BRISBANE.
August, 9. Sparrow,- bonded warehouse keeper, lias been found guilty of uttering a fraudnlcnt Customs document, and remanded for sentence. ■
. The Legislative Assembly voted£l4,ooo for wharfs at Petrie's Bight, £20,000 for the improvement of the Fitzroy Eiver, £35.000 for a jetty at Townsville. . It has been decided to hold the pulling matches on the 9th of ■November, and the sailing matches on the 10th of December.' The programme includes a prize of £50 for an amateur four.oared race, to be increased to £100 in the event of it being made an intercolonial competition. Sparrow has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Dr. Lang has commenced, meetings of citizens favourable to his claims on the Parliament for services rendered in bringing about the separation of Queensland from New. South Wales.
• ' ■■ • •.,;--r:>^:;:^_'-- ' ■-■ - ' August 14,. The mail steamer Bowen left Townsville at' 6 p.m. this evening, and will arrive on Friday. She landed 130 Chinese at Cooktown, and has fifty for-Sydney. The Bowen passed the Winifred, from New-" castle to Calcutta on the 4th inst.
The cargo from Hong Kong to Brisbane includes 3400 packages of tea. The English news has been anticipated. . j Dr Laug's meeting, last night, 16 advocate his claims, was largely attended, and resolutions were carried to granfchim £1000 for services, this tjeing the repudiated vote of the Assembly in 1^64 "
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2071, 24 August 1875, Page 2
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223BRISBANE. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2071, 24 August 1875, Page 2
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