A SPECIAL general meeting of the members of the Early closing Association was held in the Synod Hall last evening for the purpose of considering "the treatment by certain employers ...
Article : 1,695 wordsSIR,—The great and unnecessary delay which has taken place in issuing "Pugh's Almanac" this year is a serious inconvenience to those who use it. The loss to advertisers is very great, as ...
Article : 85 wordsYESTERDAY being Foundation Day, the eleventh annual commemoration of the event took place with all the usual observances. Although the weather was very unpromising there was an ...
Article : 5,416 wordsThe state of Prince Bismarck's health is still far from satisfactory, and is causing some uneasiness among his friends It is in order to relieve the Prince of a part ...
Article : 55 wordsPrince Hohenlohe, late German Ambassador to Paris, and German Plenipotentiary at the Berlin Congress, has been appointed Foreign Secretary. ...
Article : 24 wordsA crushing of 9 tons of stone from the Advance claim, Milton diggings, has yielded 137oz. offgold. ...
Article : 27 wordsSIR,—I have taken no part in the discussion about the Town Hall and the Urso concerts, but I make Mr. Shepperson a present of the following suggestion:— ...
Article : 191 wordsThe river has now fallen considerably, and the Brisbane mail arrived at 4 o'clock this morning, leaving for St. George an hour later. ...
Article : 31 wordsDuring the past fortnight, only letters have been forwarded to this town by mail, the Government Gazette and the Queenslander being kept back at Emerald. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe river has risen 6in. since Sunday. A man named William White cut his throat with a knife and then jumped into the river, but was rescued and sent to the hospital, where his ...
Article : 68 wordsSIR,—Having read the leading article in the Australian recommending that future subscriptions to the Irish Famine Relief Fund might be judiciously expended in promoting Irish ...
Article : 139 wordsThe escort left to-day with the following amounts:—For the Queensland National Bank, 8703oz. 17dwt. Ggr.; Joint Stock Bank, 3474oz. 6dwt. 17gr.; New South Wales, 824oz. 11gr. ...
Article : 52 wordsIN past years the celebration of the Eight Hours Movement has rested with the men who have been directly benefited by the system, employers showing their approval of it by ...
Article : 852 wordsSIR,—It is now nearly two months since the collecting for above fund was commenced, and more than a week since a meeting of Catholics decided that the pruceeds should be paid to the ...
Article : 312 wordsThis afternoon Archbishop Vaughan laid the foundation stone of the Sacred Heart new schools. During the progress of the ceremony tho Archbishop made a lengthy speech, in which ...
Article : 192 wordsThe general elections were decided on Saturday, and resulted in a majority of eight for the Opposition. Of the eighty-six seats, the Opposition have gained forty-seven and the ...
Article : 122 wordsSIR,—The unjust and uncalled for statement made by the Nation, and quoted in the last number of the Australian newspaper, relative to the want of sympathy shown by English Roman ...
Article : 720 wordsSir James Milne Wilson, President of the Legislative Council of this colony, died to-day at the age of 86 years, after a lingering illness. In consequence of the pressure on our space ...
Article : 432 wordsBEFORE Messrs. J. H. Adams, and G. Lang, JJ.P. UNDEFENDED CASES. Verdicts for the plaintiffs for the amounts ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 2 Mar 1880, Page 3
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