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  2. PROSPECTIVE EVACUATION OF THE CAPITAL.

    Count on Walder[?] in a letter to Li Hung Chang, states that if order is maintained and the inhabitants protected the allies will evacuate Pao-tin-fu and Pelan. [?] he writes, is ...

    Article : 56 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    News has been received of a sharp engagement at Rietfontein drift. Commandant Liedenberg's commando, to the number of 400, twice desperately attacked a British convoy. ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. ENGELSBURG LETTER.

    DURING the royal visit to Brisbane, our town and neighbourhood were deserted. We are glad that the excursionists have all returned safe and sound, after a visit to the city, well ...

    Article : 424 words
  5. OUR GATTON LETTER.

    AT St. Lawrence's Anglican Church, last Sunday afternoon, a wedding took place which was extremely interesting to the large number of people—chiefly young men—who ...

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  6. QUEENSLAND PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A MEETING of the committee of the above society was held, last night, at the office of the secretary (Mr. Harding), when there were present—Messrs. A. J. Stephenson, M.L.A. ...

    Article : 339 words
  7. TRINITY COLLEGE MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.

    THE authorities of the Ipswich Technical College have received a notification that Mr. Charles Edwards has been appointed by the governing body of the Trinity College, London, ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    IN the House of Representatives, last night, the debate on the address-in-reply was resumed by Mr. M'Lean, who said that the time bad passed when either the agricultural or pastoral ...

    Article : 219 words
  9. CONGREGATIONAL INSTITUTE—PARLIAMENTARY CLASS.

    THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above class was held on Thursday evening in the East-street school. The Speaker (Rev. W. J. L. Close, BA.) took the chair at 8 o'clock. ...

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  10. RECROSSING THE ORANGE.

    The Boer forces which have lately been in the vicinity of Colesberg, in the north of Cape Colony, have now recrossed the Orange River into the Orange River Colony. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. LONDON, May 31. OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY.

    A message, published in the "Times," states that owing to the concentration of British troops at Cradock and Tarkaslad the enemy have removed from that locality to, the vicinity ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. MESSAGE FROM CANON BARTLETT.

    DR. PAITCHARD, rector of St. Paul's, asks us to publish the following message which he has received by post-card from Cannon Bartlett, too late for insertion in the June number of the ...

    Article : 95 words
  13. THE SENATE.

    Mr. Drake resumed the debate on the address-in-reply. He regretted his absence during the earlier stages, and said he had learned with surprise when in Queensland that an ...

    Article : 543 words
  14. ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PHSIOLOGY.

    MR. W. C. QUEENKLL, M.R.C.V.S., lecturer on veterinary science to the Brisbane Technical College and Gatton agricultural college, delivered the first of a series of lectures on the ...

    Article : 369 words
  15. THE TRANSVAAL GOVERNMENT.

    Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the celebrated war correspondent, sends intelligence that he has it on trustworthy authority that General Louis Boths, the Boer commander-in-chief, with the ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. THE FIRE IN AUCKLAND.

    IN connection with the fire at Auckland, a man named Ayres perished in the flames. Mr. Ayres came to New Zealand from Brisbane in 1894 as acting-manager in the Bank of ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. BAND MINES WORKING.

    Five of the mines on the Band are now working. Two of these, the Golden Huis and Deep May Consolidated, are operating 30 and 50 stampers respectively. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. CONCERNING COLONIALS.

    Captain G. Cape, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has sailed for England. Private Charles Hicks, of the West Australian Mounted Infantry, was wounded at ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. THE VERY LATEST.

    THE Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has reminded the Oddfellows that half the Oddfellows' lodges, owing to the very heavy drain on their funds ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. VITAL STATISTICS.

    THE local vital statistics for the month of May are as follows:—Ipswich—Births, 28 males and 16 females; deaths, 10 males and 2 females; marriages, 9. West Moreton—Births, ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. QUEENSLANDERS IN ACTION.

