The following Minute of the Executive Council, respecting the appointment of the Postmaster-General, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of his ...
Article : 486 wordsTHE 1st of April, 1870, was an important day in the annals of Toowoomba. A bogio engine with a train attached—in one compartment of which was your reporter—asc[?]nded the Main ...
Article : 1,192 wordsTHE following is the report which was adopted at the annual meeting hold on Thursday evening last of the members of the above institution. Owing to the late hour at which ...
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Article : 440 wordsSIR,—That astute politician, the Honorable the Minister for Public Lands and Works, having, in his Excellency's speech at the opening of the present Parliamentary session, shadowed forth the ...
Article : 616 wordsIn your issue of the 17th instant is a report concerning these gold fields, which I think is rather calcuated to mislead the public; I therefore give you a correct version. There are several ...
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Article : 1,010 wordsThe following Bill to afford reliof to certain pastoral tenants of the Crown was road a first time on Wednesday last:— Whereas under or subject to the provisions ...
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Article : 596 wordsSIR,—In a letter addressed to the Tasmanian Church News, of March 20, and quoted at length in your issue of April 10, the writer has inadvertently stated that "from Brisbane to ...
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Article : 166 wordsTHERE is a project on foot on the lower part of the Logan and Albert Rivers, for [?]recting suitable buildings for house, school, and chapel for the use of all classes and all denominations ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 14 Apr 1866, Page 5
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