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  2. ALLEGED ATROCITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    A Reuter cablegram states that the Hon. Elibu Root, Secretary for War under the United States of America, considers that the methods adopted by General Jacob Smith in ...

    Article : 177 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    MR. BENNET BURLEICH, the famous war correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," states that the burghers in the refugee camps regard peace as certain to is the ...

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  4. CARRYING ON RETRENCHED OFFICERS' DUTIES.

    THE Premier stated this morning (says yesterday's "Observer") that in the case of certain officers whose services are being dispensed with the duties will probably be ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

    THE premiership competitions in connection with the Ipswich and West Moreton Rugby Football Union will commence this afternoon, when matches will be played on the reserve at ...

    Article : 85 words
  6. ARREARS OF PAY TO RIFLE CLUBS.

    WE understand that provision has been made on the Federal Estimates for the payment of all arrears in connection with Queensland rifle clubs for the year 1901. ...

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  7. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND.

    ELSEWHERE appears an extended report of the closing meetings at the half-yearly sittings of the Baptist Association of Queensland. At the public meeting which was held in the ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. SHIPPING COMBINATIONS.

    Information has been made public regarding the formation of another great shipping combine. A provisional agreement has been published organising a corporation under ...

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  9. IPSWICH AND BLACKSTONE CAMBRIAN CHOIR.

    AT a meeting of members of the Ipswich and Blackstone Cambrian Choir, held on Saturday night last, it was agreed that the choir should go to Maryborough next year in ...

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  10. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.

    ASCENSION DAY, Thursday last, was observed at the above Church by frequent services throughout the day. Holy Communions was celebrated at 6 and 7a.m., and again ...

    Article : 343 words
  11. ACCIDENT AT THE PHŒNIX WORKS.

    A YOUNG man named John Peters, employed at the Phoenix Engineering Company's works, North Ipswich, met with a painful accident yesterday morning. It appears that ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    THE census returns shows that in Queensland the children over six years and under 12 years of age are educationally disposed of as follows:—254 are attending grammar or high ...

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  13. A SUCCESSFUL BOER DRIVE.

    Another successful drive in the north-east of the Orange River Colony has just been completed, and a brief account of the operations is given in the following despatch ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. OFFICIAL MATTERS.

    A BY-LAW passed by the Goolman Divisional Board relating to sanitation has been approved.—John Somerville has been admitted to the service of the Department of Public ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. THE NERANG RAILWAY.

    LAST night's "Observer" says that the Premier is gratified at the announcement that the New South Wales Government may shortly go on with the line to connect with ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 323 words
  17. BRITISH FORCES IN CHINA REDUCED.

    The British Government has ordered the reduction of the British forces in China to 2000. The German garrisons will, however, remain ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. THE IPSWICH BOOKSELLERS.

    AN advertisement appeared in last Saturday's issue signed by Mr. A. Hasenkamp, as local inspector under the Factories and Shops Act of 1900, convening a meeting of local ...

    Article : 191 words
  19. THE ROSTER.

    THE magistrates who have been requested to attend at the Police Court on Monday and Wednesday of next week are Messrs. F. Goleby, J. M'Gill A. Brown, J. Scott, J. P. ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. A BELATED APPLICATION.

    WHAT of the boasted ingenuity of postal officials in delivering letters with doubtful addresses? A letter written about 160 miles from Brisbane on 14th February to the Minister for ...

    Article : 176 words
  21. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    Senator Hoar, in the United States Senate, has introduced a bill authorising President Roosevelt to select the Isthmian Canal route, and limiting the cost of construction to ...

    Article : 35 words
  22. RETIREMENT OF MR. A. I. COOLING.

    THE health of Mr. A. I. Cooling, Chief Clerk in the Crown Solicitor's office (criminal branch), has for some time past been such as to lead hint to the determination to resign his ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. A VALUABLE PICTURE.

    Mr. Wolf Harris, of New Zealand, has purchased the great Academy picture, "The Storm Nymphs," which was painted by Sir Edward John Poynter, President of the Royal ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. LATEST BRITISH OPERATIONS.

    Reports are to hand that the force under Colonel Cooper has expelled the Boers from Steinkop, which was the only stronghold leading to Ookiep, the place in the west of ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. TICKS SPREADING ON COASTAL ISLANDS.

    THE Minister for Agriculture has been informed by the Chief Inspector of Stock that ticks have made their appearance on St. Bee's Island, which is situated about twenty ...

    Article : 127 words
  26. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales, to-day, there was brisk competition for all sorts and prices were firm. ...

