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  2. Building Society.

    THE annual meeting of the Ipswich and West Moreton Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society was held in the society's hall, East-street, last evening. Mr. ...

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  3. THE DURUNDUR ESTATE.

    THE Lands Department have received information that good rains have fallen on the Durundur repurchased estate. This should considerably influence selection when the ...

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  4. TO-NIGHT'S SIXPENNY CONCERT.

    TO-NIGHT, in St. Patrick's Hall, there will be given another of those popular sixpenny concerts which have so favourably advertised the Ipswich Catholic Young Men's Society. ...

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  5. NEW SERIAL STORY.

    IT will be seen from an advertisement appearing in another column that a new serial story, entitled "A Bachelor's Nieces," will begin in our issue of Saturday next, and he ...

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  6. A DIPLOMATIC VISIT.

    M. de Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance is about to visit Pekin and Tokio, the capitals respectively of China and Japan. ...

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  7. THE VERY LATEST

    THE Boers now at the Hague, in Holland, have denied the seizure of the Transvaal State moneys when they fled from South Africa. They state that whatever sums were available ...

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  8. IMPORTED MAIZE.

    REFERRING to the maize imported by the Niobe and the Whitgift, last night's "Observer" says:—The two rival boats lay at anchor within a few yards of each other—the ...

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  9. FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

    The indiscreet speeches recently delivered by M. Pelletan and General Andrae, members of the French Ministry, which caused so much comment, are creating profound irritation in ...

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  10. A BANK TRANSFER.

    WE understand that Mr. T. R. Goff, who succeeded Mr. A. W. Darvall as manager of the local branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, has been transferred to the head office ...

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  11. VIENNA BANK DEFALCATIONS.

    The body of the man Jellinck, who was concerned with the defalcations from the Laender Bank, at Vienna, and who was believed to have committed suicide, has been ...

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  12. LANTERN EXHIBITION.

    THERE was a good attendance in the Newtown Methodist Church last night, when a series of lantern views, illustrative of Beauty Spots of Scotland," was shown by the Rev. W. ...

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  13. ENGLISH OPINION ON THE RECENT MANIFESTO.

    Many people in England express be opinion that the manifesto issued a few days ago by Generals Botha, Do Wet, and De la Rey is an ill-managed attempt to bluff. ...

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  14. A FAREWELL SERVICE.

    SUNDAY nights' service in the Ellenborough street Methodist Church took the form of a farewell to Mr. Ambrose Fleischmann, who leaves Ipswich on Saturday next to take up ...

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  15. DEATH OF M. ZOLA.

    The death is announced of Emile Zola, the eminent French novelist and patriot, in his 62nd year. Death was due to accidental asphyxiation. ...

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  16. ALLEGED INACCURATE REPORTING.

    The Dutch reporters have not contradicted the statement which represented General Bothat publicly thanking the Dutch and other Continental people for the principal relief ...

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  17. Queensland News.

    THE President and secretary of the Chamber of Agriculture interviewed the Minister for Agriculture to-day, and urged that an amount be placed on the supplementary estimates to ...

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  18. SIR ALEXANDER PEACOCK TAKEN ILL.

    OWING to the excitement and worry of the election campaign, Sir Alexander Peacock, leader of the Opposition, has completely collapsed (says the Melbourne correspondent of ...

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  19. HEALTH OF MRS. H. YOUNGMAN.

    THE friends of Mrs. H. Youngman, of Gympie, will be glad to hear that she is now progressing towads recovery at St. Clair Private Hospital. ...

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  20. SHIP-BUILDERS ACTIVE.

    There is great activity in the ship-building trade on the River Clyde. During the present month two war-ships, 19 steamers, and three sailing vessels were launched from the different ...

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  21. MOUNT MORGAN DIVIDEND.

    THE Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company, Limited, have declared a dividend of 3d. per share for the month of September, amounting to £12,500. ...

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  22. AUSTRALIANS PUT UP RECORDS.

    Cavill, the Sydney swimmer, beat Billington in the 300 yards race at Liverpool, covering the distance in 3min. 34 3/5sec. Lane swam 150 yards in 1 min. 36 3/5sec. Both ...

