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  2. QUEENSLAND ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

    A MEETING of the council of the above society was held yesterday, at the Legislative Council Chambers. Present: The Rev. J. R. Moffatt (chairman), R. Douglas, Esq., and L. ...

    Article : 2,148 words
  3. A DOMESTIC DIFFERENCE.

    "WHERE are my slippers? Oh, what roasting weather." This was the exclamation which broke from me in a somewhat petulant tone, as ...

    Article : 3,715 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN PRESERVED MEAT IN ENGLAND.

    "THE Father of a Family, having nine bellies to fill," writes to the Times on the 10th October:—"I bought a 6lb case of Australian boiled fresh beef, without bone, for which I paid 7d. ...

    Article : 2,858 words
  5. THE LATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    SIR,—In your issue of the 17th instant, relative to an alleged robbery that took place in this district by two of Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s grooms, your informant was in error, ...

    Article : 142 words
  6. EARTH CLOSETS.

    SIR,—I remember a very interesting paper prepared by Mr. Charles Tiffin, our Colonial Architect, on the dry-earth system of sewage. As invariably happens in Brisbane, some ...

    Article : 227 words
  7. IPSWICH RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 480 words
  8. CHRISTMAS.

    I HEARD the bells on Christmas day, Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat ...

    Article : 218 words
  9. CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE EAST.

    It is Christmas-Day—and what a day! The warm blue sea hardly makes a murmur as it flows inwards; the sky has not a cloud; the air is scented with violets; all the windows stand ...

    Article : 486 words
  10. CHRISTMAS GAMES.

    Christmas games are based on the grand fundamental theory of being, like Falstaff, amusing in themselves, and in calling forth after-amusements as their consequence. They ...

    Article : 1,278 words
  11. WEIGHTS FOR TATTERSALL'S CLUB CUP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 words
  12. THE CHRISTMAS BOX.

    The "Christmas Box," or receptacle for the money given, which we call the box, is of Roman times. It was, indeed, a thrift-box for savings, used at that season to collect the ...

    Article : 271 words
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