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Article : 1,612 wordsTHE return match between Company B. (Brisbane), and Company A. (Ipswich), was fired at the rifle range last Saturday afternoon, the former being again the victors. The match was ...
Article : 277 wordsAT the request of Mr. Alexander Stewart, of the firm of Stewart and Hemmant, we publish the following:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRISBANE COURIER. ...
Article : 1,419 wordsSIR,—In answer to "One Who Would Like to Know," and for the information of the public, I beg to say that the money (amounting to about £150), which was subscribed for the erection of ...
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Article : 291 wordsThe ball held last night in honor of the opening of the railway to Roma proved a great success, being decidedly the best which, has yet taken place in the town, and many visitors ...
Article : 52 wordsA boat containing a number of people came into collision with the steam punt on the Fitzroy on Friday night and capsized. A man named Edward Phillips was drowned, but the other ...
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Article : 971 wordsA man named John Shaffert committed suicide yesterday by taking strychnine. ...
Article : 19 wordsSIR,—Your issue of Saturday last contained a letter from Mr. Thynne, the solicitor for the Bishop, who states he is "induced even at this late period, by the urgent solicitation of several ...
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Article : 228 wordsA banquet was given at Castlemaine last evening in honor of the local representatives, who are both members of the Ministry—namely, the Hon. J. B. Patterson, Minister of Railways, and the ...
Article : 210 wordsPumping having been stopped, the Sorata is again full of water, and it is now believed that there must be some very large holes in the vessel's bottom, as a number of fish have been ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 20 Sep 1880, Page 3
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