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Advertising : 802 wordsThe month has been as disastrous in some respects for the agriculturists as it has been beneficial to the pastoralists. The hopes of the former rose high when under the influence of a ...
Article : 163 wordsDuring the month tenders have been accepted for the following works:—At Ravenswood, new ward to hospital: Normanton, fencing and stables to police quarters; Burketown, post ...
Article : 960 wordsThe works under the supervision of the Engineer for Bridges are making good progres. The bridge which is most advanced is that across the Pioneer River, at Sydney-street, ...
Article : 482 wordsThe money market is assuming an easier tone. The Southern banks are reported to be reducing their rates, but no response has been made in Queensland, nor is there, so far as we ...
Article : 717 wordsConsiderable activity has provided in shipping circles during the month, there having been no less than fifteen oversea arrivals in the colony since last summary, and there have ...
Article : 1,562 wordsThe Premier, as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Federal Council, has for some days past been in communication with the representatives of Victoria and Tasmania, ...
Article : 3,855 wordsThe chief event of the month in the Electric Telegraph Department has been the laying down of the cable between the mainland of Queensland and Thursday Island. The ...
Article : 483 wordsThe second section of the Highfields Railway from Cabarlah to C row's Nest—in length 17¼ miles—was inspected on the 29th November, and the works were found to have been ...
Article : 1,002 wordsThe chief items of interest during the month have been the new discoveries made in different parts. The most important of these was a reported payable goldfield at the head of the ...
Article : 991 wordsGood progress has been made during the month with the dredging of the Brisbane River, as may be readily understood from the fact that the B.I.S.N. Company's steamer ...
Article : 731 wordsFor some time there have been complaints of the very had quality of the water supplied to the city from the new reservoir at [?] Creek, and a fortnight ago a public meeting was held ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 1 Dec 1886, Page 2
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