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  2. EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.

    Consequent upon the discussion in Parliament of Mr. Groom's motion for the incorporation of our grammar schools more closely with the educational system of the ...

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  3. THE POLICE COURT.

    There were no cases for hearing at the Police Court on Saturday, with the exception of one man charged with being of unsound mind, and he was remanded for ...

    Article : 38 words
  4. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The railway traffic earnings for September show a total increase of £9184 over the previous September. The Southern Division shows an increase of £3104, the ...

    Article : 361 words
  5. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Boers are behaving like frenzied semisavages towards the refugees fleeing from the Transvaal. They are pointing their rifles at them, striking the women and ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE AMERICA CUP RACE.

    Owing to the wind failing the race for the America Cup between the Columbia and the Shamrock was not finished. Sir Thomas Lipton's boat, the Shamrock, was ...

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  7. SPORTING NEWS. [By Telegraph.] THE TURF.

    At the Amateur Turf Club races held at Bundamba on Saturday there was a good attendance. About £400 passed through the totalisator. The Amateur Handicap of ...

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  8. A RIVER EXCURSION.

    An excursion down the river in the steamer Tarshaw took place yesterday afternoon, but owing to the short notice there was not a very large attendance. It is the ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The British trade returns have been published. The imports for the past quarter show an increase of £3,163,591, and the exports an increase of £2,429,722, including ...

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  10. KILLED BY A FALL OF EARTH.

    The Inspector of Police received a tele gram from Sergeant Kelly, of Mount Morgan, on Saturday morning, stating that a miner named Edward Tarraway, nineteen ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. TO-DAY (MONDAY), OCTOBER 9.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  12. QUEENSLAND BUTTER.

    Queensland butter at the grocers' exhibition was valued at 116s. per cwt. Queensland cheese was declared to be excellent. ...

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  13. NOCTURNAL VISITORS.

    Householders will do well to be on the qui vive, for there are some of the light-fingered gentry perambulating the town and seizing the opportunity of purloining whatever ...

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  14. MESSRS. WEDDEL AND COY.

    Messrs. Weddel and Coy., the meat, salesmen, have opened branches at Liverpool and Manchester. ...

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  15. THE SANITARY REFERENDUM.

    It will be seen from an advertisement in this issue that the referendum of the municipal ratepayers on the sanitary question has been fixed for Saturday, the 28th ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The present series of London wool sales closed to-day with the market firm at last Monday's rates. At the series 194,967 bales were catalogued, of which 121,000 bales ...

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  17. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

    An advertisement appears in this issue notifying a meeting of the Hibernian Society to be held in the Hibernian Hall to-morrow evening at eight o'clock, to make ...

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  18. ROCKHAMPTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    The following is the medical report of the Rockhampton Children's Hospital for the week ended the 6th instant. Number of patients in the hospital on the 29th of ...

    Article : 72 words
  19. THE BRITISH WHEAT CROP.

    Sir John Bennett Lawes estimates the wheat crop of the United Kingdom this year at 7,954,755 bushels, and is of opinion it will be necessary to import 23,1[?]4,243 ...

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  20. THE GLADSTONE RAILWAY CONNECTION.

    Mr. R. R. Dawbarn, Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce, received the following telegram on Friday night from the Hon. J. Murray, Minister ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. THE DEBATING SOCIETY.

    The weekly meeting of the School of Arts Literary and Debating Society was held Friday evening, Dr. H. E. Brown presiding. Mr. W. Nelson delivered an address on the ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. THE NEW MAHDI.

    Berbera, where the new Mahdi recently declared himself and was promptly defeated, has been deserted. ...

    Article : 22 words
  23. THE POLICE COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission into the working of the police force sat this morning. A careful examination was made of the Criminal Investigation Branch's system of ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident befel the second daughter of Mr. Black, of Greenlake, aged about eighteen years, on Wednesday last, the 4th instant. She and her brothers ...

    Article : 118 words
  25. CONTEMPT OF COURT.

    The unusual incident of committing a woman to gaol for declining to answer a question is reported in the Melbourne papers. At the trial of a man named Smith ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DEFENCE.

    "The Times," in discussing the conference recently of the Australian Naval Commanders to discuss the naval defence of Australia, says the proposals agreed to by ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

    The following are the latest quotations for frozen meat:— New Zealand mutton (crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 55 lb to 651b), 3½d.; ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. ACCIDENT IN QUAY-STREET.

    Between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday morning a youth named George Lawson, in the employ of Messrs. Howard Smith and Co., was riding ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. ROCKHAMPTON HOSPITAL.

    The following is the report of the Rockhampton Hospital for the week ended on the 6th instant:—Remaining in the hospital on the 29th of September, 79; ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS [By Telegraph.] NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It is proposed to pass an Act of Parliament appointing three commissioners to divide the colony into electorates for the election of members to the Federal House ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. ACCIDENT IN DENHAM-STREET.

    A woodcarter named Robert Mullen had a miraculous escape from a serious accident on Saturday night. He was in charge of a horse and dray and was proceeding home ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. KEMPTON PARK IMPERIAL STAKES.

    The Kempton Park Imperial Produce Stakes of £3000, six furlongs, for two-yearolds, was run to-day, resulting as follows —Forfarshire, 1; Democrat, 2; Merryga[?], ...

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  33. JUMPING OFF A TRAIN.

    During the excursion of the teachers and scholars of the Boys' Central State School to Emu Park last Saturday morning an incident occured which might have ...

    Article : 143 words
  34. CYCLING.

    At the Hospital Sports Carnival yesterday there were only about 2000 people present, when a number of pedestrian and cycling events were run off. The following ...

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  35. THE WEATHER.

    On Saturday the weather was fine and pleasant, but yesterday there was a change in the temperature, it being the hottest experienced this summer. The following are ...

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  36. ROCKHAMPTON TATTERSALL'S CLUB.

    A meeting of the Committee of Rockhampton Tattersall's Club was held at the offices of the Secretary (Mr. A. S. Tompson) on Friday night. There were present: ...

    Article : 355 words
  37. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The truce recently agreed to by the alluvial claim-holders on the Adeline and adjacent leases and the lease holding companies at Kalgoorlie, through whose ...

    Article : 207 words
  38. THE LATE MR. F. SCHIRMER.

    The funeral of the late Mr. Ferdinand Schirmer took place yesterday afternoon at the Gracemere Cemetery, and was largely attended. The late Mr. Schirmer arrived ...

    Article : 141 words
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    Constable Peters arrived yesterday escorting Frank Brogan, who was fined £2 with the alternative of spending one month in gaol, for using indecent language ...

    Article : 256 words
  40. THE S.S. WAIKATO.

    The s.s. Asloun with the s.s. Waikato in tow arrived to-day. The captain of the Asloun, on being interviewed, said he sighted the Waikato ...

    Article : 146 words
  41. DAMPIER DRAMATIC COMPANY.

    The Dampier Dramatic Company' will open a short season in the Theatre Royal this evening, playing "Robbery Under Arms." Since Mr. Dampier last visited ...

    Article : 168 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Immigration Restriction Bill on the lines of the Natal Act passed its second reading in the House of Representatives without division. Considerable objection ...

    Article : 68 words
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    Tailoring.—I am making Assam Silk Coat and Trousers for 45s.; Kakhi Drill Suits, 35s. Also a special line of Scotch Tweed Trousers, in all shades, suitable for ...

    Article : 60 words
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    Osborne Binders, Mowers, Rake[?], and Harrows are LABOUR-SAVERS AND MONEY MAKERS for the farmers. Get Catalogue. See advt., page 8. ...

    Article : 20 words
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