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  2. ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

    A DOMESTIC tragedy is reported from Bodangarry, near Parkes. A man named Alfred Schnavel is reported to have shot his wife, killing her instantly. The parties had ...

    Article : 127 words
  3. Boer War.

    THE company of volunteers which were raised by Mr. B. S. Sievers in Bedfordshire to serve in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry Corps organised by Lord Chesham have ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. THE STEAMER AIRLIE WRECKED.

    NEWS was received, on Tuesday, of the wreck of the Eastern and Australian Company's fine steamer Airlie on the northern end of the Chapman Island Reef. A messenger from Cooktown, ...

    Article : 380 words
  5. THE VERY LATEST.

    NEWS comes from Paris that some of the leading French newspapers are insisting that there is an urgent necessity for settling the fate of the New Hebrides, which under a convention ...

    Article : 114 words
  6. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    NOTWITHSTANDING all that has been said, there are still grave doubts as to whether M'Cann is suffering from plague, and the Minister for Health has been requested by the Board of ...

    Article : 434 words
  7. DISTRIBUTION OF THE WAR FUND.

    UP to yesterday (says the London "Times" of December 15) the Royal Patrictic Fund, to which the larger proportion of the amount contributed to the Lord Mayor's Transvaal War ...

    Article : 256 words
  8. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    An injunction has been taken out at Philadelphia, in the United States, at the instance of the representative of the British Government here, for the detention of the States steamer ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY.

    Lord Rosebery, the well-known Liberal leader, speaking at Chatham last night, said that the present war was in some respects the most formidable that Great Britain had ...

    Article : 226 words
  10. AN ILLEGAL ASSOCIATION.

    It is announced from Paris that 12 Assumptionist fathers, and one of the directors of the religious weekly paper "La Croix," are to be prosecuted by the authorities for belonging to ...

    Article : 49 words
  11. THE TICKS AGAIN.

    IT has been noticed that ticks are again appearing in the neighbourhood of Brisbane (says the "Observer"), the same as they did about this time last year; but they are not so ...

    Article : 238 words
  12. DEATH OF CAPTAIN BURKITT.

    It is reported that Captain Burkist, formerly master of the British Indla Company's steamer Jumna, running between Brisbane and London, and latterly captain of the steamer Goloonda, ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. THE QUEEN'S TWO GREATEST TREASURES.

    PERHAPS there are two treasures at Windsor which the Queen values more highly than even the "Jewelled Bird" and "Tippoo's Tiger." The first is a Bible. It is a Bible that once ...

    Article : 319 words
  14. HOME WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  15. MORE VOLUNTEERS.

    The volunteers to Lumsden's mounted force now number 500. They are being equipped to a large extent by private firms. ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. LIBERALITY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The subscriptions fowards the war fund have been so liberal that the widow of every British soldier killed in Booth Africa will receive a life pension of 10s. a week. ...

    Article : 33 words
  17. A KINDERGARTEN ORGANISER.

    Miss Eva Hoopar, who is proceeding to Victoria to organise the Kindergarten system of instruotion in that colony, is a passenger by the Australia. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. Advertising

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    Advertising : 105 words
  19. MESSAGE FROM GENERAL BULLER.

    In a cable message to the War Office, despatched on the evening of the 23rd instant, General Sir Redvers Boiler stated that Major-General Warren occupted the same position as ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. PROFESSOR GREGORY.

    Professor Gregory, protessor of geology, is a passenger or Melbourne by the R.M.S. Britannia. ...

    Article : 17 words
  21. THE LATE MR. JOHN RUSKIN.

    The remains of the late Mr. John Buskin, the celebrated art critic, are now lying in state in Conistion Church. ...

    Article : 28 words
  22. DEATH OF THE REV. J. DAVADI.

    THE news reached Brishane to-day (says Tuesday's "Telegraph") that the Rev. Father Jerome Davadid diet at Stantthorpe yesterday. The sad event has caused great sorrow in ...

    Article : 70 words
  23. ISLANDS CEDED TO GERMANY.

    It is now announced that the Caroline, Pelew, and Marianna Islands have been attached to German New Guinea for purposes of government. ...

    Article : 30 words
  24. COLONEL EAGER'S INJURIES.

    Colonel H. A. Eager, of the Royal Irish Rifles, who took part in Lieutenatt-General Gatacre's futile attack on Stormberg on December 10, and was wounded in the leg, has had to ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

    A QUIET, though none the less interesting, wedding took place yesterday afternoon in this town, when Mr. Joseph Henry Cooper, only son of Mr. James Cooper, of the National Club, ...

    Article : 345 words
  26. THE QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 431 words
  27. DEATH OF THE KHALIFA.

    WRITING from Cairo, on December 2, Reuter's agent gives the following particulars of the dramatic death of the Khalifa:—"As soon as Colonel Wingate's force had swept through the ...

    Article : 342 words
  28. AGENTS-GENERAL RESIGNING.

    It is announced that Sir Julian Salomons and Sir W. B. Perceval, Agents-General for New South Wales and Tasmania respectively, intend resigning their positions in April, and ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. PRIVATE ST. JOHN AT BELMONT.

    Further details of the battle of Belmont, in which Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen defeated the Boers, are arriving by private letters by mail In one of these it is stated that ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. THE ROYAL BANK.

    THE 28th ordinary general meeting of sharehulders of the Royal Bank of Queensland, Limited, was held in Brisbane yesterday, there being a good attrendance. The chairmas of ...

    Article : 84 words
  31. BOER LOSSES.

