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  2. PAYNE FAMILY BELLRINGERS.

    We would again remind our renders that this well-known combination will appear in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next. The Paynes have been well met all along the line, their ...

    Article : 38 words
  3. The Recent Fatality.

    The announcement in our issue of Wednesday last of the death of Mr. C. Swinburne the previous evening, as the result of a buggy accident, created profound expressions of regret. ...

    Article : 333 words
  4. SPORTS AT DALVEEN.

    A day's sports will be held at Dalveen on Baster Monday, The programme will be published in our issue of the 20th inst. ...

    Article : 29 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 960 words
  6. Differential Rates.

    The question of the rates on wheat and flour, about which there has been so much discussion of late, has been reconsidered by the Minister for Railways. Approval was given on ...

    Article : 272 words
  7. TENDERS INVITED.

    Tenders are invited (up to 19th April) by the Works Department for the erection of new Post and Telegraph Office at Pratten. ...

    Article : 24 words
  8. BRASS BAND AT KILLARNEY.

    Mr. W. Fraser, of Warwick, has been engaged as instructor and band master of the Killarney Brass Band, which has just been formed. The committee have ordered eighteen instruments, ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. CANNING DOWNS LAND.

    We have been advised that the owners of Canning Downs have decided to throw open the Emu Creek subdivision of land for sale, owing to insufficient tenders for the purchase of the ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. TALGAI GOLD.

    We were yesterday shown a lump of smelted gold of 11½oze., the produce of 17½ tons of stone from the Australian mine, Talgai, the property of Martindale and Mutton.This ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. GOING TO THE WAR.

    Several of our young townsmen contemplate joining the sixth contingent for South Africa. Amongst those who have pretty well made up their minds to go are A. O'Loan, A. Devine, H. ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. FIRE.

    The shed on Mr, J. R. Curnow's farm at Sladevale was burned to the ground yesterday morning at daylight. In it were 90 bags of wheat, which the lessee (Mr. P. A.. Jensen) had ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. POLICE CHANGES.

    Some changes have recently been made in the ranks of the local police. Acting-sergeant Dillon has taken the place of Acting-sergeant Williams, who expects promotion to the charge ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. C.Y.M. SOCIETY.

    Last Wednesday evening was devoted to recreation, when a large number of members and other lady friends spent a very enjoyable evening. Next Tuesday evening will be ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. HON. W. H. GROOM'S CANDIDATURE.

    It is announced in our advertising columns that the Hon. W. H. Groom, who is a candidate for the Darling Downs electorate in the House of Representatives, will address the electors in ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. Latest Messages.

    The 8ban-hai-kwam railway, in China, will be under British military control until the evacuation of China. The Cuban convention has virtually ...

    Article : 294 words
  17. The Effect of the Change.

    The change made in the wheat and flour rates, as an answer to the recent agitation, is very disappointing. The Downs wheatgrowers and millers sought for an abolition of the ...

    Article : 359 words
  18. A STRONG MAN.

    A champion strong man in the person of Hercules is coming along the northern line. Hercules is a sixteen stone German of massive proportions, and can lift almost anything that ...

    Article : 78 words
  19. News in Brief.

    Mr. C. L. Wragge, the Queensland Government Meteorologist, returned to Brisbane on Tuesday. A flow of seven million gallons a day has ...

    Article : 812 words
  20. MAN-HUNT BY FIFTY WOMEN.

    The spectacle of fifty women in pursuit of a solitary man afforded infinite amusement to idlers in Trapston (England), on 10th January. The women had to waste their day at the ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. C.E.M.I. SOCIETY.

    The usual weekly meeting of the above society was held in the class-room on Tuesday evening, the Rev. E. Meeres presiding. The subject for the evening, a lecture on an ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

    St. Patrick's night this year is to be celebrated in elaborate style by the members of the C.Y.M. Society, who intend producing Falkner's celebrated Irish drama " Peep O'Day," in the ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. STRAIGHT TALK.

    Referring to the endorsement of three Labour candidates for the Senate in Queensland, the Cairns " Argus" says one of the men is chiefly, if not solely, distinguished as the reviler of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. "A TRADITION OF THE TOWER."