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  23. FEDERAL V. STATE FINANCES.

    BOTH the Premier and the Treasurer contradict the statement attributed to the Acting-Federal Premier, that the Federal Treasurer has been unable to obtain ...

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  24. Advertising

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  25. FURTHER CYCLONIC FATALITIES.

    Further reports of the disastrous cyclone in the island of Sicily show that 60 people were drowned. The damage in the province of Syracuse is estimated at £200,000. ...

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  26. AMATEUR TURF CLUB.

    THE Ipswich Amateur Turf Club's races will be run at Bundanba on Saturday, the 11th of October. The programme includes a Trial Handicap of £10, Amateur Handicap of £20, ...

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  27. ETNA EMITTING STEAM.

    Mount Etna is now emitting steam in the vicinity of the crater from which the eruption of 1892 occurred. In the volcano of Stromboli, one of the Lipari islands, north of Sicily, ...

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  28. Inter-State News.

    MR. JUSTICE SIMPSON, in the Equity today, delivered judgment in the matter of the Machine Shearers' Union versus the Australian Workers' Union. The defendants, his ...

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  29. MILITARY NOTIFICATIONS.

    THE retirement of the following officers in connection with the regulations has been approved:— Lieutenaunt-Colonel H. C. Stanley; Lieutenant John Haygarth, Q.D.F. (with the ...

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  30. TEACHERS' CORPS AND CADETS.

    A DISTRIBUTION of prizes in connection with the Queensland Teachers' Volunteer Corps was made on Saturday last at the Normal School, Brisbane, when there were present, ...

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  31. RIVAL TOBACCO FIRMS.

    The Imperial Tobacco Company has bought the American Tobacco Company's British interests, including Ogden's well-known factory. The rival companies have formed a British ...

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  32. Our Special Weather Forecast.

    QUEENSLAND: North, Central, and South.— Except for isolated electric disturbance, chiefly in the south-eastern quadrant, with passing showers in connection therewith, ...

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  33. IRRIGATION DEPUTATION.

    THE Premier on Friday last, in reply to a Bundaberg deputation, said there was not the slightest chance of the Government seeking a loan of £3,000,000 for irrigation purposes. ...

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  34. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S HEALTH.

    Dr. Schaffer, of New York, has been summoned to join the physicians in attendance on Mr. Roosevelt, the United States President, whose temperature yesterday was much ...

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  35. NORTH IPSWICH METHODIST IMPROVEMENT CLASS.

    THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above class was held in the Sunday-school on Thursday last. In the absence of the President (the Rev. S. Wright) Mr. W. M. Payne ...

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  36. THE LAIDLEY APPEAL COURT.

    TO-DAY the Police Magistrate (Mr. H. T. Macfarlane) will proceed to Laidley to preside over the Court appointed to deal with the appeals lodged against the assessments on ...

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  37. Blackstone Congregational Church.

    A VERY enjoyable gathering of a social character was held in the Congregational Church, Blackstone, last night, for the purpose of bidding farewell to the Rev. J. T. ...

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  38. THE LATE MR. PATRICK LANE.

    THE funeral of the late Mr. P. Lane, a former resident of Ipswich, who had been employed for some years past in the Government Printing-Office, Brisbane, and who had ...

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  39. TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

    Mr. Harris, a member of the district council, and honorary secretary of the executive of the East Limerick Nationalist League, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment ...

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  40. WATER SUPPLY AT ROCKHAMPTON.

    THE Rockhampton Municipal Council notify that they propose to borrow from the Governments sum of £110,975 for the purpose of constructing works to supply the ...

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  41. THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY.

    Many of the Russian newspapers are urging that action should be taken by Russia against Turkey to secure the payment of compensation by her for injuries that the construction ...

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  42. A CORRECTION.

    IN connection with the presentation to Messrs. H. Hadley and R. Stephens in the Ipswich railway workshops, as mentioned in or last issue, it was stated that Mr. D. ...

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  43. A SHIPPING MATTER.

    The "Shipping Gazette" states that it is believed that the Peninsula and Orient Company will shortly make Southampton instead of London their home port on account of the ...

