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  2. South African Affairs.

    THE War Office has decided to grant a special gratuity to all men of the Imperial forces engaged in the war in South Africa, who have served more than 18 months, for ...

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  3. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF COAL.

    A WIRE has been received by the Under-Secretary for Mines, under Tuesday's date, from Mr. B. H. Ogilvie, warden at Cooktown, as follows:—"Christie reports finding a seam ...

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  4. THE VERY LATEST

    A DISASTROUS fire, accompanied with her rible fatalities, occurred in St. Luke's Sanatorium for inebriates in Chicago yesterday Ten of the inmates were burned to death and 30 ...

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  5. RAILWAY EXCURSION.

    THE attention of those interested is directed to an advertisement on page 10 announcing a cheap railway excursion from Esk and Dugandan to Sandgate on Saturday next. ...

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  6. BICYCLE CLUB CONCERT.

    IT should scarcely be necessary to again remind those interested of the excellent entertainment to be given in the Town Hall to-night in aid of the funds of the Ipswich ...

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  7. MR. C. L. WRAGGE'S FAREWELL LECTURE.

    IT is announced that Mr. C. L. Wragge, F. R.G.S., will give a grand farewell lecture in the Town Hall on Thursday, [?] the 19th instant, under the auspices of [?] Ipswich ...

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  8. LECTURE AT ESK.

    IN the Town Hall, Esk, on Monday night, the 23rd instant, Mr. C. L. Wragge, Government Meteorologist, will deliver an illustrated lecture dealing with his visit ...

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  9. FINGERS CRUSHED.

    MR. R. WHSON, 58 years of age residing on the Workshops Estate, and employed as a fitter in the railway workshops, had the misfortune, on Tuesday morning last, to have ...

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  10. C.Y.M. SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

    THE first of a series of concerts to be given under the auspices of the Catholic Young Men's Society, with the object of augmenting the funds for the erection of the new St. ...

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  11. CRICKET ASSOCIATION SOCIAL.

    THE annual reunion under the auspices of the Ipswich and West Moreton Cricket Association will be held in the Building Society's Hall to-night, when the trophies won during ...

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  12. A NAVAL BALLOONIST DROWNED.

    Lieutenant Baudie, the well-known French military balloonist, has been drowned at Toulon. He was engaged in conducting experiments in naval ballooning when the ...

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  13. A CASE OF CRUELTY AT KILKIVAN.

    AT the Police Court, Kilkivan, on the 6th instant, the inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty charged F. Nessen and H. Mandlsey with having on the 5th May, at ...

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  14. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S APPROACHING DEPARTURE.

    His Excellency the Governor-General performed the ceremony of opening the Eltham Railway on Thursday last (says the Melbourne "Argus"), and, in the course of the brief ...

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  15. REMOVING BARBED WIRE.

    All the barbed wire which was placed between the block-houses in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies is now being removed. ...

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  16. THE EAST WARD VACANCY.

    IT is understood that a requisition is in course of signature asking Major W. T. Deacon, C.B., to contest the vacancy in the municipal representation of the East Ward, ...

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  17. BOER OFFICERS AT BERMUDA.

    The Governor of the island of Bermuda (General Sir G. Digby Barker) held an "at home" yesterday, at which 50 Boer officers were present. They were delighted with the ...

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  18. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY KICKING.

    The Austrian and Hungarian sugar manufacturers are protesting against the countervailing duties imposed by the Legislative Council of India upon their sugar. ...

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  19. RETURN OF CORPORAL H. SKETCHER.

    CORPORAL H. SKETCHER, who left Queensland for South Africa with the fifth contingent in the capacity of saddler, returned to Ipswich on Tuesday evening. He had the ...

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  20. A FINE BOWLING PERFORMANCE.

    Playing against Middlesex, yesterday, W. Rhodes, the Yorkshire bowler, took seven wickets for 24 runs. ...

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  21. PAUL KRUGER IS "FULL UP."

    Ex-President Kruger, on Saturday, gave orders to have the late of the late Orange River and Transvaal Republics, which were flying over his villa at Utrecht, in Holland, ...

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  22. ATHERTON-MAREEBA RAILWAY.

    THE "Observer" states that instructions have been given a start to be made as soon as possible with the construction of the railway from Atherton to Mareeha by day labour. ...

