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'We have received the first number of The Australian Republican, a fortnightly journal published at Charters Towers. The matter is written with a bold hand, and with an independence that is healthy and refreshing. It is a paper for the people, and there is no doubt they will give it the support it deserves. It is another brick in the bulwark that labour is endeavouring to erect in defence of its rights.'
Notes that Queensland composer, Mr Reginald Isbell, has set four verses to music from Mrs Emma Alice Brown's poem 'Measuring the Baby.' The song is titled 'Loved and Lost' and the melody is 'sweet and plaintive'. It will doubtless become a drawing room favourite.