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  2. Glanworth Wreck.

    Advices from Gladstone state that the wrecked steamer Glanworth is breaking up under the influence of rough weather. The fixing of the date of the Marine Board inquiry ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. Special Weather Report.

    The Chief Weather Bureau issued the following special report this morning at 11 o'clock:-Our observations this morning show that "Sigma" has produced further heavy rain in ...

    Article : 56 words
  4. Opposition Leadership.

    Tonight Mr. Charles Powers, one of the members for Maryborough, and Leader of the Opposition, will address his constituents at Maryborough. Rumour has it that ...

    Article : 34 words
  5. TELEGRAMS.

    At a largely attended meeting of the parents of the State school children last night the retiring committee was re-elected by a substantial majority. Fifty parents voted. ...

    Article : 8 words
  6. STORM SIGMA.

    The steamer Franklin, Captain Ussher, left Townsville yesterday and arrived at Cairns this morning. He reports that a cyclone, accompanied by heavy rain, has passed over ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the criminal sessions today Robert Read pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain £5 from Mrs. Sheridan a few days before her husband's execution. He was remanded for sentence. ...

    Article : 126 words
  8. Four Children Burned.

    A fire occurred at Balcairn Canterbury, today which resulted in the death of four children of George Truman. The children were aged from 5 to 7 years. In attempting ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. Brisbane Watershed Reports.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  10. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir George Grey is expected to be back in New Zealand by about the end of May. The Government have decided to grant free railway passes to the doctors attending the ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. Books.

    We have made a valiant attempt to read this book and could not. We handed it over to the female portion of the household and they gave it up through sheer lack of interest. So our ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. Passenger Interviewed.

    A well known commercial traveller—Mr. G. L. Ross (of Robert Reid and Co., Sydney)— was interviewed by a Telegraph representative yesterday, in reference to his experiences ...

    Article : 513 words
  13. Yesterday's Reports.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  14. Pearler Capsized.

    A pearling boat in the north-west has been capsized, drowning Mr. H. J. A. Edgar, the well-known owner of the pearling fleet. ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. Share Market.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  16. Red Rowans.

    Mrs. Flora Annie Steel wrote " Miss Stuart's Legacy," which work gained her fame. This new attempt must have a more limited number of readers, for it is in dialect. Scotch people ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. Message of Sympathy.

    The Governor has cabled a message to the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, conveying to Her Majesty the Queen and the Princess Beatrice the sympathy of the people of West ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. Floods at Rockhampton.

    The General Traffic Manager received the following message from the Rockhampton office of the traffic branch yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'olook : " At 10 p.m. on Wednesday night the ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. A Set of Rogues.

    We have read many of Barrett's stories, but none more absorbing than this. He is, now that Wilkie Collins is gone, perhaps the finest master of a plot, amongst English writers. ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. Ship on Fire.

    Yesterday evening a fire broke out on board the four-masted barque Thistlebank, lying at Messrs. Hoffnung and Co.'s wharf. An alarm of fire was raised soon after the lumpers had ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. Brisbane River. Watershed.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 words
  22. Broken Hill Mine.

    The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, was held yesterday. The chairman stated that the directors had spent £22,000 in ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. Two on a Tower.

    This book was written by Mr. Hardy several years ago. At the time it was regarded as an attack on tho Church of England. It was that in nearly the same way and to the same degree ...

    Article : 216 words
  24. Government Property.

    The breakwaters at Townsville, which were designed by Sir John Coode, have already cost £200,000, and the present is not the first occasion on which they have been damaged by ...

    Article : 319 words
  25. Wairarapa Disaster.

    A large number of persons, including the friends of some of the victims, took advantage of a recent steamboat excursion to visit the scene of the wreck of the ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. LATE SHIPPING.

    Arawatta, [?]., arrived here yesterday from Sydney and Melbourne. She leaves again tomorrow for Cooktown, via ports. Aramac, s., is expected to arrive here today ...

    Article : 467 words
  27. Half-yearly Meeting.

    The half-yearly meeting of the creditors of the Bank of Van Diemen's Land was held yesterday. The balance sheet showed liabilities to the extent of ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. Letters of Matthew Arnold.

    Matthew Arnold died in 1888, having lived 65 years. He left behind him a request that no memoir of him should be published, but the issues of his letters was not thought by his ...

    Article : 258 words
  29. North Pine Bridge.

    Our North Pine correspondent writing under date 29th instant, states that the new North Pine bridge was opened for traffic on Saturday last. ...

    Article : 205 words
  30. Federal Enabling Bill.

    The Legislative Council further considered the Federation Enabling Bill last night. Mr. Sargeant moved that the ballot for representatives by taken by post, and ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. Heavy Rainfalls.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
  32. Worth Knowing.

    We can recommend to all desiring furniture, &c., the establishment of John Hicks. Unlimited stocks of all styles of Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums. Furnishing Drapery. China. ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. Local Elections.

    The contest for No. 1. subdivision, Sherwood division, took place yesterday. The candidates were Mr, M. B, Goggs, of Wolston, the retiring member, and Mr. Thomas Matthews, of ...

    Article : 324 words
  34. Mount Morgan.

    The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company have declared a dividend amounting to £25,000, being 6d. a share for January. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. Central State Schools.

    Tho contractors at present engaged in repairing the Central State schools for boys and girls respectively have made excellent progress with their work. It is expected that the new ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. Meat Hulk Alexandra.

    The Alexandra, reported as on the rooks, was built in Sydney in 1863. She was a favourite steamer of the old A.S.N, line in her time. After having been laid up in Brisbane ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. Butter and Eggs Very Cheap.

    Millikin and Co., the Cheap Cash Grocers, George street., are now selling butter, per lb., 4d.; prime dairy butter, per lb., 8d.; cream separator butter, very best, made every ...

    Article : 59 words
  38. Metropolitan Tramways.

    A meeting of the shareholders of the Metropolitan Tramway and Investment Company was held at the company's office, this morning. The meeting was arranged to ...

    Article : 214 words
  39. Action of Underwriters.

    The Marine Underwriters' Association have decided to send Captain Scowcroft, their superintendent and surveyor, to Townsville, to conduct salvage operations on behalf of insurunce ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. City Police Court To-day.

    At the City Police Court this morning, before Mr. P. Pinnock, P.M., Johannah Corbett (56) was fined £2, or 14 days' imprisonment, for disorderly conduct. Patrick Nolan (40) was fined ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,029 words
  42. Aramac and Leura.

    The A.U.S.N. Company and Wm. Howard Smith and Sons expect their steamers Aramac and Leura to call at Brisbane, and not to proceed direct to Sydney, as has been reported. ...

    Article : 33 words
  43. A Flood Warning!

    From latest advice a heavy flood is expected, so be prepared and buy a macintosh, best English make from 32s. 6d. (usual price 45s.) at Chas. Gilbert's, the leading tailor, who ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. Dr. Jameson in the Rear!

    Dr. Jameson set out with but one object, and that to be in the "van" in any opposition he might encounter, but it is now a matter of history that he and his were left far in the ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. Overland Passengers.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
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