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  2. LATEST BY WIRE.

    The appeal to the Privy Council in the action of Turnbull v. Astrup has been dismissed. ...

    Article : 73 words
  3. Fire at Brown's Plains.

    A fire has occurred at Brown's Plains by which Crump's now hotel, occupied by a man named Joyce, has been burned to the ground. The building was insured in the Colonial ...

    Article : 59 words
  4. Proves a Duffer.

    The warden at Herberton (Mr. W. Mowbray) wires to the Under Secretary for Mines that a number of miners have returned from the Russell River diggings. They give a bad ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. Olla Podrida.

    The Freethought Debating Class meets tomorrow night as usual. A meeting to form a swimming club will be held at the Globe Hotel to-night. ...

    Article : 634 words
  6. Theatre Royal.

    Watts Phillips' emotional drama, "Amos Clark," forms no exception among the pieces produced during Mr. George Rignold's season, so far as the favour with which it was received is ...

    Article : 862 words
  7. An Exquisite Gem.

    M. Gounod's kindness of heart is proverbial. But what will the biblio-maniacs and the curio-hunters in days yet to come say to his [?]st expression of sympathy? Not long since, ...

    Article : 119 words
  8. The Enoggera Reservoir.

    Latest reports from Enoggera show that on Sunday 0.70in. of rain was recorded there, and yesterday 0.09in., when the water in the reservoir was 1½in. below the bywash. ...

    Article : 31 words
  9. Lunatic Asylum, Woogaroo.

    The following is the report of the state of the Woogaroo Asylum for the week ending 27th instant:--In the house at last report, 381 males, 303 females; since admitted, 2 males; ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. A Tin Discovery.

    The Warden at Maytown (Mr. Howard St. George) reports to the Under Secretary for Mines that a man named Charles W. Kingwell has reported the discovery of payable tin ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. Taxing Bachelors.

    The question of taxing bachelors has again risen in France. A petition to that effect has been sent to the Chamber of Deputies. It says that in Paris alone there are nearly ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. Reuter's Agency.

    Mr. O'Brien, M.P., has also been summoned by the Government to appear before the Court of Queen's Bench at Dublin for inciting the populace to with hold the payment of rent. ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. Hansard Gone Home.

    Captain A. A. Hansard, Marine Superindent for the British-India and Queensland Steam Shipping Companies, and Mrs. Hansard, were passengers by the R.M.S. Jumna ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. Shutting Off Gold Creek.

    The first action of the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, after formally receiving Ministerial control of the Brisbane Board of Waterworks, was to call upon that body to consider the ...

    Article : 80 words
  15. Reducing the Staff.

    The termination of the Parliamentary session has brought with it the usual reduction in the staff at the Government Printing Office. The whole of the compositors engaged for the ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. Federal Council Meeting.

    The Premier, as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Federal Council, has for some days past been in communication with the other representatives in the federated ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. An Unbroken Run.

    Both furnaces at the Proprietary have had an unbroken run this week (says the Broken Hills Times of the 13th November). The yield is, however, a decline on that last recorded, ...

    Article : 159 words
  18. The Jumna Stuck and off Again.

    The B.I.S.N. Company's R.M.S. Jumna left Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s wharf, Eagle-street, this morning for London via ports. She was in charge of River Pilot ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. Queensland Wires.

    The body of an unknown man was found in the river on Sunday. A medical examination yesterday showed that death was caused by a wound on the back of the head, and not by ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. Intercessory Services.

    In nearly all the Anglican churches in and around Brisbane yesterday special intercessory services were held for the success of Christian missions at home and abroad. The services ...

    Article : 96 words
  21. CITY POLICE COURT.

    Before Mr. Pinnock, P.M., and Messrs. Coxen and Mahon, JJ.P. DRUNKENNESS.--Four inebriates were discharged.--William Bruce was fined 5s., or six ...

    Article : 313 words
  22. A Disappointed "Hair-restorer."

    An amusing case came on before Mr. W. H. Day at the Petty Debts Court this morning. J. S. Attridge sued Stephen Williams for £5 for restoring his hair. The plaintiff stated ...

    Article : 160 words
  23. A Tragedy at Aramac.

    It has been reported to the Commissioner for Police that two men named Piel and Spooner went into the bar of the Marathon Hotel on Saturday night last, apparently with ...

    Article : 186 words
  24. Intercolonial News.

    At the Central Criminal Court, yesterday, Benjamin Josephs, charged with murder in connection with the Brisbane-street shooting case, was found not guilty, on the grounds of ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. Capital and Labour.

    The London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes:--"In these days of antagonism between capital and labour it is most gratifying to note that the employes of a certain large ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. Attempt to Extort Money

    John Hogan and Joseph H. Burns were charged on remand at the Police Court this morning, before the police-magistrate and Messrs. Coxen, M'Mah, Forth, and Prentice, ...

    Article : 921 words
  27. Bank Robbery Under Arms.

    Of the many peculiar attempts which have been made during the last few years to rob suburban banks, one of the most extraordinary was that made yesterday, the locality in this ...

    Article : 1,847 words
  28. Illegal Fishing.

    Sir, in your paper of the 8th I noticed a case of a certain fisherman residing in Sandgate fined for catching fish of an illegal size other than gar-fish and prawns in a prawn n[?]t. He ...

    Article : 162 words
  29. Religion and Temperance.

    The usual monthly meeting of the Rising Star Band of Hope was held last night in the Wesleyan Church, Ann-street, the Rev. J. A. Nolan (president) in the chair. The meeting ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. Free Labour Exchange.

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  31. Victoria.

    William Beach, the champion sculler, was entertained at a social gathering at Young and Jackson's last night, and was presented with a purse of sovereigns and an address. ...

    Article : 89 words
  32. Potato Prospects.

    It seems likely that the potato will once more cast a blight on the fair weather prospect in Ireland. The necessary reduction of rents in Ireland, which Mr. Parnell sought to ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. That Hailstorm.

    Sir,--Some contributor to your "On Dit" column of yesterday, who appears to be more free and familiar with my name than he is proud of publicly mentioning his own, is so ...

    Article : 195 words
  34. South Australia.

    The revenue of the Northern Territory during the months of October and November was £6576, or £2337 more than for the previous two months. It is probable that the Minister's ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. Tried to Burn a Woolshed.

    On Saturday, the 13th instant (says the Hughenden Ensign) a most determined attempt was made to burn down the woolshed at Hughenden station by a man named John ...

    Article : 200 words
  36. The End of the Chapter.

    The body of the man which was found in the river on Sunday, and the description of which was published yesterday, has not yet been identified. As it is impossible to keep the ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. Work for the Unemployed.

    Sir,--Would you kindly allow me space for a suggestion that would relieve some of the distress that is in Brisbane at the percent time. It is a matter that wants looking to sooner or ...

    Article : 386 words
  38. The Weather.

    According to the official weather reports taken at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, it was then raining at Rockhampton, Blackall, Clermont, Cape Capricorn, ...

    Article : 403 words
  39. Accidents.

    David O'Ryan, a coachman, in the employ of Mr. D. L. Brown, was driving a spirited horse in a dogcart yesterday morning to Mr. Brown's farm, a few miles from Sandgate. ...

    Article : 232 words
  40. The Three-acre Policy.

    The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes:--Mr. Jesse Collings makes no secret of his intention to support the "three acre" policy of the Government. I am in a ...

    Article : 218 words
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