Saturday night was the first occasion on which a ballot has been drawn for men for active service abroad. Some time ago a recruting committee was formed at ...
Article : 129 wordsOn the way back to New Zealand the officers of the Union Steamship Co.'s steamer Waiheno, which was torpedoed in March while on Imperial service, ...
Article : 370 wordsAn enjoyable gathering took place on Thursday evening at the premises of Messrs. Watson, Ferguson, and Co., Ltd., Stanley-street, South Brisbane, when ...
Article : 1,338 wordsThe sequel to the raid on a gambling den on Friday night was heard in the City Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. H. L. Archdall, P.M. The ...
Article : 1,050 wordsThe Brisbane Poultry Breeders' and Fanciers' Club concluded its first annual championship show on Saturday, at the Queensland National Association's poultry pavllien in Petty's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 wordsThere were between 5000 and 6000 at the second day's races of the Rockhampton Jockey Club, £4006 passing through the tote. Results:— STAND THIRD DIVISION HANDICAP, 5 ...
Article : 472 wordsCable advice has been received that Lieut. W. H. Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bryan. Chelmer, has been awarded the Military Cross. The young ...
Article : 677 wordsIn the Police Court, before Mr. Peisley, P. M., Thos. Yates, a dairy farmer, was charged with having kept dairy premises, being a placed used for the preparation of ...
Article : 303 wordsRobert George Anderson, a tailor, enlisted two years ago. In 1907 he married Charlotte Anderson, formerly Hortin, at Hobart. After he had embarked his wife ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 480 wordsThe trouble with the hotel girls continues, and the beer strike is still on. A telegram was received from Brisbane this morning by the licensed victuallers and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 269 wordsA fire occurred about 12.45 this morning in a storeroom belonging to Messrs. W. and J. Condie, bakers, Reef-street, Gympie. The building contained some 30 ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—One night last week, in sauntering along Edinondstone-street, South Brisbane, whence there is an uninterrupted view of the sky as far as the eastern ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 wordsMr. Frank Harrison Harwood (Harristown) was accepted at the Toowoomba recruiting depot to-day. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsThe cane crushing season is to begin shortly at Harwood, and preparations are well in hand. The estimated yield of the plantations is from 50,000 to 60,000 tons. ...
Article : 834 wordsA statement presented to the Senate by Senator Russell shows that since September, 1917, the Government had been in constant communication with the High ...
Article : 253 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced that at the request of Mr. A. E. Leighton (general manager of the proposed arsenal), Mr. J. K. Jensen, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsOn Wednesday evening next a second benefit night at the Tivoli Theatre and Roof Garden will take place, in aid of the funds of the Brisbane Tramways branch of the Red Cross Society, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 wordsSir,—I see by the papers that Mr. Hunter has purchased for the Government meatworks that cost £12,000 a few years ago, 700 acres of land, and a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 17 wordsSome considerable time ago, it will be remembered, readers of the "Courier" liberally subscribed to a fund for the purpose of presenting a field cooker to the ...
Article : 244 wordsSittings of the Land Court were conducted by Dr. Kidston (member of the Land Court) yesterday and to-day. Rents for pastoral holdings were increased 50 per cent. Mr. Commissioner ...
Article : 59 wordsThe third annual report and financial statement of the Anzac Club and Buffet, which is situated at 94 Victoria-street, S.W., London, discloses another year of ...
Article : 241 wordsFive years ago, Mr. T. Spendelove, a driver in the employ of the Railway Department and a member of the Federated Railway, Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' ...
Article : 383 wordsAt the fortnightly meeting of the Taringa Girls' Club, held on 11th instant, it was decided, in response to an appeal from the Wattle Day League, that the club would collect on "Wattle ...
Article : 348 wordsWriting from Belgium and France in March, Private Joseph J. Smith, of Kelvin Grove, who left Melbourne with the Australian Flying Corps 18 months ...
Article : 115 wordsThe annual meeting of the Queensland Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission, held in the new building. North Quay, last week, was largely attended. The president (Mr. D. F. Denham) ...
Article : 361 wordsMr. W. Noble met with a serious accident on Thursday. He was driving a spirited house in a spring cart, when it bolted and in endcavouring to get out of ...
Article : 81 wordsUnder date of the 4th April last, Captain J. W. Kerr, Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Comforts Fund in London wrote as follows:—"We ...
Article : 188 wordsLast year the packing of Christmas boxes was undertaken by the Queensland Soldiers' Christmas Box Fund, organised by Mr. J. J. Knight, managing director of the "Courier," and Mrs. ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Downs Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., reports having manufactured during May 95 tons of butter, 45¾ tons being made at Toowoomba Central, 12½ tons at Miles, 9½ tons at ...
Article : 148 wordsMr. C. Chuter, honorary organiser for the forthcoming town planning conference and exhibition in Brisbane, has received word from West Australia that ...
Article : 44 wordsThe military authorities request that the next of kin of A202021, Rifleman S. H. Denyer, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Imperial Army, will communicate with the Officer in Charge, Base ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 17 Jun 1918, Page 9
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