of the people of this sovereign State for the uniting ...

    Article : 410 words
  24. Ambignous Sentences.

    Klopstock, the German poet, was once visited by some students from Gottingen to have the meaning of one of his stanzas explained. After reading the stanza he replied: “I cannot ...

    Article : 381 words
  25. The Exhibition.

    An agreeable incident occurred during the morning, when the stewards and many persons interested in the district societies competitions waited upon the Exhibition Committee for the ...

    Article : 593 words
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    Bulls.—The Irishman who said “It is a great comfort to be left alone, especially when your sweetheart is with ye i” and the Irish auctioneer who, while praising his wares, said, ...

    Article : 223 words
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    Mr. Edward Pope telegraphs from Gympie as follows:—" Business in the share market is dull. No. 5 north Phoenix crushed 600 tons of stone for a yield of 385oz. gold, and sales have been ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. VESSELS IN HARBOUR—AUGUST 21.

    Adolph Harbor, barque, 1069 tons, from Glasgow, berthed at the Short-street wharf, D. [?] Brown and Co., agents. America, barque, 1236 tons, from London. ...

    Article : 112 words
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    Guns that will shoot five milos have been invented. We mention this fact only to [?]hasise again to poets the advisableness of sending in all their contributions by mail. ...

    Article : 28 words
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    "Could you make a water-colour sketch of me?" asked Mr. Soaker. "All but the nose," returned Palette. "I couldn’t get that colour in water any more than you could." ...

    Article : 33 words
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