THE Queen's Birthday passed off here very quietly. The Presbyterians had a grand turnout, partly in honor of the event and partly in aid of their church. All went merrily as a ...
Article : 288 wordsSIR,—Consideration for many years has convinced me that the first thing to be done for our aborigines is to give them a Government (at present practically they have none at all) which will ...
Article : 93 wordsMR. BENJAMAN BA[?]IDGE claims from us space, not so much for anything he has to say personally in reply to our correspondent "Freetrader," as for a great American Statesman, writer, and ...
Article : 1,561 wordsTHE Queen's Birthday has passed with Queen's weather—beautifully fine and cool. There were races held at Hodgson, where there was some good running. In Roma the local lodgo of ...
Article : 172 wordsBEFORE the police-magistrate and Messrs. A. R. Jones and J. Potts, JJ.P. DRUNKENNESS.—nathaniel Llewellyn, for this offence, was fined £1, with the alternative of ...
Article : 516 wordsTHE Municipal Council have not yet received any reply from the Government to their application for the balance of the loan arranged for under the provisions of the Local Government ...
Article : 654 wordsSIR,—There can be no question that legal reform of some kind is sadly wanted, and for your leader of yesterday you are entitled to the best thanks of the entire community. When so ...
Article : 315 wordsTHE Government has deputed Mr. Stanley to make an extensive survey of our harbor, delineating the two projects now in consideration— namely, the erecting of a permanent stone jetty ...
Article : 1,737 wordsIT appears the Government have at last considered this place of sufficient importance to be surveyed, for Mr. Bedford, the surveyou, arrived here from Caroline, where I understand he was ...
Article : 134 wordsWE had the proverbial Queen's weather on the 24th. It was as fine a day as the sun ever shone upon, with a gentle breeze from the northeast. It failed, however, to bring out a good ...
Article : 180 wordsI HAVE seen many letters written from different parts of these slopes, but none of the writers have described this part of Queensland so as to let those who have never seen it know what it ...
Article : 484 wordsSIR,—Whilst thoroughly endorsing "Outia'" argument in to-day's Courier, I will propose to go further—not only reducing the present black police to their proper status (i.e., trackers), but ...
Article : 273 wordsTHE opening of the new Wesleyan chapel at Tallegalla on Monday the 17th instant brought together a large crowd of residents in the scrub as well as visitors from Ipswich and Brisbane. ...
Article : 689 wordsAPPOINTMENTS.—William F. Ferguson, to be an auditor of the Ravenswood Division, in the room of Cecil Becke, resigned; David White, to be a member of the Burrum Divisional Board, in the ...
Article : 408 wordsSIR,—How easy it is to find out and convince the public of the good breeding and excellent points of a racehorse after he wins a Cup race, &c., and with regard to Major there is no ...
Article : 752 wordsTHE new Roman Catholic church which was commenced in January last is just completed, and was fromally opened on the first Sunday of this month. It stands on the site of the old building, ...
Article : 903 wordsTHE Queen's Birthday! but though a holiday, the mail goes, and this letter must be written. At the present moment the cricketers are assembling on the convincing ground, about a mile ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 433 wordsTHE first annual meeting of the Bundaberg Building Society was held on Monday night. Although this society has in reality only been ten months in existence it has accomplished a ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 29 May 1880, Page 6
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