    Writing from London early in January, before the illness of her Majesty was known, a correspondent of the Sydney "Evening News" says: " The ghost of Mary Queen of Scots was ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. Protection Gone Crazy.

    A correspondent in the " Courier" refers to tho agitation against the differential rates on wheat and flour as follows:—" It seems to me under the existing conditions we have a ...

    Article : 273 words
  26. BRISBANE.

    A petition has been filed by William Donald Boss for the dissolution of his marriage will Edith Ross, Brisbane, and claiming £1000 damages against Philip James Symes, of ...

    Article : 340 words
  27. CATTLE NUISANCE.

    Many complaints of cattle straying about the streets have been made to the municipal authorities during the past few weeks. The vigour in impounding stock from the streets ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. RIDING A BICYCLE ON FOOTPATH.

    At the Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate, B. T. De Conlay was charged on the information of the Municipal Inspector with a breach of the municipal by-laws, to wit, ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. Warwick Examiner AND TIMES.

    The Staff Officer for Rifle Clubs will make an inspection of members of the Warwick Rifle Club at the drill-shed this afternoon at 2 O'clock. ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. WITHOUT FOOD FOR 19 DAYS.

    The performance of a pig, owned by a Gatton farmer, starving for 19 days is worth recording. The pig was missed on a certain day, and although diligent scarch was made to discover ...

    Article : 216 words
  31. PLUMPTON COURSING.

    A meeting of the committee of the Queensland Plumpton Coursing Club was held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, Mr, F. H. Selke oocupying the chair. Previous to the ...

    Article : 247 words
  32. RECORD RAINFALL.

    At Halifax, in Northern Queensland, the rainfall from January let to February 24 totalled 64.55ins., the largest 24 hours'record being 15.68ins. bli January 8. ...

    Article : 25 words
  33. A Comparison.

    A comparison of the railway rates to ports on wheat and flour charged by the Queensland and New South Wales discloses the fact that were our State the producer of an exportable ...

    Article : 139 words
  34. THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE.

    There has been another issue of the complete commission of the poace, this time in the name of his Majesty the King. All justices will have to be resworn, but no fee will be charged for ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS.

    Mr. G. P. Barnes's paddock on the brow of Hudson's bill, on the eastern side of the railway station, is now being surveyed into building allotments. These will shortly be offered for ...

    Article : 38 words
  36. SYDNEY.

    Mr.G.H.Reld will be unable to carry out the active campaign in the country districts, as he intended, owing to pressure of Court engagements during March. He has cancelled his ...

    Article : 94 words
  37. LORD LAMINGTON'S DEPARTURE.

    It is understood on the best authority that Lord and Lady Lamington do not now contemplate leaving the State in April, AS was at one time thought of. Owing to the visit of the ...

    Article : 68 words
  38. The Warwick Deputation.

    A deputation representing the meeting of farmers held at Warwick a few days ago, consisting of Jas. Wilson, Jas. Kemp, P. Canavan, W. D. Lamb, Jas. De Conlay, and ...

    Article : 532 words
  39. HON. JOHN ARCHIBALD, M.L.C.

    A meeting of citizens was held in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of considering the best means of acknowledging the public services rendered to Warwick by the ...

    Article : 269 words
  40. THE HALF-HOLIDAY MOVEMENT.

    Now that the regulations for the taking Qf a poll under the Shops and Factories Act, as to whether Saturday or any other day shall be the day on which the half-holiday shall be observed, ...

    Article : 83 words
  41. Latest Forecast.

    Heavy showers east from a line joining Burketown and Bandaberg; duststorms and scattered thunderstorms in interior; variable winds there. ...

    Article : 108 words
  42. St. Patrick's Day.

    The following are the nominations received for the principal horse races to be run at the above celebration on the 16th inst.:— Trial Handicap, 6 furlongs.—D. McLoughlin's ...

    Article : 120 words
  43. THE DROUGHT AT WINDORAH.

    The Windorah correspondent of the " Charleviile Times" writes ns follows:—Our old town is just now like Goldsmith's deserted village, but of course lacks the picturesqueness. ...

    Article : 98 words
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