The ordinary meeting of the South Brisbane Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall, Vulture-street, there being present—Aldermen W. ...
Article : 1,227 wordsOn a small commando of Boers appearing at Saldanha Bay, sixty miles north-northwest of Capetown, the residents boarded a passing steamer, and signalled to a British ...
Article : 70 wordsColonel Holmes captured Commandant David Marais, at Reitvlei, on, the 1st instant. ...
Article : 21 wordsA party of Canadian Scouts had a sharp fight with the Boers to "the north-westward of Balmoral (a station on the Delagoa Bay railway line fifty-sixty miles from ...
Article : 137 wordsCommandant Fouche, who is operating in the east of Cape Colony, has issued a proclamation declaring that all natives found on farms who are not provided with passes ...
Article : 46 wordsA member of the Vryburg Divisional Council, named Haasbroek, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for inviting the Boers to invade that district. ...
Article : 38 wordsThere, are reported to be several hundred Boers located above Babanao, in the Eastern Transvaal. They are in a starving condition, as the country in the vicinity ...
Article : 39 wordsA Boer named Lewis has been tried at Po[?]chefstroom, in the Transvaal, on the charge of complicity in the murder of two surrendered soldiers, and also of several ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Premier (the Hon. R. Philp) has received a copy of a telegram received by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Gevernor from the General of Communications, Capetown, ...
Article : 77 wordsThe undermentioned members of Queensland contingents having returned to Queensland from South Africa, their appointments for the special service for which ...
Article : 68 wordsDr. Crane, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sandhurst, died to-day. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe amount of the compensation paid in respect to the injuries to passengers received in the Jolim[?]nt railway collision is now approximately £8000, and there are ...
Article : 37 wordsA slight collision took place off the Port Phillip Heads early this morning between the pilot steamer Victoria and the N.Y.K. Rosetta Maru. The engines of the Japanese ...
Article : 65 words2568 yards of 'Plain and Goffered Chiffons, 18in. and 20in. wide, Black, White, and all the new shades, in three distinct makes admirably suited for Blouses and Millinery ...
Article : 51 wordsT. C. Boirne and Co., having opened this year's shipment of New and Choice Cards prior to the advance in duty of 25 per cent, are able to sell the various lines at last ...
Article : 46 wordsB. Mountcastle and Sons have an Australian reputation for Helmets and Sun Hats, Beware of imitations of their standard goods. Quaid's Patent Kapri ...
Article : 76 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Simla, in India, states that the native envoy representing Great Britain at Cabul has reported that the Afghans aro delighted with ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Legislative Council of the Northwest Provinces and Oudh, in India, sitting at Allahabad, has passed the Land Tenancy Bill. Seven European and six native ...
Article : 101 wordsThe new Russian battleship Retizan, which has been built in the United States, has just made her trial trip, and maintained an average speed of 18 4/5 knots an hour. ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is reported from Washington that the Hon. John Hay, United States Secretary of State, has declined to send a representative of the Government to be present at ...
Article : 59 wordsThe United States Government are now claiming the concession formerly held at Tientsin for purposes of trade, in order that America may be on an equality with ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Italian aeronaut Spelterini has succeeded ia crossing the Jungfrau Hange, in the Alps, in a balloon. ...
Article : 28 wordsInformation is to hand of a disastrous fire at Sydney, the principal town and port of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, two-thirds of the business portion of the town ...
Article : 44 wordsSir Thomas Lipton, owner of the Shamrock, speaking at Chicago, expressed himself in favour of building safe yachts, not dangerous racing machines. ...
Article : 36 wordsA further step has been taken in the reorganisation of the British War Office in addition to the constitution of the War Office Council, as already reported, it is ...
Article : 70 wordsEarl Beauchamp, late Governor of New South Wales, in a speech-delivered at Brixton, expressed himself in favour of the British Cabinet consulting the ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. George Wright, Solicitor-General for Ireland, has been appointed a Judge of the High Court of Justice Of Ireland. Mr. James H. Campbell, K.C., has ...