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  23. SUCCESS BY AUSTRALIANS.

    The following Australian competitors have secured passes in the examination (part one) held by the Institute of Actuaries:—In class 2: E. A. Gorham (Melbourne), H. M. ...

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  24. LONDON, June 11. MR. SEDDON ON THE PEACE TERMS.

    The Hon. R. Seddon, speaking at the Madeira Islands, at which place the vessel called in which he is voyaging to England, said that he would have preferred that firmer ...

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  25. THE WEATHER BUREAU.

    THE Hon. R. Philp, Premier, has received a communication from Western Australia, promising to consider the question of contributing towards maintaining the Weather Bureau. ...

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  26. THE KING AND THE CORPORATIONS.

    His Majesty the King has notified the various corporations in Great Britain that he prefers to receive contribution to the national fund in aid of the hospitals instead of ...

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  27. BELGIUM BLOCKS GAMBLING.

    BELGIUM has now definitely decided to stop gambling. The casinos at Ostend and Spa, from which the Government have in the past derived a large revenue, are to be ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. Weather Forecasts.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 368 words
  29. THE RECENT THANKSGIVING SERVICES.

    Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada, and the Agents-General for the various British colonies are much dissatisfied at not having received an invitation to attention ...

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  30. GERMAN PRESS OPINION.

    The "Kreuzzeitung," a German newspaper, urges Germany and the United States to co-operate with a view to maintaining the "open door" policy in South Africa. ...

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  31. Advertising

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  32. SCHOOL OF ARTS BY LAWS.

    THE by-laws for the management of the Ipswich School of Arts, as approved of by the Governor-in-Council, were published in the "Government Gazette" of Saturday last. ...

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  33. BOER SURRENDERS.

    Up till Monday morning last 7000 Boers has surrendered to the British authorities Later. Commandant Oppermann's commando have ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND TROOPS AND CORONATION DAY.

    No difficulty is anticipated in getting sanction from the Federal authorities for a review of the Queensland troops on Coronation Day. The acting-commandant, Q.D.F., will apply ...

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  35. REPAIRS TO HARLIN-ROAD.

    THE repairs to Harlin-road and Burnett street, recommended by the Works Committee at the meeting of the Municipal Council held a fortnight ago, are being pushed on with by ...

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  36. THE VICTORIAN AGENCY-GENERAL

    The Hon. W. M'Culloch, Victorian Minister for Defence, who is at present in London for the purpose of rearranging the Victorian Agent-General's Department, has inspected ...

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  37. MISS J. BYTHEWAY IN REQUEST.

    THE secretary of the Maryborough Orchestral Society, conjointly with the Bundaberg Liedertafel, is endeavouring to arrange for a visit of Miss Bytheway, the Ipswich ...

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  38. ELEVATORS AND GRAIN STORAGE.

    AT the Agricultural Conference now being held in Toowoomba the Hon. A. J. Thynne, on Monday last, referred to elevators and the storage of grain in bulk. He said he had not ...

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  39. THE ESK RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    MR. W. PAGAN, Chief Engineer for Railways on Tuesday paid a visit of inspection to the scene of operations in connection with the Esk Railway-line construction (says the ...

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  40. THE CORONATION CEREMONI[?]

    It is announced that in connection with [?] coronation ceremonies Queen Alexandra will entertain 10,000 maid servants to tea, and will present each one with a coronation medal. ...

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  41. COMMUNICATING TERMS OF PEACE.

    Slight skirmishes have taken place in some instances between the British troops and the Boers, but these have been due to the great area which has to be covered and the ...

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  42. "THE HERD LADDIE."

    JAMES WYLLIE, the well-known draughts player, better known as "Herd Laddie," who died in Scotland in April, left estate in Victoria to the value of £447. His Scottish estate ...

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  43. REPARATION TO THE BOERS.

    A conference of magistrates is being held in the Orange River Colony for the purpose of discussing the earliest possible means of making reparation to the Boers whose property ...

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  44. TENNIS MATCH.

    THIS season the Queensland Tennis Association with the object of improving the play of the Queensland ladies, and with the view of giving the selection committee a chance of ...

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  45. GOLD TAX AT PRETORIA.

    A proclamation has been issued at Pretoria imposing a gold tax equal in amount to one-tenth the value of the gold produced after deducting the cost of production and certain ...

