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Mackay beetle bounty and sugar industry figures
The Mercury notes six to eight weeks of beetle catching around Mackay with a bounty of £606 10s 5d paid by the Insect Pest Destruction Committee. Reports show cane tonnage and bounty totals at Pioneer Mill and Kalamia, a Queensland meat export company balance sheet, forthcoming capital city design competition updates, a wedding in Newsbury, and various government plans including cadet ships, a Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie railway bill, and ore yields from Oaks Rush.
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Mackay
Mercury
Burdekin
Costello
Pioneer
Queensland Meat Export and Agency Co
O'Mally
J. R. Castling
B. A
W. J. Castling
Townsville
Mabel V. J. Watts
Watts
St. Mary’s Church
Newsbury
Hogland
Tudor
High Commissioner's Office
Collins
Fournies
Defence
Senator Pearce
Military College
Department of Home Affairs
Duntroon Homestead
New Zealand
Northern Territory
Central Australia
Imperial War
England