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  44. South African Affairs.

    MINING operations are being satisfactorily renewed in the Transvaal. Recently 13,572 licenses for claims in the Petersburg district and 8895 for the Barberton district were ...

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  45. A MAN KILLED.

    THE Acting-Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from the inspector at Maryborough, stating that John Thompson, a fish manager of that town, was accidentally killed ...

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  46. THE PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE.

    The miners' strike at Pennsylvania, in the United States, still continues, and is now creating almost a panic in New York. As a result of the strike the city of Boston is ...

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  47. SPECIMENS OF CHROME ORE.

    ON Saturday last Mr. E. J. Evans, who was until recently traffic inspector in Ipswich, called at this office with specimens of chrome are, which he affirms to be of splendid quality. ...

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  48. THREATENED STRIKE IN FRANCE.

    The Miners' Congress now sitting in France has decided upon a general strike of miners, and has instructed the National Committee to organise the strike on a fixed date. ...

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  49. ALLEGED DEFAMATION.

    A WRIT was filed in the Supreme Court on the 27th instant by Eva Smith, wife of Harry Smith, tobacconist, Brisbane, against Annie Bartley, widow, Brisbane, claiming £500 for ...

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  50. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    Sir E. M. Satow, the British Minister at Pekin, has commenced the transfer of the Shan-hai-kwan-Pekin railway to the Chinese authorities. ...

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  51. PROMOTING SETTLEMENT.

    Lord Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, has recently been making a tour in the Western Transvaal. During his trip he invited suggestions for the discussion of plane ...

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  52. A TRAGIC INCIDENT IN VICTORIA.

    A SENSATION has been caused at Clunes, Victoria (says the Sydney" Daily Telegraph") by the discovery of the deal body of J. W. Martindale, who is the early stage of the ...

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  53. FIRE-BRICKS, DRAIN-PIPES, &c.

    IT is announced that the tender of Messrs. Gilson and Rumble, of Dinmore, has been accepted by the Government for the supply of fire-bricks and drain-pipes, &c., for the ...

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  54. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    WITH regard to the case of supposed suicide in Boggo-road Gaol, to which reference was made in our last issue, we learn from Saturday's "Courier'" that last Wednesday, Mr. R. ...

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  55. ASIATIC CHOLERA AT ALEXANDRIA.

    It is reported that an official at Alexandria, one of the ports of Egypt, has been infected with Asiatic cholera. ...

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  56. PNEUMONIA INCREASING IN BRISBANE.

    IT is understood (says yesterday's "Observer") that there have been quite a number of cases of pneunmonia in the metropolitan area recently, exceeding the ...

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  57. THE BULGARIAN REBELLION.

    The latest information concerning the rebellion in Bulgaria is to the effect that 52 of the rebels have been killed and 112 wounded at Vodena. The remainder of the rebels are ...

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  58. BOER GENERALS' MANIFESTO.

    Commandant Ben. Viljoen, who is at present in London, has declared that the Boer generals, Botha, De Wet, and De la Rey, are unwise in discarding British friendship. ...

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  59. STARVING STOCK.

    MR. ARTHUR TEMPLE CLERK Writes to the "Courier":—It has been a wonder to me when all lines of fodder for feeding stock are so dear, that many owners of stock have not ...

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  60. THE BOER GENERALS.

    The Boer generals, Botha, De Wet, and De la Rey, expect to visit Berlin about the middle of October. While there they intend to seek an audience with the Emperor William. ...

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  61. STORM IN SICILY.

    The disastrous cyclone in the island of Sicily continues to rage with unabated fury. The Government troops are now busily engaged in rescuing salvage from wrecked ships. ...

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  62. THE CAPE WAR FUND.

    The Capetown correspondent of the "Times" states that the fund raised in aid of the Boers in Cape Colony amounted tp £62,778. A large proportion of this is ...

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  63. BRITISH NAVY LEAGUE.

    Referring to Mr. H. Wyatt, the British Navy League's envoy, who has started on a visit to Canada and Australian, and has been promised the support to Sir E ...

    Article : 91 words
  64. TENDERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
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