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  2. Beenleigh.

    THERE is considerable discussion in those circles where planters "most do congregate" as to the intention of the Polynesian Labourers Act with reference to the payment of wages to the ...

    Article : 983 words
  3. Transcontinental Railway.

    SIR,—Within the last few years many runs have been taken up or purchased in the Far West of Queensland on the supposition that the lessees would be allowed to remain in ...

    Article : 658 words
  4. Fowling-pieces and Shooting.

    THERE is considerable misconception among non-professional shooters as to what constitutes this greatest of improvements in modern fowling-pieces—the choke-bore. Some imagine it to be ...

    Article : 1,018 words
  5. First Trousers.

    THE strongest desire of the boy is to become a man. Now, the first evidence of manhood, the first serious step made in life, is the wearing of trousers. ...

    Article : 1,634 words
  6. Boerland Beauties.

    SUCH even of the belles as have had their manners polished and their minds enlarged by travel in Natal and a visit to the "city" (namely, Maritzburg) seem to fling aside the embarrassing ...

    Article : 492 words
  7. A Word to Intending Orange Tree Planters.

    A MONTH or two ago, in some papers published in the Queenslander on the orangery of Mr. Williams, Eight-mile Plains, near Brisbane, attention was ...

    Article : 575 words
  8. Australian Progress.

    AS Australians we see no reason (writes the Hamilton Spectator) to take a desponding view of the disappearance of the "lost tribes" from this particular corner of the continent. There is no ...

    Article : 673 words
  9. "The Cup that Cheers."

    IN our pursuit of knowledge concerning tea, we came across a rare manuscript in the British Museum, "transcribed from a paper of Thos. Povey, Esq., 26th October, 1686." The paper is ...

    Article : 934 words
  10. Mr. John Walsh and the Transcontinental Railway.

    IN the Queenslander of the 9th instant I see a letter from Mr. John Walsh, on the subject of Transcontinental Railway extension, which is so full of misstatements or something worse, ...

    Article : 869 words
  11. Rice-growing on the Coomera.

    MR. W. R. OXENFORD sends us the following letter relative to his experiments with rice during the past season:— "The season opened with some nice rains, but when the rice plants needed ...

    Article : 579 words
  12. Italian and Hybrid Bees.

    THE safe introduction of the Italian bee by Mr. Fullwood, an account of which was published in a recent issue, gives an interest in beekeeping to which the colony has now for some ...

    Article : 862 words
  13. Rockhampton.

    WINTER is drawing on apace here. The showery weather has disappeared, and we have cold mornings, with white mists lingering long in the hollows of the hills, and heavy dews ...

    Article : 1,006 words
  14. Barb-wire Fencing.

    THE chief practical objection to this kind of wire for fence purposes is the impracticability of threading the barbs through the Usual holes as bored in the posts. This difficulty, however, ...

    Article : 395 words
  15. Amber Sorghum.

    IN response to our request for information as to the measure of success attained by persons to whom we distributed the seed of the above sent to us by Mr. Vincent we have received from Mr. ...

    Article : 340 words
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