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  27. TYPHOID FEVER AT THE IPSWICH HOSPITAL.

    WE learn that there are at present 12 cases of typhoid fever under treatment at the Ipswich Hospital. This is an unusually large number for this period of the year, as the rule ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. THE COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    THE troopship Custodian is not expected to arrive in Brisbane until the l7th instant, and it is probable that the Queensland battalion of the Commonwealth Horse will embark on the ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. SOME LARGE COMMANDOES IRRECONCILABLE.

    MOST of the larger Boor commandoes in the Orange Free State, and especially that commanded by General De la Rey, are reported as irreconcilable with regard to the terms of ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. Federal Matters.

    THE Right Hon. C. C. Kingston, Minister for Trade and Customs, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Macdonald-Paterson, M.H.R., with regard to the representations ...

    Article : 496 words
  31. BIG FRAUDS.

    As the result of the trials in connection with the lease forgery case at the Old Bailey, the solicitor, Richard Lomax, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, Thomas Simmons ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.

    THE Governor-General has communicated to his Excellency the State Governor the intimation that he has received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. NEW SOUTH WALES MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    The New South Wales Mortgage and Agency Company has declared a dividend of 3 per cent. ...

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  34. ANOTHER RAILWAY DISASTER.

    An armoured train containing British soldiers has been derailed at Pretoria. As a result of the accident an officer and 10 soldiers were killed. ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. THE TITLE "RIGHT REVEREND."

    BY royal warrant the Moderator of a General Assembly of any Presbyterian Church is to be styled "Right Reverend," in the same way as a Bishop of the Established Church of ...

    Article : 51 words
  36. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—PREPARATION OF THE WORK.

    THE Premier states that the work for Parliament when it meets is being pushed forward vigorously, but the preparation of financial measures necessarily occupies a good deal of ...

    Article : 38 words
  37. THE MARTINIQUE VOLCANO.

    Latest reports state that the volcano on Mont Pelee, in the island of Martinique, in the West Indies, has totally destroyed the town of St. Pierre with its inhabitants, as ...

    Article : 85 words
  38. LONDON, May 8. A BOER COMMANDANT KILLED.

    In connection with the relief of Ookiep, further fighting has occurred, during which Commandant Bowers has been killed. ...

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  39. STATE SCHOOL SCHOLARS AND IPSWICH INDUSTRIES.

    MR. C. A. H. WATSON, head teacher of the Ipswich Boys' Central State School, is displaying considerable enterprise in giving the pupils tending that seminary an opportunity of ...

    Article : 244 words
  40. PETTY DEBTS COURT.

    AT the Petty Debts Court on Thursday morning, before the Police Magistrate, the Commonwealth Jewellery Company, Limited, obtained a verdict for £2 4s., with 5s. cots, ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. PUBLICAN'S PERMIT.

    AT the Police Court on Thursday, before the Police Magistrate, George Culley, licensee of the Club Hotel Brisbane-street, was granted permission to make use of his license ...

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  42. IPSWICH AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB.

    As will be seen from our advertising columns, the above club starts operations in the Olympic Hall on Tuesday evening next, at 8p.m., when a good roll-up of members and intending ...

    Article : 85 words
  43. RESULT OF PRO-BOERISM IN GERMANY.

    The German Merchants Guild are blaming the pro-Boer Press of Germany for being the cause of the loss, to German merchants, of orders for contracts in the British colonies ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. HEAVY ENGINES FOR THE NORTHERN LINE.

    As heavier locomotives have become necessary on the Northern line for running the mail and passenger traffic, steps have been taken by the Railway Department to convert ...

    Article : 52 words
  45. NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

    WALKEERS LIMITED are expected to finish the order for the supply of 20 of the heavy tank engines for the Queensland railways by the end of June next. Many of the engines ...

    Article : 67 words
  46. THE CORONATION CEREMONIES.

    King Edward VII has commissioned Mr. J. E. C. Bodley, M.A., the well known barrister and magazine writer, to write an account, as an historical record, of the ceremony to take ...

    Article : 47 words
  47. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY DRIVE.

    IT is now reported that, in addition to those already mentioned, 34 men of Beyere's commando were captured during the recent successful drive by British troops in the Orange ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  49. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENT.

    OUR Melbourne representative telegraphs that a bill has been circulated relating to the Governor-General's establishment. It consists of two clauses; clause one is the short title, ...

    Article : 150 words
  50. THE RETRENCHMENT SCHEME.