    Further particulars of the engagement on the 25th of May, in which the Queenslanders took part, go to show that the Queenslanders, the Munsters, and other troops were escorting ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. REDBANK PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH.

    To celebrate the anniversary of the Redbank Plains Methodist Church, a public luncheon is to be held on Monday next, to be followed by a public meeting, at which Mr. J. C. Cribb, ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. FURTHER CAPTURES.

    General Plumer's main column recently brought into Standerton several waggons full of Boer families, besides 1000 cattle and many horses. ...

    Article : 22 words
  24. OUR BOONAH LETTER.

    EXCEPT in very low-lying parts of the district no frost has yet been experienced this season, and the late crop of maize promises to be Al—the biggest probably ever known. This is the ...

    Article : 500 words
  25. FINLAND AND RUSSIA.

    The members of the Russian Cabinet, by a large majority, have rejected a scheme for compulsory army service in Finland proposed by General Kuropatkin, the Russian Minister for ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  27. MILNER'S INFLUENCE.

    Addressing his constituents at Berwick last night, Sir E. Gray, M.P., who is a Liberal, declared that if Sir Alfred Milner were recalled both races in South Africa would mistrust his ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. GERMANY AND FRANCE.

    After a review of some Prussian troops by the Emperor of Germany at Berlin, General Bonnal, an aged French General, rode through the streets at the head of a Prussian brigade. ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 271 words
  30. CAPTURE OF A GUN.

    In addition to the other munitions taken when Colonel Allenby surprised Joachim Prinsloo's laager was a Colt gun. ...

    Article : 22 words
  31. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

    EDWARD CHRISTIN appeared before the Police Magistrate, at the Ipswich Police Court, yesterday morning, and pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having, late on the previous evening, ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. HORSES CAPTURED BY INVADERS.

    The invaders in Cape Colony in the Colesberg district recently captured-500 horses. ...

    Article : 17 words
  33. RUSSIA WANTS ANOTHER NAVAL STATION.

    Admiral Birileff, commander of the Russian Mediterranean squadron, is at present visiting the Court of Bulgaria. It is suspected that the object of the visit is to arrange with Prince ...

    Article : 56 words
  34. PRESENTATION TO LADY LAMINGTON.

    In is learnt that subscriptions are coming in freely for the presentation from the women of Queensland to Lady Lamington, and Toowoomba promises to be very well represented in ...

    Article : 35 words
  35. WAR IN CHINA.

    THE Vienna Press, in articles dealing with the situation of affairs in China, complain that the problem still remains unsolved and the mandarins unpunised. Russia, they contend, ...

    Article : 60 words
  36. THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

    Use "Observer" reports that it is understood that, in accordance with a statement made by the Home Secretary in Parliament last session, Mr. E. Gregory, at the end of June, ...

    Article : 50 words
  37. THE ROSTER.

    MESSRS. James Ball, F. Goleby. F. A. Whitehead, and George Ware are the justices of the peace whose names aspear on the roster for attendance at the Police Court on Monday and ...

    Article : 38 words
  38. THE CORONATION OATH.

    The Church Association has received several hundred resolutions protesting against any alteration in the preset form of the King's coronation oath. ...

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  39. RETURN OF THE STATE TREASURER.

    WE understand that the State Treasurer (the Hon. T. B. Cribb), who has been visiting Sydney is expected to return to town to-night. He will probably resumed his official duties at the ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. INTER-STATE NEWS.

    THE suspicious case of illness on H.M.S. Karrakatts, which recently arrived from Brisbane, has proved not to be plague, and the warship has consequently been released ...

    Article : 156 words
  41. LARGE STAFFS ON THE NEW RAILWAYS.

    AT present on the extension of the railway from Nerang there are about 920 men employed. The Kil[?]an extension has absorbed about 220 man. On the extension of the railway from ...

    Article : 63 words
  42. OUR LAIDLEY LETTER.

