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  2. Queensland News. Agricultural and Pastoral News.

    On May 31 Mr. G. T. Bell, Government auctioneer, submitted a large quantity of Crown lands for sale under tho Special Salos Land Act, 1891. Considerable interest was manifested in the ...

    Article : 449 words
  3. South Australian News. Savage Assault.

    A brutal assault was made on mountod-constable East ou June 1. The constable had gone to investigate a case of larceny at the Sewage Farm, where he found serious depredations had ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. UNEMPLOYED TROUBLE.

    At Brisbane on Saturday Sir Samuel Griffith was waited upon by a deputation representing over 100 unemployed men. The principal object of the deputation was to ascertain ...

    Article : 424 words
  5. West Australian News, Killed by a Boar.

    A shocking fatality was reported from Northampton on Juno 1. A young man named Richard Williams was engaged in roping a ferocious boar in the sty when the animal charged him, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. RAILWAY RETURNS.

    The railway revenue for the week ended May 28 was £21,984, while that for the corresponding week of 1891 was £21,466, showing an increase of £518. From the beginning of the year up to this ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. DECREASE OF STOCK.

    The stock returns published on June 3 show that on Decomber 31 the number of sheep in the colony were upwards of 500,000 loss than in 1890. Of those some 400,000 in round numbers ...

    Article : 139 words
  8. INCREASED STOCK TAX.

    At a meeting of stockowners held at Burra on June 3 the following resolution was carried: That this meeting considers it desirable that the tax on stock should be materially increased, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. MINERS' HARDSHIPS.

    Reliable news from the Murchison Gold Field states that there is a terrible amount ef sickness there. Men who are travelling thither are dying on the road and on tho field from what is thought ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. THE BETTING CASES.

    At the City Police Court on Monday, June 6, before Mr. T. K. Pater, S..M., a further hearing was given to the charges against eight bookmakers for unlawful betting on the ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. CHINESE INVASION.

    Travellers going through from South Australia to Queensland have reported to the police authorities at Cloncurry that the road from Anthony Lagoon (S.A.) to the Queensland border is lined ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue collected by the Rockhampton Municipal Council for wharfage during the month of May was £560, showing an increase of £70 as compared with the corresponding period last ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. AN INSURANCE CASE.

    The commission appointed to take evidence regarding the circumstances attending the death of Mr. John Southern, who was killed by a train at the Perth Railway Station in October last, has ...

    Article : 77 words
  14. GENERAL NEWS.

    The trustees of the South Australian Savings Bank at the monthly meeting declared the rate of interest at 4½ per cent. The increase of deposits during the month was £6733. ...

    Article : 444 words
  15. BLACK LABOR CONFERENCE.

    The question as to whether Queensland should take part in the proposed intercolonial conference on the colored labor question came before the Cabinet on Tuesday, June 6, and ...

    Article : 159 words
  16. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

    The trial of the native Mingha, at Geraldton, for the murder of a young settler named Robert Waldeck, in October last, was concluded on June 3. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The annual meeting of the Acclimatisation Society of Queensland was hold on May 31, when his Excellency the Governor presided. The report showed a falling off of 97 subscribers ...

    Article : 459 words
  18. A Calamitous Thundercloud.

    A London cable of June 6 says that a thundercloud broke over two cities (Oil City and Titusville) in Pennsylvania. Lightning followed and set fire to the oil refineries. The ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. INSOLVENCY BUSINESS.

    Potitions have buen flied for the liquidation of the following estates: Edward Matthew Owens, medical practitioner, of Brisbane, liabilities £12,541 11s 5d; and George Silas Perry, ex-bank ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Queensland Government has declined the invitation to send representatives to an intercolonial conference to consider the question of colored labor. —Fifty half-chests of tea.were ...

    Article : 276 words
  21. The Attempted Wife Murder.

    The unfortunate woman, Mrs. Sheehy, who about a month ago was taken to the Sydney Hospital from her home in Langley-iane, "Wooloomooloo, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday ...

    Article : 90 words
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