Article : 38 wordsReports are to hand of a collision having taken place at Malta between the torpedo boat destroyer Dragon and the firstclass torpedo gunboat Harrier, both vessels ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 wordsLAMINGTON FELTS, 7s. 9d., worth 10s. 6d Anticipating the increased duties on felt hats, Charles Gilbert (near the Bridge) cleared large shipments prior to the new ...
Article : 57 wordsA rich and up-to-date shipment of gentlemen's Business Suitings just to hand, specially imported for the summer season. Full suit to measure from £3 3s.; ...
Article : 93 wordsM. Waldeck Rousseau, the French Premier, has given orders for four army corps to be kept in readiness in the event of disturbances following upon the general strike ...
Article : 73 wordsIt is reported that two cases of rifles addressed to the miners at Monceaux have been seized by the French authorities. (A message dated 17th instant stated ...
Article : 87 wordsM. Santos Dumont, the young Brazilian aeronaut, who has been experimenting in Paris for some months past with his airship, or navigable bal[?]oon, made a ...
Article : 329 wordsIn connection with the reported Russian loan of £25,000,000, which was recently stated to have been coldly received in both Germany and France, it has been officially ...
Article : 49 wordsThe funeral of the late Hon. William Allan, M.L.C., of Queensland', took place to-day at the Waverley Cemetery. The cortege left St. Stephen's Presbyterian ...
Article : 244 wordsHautvillens hardened for the Derby to-day, all money at 2 to 1 and 7 to 4 was accepted, and 6 to 4 was the best price obtainable at the finish of the `days ...
Article : 134 wordsVocalist, Sirdar, Horace, and Feud were scratched for the Melbourne Cup to-day. ...
Article : 17 wordsA profit of over £2000 was made on the V.A.T.C. Spring Meeting. The attendance on Saturday was about the best since the boom period. ...
Article : 32 wordsRedeemer was sold to-day to Mr. C. N. Kidman for 205 guineas. ...
Article : 16 wordsAt a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association to-night, Mr. M. A. Noble was appointed the sole selector of the New South Wales cricket team for the ...
Article : 51 wordsOur usual superb assortiment of Christmas and New Year Cards is now open and ready for inspection; wholesale prices; order early. Carew, Gardner, and Chisholm.* ...
Article : 31 wordsThe best Spectacles, best frames, best lenses, best testing instruments and testing, best fitting, best repairs, best artificial eyes, best attention to customers, best ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. G. H. Reid's meeting in the Town Hall this evening was triumphant for his party. So great was the anxiety to hear what the Leader of the Opposition had to ...
Article : 541 wordsThe Attorney-General, the 'Hon.A. Deakin, states that if any articles which are now included as dutiable goods in the tariff are placed upon the free list by Parliament ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Executive of the Federal Free-trade and Liberal Association held a special meeting this afternoon to consider what steps should be taken in connection with ...
Article : 118 wordsA conference of saw-millers is to meet at Wellington on Thursday next, to consider what action shall be taken with regard to the Federal tariff on timber. ...
Article : 36 wordsA correspondent signing himself "Commerce" (writes asking what the position would be with regard to the Federal tariff if Mr. Reid succeeded in defeating Mr. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe annual prize-meeting of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales opened at the Randwick rifle ranges this morning with the first stage of "The ...
Article : 309 wordsThe complaint has justly been made that most of the objections to the employment of Kanaka labour in certain kinds of tropical field work are largely due to ignorance ...
Article : 3,635 wordsIt is an open secret that some of the liabilities in connection with tile celebrations in honour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Brisbane ...
Article : 1,699 wordsThe Premier stated yesterday that it was not proposed to introduce again this session the Sugar Works (Guarantee Bill, passed last session, but refused the Royal ...
Article : 259 wordsThe following is a copy of a telegram from the secretary of the (Halifax "Farmers' Club sent to Mr. Earton and the Senate through their member in the Federal House ...
Article : 126 wordsIt is anticipated that there will be a large gathering to-night at the Centennial Hall to protest against the hasty legislation by the Federal Parliament on the subject of ...
Article : 80 wordsSir,—Having just returned from an official tour through the Central and Northern districts, and having visited every sugar district north of Bundaberg, with very special ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 22 Oct 1901, Page 5
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