    "FIGARO" gives the following information regarding this:—In connection with the wholesale retrenchment now taking place in the civil service, I understand that the ...

    Article : 154 words
  51. THE JAPANESE AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

    Replying to a question on the subject in the House of Commons the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain said that it was not proposed to discuss, at the forthcoming Premiers' ...

    Article : 54 words
  52. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    Private J. Jeffrey, of the first Commonwealth regiment, has died of pneumonia at Pinetown Bridge. It has now been ascertained that Private A. Mason, of the third New ...

    Article : 44 words
  53. FOOD FOR STOCK IN TIMES OF DROUGHT.

    UNDER the present stress of drought farmers in various districts are driven to many expedients to satisfy the needs of their cattle, and happy is he who possesses a store of hay ...

    Article : 207 words
  54. THE VERY LATEST

    THE Russian officials have savagely suppressed a political demonstration in Poltava, in Russia, by the use of artillery. Seventy-six peasants were killed and 200 wounded as ...

    Article : 72 words
  55. LOYALTY AT CORK.

    H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught and Prince Henry of Prussia (brother of the Emperor William of Germany) were accorded an enthusiastic reception at Cork yesterday. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  56. Weather Forecasts.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
  57. STRIKE OF OAKEY MINERS.

    THE Chief Mechanical Engineer to the Government railways received news on Thursday morning that the men employed at the Oakey coal-mines had struck work, and he has ...

    Article : 44 words
  58. IRISH PEASANTRY.

    The peasantry in County Rosscommon, Ireland, are stated to be very pleased at the action of the Hon. G. Wyndham, Secretary for Ireland, in suppressing terrorism in that ...

    Article : 54 words
  59. CHARGE OF SUPPLYING LIQUOR TO AN ABORIGINAL.

    AT the Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs A. Hasenkamp, W. H. Foote, and J. V. Jenkins, Alfred Fitzgerald, of West Ipswich, appeared on a charge of having ...

    Article : 268 words
  60. FRIDAY.

    Queensland: North, Central, and South.—Unfortunately dry weather as a main feature will continue, but there is a possibility of scattered showers inland, also along the ...

    Article : 221 words
  61. RIFLE MATCH AT GATTON.

    ON Monday last (writes our Gatton correspondent) the Queensland English Rifle Club, of Brisbane, visited Gatton to try conclusions with our local team. I have already furnished ...

    Article : 292 words
  62. QUEEN WILHELMINA'S CONDITION IMPROVING.

    The latest bulletin with regard to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands states that Her Majesty is now in a feverish condition and this fact is regarded as being very ...

    Article : 38 words
  63. NEW SHIPPING COMPANY.

    A steamship company termed the Est Asiatique Francaise has been formed in Paris with a capital of £400,000, part of which was subscribed in Scandinavia The Messageries ...

    Article : 55 words
  64. PROJECTED RAILWAY.

    IT is reported at Grafton that the New South Wales Government intend to sanction the construction of a railway line from the Tweed to the Queensland border, and the ...

    Article : 49 words
  65. KING AND QUEEN TO ATTEND MILITARY REVIEW.

    Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra will take up their residence at Aldershot, for three days in June, in order to witness the review of the British troops ...

    Article : 46 words
  66. Tenders Invited.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  67. BROOKLYN CITY TRAGEDY.

    A distressing tragedy is reported from Brooklyn City (near New York), United States. Malcolm Ford, an athlete, during a severe illness shot his brother Leicester, a ...

    Article : 50 words
  68. CONCERT AT BUNDANBA.

    WE call the attention of our readers to the notice appearing in this issue respecting the monster tea-meeting and concert to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bundanba, next ...

    Article : 77 words
  69. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    The Association of County Councils has generally approved of the now Education Bill now before the British House of Commons. They consider, however, that it is necessary ...

    Article : 76 words
  70. AN ENGAGEMENT.

    WE ("Courier") have been requested to announce the engagement of Mr. W. Yaldwyn, police magistrate, of Brisbane, to Miss V. Jessic Agnew, daughter of Mr. Philip Agnew, ...

    Article : 48 words
  71. CANCER HOSPITAL FOR DUNDEE.

    Mr. J. K. Caird, a wealthy Scottish merchant, has given to the town of Dundee a building costing £18,000 be used as a hospital for the treatment of cancer cases. A ...

    Article : 66 words
  72. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    THE Queensland imports for the quarter ended on the 31st March last were valued at £1,728,073 and the exports at £1,890,942, as against £1,602,422 and £1,599,756 ...

    Article : 37 words
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