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  2. THE NAVAL BRIGADE.

    A meeting of the members of the Rockhampton Naval Brigade was called for last night for the purpose of considering the question of proceeding to Brisbane to take ...

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  3. SMALL DEBTS COURT.

    The weekly sitting of the Small Debts Court was held yesterday before the Police Magistrate. In the following undefended cases verdicts were given for the plaintiffs ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    At the Old Bailey Assi[?] yesterday H. E. Fry, of Fry, Everitt, and Co., and a director of the Smelting Corporation, Limited, and Everitt were arraigned ...

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  5. A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

    The Duchess of York, in conversation yesterday, says the Melbourne "Age" of the 7th instant, with a prominent Minister of the Crown, made special reference to the ...

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  6. THE WAR.

    Ex-President Kruger is in receipt of a letter from Roosenekal, in the Transvaal, which states that when Lord Kitchener and General Botha were conferring as to ...

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  7. THE ESTATE OF MR. C. C. SKARRATT.

    The Brisbane "Telegraph" states that probate has been granted of the will of Charles Carlton Skarratt, of Bummer Hill, Dear Sydney, gentleman, to Walter Russell ...

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  8. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    The English newspapers eulogise the Duke of Cornwall on the admirably-chosen words uttered by him in Melbourne. LONDON, May 16. ...

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  9. ADDRESSES TO THE DUKE OF CORNWALL.

    The "Brisbane Courier" of Tuesday last publishes a list of the addresses to be presented to the Duke of Cornwall on the occasion of his visit to Brisbane. Apparently ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. CHINA.

    The Chinese Government offers to pay annually 10,000,000 ta[?]ls from the suit tax, 3,000,000 ta[?]ls from the native customs, and 2,000,000 taels from the [?]ikin tax ...

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  11. THE[?]Y UNION.

    The Y Union held its weekly meeting in the John Knox Pr[?]byterian school-room on Wednesday afternoon. The President (Mrs. A. Bawd[?]n) occupied the chair. A ...

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  12. AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

    A direct electric railway from East to West of England is contemplated. The promoters of the scheme[?]have in view an entirely new railway from Harwich to ...

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  13. COLOURED LABOUR IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Secretary to the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. E. Barton), writing to the Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. R. Daw[?]), ...

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  14. BAR[?]OO PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION.

    Our Barcaldine correspondent, writing on the 14th instant, says:—"A political association has been formed here under the title of the Barcoo Progressive Political ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE AT COMET.

    A telegram wan received by Inspector Brannelly yesterday stating that inquiries were being made into a supposed case of infanticide at Comet. The information ...

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  16. ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL AFFAIRS.

    The passengers for the south by the train to meet the Government steamer Premier at Broadmount, on route to Brisbane Wednesday morning, included the Hight Rev. ...

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  17. THE DELAY OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    The Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. R. Dawbarn) yesterday received the following letter from the Postmaster (Mr. W. ...

    Article : 97 words
  18. THE BECKMAN MURDER CASE.

    Charles Beckman, who was hanged on Monday for the murder of Alfred Anderson, wrote the following letter to Peter Anderson, father of the deceased:— ...

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  19. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    Prince Uchtmosky, in a letter to the "Viedomosti," one of the daily newspapers of St. Petersburg, says the relations of Russia and Japan are daily becoming more ...

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  20. SOCIAL GATHERING OF FORESTERS.

    A social gathering was held under the auspices of Court Maid Marian, Ancient Order of Foresters, in the Protestant Hall last evening. The event was a great ...

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  21. STOCK IN THE ROCKHAMPTON DISTRICT.

    The local officer of the Stock Department (Mr. F. J. Young) [?]has been kept very busy of late. With thousands of sheep and hundreds of horses returning from the ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. A BOOK "FULL OF GOOD THINGS."

    The "Publishers' Circular" reports a pious and pleasing swindle from America. The [?]windle is by advertisement, thus:— "For a dollar advertiser will send securely ...

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  23. THE POPULATION OF LONDON.

    The recent census shows that the population of Greater London was 6,578,784. ...

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  24. A STREET ADVENTURE.

    Those persons whom either business or pleasure kept them out until the small hours of Wednesday morning, and who happened to be proceeding homewards in the ...

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  25. NEWMARKET STAKES.

    The Newmarket Stakes of £2000, with a sweep of £30 each from starters, for three-year-olds, colts [?]st. and fillies [?]t. 11 th, 1¼ mile, was run to-day at the ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. A BIG RE-HOUSING SCHEME.

    [?]An important improvement scheme for Leeds, promoted by the Corporation, consists in clearing the vicinity of Quarry Hill of all its back alleys, dark courts, and ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY.

    The Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. R. Daw[?])[?] is in receipt of the following letter from the Secretary of the Cairns Chamber ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. THE BANK ROBBERY AT CLERMONT.

