THE Legislative Council met at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday. Mr Buzacott laid on the table: Instructions to Captain Pennefather, of the Queensland Government schooner Pearl; report ...
Article : 1,892 wordsThe A.S.N. Company have received advices that the steamer Olif will shortly leave Hongkong for Brisbane and Sydney. Mr. J. G. Nixou, of the Mercantile Mutual ...
Article : 444 wordsTHE usual fortnightly meeting of the Brisbane Hospital Committee was held at the Town Dispensary on Tuesday, the members present being Messrs. Drew (chairman), Buckland, Guthrie, ...
Article : 478 wordsThe Legislative Assembly sat till half-past 4 o'clock this morning. Mr. Woods, Minister for Works, submitted an estimate for £915,000 for works at tho Spencer-street terminus, and on ...
Article : 224 wordsSIR,—I must have recourse to your journal to complain of the manner in which the above board collect their rates, as I cannot get any satisfaction from the secretary, to whom I have ...
Article : 203 wordsONE of the last official acts of the LieutenantGovernor, Sir Alfred Stephen, was to give a dinner at Government House to the Exhibition Commissioners, the Ministry, and some leading ...
Article : 2,794 wordsAdvices have been received to the effect that George Simpson, mate of the schooner Agnes, and three natives, while landing at Pentecost Island for trading purposes, were murdered by ...
Article : 983 wordsBEFORE his Honor Mr. Justice Lutwyche and juries of four. KING AND SONS V. CO-OPERATIVE BUTCHERING COMPANY. ...
Article : 1,708 wordsBEFORE the police-magistrate. LARCENY.—Rosa Ann Kerr and Sarah John[?]ton appeared on remand from Tuesday, charged with having stolen a silver watch, the property ...
Article : 183 wordsSIR,—In your issue of yesterday, "John Smith" coolly tells us that Copernicus was "not a German by birth, blood, or education," a most unfortunate statement, proving that he k[?]ows ...
Article : 433 wordsBEFORE Messrs. T. Illidge and W. F. Russel, JJ.P. UNDEFENDED CASE. C. M'Leod v. Charlotte Carnley.—Claim £12 ...
Article : 110 wordsTHE usual fortnightly meeting of the Local Board of Health was held yesterday, the members present being Messrs. A. Hubbard (chairman), Hardgrave, and Graham, and Drs. ...
Article : 692 wordsSIR,—I really cannot follow Mr. Meston through all his encyclopedias—one, the "Encyclopedia Britannica" of the edition now being issued is enough for me. According to that authority I ...
Article : 189 wordsSIR,—I have taken the liberty of asking for a small space in your paper to ask the railway officials why the train leaving Ipswich at 6.10 p.m. yesterday did not stop at Limestone, as ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 14 Aug 1879, Page 3
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