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  2. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. J. F. Thallon) has accepted the tender of Mr. P. Fitzgerald for the erection of the new bridge over the Dawson River, on the ...

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  3. LAND SELECTION.

    From the " Brisbane Courier " of Thursday last we learn that twelve blocks of land, ranging in area from 791 acres to 1280 acres, are to be thrown open to ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. THE HARBOUR MASTER.

    The Harbour Master returned to Rockhampton on Friday night from a visit to North Reef, Gateombe Head, and Cape Capricorn. ...

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  5. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    The United States Secretary of State (the Hon. J. Hay) is slated to be a large contributor to the fund for the relief of the Jews who suffered in tho recent ...

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  6. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    In the House of Comomns lost night, a debate took place on the second reading of the Old Age Pensioners' Bill introduced by Mr. J. F. Remnant (the Conservative ...

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  7. INTERSTATE NEWS.

    At a meeting of the colliery proprietors in Newcastle West on Friday it was resolved that the selling price of Newcastle coal should be 10s. per ton. The four ...

    Article : 441 words
  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    M. Louis Fournier, a young painter and Paris correspodent of the " Pall Mall Gazette," states that Mr. H. T. F. Barker, of Sydney, who died at Rennes ...

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  9. ROCKHAMPTON PENNY SAVINGS BANK.

    The weekly meeting of the Rockhampton Penny Savings Bank at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon was presided over by Messrs. H. Boyd and G. F. ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. MOROCCO.

    The mountaineers who recently surrounded Tetuan, a port of Morocco, have abandoned the siege. ...

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  11. ACCIDENT AT NORTH ROCKHAMPTON.

    A serious accident, arising out of a quarrel, occurred to a man named Jacob Smart, near the Foresters' Arms Hotel, North Rockhampton, on Saturday ...

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  12. WOMEN'S MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA.

    The sum of £86,000 has been collected throughout the Empire for the women's memorial to the late Queen Victoria. The money is to be presented to the King and ...

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  13. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

    The following items of news are from the "British Australasian" of the 16th of April:—Field-Marshal Sir Henry Norman has returned to Chelsea and resumed duty ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. ILLNESS OF MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba, who has just returned to the Continent from a tour of the Australian states, has arrived in Paris. She seemed to be in splendid health yesterday, ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. THE PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY.

    In the St. Lawrence district, about 250 miles by water carriage from Rockhampton, says the "Brisbane Courier" of Thursdny last, a number of ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Mines held at Johannesburg yesterday the question of native labour was discussed. The Chairman of the Chamber (Sir Percy ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAY STRIKE.

    Among the messages of congratulation received by the Premier (the Hon. W. H. Irvine) on Saturday was the following from Sir Arthur Rutledge, Acting Chief ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. THE INFECTED SOUTH AFRICAN BLANKETS.

    With reference to the statement recently made by the London " Daily Mail " that numbers of infected blankets from South Africa went to Whitechapel, that the ...

    Article : 244 words
  19. TRADE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

    The British Empire covers 12,000,000 square miles, of which over three-fourths are in Australasia, the Dominion of Canada, and in Africa, says the Sydney ...

    Article : 350 words
  20. A NEW LOCAL COMPANY.

    A company called Atherton and Co., Limited, has been registered to purchase the business of chemists and druggists now carried on at Rockhampton by Drs. F. ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. GREEK CURRANT TRADE.

    The monopoly of the current trade of G[?]eece has been completed. An English syndicate has purchased the entire annual crop, which estimated to amount to ...

    Article : 205 words
  22. PROBATE GRANTED.

    At the Supreme COURT on Saturday, before the Registrar (Mr. T. G. Fraser}, Mr. T. P. Barrymore (from the office of Messrs. Rees R. and Sydney Jones) presented a ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. VICTORIA.

    The resignation of Sir Hartley Williams as a Judge of the Supreme Court was yesterday handed to the Premier (the Hon. W. H. Irvine). The Premier says it is not ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. SALE OF A GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT.

    Gainsborough's portrait of Elizabeth Foster, widow of John Thomas Foster, daughter of the fourth Earl of Bristol, and second wife of the fifth Duke of ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. DEATH OF THE MAN CAHILL.

    Inspector Fitzgerald received a telegram from Mount Morgan on Saturday morning that a post-mortem examination had been made of the body of the man Cahill. The ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. QUEENSLAND TURF CLUB.

    The first day's racing in connection with the autumn meeting of the Queensland Turf Club took place on Saturday. Fine weather prevailed, and there was a large ...

    Article : 324 words
  27. THE BALKAN STATES.

    Prior to the occupation of Ipek by the Turkish troops 290 Albanians were killed. The majority of the Albanians were cowed and their ring-leaders were arrested. ...

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  28. THE LANGUAGE QUESTION IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    Fierce riots have taken place in connection with the language question in Croatia and Dalmatia, two of the southern provinces of Austria-Hungary, and the trouble ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. NEW GRASSES FROM SOMALILAND.

    Noticing in reports from Somaliland reference to certain nutritious grasses which it struck him would be exceedingly serviceable to Australia, says the London ...

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  30. POLICE COURT.

    At the Police Court on Saturday, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. P. W. Pears), Mary Berry, aged forty-five years, married woman, with one conviction, was charged ...

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  31. HOW LOUD KITCHENER CELEBRATED PEACE.

    When peace was concluded at Vereeniging Lord Kitchener called the chaplains together, told them that he was desirous of celebrating peace, said he did not want ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. CHINA.

    In consequence of the great extravagance of the Dowager Empress, the Chinese officials are making desperate efforts to raise 10,000,000 taels (about ...

    Article : 62 words
  33. WELLINGTON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.

    The City of Wellington Electric Light Company is issuing £75,000 worth of de bentures at five per cent. ...

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  34. VAN DIEMAN'S LAND COMPANY.

    The annual report of the directors of the Van Dieman's Land Company, which has been issued, shows that the profits for the twelve months ended on the 31st of ...

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  35. THE WORLD'S GOLD PRODUCTION.

    According to a paper issued from the Government Statistician's Office, Perth, Western Australia. The amount of the world's gold production for the last ...

    Article : 262 words
  36. MILITARY INSPECTION.

    Major V. C. L. Sellheim, who has heen deputed by the Queensland Military Commandant (Colonel T. Price) to inspect the troops of the Central Division, returned on ...

    Article : 262 words
  37. IMMIGRATION TO CANADA.

    In replying to an inquiry from 200 Australian locomotive engineers who sent a cable message asking what prospects there would be of their getting work in ...

    Article : 52 words
  38. THE MOUNT LYELL COMPANIES.

    A new company is to be registered in Melbourne with a capital of £1,300,000, made up of £1 shares to take over the Amalgamated Mount Lyell companies. ...

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  39. HOW MR. SEDDON BECAME PREMIER.

    Mr. R. J. Seddon is reported by the " Wellington Post " to have given thc following account of how he became Premier of New Zealand:—" When our late leader ...

    Article : 280 words
  40. A DAIRY EXPERT IN TROUBLE.

    Charles Valentine has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for an offence against the Bankruptcy Act. [Writing on the 9th of April, the ...

    Article : 249 words
  41. SPORTING NE

    At We Morefield races on Saturday Fitzroy ran his last race. He stumbled badly in the Stewards' Mile and it was found that the horse's off fore fetlock joint ...

    Article : 56 words
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  43. A NOTE OF WARNING.

    As the Winter Season approaches, the question agitating the minds of the male persuasion generally will be, where shall I Order my Winter Suit? We ...

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