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  2. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 802 words
  3. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    The 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 words
  4. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

    During 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 words
  5. BRIDGES.

    The 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 words
  6. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    The 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 words
  7. SHIPPING.

    Considerable 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 words
  8. SUMMARY FOR EUROPE.

    The 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 words
  9. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS.

    The 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 words
  10. RAILWAYS.

    The 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 words
  11. MINING.

    The 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 words
  12. HARBOURS, RIVERS, AND DRAINAGE.

    Good 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 words
  13. WATER SUPPLY.

    For 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 ...

    Article : 611 words
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