    The case of Augustus Land[?]ll Wyndham, who is charged with embezzling the sum of £450, the property of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at Clermont, in which ...

    Article : 241 words
  29. SPEECH BY MR. BARTON.

    Those who expected to hear the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. E. Barton) divulge Ministerial secrets at the dinner given last night by Sir Samuel Gill[?]t, May[?]r of ...

    Article : 509 words
  30. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY'S SPEECH.

    The optimistic utterances of the Prime Minister (the Marquis of Salisbury) with reference to the defence of the Empire at the banquet of the ...

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  31. CENTRAL STOCKOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.

    A special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Queensland Stock-owners' Association was held at the offices of the Secretary (Mr. R. R. Dawbarn) on ...

    Article : 148 words
  32. FREE WEATHER FORECASTS.

    It will be remembered that the Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. R. Dawbarn) recently wrote to the Brisbane Chamber, asking it to give its ...

    Article : 160 words
  33. INTERESTING CASE AT DUARINGA.

    Our Duaringa correspondent, writing on the 15th instant, says:—"At the Small Debts Court to-day, [?]before the Police Magistrate, William Henry M'Lean sued ...

    Article : 162 words
  34. THE EARL OF YARMOUTH.

    The Earl of Yarmouth has succeeded in a suit for libel against a New York newspaper. He was awarded damages to the amount of $2500 (about £500). The libel ...

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  35. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The following clips were sold yesterday: [?]Kereru, 4[?]d.; Yamburgan, 7[?]d.; Goonal, 7[?]d.; Goeldrie, 8[?]d.; Bogamildi, 8½d.; Randwick, 14[?]d.; Taipo, 15d.; ...

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  36. THE APPRO[?]ING SALE OF CENTRAL LAND.

    Writing on Wednesday, our Cl[?]rmont correspondent. says:—"The intended sale by auction of another slice of the Peak Downs, referred to in the 'Bulletin's' ...

    Article : 168 words
  37. RATES ON CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY.

    It will have been noticed, from the report of the proceedings at the meeting of the Rockhampton Council on Wednesday, that the difficulty with regard to the general, ...

    Article : 510 words
  38. COLLECT TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES.

    The Secretary of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. R. Dawbarn) yesterday received the following letter from the District ...

    Article : 186 words
  39. ILLNESS OF MRS. M'KINLEY.

    President and Mrs. M'Kinley, who with the members of the United States Ministry and their wives started about a fortnight ago on a political tour through the eastern ...

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  40. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    The barracks of the Salvation Army were the scene of an interesting gathering of about 300 persons yesterday evening, when Mrs. Hutchinson repeated Mrs. Booth's ...

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  41. THE RUSSIAN LOAN.

    The Russian [?]our per cent loan of £1[?],000 for the building of a railway in Corea will be issued in Paris on the 22nd instant at a minimum of £98 10s. The loan ...

    Article : 51 words
  42. OFFICIAL WAR BOOK.

    The War Office has decided to publish an official history of the war. Dr. Robertson Nicoll, in the "British Weekly," states that the work has been entrusted to ...

    Article : 317 words
  43. BISHOP OF OXFORD.

    The Very Rev. F. [?]get, D.D., Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, has been appointed to succeed the late Right Rev. Dr. W. Stubbs as Bishop of Oxford. ...

    Article : 32 words
  44. RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Two goods trains collided last night on the western lin[?] near Rydal, thirty-four miles from Bathurst. Considerable damage resulted to the rolling stock and traffic was ...

    Article : 254 words
  45. THE CENTRAL MOUNTED CONTINGENT.

    The Gladstone correspondent of the "Brisbane Courier," telegraphing on Monday last, says:—" The Central mounted infantry who are to take part in the Lytton ...

    Article : 256 words
  46. DISASTER IN ITALY.

    A large rock fell on a number of houses in A[?], in the province of Campagnia, Italy, killing fifteen persons. ...

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  47. MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN.

    The fund for the erection of a national memorial to the memory of the late Queen now amounts to £95,000. ...

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  48. NEW TRADE ROUTES.

    The Hamburg-American Steamship Company and the Atchison-Tokepa, Railway Company are proposing to run a joint line of steamers to San Francisco, Honolulu, ...

    Article : 34 words
  49. ICELAND COAL.

    "The Times" Copenhagen correspondent states that tests have been made of samples of coal from [?]land, and that the results show the mineral to be equal to the ...

    Article : 44 words
  50. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    A terrible accident occurred at Pitts-worth to-day, resulting in the death of a young man named Daniel Noonan. The deceased was engaged with several others in ...

    Article : 172 words
  51. NEW BATTLESHIPS.

    The "Daily Telegragh" states that in 1001 the Admiralty will commence the construction of three new battleships, with a displacement of 18,000 tons each. ...

    Article : 39 words
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