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  2. Our Brisbane Letter.

    A PRIVATE letter has been received by t[?] gentleman in Brisbane from Major-General Owen, late Commandant of the Queensland Defence Force. At the time of writing. ...

    Article : 923 words
  3. The Progress of Ipswich and West Moreton.

    A pictorial supplement, giving views of the town of Ipswich and of some of its chief business establishments, will be delivered to our subscribers with to-day's ...

    Article : 283 words
  4. A Curious Case.

    A curious case came on for hearing at the City Police Court to-day (says yesterday's Observer), before Mr. P. Pinnock, P.M., when a woman named Margaret Macnamara was ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. The Ipswich Hospital.

    The Ipswich Hospital was established in 1853. It is very pleasantly situated on the eastern slope of Denmark Hill. In the year 1890 a new female ward was added to the ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. Saw-Mills.

    The timber industry is a very important one in the West Moreton district, and there are three extensive and well equipped saw-mills in the town. At North Ipswich Mr. Thomas ...

    Article : 163 words
  7. Vital Statistics.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  8. Foundry.

    Messrs. S. Shillito and Son's foundry was established in 1867, their present premises being in East-street. Every description of engineering and foundry work is done, as well as a ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. The Queensland Cotton Company.

    The Queensland Cotton Company, at present carrying on operations in the eastern at present of Ipswich (near the East Ipswich railway station) is the first and only cotton ...

    Article : 659 words
  10. Customs Returns.

    The Customs collections at Ipswich for the last four years have been as follows :—1891. £18,882; 1892, £17,117; 1893, £15,958; and 1894, £16,972. These returns, however, do ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. The Royal Bank.

    The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Royal Bank of Queensland, Limited, was held in Brisbane on Tuesday morning, when there was numerous attendance. The Hon. ...

    Article : 335 words
  12. Other Industries.

    To give details of all the industries of the town would take some time, but among those which may be mentioned are the following :— A brewery, fellmongery establishment, three ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. Societies.

    The Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society as an important educative factor in the district. The society has a large building and well land out grounds at Sandy Gallop, in the ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. Educational.

    The first Grammar School of the colony was established in Ipswich in the year 1862, and opened in October, 1863. Under the role of capable head masters, it bas had a very worthy ...

    Article : 217 words
  15. Population.

    The population of the electoral district of Ipswich was given by the 1891 census as 10,190, and that of West Moreton as 17,062. It may be safely said, therefore, that the ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. Sandy Gallop Asylum.

    Ipswich has in its vicinity a branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Situated on an elevated piece of lend near the show grounds, the Sandy Gallop Asylum forms a pleasing ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. A Glimpse of the Olden Time.

    It is interesting to know that Ipswich had a narrow escape from being built somewhere else, as the present site was regarded by the convict authorities as only a temporary, or rather a ...

    Article : 1,382 words
  18. Municipal.

    The population within the municipal boundary was stated in the 1891 census report to be 7625. For 1894 the municipal valuation of property in the East Ward was £144,231; ...

    Article : 348 words
  19. Mutual Improvement Societies.

    A feature of the town is the number of debating and literary societies which it supports. In connection with most of the Churches there is a mutual improvement class ...

    Article : 144 words
  20. THE NEWCASTLE COAL TRADE.

    The Newcastle correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, writing on Friday last, says: —A satisfactory feature of the week's trade is the large increase in the export of coal to ports ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. Religious Institutions.

    The following religious denominations are represented by church buildings within the town:—Anglican, Roman Catholic, Congregational, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Primitive ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. The Pictorial Supplement.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 274 words
  23. Banks.

    The banking institutions represented in the town are—Queensland National Bank of Australasia, Bank of New South Wales, Australian Joint Stock, and the Royal Bank. ...

    Article : 26 words
  24. The Queensland Woollen Company.

    The Queensland Woollen Company's mills are situated on a commanding site on the banks of the Bremer River, at North Ipswich. The buildings stand now as an asset worth £12,485 ...

    Article : 770 words
  25. Mining.

    From official statistics is will be found that the amount of coal raised from the mines in the vicinity of Ipswich during the year 1893 was 215,535 tons, being valued at £91,798; in 1892 ...

    Article : 306 words
  26. Land Selection.

    The District Land Commissioner is Mr. A. P. Cameron, the Lands Office being situated in East-street. During the year 1894 the applications received for selections in the district ...

    Article : 188 words
  27. Insect Pest Near Laidley.

    On Saturday last Mr. H. Tryon, the Government entomologist, visited the orchard of Mr. George Smith, situated at Monet Berryman, near Laidley, for the purpose of investigating ...

    Article : 473 words
  28. Railway Returns.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  29. The Railway Workshops.

    A very considerable factor in the material welfare of the town is the existence of the Government railway workshops, at North Ipswich. Five of these are of comparatively ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 513 words
  31. The Phœnix Company.

    Some twelve years ago an engineering and rolling-stock manufactory was established by Messrs. Springall and Frost, but about five years since the concern was taken over by a ...

    Article : 121 words
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