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Article : 15 wordsIn the House of Commons, to-day, Sir J. Fergusson, Under-Foreign Secretary, announced that the Government had come to an arrangement with Russia for the dispersion of the Afghan Boundary ...
Article : 307 wordsSIR,—I went to the Land Office, in East-street, this morning, to take up a small selection of land on Mount Brisbane run, Parish of Bowman, and was informed the land I wanted was in the Brisbane ...
Article : 133 wordsClaim of £2 10s., for rent of a paddock. Plaintiff was represented by his wife, Sarah Fullelove, and Mr. Drysdale appeared for defendant, who denied the debt. ...
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Article : 59 wordsDEAR SIR,—Can you tell me how it is that the waterworks engineer's report of the trial and test of the samples of coal differ so much this time from what they did the last time? I see, by the engineer's ...
Article : 714 wordsThe Governor opened Parliament to-day. His Excellency's speech announced that the revenue for 1885 was the largest ever collected in the colony, and that no further taxation was necessary under the ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Sydney footballers arrived today, and were accorded an enthusiastic reception. The men are all in capital form. The first match takes place on Saturday. ...
Article : 73 wordsM. Stambouloff, who is heading the movement in favour of the restoration of Prince Alexander, has called out the Bulgarian militia. The reactionary agitation is spreading. The inhabitants of Shimla, ...
Article : 83 wordsAdam Johnson, on remand, pleaded "Guilty" to having deserted his wife, Maria Johnson, but qualified this assertion by stating that she had told him to go. Evidence was, therefore, taken. ...
Article : 247 wordsNews from Mandalay reports a serious disaster having occurred there. A dam in the vicinity of the city burst, overwhelming many houses. One thousand persons are reported to be drowned. ...
Article : 36 wordsLater news from Bechuanaland shows that the reported murder of Lieutenant Bethel and a mounted policeman was not true, Lieutenant Bethel having arrived safely at Mafeking. ...
Article : 31 wordsPrince Bismarck, the Chancellor of the German Empire, and M. de Giers, the Russian Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs, met to-day at Franzenbad, Prince Bismarck's favourite ...
Article : 36 wordsA man, named Shea, living fifteen miles away from here, came in, yesterday, and reported that a man had out his throat, but was still alive ; he expressed himself tired of life. A constable has been ...
Article : 55 wordsA temperance deputation of unusual magnitude waited upon the Chief Secretary, to-day, with reference to a proposed amendment in the Licensing Act, and strongly urged the retention of the 11.30 p.m. ...
Article : 1,043 wordsJames Sullivan, on remand, on suspicion of having committed forgery, by signing the name "Walter Bunney" to several cheques, was again brought before the Bench. ...
Article : 837 wordsThe Warrego River has been rising for the last forty-eight hours, and is now over its banks. Spring weather has set in. The country is looking splendid, and there is an abundance of herbage everywhere. ...
Article : 161 wordsPetitions were presented as follows:— By Mr. DONALDSON, from Thargomindah, signed by 160 persons, praying for an amendment of the Crown Lands Act of 1884. ...
Article : 2,819 wordsThe Granville Divisional Board has decided to hold no meetings unless for the transaction of urgent business, as there are no funds to go on with. ...
Article : 33 wordsA miner, named William Jones, working in the Caledonian Prospectors Tribute Claim, had his leg broken by a fall of rock. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Provisional Council League, to-day, discussed the report of the sub-committee for a new Constitution for Queensland. Several new clauses were added, and a number of amendments made. All ...
Article : 52 wordsA man, named Percy, book-keeper, on Farleigh Plantation, Mackay, who forged cheques to the amount of over £200, was arrested by Detective Walker, this afternoon. Percy left Mackay in an ...
Article : 118 wordsThe body of a man has been found under a culvert, one mile out, on the Mulgrave-Herberton-road, face downwards, floating in the water. The body was in an advanced stage of decomposition, and was not ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Lucinda, with Sir Arthur Palmer on board, leaves at daylight to-morrow for Cairns. ...
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Advertising : 71 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly, to-day, reference was made to the fi[?]e in the Queensland Legislative Assembly Chamber, last night, Mr. Garra[?]d giving notice of his intention to move for the appointment ...
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