    With reference to the fighting which has recently taken place in Natal with the advance of General Buller's army towards Ladysmith, the Boers themselves admit that their casualities ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    Arrangements have been completed for taking over Fraser Island Mission Station by the Anglican Board of Missions. ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. MR. TWEEDIE'S SONS.

    It is announced that two sons of Mr. David Tweedle, of Adelaide, have joined the Imperial Yeomanry Corps, which leaves shortly for service in South Africa. ...

    Article : 30 words
  34. PRESIDENT STEYN AT THE FRONT.

    It is reported that Messrs. Pretorius and Bothe, prominent Transvaalers, end Commandant Cronje (who led the Boers when the British under Lord Methuen, who were ...

    Article : 73 words
  35. HORSES FOR THE WAR.

    The horses for the Imperial authorities in South Africa, shipped by the steamer Damascus from Sydney, have arrived at Capetown in splendid condition. ...

    Article : 27 words
  36. THE MARQUESS OF LORNE'S BIG "D."

    THE Marquess of Lorne, in proposing "Our Colonial Forces" at a banquet in London reconlly, said that the justine of our cause in this war was known in all parts of the Empire. ...

    Article : 164 words
  37. LONDON, January 24. COMPLIMENT TO ROBERTS AND KITCHENER.

    Two additional regiments of the South African Light Horse which are being raised at Capstown for service at the front have been named after Field-Marshal Lord Roberts and ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. WEATHER FORECASTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  39. BOERS IN PORTUGUESE TERRITORY.

    Information is to hand that a party of Boers crossed the boundary into Portugusse territory in Rhodesia. The Portuguese authorities immediately despatched an artillery force to ...

    Article : 41 words
  40. THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

    The Secretary of State for the Colonies has telegraphed to the Lieuienant-Governor that he has received the offer of the Queensland Government to send a third contingent to ...

    Article : 47 words
  41. COMFORTS FOR LADYSMITH.

    The inhabitants of Pletermaritaburg (the capital of Natal) and Durban (chief port of Natal) are organising supplies of comforts for the garrison and residents at Ladysmith when ...

    Article : 38 words
  42. WAR EXCITEMENT IN INDIA.

    The excitement prevalling in India in connection with the South African war is very great, so much so that matters connected with the femine, now unhappily raging there, are ...

    Article : 49 words
  43. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

    Just before the transports Maori King left one of the Queensland contingent was put ashore without a belt or accoutrements. It is stated that he had been insubordinate, and ...

    Article : 47 words
  44. HANCOCK BROS.

    ALL those interested in the building trads are aware of the inconvenience occasioned, and the loss sustained by contractors, of late, owing to their being unable to abtain an adequate supply ...

    Article : 487 words
  45. WEDNESDAY.

    Queensland: North, Central, and South.— Fine, with scaitersd cloud, in the interior. More heavy rain in coastal districts, chiefly north from Mackay, including the Peninsula ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. WOOGAROO LUNATIC ASYLUM.

    Two males and one female have been admitted into the above institution since last report, three males have been discharged, and three miles have died. The inmates at the ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. THE TRANSVAAL AND AMERICA.

    Mr. Montagu White, the Transvaal representative in Great Britain, has had an important interview with the Hon. John Hay, United States Secretary of State. The interview lasted ...

    Article : 48 words
  48. DARING ROBBERY.

    A DARING daylight robbery was reported on Monday afternoon. A young woman in a steam tram was taking her master's money to the bank. On her lap was a parcal containing ...

    Article : 105 words
  49. SHIPMENT OF INFERIOR FLOUR.

    A small scandal in regard to a large quantity of flout shipped by the troopship Surrey has been disclosed. The Government appointed the Board of Master Bakers to inspect ...

    Article : 104 words
  50. COAL FOR THE BRISBANE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    JUST before the adjournment of the Brisbane Municipal Council on Tuesday afternoon, Alderman Higgs read a letter which he had received from the New Swanbank Colliery ...

    Article : 427 words
  51. THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.

    The hospital ship Maine, which was largely fitted out by Amerlcan ladies, headed by Lady Churchill, for the use of wounded British soldiers in South Africa, has now arrived at ...

    Article : 49 words
  52. "AN HUMBLE AND A CONTRITE HEART."

    THE following letter, signed "M. H. Irving," appears in a recent issue of the Melbourne "Argus":—"Sir,—You have republished, with great effect, that spirited poem of Redyard ...

    Article : 345 words
  53. The Mayor's Patriotic Fund.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  54. COMMANDANT VILJOEN OVERCOME BY LYDDITE FUMES.

    It transpires that Commandant Viljoen (who was wrongly reported to have been captured at Elands Laagte) took part in the fighting against Sir Charles Warren's force on Saturday last. ...

    Article : 386 words
  55. CIVILISED OR SAVAGE?

    The well-known pictoral publication "Under the Union Jack," referring to the treachery of the Boers in raising the white flag merely to gain a temporary advantage, ...

    Article : 294 words
  56. FINN IMMIGRATION.

    A SOMEWHAT curious scene (says last night's "Observer") was enacted at the inuiry branch of the Lands Department this morning, when a number of Finns, none of ...

    Article : 204 words
  57. FLOODS IN THE NORTH.

    THE Johnstone River in heavy fiond, and has risen over the banks and wharves. Heavy rain has been falling without cassation for the past 40 hours, and is still continuing. The rainfall ...

    Article : 136 words
  58. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

    MISS FEWTRELL'S preparatory school, Denmark Hill, re-opens on Monday next. ...

    Article : 12 words
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