VOLUNTEER FORCE.—His Excellency the Administrator of the Government approves of the following appintments, promotions, and resignations in the Queensland Volunteer ...
Article : 608 wordsIF the country that has no history to write is to be accounted happy, Queensland has enjoyed a state of beatitude during the past month, which has been extremely uneventful for the ...
Article : 2,439 wordsWARDEN HILL reprots on the above goldfields for the month of May to the Under Secretary for Mines as follows:— "This field is showing some little sign of ...
Article : 972 wordsWE have had a great field day since the races, the occasion being a cricket match between the Surat and St. George clubs, which resulted in a victory for the former. On Sunday, May 23, a ...
Article : 901 wordsTHE farmers of the Rosewood Scrub who met Mr. Macrossan here on the Queen's Birthday, as well as others along the line at Laidley, Gatton, and Toowoomba, will be pleased to learn that the ...
Article : 548 wordsI HAVE not heard of any meeting of the Divisional Board as yet. The Government do not seem in their appointments to have considered how far from one another the members reside. ...
Article : 217 wordsTHE following donations to the museum were received during the month of May, 1880:— Mr. Harris, one turbell[?]ian worm. Mr. R. Herbert, Brisbane, two speciemns of ...
Article : 660 wordsA SUM of £500 has been granted by the Government for the use of the Hinchinbrook Divisional Board. This, it is to hoped, is only an earnest of a future amount for the special use ...
Article : 119 wordsTHE introduction of sugar growing on a large scale at the Lower Burdekin, near Townsville, promises to materially enhance the commercial status of the port. Mr. Graham, of Lilliesmere ...
Article : 1,541 wordsA MOVEMENT is on foot to raise subscriptions for the purpose of testing the supposed coal measures in this vicinity. It is proposed to obtain a proper set of boring-rods, and ...
Article : 560 wordsTHIS place has been lively for some time past in consequence of the races held here on the 5th and 6th instant. The races were very good, and some capital horses came to the post. Several ...
Article : 598 wordsGENERAL dulness exists through the district, owing mainly to the depression in cattle and the sluggishness of the mining industry. Carrying, hitherto a well-paying enterprise, is now almost ...
Article : 280 wordsBEFORE the police-magistrate, Colonel Ross, and Mr. J. H. Adams, JJ.P. DRUNKENNESS.—Mary Ann Robins, an old offender, was fined £2, with the alternative of ...
Article : 460 wordsI AM glad to have to record that the Cairns Eleven won a cricket match against the Port Douglas eleven, at the latter place, on the Queen's Birthday. Our eleven were treated in ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 12 Jun 1880, Page 6
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