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  46. GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES.

    Mr. Arthur Colquhon read a paper at the Colonial Institute last night on the subject of "Our Future Colonial Policy." He advocated a scheme of federation founded on defence, ...

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  47. ST. PAUL'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY.

    THE usual weekly meeting of the above society was held on Tuesday night last in the school-room, there being a fair attendance of members. The President (the Rev. Dr. ...

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  48. BIG SHIPMENT OF MAIZE.

    A SHIPMENT of 3800 tons of maize is on its way to Sydney from the Argentine. ...

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  49. FASSIFERN AND DUGANDAN AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

    NOTWITHSTANDING the gloomy prognostications that the show, if held this year, would be a failure (writes our Boonah correspondent), everything points to a brilliant success. The ...

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  50. ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.

    Signor Prinetti, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has instituted inquiries at Pretoria as to what possibilities there are for sending Italian immigrants to the Transvaal. ...

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  51. WEDNESDAY.

    Queensland.—North, Central, and South: Fine, cold, and bracing. Westerly to southerly winds near Brisbane; south-easters elsewhere. There is some hope that ...

    Article : 337 words
  52. GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 words
  53. DR. LEYDS ON THE SITUATION.

    Dr. Leyds, the Boer representative in Europe, states that funds are being collected in Germany for reinstating German combatants who fought in the war on their farms, ...

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  54. DR. KUYPER ON KRUGER.

    The "Standard" says that Dr. Kuyper, the Netherlands Premier, insists that ex-President Kruger should swear allegiance to King Edward as General Botha and Commandant ...

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  55. PIKE BROTHERS

    FOR the FAMOUS COWVAN'S RAZORS. Made of the very best steel and are tempered and ground by a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  56. THE BRITISH ESTIMATES.

    The estimates as revised by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, shows that the anticipated revenue for the year is £152,000,000 and the expenditure ...

    Article : 63 words
  57. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.

    THE following notifications were published in Saturday's "Government Gazette":—Appointments.—All land commissioners and bailiffs and rangers of Crown lands in their ...

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  58. Inter-State News.

    AFTER a month's interval the wool sales were resumed to-day. There was a full attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk as compared with local rates a month ...

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  59. THE CORN DUTIES.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, in committee, the corn duties proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were passed by 279 votes to 193. ...

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  60. BRISBANE, TOWNSVILLE, LONDON.

    THE following is the report of the Hospital for Insane at Goodna for the week ended on the 7th instant:—Admitted since last report, six males, fourfemales; discharged, three males, ...

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  61. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    THE usual weekly meeting of the executive of the Ipswich and West Moreton Rugby Football Union was held last night. Eight teams have entered in the minor grade and ...

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  62. THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS IN BRISBANE.

    THE report of the sub-committee appointed to make inquiries into the best mean, of celebrating the coronation stated that at a meeting hold on Tuesday last they had ascertained ...

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  63. AGRICULTURAL BANK LOANS.

    THE necessary forms upon which applications for loans under the new Agricultural Bank Act are to be made have now been issued, and it is expected that those who had ...

    Article : 99 words
  64. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    It is stated that the Chinese authorities have agreed to a treaty, negotiated by Great Britain, providing for the removal, within two years, of all barrier in the Canton River ...

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  65. WEATHER TELEGRAMS.

    A LIGHT shower of rain fell last night, but did little more than lay the dust. MERINGADAN, June 9. Steady shows fell at intervals during last ...

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  66. FROZEN MEAT SHIPMENTS.

    THE Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company advise that the following shipments of frozen meat to South Africa have been effected since the 3rd instant:—From ...

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  67. CIVIL SERVICE HOURS OF WORK.

    THE Government in Council yesterday re[?] regulations No. 2 of the public service regulations, and substituted the following [?] its place to take effect on the list of July:—The ...

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  68. THE KENNIFFS AGAIN.

    IT is reported (the "Observer" says) that a relative of the Kenniffs family, who recently made his way to the Mitchell district, declared the object of his journey to be to get ...

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  69. MOTOR-CAR FOR [?] STAT[?]

    MR. R. C. RAMSAY [?] of Hughenden, [?], whilst in England[?] which has already [?] paper. ...

    Article : 7 words
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