THE following lament of a grazing farmer in the drought is from the pen of Woomera in the Australasian. Fortunately it does not apply to the G.F. in Queensland this year:— ...
Article : 150 wordsThe death is announced of the Hon. Louis Hope, a very old colonist and pioneer of the sugar industry in Queensland. He was for many years a resident of Ormiston, near ...
Article : 1,597 wordsOld Dobbie had a silver tongue, And it sung like the lyre bird; It told of wealth that in mines lay hid, Till no man believed a word; ...
Article : 265 wordsThe Customs revenue for the last month amounted to £203,695, showing an increase of £21,752 over the returns for the corresponding month of 1893. ...
Article : 481 wordsThe Messageries Mail Company Polynesian is sailing with four heavy guns, 10 Hotchkiss quick-firing guns, and six tons of war material for the French Government, including ...
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Article : 977 wordsSAYS an Auckland telegram:—Details received of the recent fighting in Samoa, in which English and German warships took part, show that action, was taken, on the ...
Article : 540 wordsThe ship Aeolus, 1609 tons, in charge of Captain Campbell, with a crew of thirty all told, bound from Sydney, went ashore on the Agnes reef off Cape Borda. The captain ...
Article : 83 wordsMessrs. Hellaby Brothers' boiling downs establishment, Auckland, has been destroyed by fire. The damage amonnted to £4000, and the property was insured for £2500. ...
Article : 53 wordsEXTENSIVE forest fires have swept the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and destroying six towns, including Hinchley, Sandstone, and Mission Creek. The death roll is already ...
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