No one competent to form a correct opinion can fail to recognise that the intention of the Government to devote £60,000 to the purchase of two gunboats is most judicious. It is to be ...
Article : 1,669 wordsON Saturday afternoon the Queensland football team tried conclusions with a strong fifteen of the Wallaroo Club, and, after a very exciting match, scored a victory by one goal ...
Article : 295 wordsTHE return match between the Brisbane and Wallaroo clubs was played on Saturday afternoon, in the Queen's Park, in the presence of a goodly number of spectators. Both teams suffered ...
Article : 806 wordsTHERE is ample material for discussion and for serious criticism in the Financial Statement. The Estimates, as laid on the table of the House, may have been framed, ...
Article : 7,014 wordsA MURDEROUS outrage has been committed in revenge for the victims having given information concerning the murders at Lough Mask. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe severity exercised by Judge Lawson in connection with recent trials in Ireland is generally condemned by the public. ...
Article : 25 wordsParliament adjourned to-day, and will reassemble in October. ...
Article : 17 wordsActive operations have commenced with a view to attacking Ourabi's position near Aboukir. The first division of the British troops embarked to-day, and the transports ...
Article : 131 wordsSIR,—I was very pleased to see the mayor's letter on the subject of tramways for Brisbane, and only hope that the scores of leading citizens I know to hold the same opinion ...
Article : 534 wordsContinuous and heavy firing has been heard during the whole of this afternoon at Alexandria, in the direction of the Mahmudeeh Canal. No details have yet been received, and ...
Article : 79 wordsTHE yield of No. 1 north Phoenix mine from the stone raised and crushed during the past three weeks is considerably better than usual, the average per ton being 3[?]. 12dwt. 8gr. ...
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Article : 22 wordsNegotiations for the conclusion of a military convention between Great Britain and Turkey for the joint occupation of Egypt have been resumed. Lord Dufferin, British Ambassador ...
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Article : 45 wordsMr. Charles Roberts, late mayor of Sydney, and Mr. George Geary, mayor of Melbourne, have been created Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. ...
Article : 34 wordsSIR,—Having for many years taken a warm interest in all matters affecting the welfare and progress of the Humpybong Peninsula, I need scarcely say that the letter appearing in ...
Article : 330 wordsThe match at Portsmouth between the Australian team and a United Eleven was continued to-day. There was a large attendance, and the weather was very fine. The ...
Article : 188 wordsALTHOUGH not being called upon to accompany the team of Queensland footballers as special correspondent, still I feel sufficient interest in the affair to enable me to pen a ...
Article : 2,526 wordsMr. B. Cribb, police-magistrate, has declined the public dinner tendered to him on the occasion of his leaving Toowoomba for Rockhampton, it being contrary to the rules of the civil ...
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Article : 396 wordsIt is rumoured that an attempt is being made to organise a compact Opposition party for the coming session, under the leadership of Mr. Alexander Stuart. ...
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Article : 527 wordsAll the guns in the battery at Queenscliff are now mounted, and the forts in the south channel will shortly be commenced. A young man named William Leon Owens, ...
Article : 67 wordsLady Gordon and family and Bishop Redmond left per Wakatipu, s., for Sydney. The San Francisco mail steamer was signalled this afternoon. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 21 Aug 1882, Page 3
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