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Drought, Deaths, and School Smoking In Australian News
Reports from Coonabarabran and Broken Hill detail child drowning near home and the deaths of several adults including a couple aged 22 months, 1 year 6 months, and a 100 year old, with references to Burke and Wills. A Socialist Party conference criticizes starving conditions. Seamen’s strike is blamed for family distress. Glen Innes Public School headmaster cites alarming tobacco use with 70 boys, aged 7 and up, admitting smoking.
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Coonabarabrans
T.A. Butler
Broken Hill
Mra
Hiscock
Ape
Thoes
Inton
Cook Station
Burke and
Wills
Bocialit Party
Glen Tanee