The Chinese junk Wong Hing, which left here some eleven months ago, returned on Tuesday last, after an adventurous cruise along the coast of New Guinea. She reports having visited East ...
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Article : 339 wordsGreat indignation is felt here at the non[?]rrival of the English mails per R.M.S. Roma, which reached Cooktown last Saturday morning before daylight. ...
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Article : 263 wordsAT the invitation of Professor Pepper a number of gentlemen assembled at the Albert Hall yesterday afternoon to inspect a Faure's Accumulator or "secondary pile," which had been ...
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Article : 808 wordsThe mayor of Adelaide aud members of the council paid an official visit to the German war ship Carola to-day, and met with a hearty reception. ...
Article : 50 wordsA proclamation has been signed declaring Sydney a clean port. ...
Article : 21 wordsTHE annual meeting of subscribers to the Brisbane Hospital was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There was but a small attendance. The members of committee ...
Article : 578 wordsMessrs. Griffiths and Weaver report of this week's market as follows:—1650 cattle yarded, and prices rose 10s. Best bullocks fetched £8; good, £6 10s. Over 20,000 sheep penned; ...
Article : 82 wordsIT has always been said that the characteristic which distinguishes the House of Commons before all deliberative assemblies is the possession in a marked ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 17 Feb 1882, Page 3
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