    THAT very enterprising firm of auctioneers, Messrs. Bryant and King, have just held another successful land sale, obtaining, in the present instance, phenomenal prices for new ...

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  43. LONDON, May 31. ZIONISTS IN PALESTINE.

    The Sultan of Turkey has made important concessions to the religious body known as the Zionists, who are settling in Palestine. ...

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  44. RESERVE PROCLAIMED.

    AN area of three acres three roods in the parish of Esk has been temporarily set aside as on reserve for police purposes. ...

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  45. PLAGUE AT CAPETOWN.

    Since the outbreak of bubonic plague at Capetown 666 cases have been reported, and there have been 303 deaths. ...

    Article : 22 words
  46. THE A.M.P. DIRECTORS.

    THE following are the results of the voting in Queensland for the recent election of directors of the principal board of the A.M.P. Society:—Sir J. P. Abbott K.C.M.G. 7149 votes; Joseph ...

    Article : 45 words
  47. A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

    The bodies of 35 infants have been discovered on the premises of and undertaker in Birmingham. ...

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  48. A MAGISTRATE RESWORN.

    ON Thursday last, Mr. James M'Gill attended at the Ipswich Police Court, and was res[?]orn was magistrate of the territory. ...

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  49. SERVIAN FINANCES IMPROVED.

    Thanks to the influence of Russia (says the "Times") Servian bonds have been rehabilitated on the Paris Bourse. ...

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  50. LONDON, May 31. THE INDEMNITY.

    A request has been made, on behalf of the Chinese authorities, to be allowed 40, instead of 30, years in which to pay the indemnity. It is officially announced that the Emperor ...

    Article : 59 words
  51. W.C.T.U.

    A PUBLIC meeting is to be held under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the Central Congregational Church on Monday night, when Mrs. Stephen ...

    Article : 52 words
  52. THE LAIDLEY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    THE official inquiry into the cause of the recent accident to a goods train near Laidley has been commenced by Messrs. J. G. Brown (Acting Traffic Manager). D.S. Thistlethwayie ...

    Article : 38 words
  53. WEATHER FORECASTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  54. THE GERMANS WITHDRAWING.

    The German headquarters staff at Pekin has now been dissolved, by order of the Emperor William. It is not considered likely that the allies will appoint one general to the chief ...

    Article : 58 words
  55. SHAMROCK II.

    SIR Thomas Liptor's yacht Shamrock II, was launched (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus") on April 26th, from the building yard of Denny Brothers, ...

    Article : 196 words
  56. MELBOURNE.

    The medical officer at the quarantine station discovered a suspicious case of illness among passengers landed from the Ormuz which at present is diagnosed as a case of mil small-pox. ...

    Article : 34 words
  57. FRIDAY.

    QUEENSLAND—North, Central, and South.—Fair or fine and cool over the greater portion of the eastern half. Some showers along the north-eastern coast, and over the Peninsula. ...

    Article : 55 words
  58. CHINESE TROOPS IN CHI-LI.

    The province of Chi-li, in which Pekin is situated, is now occupied by 13,000 Chinese troops. ...

    Article : 20 words
  59. RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

    MASS is advertised to be celebrated at Peak Mountain, Tarampa, Sunday [?] Harrisville (Mackay's) and Mount Cr[?] (Tansey's) during next week. ...

    Article : 62 words
  60. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    The "Standard" correspondent at Tientsin wires that the Chinese Court are holding Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching responsible for the departure of the allied troops by a given ...

    Article : 73 words
  61. ACCIDENT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

    WHILE driving at Petrie's Bight. Brisbane, last evening, Mr. Parry-Okeden, Commissioner of Police, was thrown out of his dog-cart, and sustained, a very severe shaking, but no bones ...

    Article : 36 words
  62. VACANCIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    RUMOUR has it (says the "Warwick Examiner") that the Rev. G. Woolnouch and Mr. A. Stewart (Brisbane) will fill the vacancies in the Legislative Council caused by the resignation ...

    Article : 42 words
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